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Though the hymn is originally based on the Old Testament verse from the Book of Job, where Job proclaims "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" , [3] it is mostly used as a hymn for Easter Sunday commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus. [6] Medley was also inspired by Thomas the Apostle coming to believe after having seen Jesus after the Resurrection.
The most famous English arrangement of the hymn titled "Beautiful Savior" was composed by F. Melius Christiansen in 1919 and serves as the flagship choral anthem of The St. Olaf Choir to this day. The hymn was also played when US President George H.W. Bush’s casket was carried up the steps of the US Capitol Rotunda on 3 December 2018.
James McGranahan. James McGranahan was a nineteenth-century American musician and composer, most known for his various hymns.He was born 4 July 1840, in West Fallowfield or Adamsville, Pennsylvania, and died 9 July 1907 at his home in Kinsman, Ohio.
Sing to Jesus" is a Christian hymn by William Chatterton Dix. Dix wrote the hymn as a Eucharistic hymn for Ascension Sunday. [1] It is also commonly sung as an Easter hymn. It was originally titled "Redemption through the Precious Blood" and is based on Revelation 5:9. [1] Dix felt Church of England hymnals lacked sufficient Eucharistic hymns. [2]
My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine; For Thee all the follies of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. I love Thee because Thou has first loved me, And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree. I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
5. I felt my Lord's atoning blood Close to my soul applied; Me, me he loved - the Son of God For me, for me he died! 6. I found and owned his promise true, Ascertained of my part, My pardon passed in heaven I know, When written on my heart. 7. O For a thousand tongues to sing My dear Redeemer's praise! The glories of my God and King, The ...
Song of Immanuel: Come, sing the sweet song of the ages: Mrs R.N. Turner: 62: Seeking for the Lost: He is seeking for the lost: Rebecca R. Springer: 71: Oh, precious words that Jesus said: F.J. Crosby: 76: O love that passeth knowledge: Lyman G Cuyler* 83: Blessed Redeemer, full of compassion: F.J. Crosby: 96: Oh, wondrous Name by prophets ...
The version by John Mason Neale is in the original long metre and thus unsingable to the same modern tune as Campbell’s. Neale’s version better reflects the original and shows that Campbell's version, as retouched in Hymns Ancient and Modern and later hymnals, is a "Victorian creation". [7] The first stanza begins with an invitation to sing.