Repost: Hymns – The Gospel Shows the Father’s Grace

We no longer fear condemnation because in Christ, through this Gospel, we are now justified by faith through grace.Rose: Hymns – The Gospel Shows the Father’s Grace This was a new hymn for me, but I enjoyed getting into the history of the hymn and it’s tune as well as digging into the meaning of …

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Repost: Hymns – We Give Thee But Thine Own

We remember in this hymn that what we do for “the least of these,” who are so precious in God’s sight, we are doing for the Lord.

Hymns: Lord of all Nations, Grant Me Grace

A timely hymn of unity, of grace, and of peace.

Hymns: What a Friend we have in Jesus

Joseph Medlicott Scriven was in 1819 born to John and Jane Scriven of Banbridge, Ireland. Joseph had a rather turbulent life even from a young age. He had wanted to serve in the military, but his poor health led to him studying at Trinity College, which he graduated from in 1842. A year later, his fiancée drowned …

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Hymns: Before the Throne of God

Charitie (Smith) Bancroft was born June of 1841 in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was a Reverend at the Colebrooke Church in Dublin, and her "talent for poetic composition" arose early in her life. Charitie's first poems and hymns were published before she was even twenty! Outside of her writing, little is known about her life …

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