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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...

Eternal Source of Every Joy! -Philip Doddridge

Eternal Source of Every Joy! -Philip Doddridge

  The author of this hymn, Philip Doddridge, was born in 1702 in London, the youngest of twenty children. Philip was so small at birth that the nurse, thinking he...

Eternal Source of Every Joy! -Philip Doddridge

  The author of this hymn, Philip Doddridge, was born in 1702 in London, the youngest of twenty children. Philip was so small at birth that the nurse, thinking he...

Hallelujah, He Is Risen! -Philip P. Bliss

Hallelujah, He Is Risen! -Philip P. Bliss

  There are many glorious hymns that have been written to celebrate Christ’s resurrection, which is central to the Christian’s faith. However, there are relatively few hymns and gospel songs...

Hallelujah, He Is Risen! -Philip P. Bliss

  There are many glorious hymns that have been written to celebrate Christ’s resurrection, which is central to the Christian’s faith. However, there are relatively few hymns and gospel songs...