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Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious -Thomas Kelly

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious -Thomas ...

Thomas Kelly was considered to be one of Ireland’s finest hymn writers and evangelistic preachers of the 19th century. He was born in 1769 and graduated with honors from Trinity...

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious -Thomas ...

Thomas Kelly was considered to be one of Ireland’s finest hymn writers and evangelistic preachers of the 19th century. He was born in 1769 and graduated with honors from Trinity...

Rejoice, the Lord Is King! -Charles Wesley

Rejoice, the Lord Is King! -Charles Wesley

  It’s difficult to imagine that Charles Wesley authored more than six thousand hymns when so much of his life was spent on horseback as a traveling preacher. As he...

Rejoice, the Lord Is King! -Charles Wesley

  It’s difficult to imagine that Charles Wesley authored more than six thousand hymns when so much of his life was spent on horseback as a traveling preacher. As he...

Safe in the Arms of Jesus -Fanny J. Crosby

Safe in the Arms of Jesus -Fanny J. Crosby

  Fanny Crosby was America’s best-known hymn and gospel song author. Fanny had always written poems, but when famous composer William Bradbury asked her to write her first hymn at...

Safe in the Arms of Jesus -Fanny J. Crosby

  Fanny Crosby was America’s best-known hymn and gospel song author. Fanny had always written poems, but when famous composer William Bradbury asked her to write her first hymn at...

O Lord! I Would Delight in Thee -John Ryland

O Lord! I Would Delight in Thee -John Ryland

John Ryland, the author of “O Lord! I Would Delight in Thee,” is unknown to most Christians, and he would have wanted it that way. He was born in 1753,...

O Lord! I Would Delight in Thee -John Ryland

John Ryland, the author of “O Lord! I Would Delight in Thee,” is unknown to most Christians, and he would have wanted it that way. He was born in 1753,...

I Am Coming, Lord! -Lewis Hartsough

I Am Coming, Lord! -Lewis Hartsough

Both the words and the tune of this song expressing one’s desire to surrender to Christ were written by Lewis Hartsough. He graduated from seminary in 1852, was ordained as...

I Am Coming, Lord! -Lewis Hartsough

Both the words and the tune of this song expressing one’s desire to surrender to Christ were written by Lewis Hartsough. He graduated from seminary in 1852, was ordained as...

O, How I Love Jesus -Frederick Whitfield

O, How I Love Jesus -Frederick Whitfield

  The words of this song of testimony were written by Frederick Whitfield when he was studying theology at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He became a prominent British minister...

O, How I Love Jesus -Frederick Whitfield

  The words of this song of testimony were written by Frederick Whitfield when he was studying theology at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He became a prominent British minister...