"Kum Ba Yah" (Come By Here) Traditional Cache
ElbaPatch: Decided to remove several old caches as I plan to retire and relocate. Thanks to all those who stopped by here, signed the log and learn a little bit of local history.
Scott, Elba, NY
"Kum Ba Yah" (Come By Here)
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This is a simple cache and dash on easy level terrain.
"Kum Ba Yah" stands for Come by here. We have all learned of this song as a child growing up and sang it around summer campfires. But did you ever know who composed this spiritual hymn. The Rev. Marvin V. Frey, an evangelical minister wrote many well-known songs of faith, more than 2,000 of them, in his lifetime.
Mr. Frey, a native of Sherwood, Oregon, was active in evangelical ministry work for the nondenominational Independent Assemblies of God at an early age. During the 1930's, he played piano on many occasions for the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. In 1956, he founded the Children's Fund of New York, which ministers to needy children throughout the city.
He wrote his best known song "Kum Ba Yah" at the age of 17 while attending a Christian Crusade camp. He wrote the song as "Come By Here", but a youth at the camp took it to his parents, who used it in their missionary work in Angola, where it acquired its more popular title. Other songs he wrote include "He Is Lord," "This Is My Commandment," "I've Got Peace Like a River," "Do Lord," " Isn't He Wonderful," and "Alleluia."
The Rev. Marvin Frey died at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in North Tarrytown, N.Y. in 1992 at the age of 74 years. He was laid to rest in the West Barre Cemetery. Each year, West Barre United Methodist Church celebrates "Marvin Frey" Sunday and Mrs. Helen Frey joins the congregation in singing "Jesus in the Morning," "I've got Peace Like a River" and other songs composed by her late husband.
For those interested in paying your respects to Rev. Frey, you can locate his grave site at these coordinates (N 43 09.246 W 078 15.111). Also inside the cemetery you can find the graves of Elisha Wright, an early pioneer of Barre and founder of the West Barre Church, his great grand daughter, Mildred Anne Paine, who was a missionary to Japan and recipient of the Emperor's Award (the first woman to ever receive this high honor).
The terrain is relatively flat and should be an easy cache and dash for those only interested in the find. You will not have to enter the cemetery to make your discovery here but stop in and look around at this very peaceful surroundings. I ask that you do not attempt to drive in from the road (all though it is possible and many of you will be tempted). The ground can be very soft during wet weather and we do not need to disrupt the area by placing unwanted ruts in the lawn.
There will be NO NIGHT CACHING HERE. The neighbors will not take kindly to this disturbance at night but all are welcome during daylight hours. There is available parking at the roadside but this may not always be the case during the winter season. I doubt that this spot is plowed at that time.
The cache container is a 3 pound Folger's coffee can filled with the usual swag. Please log your find and maybe bring your own pencil as they do seem to wander off. As always use your better judgment here and be respectful of your surroundings.
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Vs lbh arrq n uvag ba guvf bar gura lbh fubhyq cenpgvpr guvf ubool zber.
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