Gaye's sister recalled that Marvin would "constantly provoke Father. According to his sister, Jeanne, Gaye suffered at the hands of his father, who would strike him for any shortcoming, including putting his hair brush in the wrong place or coming home from school a minute late. Gaye's relationship with his father was troubled from childhood. The joy of music was the joy of God." At times, Gaye's father would force his children to answer Biblical questions, disciplining them if they answered wrong. Every member was blessed with a good voice. The Sabbath was his day, it was God's day, and it was also a day for singing. Father anointed converts with olive oil and baptized them in the river. He later explained, "We kept the Sabbath in the purest sense. Gaye remembered the family having to observe an extended Sabbath starting from "Friday night at sundown" into Saturday. The House of God took its teachings from Hebrew Pentecostalism, advocated strict conduct, and adhered to both the Old and New Testaments. Marvin began singing church solos at the age of four. ![]() ![]() Marvin Gaye and his five siblings were brought up in a strict religious Pentecostal sect known as the House of God by their minister father Marvin Gay Sr. ![]() 3.1.1 Birth and adoption of Marvin Gaye III.
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