The Story Behind Blessed Assurance Francis Jane Crosby was born into a family of strong Puritan ancestry in New York on March 24,1820. As a...Continue reading
Category: Hymn Stories
Send The Light
Send the Light was written by Charles H. Gabriel.Charles Hutchinson Gabriel was born August 18, 1856 in Wilton Iowa and raised on a farm. As...Continue reading
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
History of Hymns: "Come, thou Fount of every blessing" BY C. MICHAEL HAWN "Come, thou Fount of every blessing" Robert Robinson The United Methodist Hymnal,...Continue reading
The Church in the Wildwood
"The Church in the Wildwood" is a song that was written by Dr. William S. Pitts in 1857 following a coach ride that stopped in...Continue reading
Nearer My God to Thee
History of Hymns: Famed hymn expresses writer's longing for heaven “Nearer, My God, to Thee” Sarah F. Adams UM Hymnal, No. 528 Nearer, my God...Continue reading
Tell Me the Story of Jesus
Almost everyone loves to listen to stories. In this gospel song, Fanny Crosby, the blind hymnwriter, asks to be told the story of Jesus, and...Continue reading
It is well with my soul
This is my husband singing and playing “It is well” on his guitar.
It is Well
The year had been filled with tragedy when Horatio Spafford, a forty-three-year-old Chicago businessman, penned this hymn. He and his wife were still grieving over...Continue reading
