• “He is so infinitely blessed, that every perception of His blissful presence imparts a gladness to the heart. Every degree of approach to Him is, in the same proportion, a degree of happiness.” – Susannah Wesley

Hymn Writers

SARAH ADAMS AND THE RISE OF WOMEN HYMN-WRITERS

Nineteenth century hymnody was characterized by an extraordinary number of women hymn-writers. It is significant that this development came, as… Continue reading

AN ARCHBISHOP’S WIFE WHO WROTE HYMNS (Cecil F. Alexander)

Shortly before the death in 1911 of Archbishop William Alexander, primate of the Anglican Church in Ireland, he remarked that… Continue reading

All The Way My Savior Leads Me by Fanny Crosby (Hymn Story)

This beloved hymn came from the grateful heart of Fanny Crosby after she had received a direct answer to her… Continue reading

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus By Helen Lemmel (Hymn Story)

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured… Continue reading

Another Year Is Dawning By Frances Ridley Havergal

“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).

Another year is… Continue reading

Have Thine Own Way, Lord by Adelaide A. Pollard (Hymn Story)

Author –Adelaide A. Pollard, 1862-1934
Composer –George C. Stebbins, 1846-1945
Tune Name –“Adelaide”
Scripture Reference – Jeremiah 18:3,4

“But now,… Continue reading

Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen(Be Still My Soul) by Katharina Amalia Dorothea

Stille, mein Wille! Dein Jesus hilft siegen;
Trage geduldig das Leiden, die Not;
Gott ist’s, der alles zum besten will… Continue reading

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross by Fanny Crosby (video)

1. Jesus, keep me near the cross;
there a precious fountain,
free to all, a healing stream,
flows from Calvary’s… Continue reading

Homeland by Xiao Min

The lyrics:
The rivers and hills of your homeland ask,
“When are you coming home?”
This is how you reply:… Continue reading

Xiao Min singing.

Though I do not understand what she is singing, it still sounds beautiful!

  • “A Christian woman’s true freedom lies on the other side of a very small gate—humble obedience—but that gate leads out into a largeness of life undreamed of by the liberators of the world, to a place where the God-given differentiation between the sexes is not obfuscated but celebrated, where our inequalities are seen as essential to the image of God, for it is in male and female, in male as male and female as female, not as two identical and interchangeable halves, that the image is manifested.” – Elisabeth Elliot

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