At this site, there is a brief bio of the pioneering Bronze label, with a list of releases. Several Bronze releases were subsequently released on Down Beat, some with the same record number::
Bronze BR-102, as Down Beat 102
Bronze BR-103, as Down Beat 103
Bronze BR-126 (not yet confirmed to exist) as Down Beat 126
Bronze BR-124 has the same two sides as this Down Beat 401...
Two things: 1) A cursory perusal of the Swing Time catalog finds no gospel records - other than one in 1954, two years after this one, although there are several (not just the Bronze reissues) on Down Beat. Maybe Lauderdale wanted to keep the borrowed gospel separate - and also to put it out on a label familiar to gospel fans. Plus, he could likely get away with infringing on the magazine, which likely wouldn't know anything about a gospel reissue.
2) There's this from a history of Martin & Morris publishing:
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In 1948 [Sallie] Martin moved to California and established an outpost to handle Martin and Morris business on the West Coast.
So the original recording on Bronze likely dates from 1948 or later.
This record was reviewed in Billboard in September 1952 as a Down Beat issue even though label owner Jack Lauderdale had replaced this name in 1949 with Swing Beat when Down Beat magazine threatened to sue him for trademark violation. Later, he changed the label name to Swing, in 1950 to Swing Time. Did Lauderdale resolve the issue and decide to reuse the name again in 1952?
Interestingly, this record was reviewed at the time not in only in Billboard, but also in Cash Box, October 4, 1952, page 20, together with Swing Time 306 and Swing Time 309!