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There to my heart was the blood applied, Glory to His name. I am so wondrously saved from sin, Jesus so sweetly abides within; There at the cross where He took me in, Glory to His name. (Refrain) Oh, precious fountain that saves from sin, I am so glad I have entered in; There Jesus saves me and keeps me clean, Glory to His name. (Refrain)
John Newton, 1778 According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse. In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London near the Thames. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his mother was a devout Independent, unaffiliated with the Anglican Church. She ...
Melody. "Nettleton" by John Wyeth. " Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing " is a Christian hymn written by the pastor and hymnodist Robert Robinson, who penned the words in the year 1758 at the age of 22. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.
205 Baby Names That Mean Love. 1. Mabel. Primarily a female name of English origin, Mabel means "lovable" or "dear." 2. Ines. A Greek name that means "pure" or "holy" and is related to the name ...
Amazing Grace is a live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was recorded in January 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir accompanying Franklin in performance. The recording was originally released as a double album on June 1, 1972, by ...
Accolades. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2007. [13] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2012, Mahalia Jackson 's recording of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" was honored with the ...
George Harrison began writing "My Sweet Lord" in December 1969, when he, Billy Preston and Eric Clapton were in Copenhagen, Denmark, [ 4 ][ 6 ] as guest artists on Delaney & Bonnie 's European tour. [ 7 ][ 8 ] By this time, Harrison had already written the gospel -influenced " Hear Me Lord " and, with Preston, the African-American spiritual ...
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a 1976 work by Ntozake Shange. It consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form which Shange coined the word choreopoem to describe. [ 5 ] It tells the stories of seven women who have suffered oppression in a racist and ...