Day 8: Jesus Paid It All Jesus Paid It All has become very popular recently among contemporary worship artists. Perhaps it is because of the simplicity of the lyrics. The refrain is about as concise a telling of the work of Christ one can find. This is an account of the writing of the music from the composer himself: Our church was undergoing repairs, and the cabinet organ was placed in my care. Thus afforded a pleasure not before enjoyed, I delighted myself in playing over some of our Sunday school hymns. I determined to give tangible shape to a theme that had been running in my mind for some time, to write, if possible, an answer to Bradbury’s beautiful piece, “Jesus Paid It All.” I made it a matter of prayer and study and gave to the public the music now known as “All to Christ I Owe.” It was pronounced very poor by my choir and friends, but my dear wife persistently declared that it was a good piece of music and would live. Time has proved the correctness of her judgment. Soon after, the Rev. George W. Schreck called on me to select anything new that I had to offer. On hearing this piece he expressed his pleasure with it and stated that Mrs. Elvina M. Hall had written some words that would just suit the music. I gave him a copy of it and it was soon sung in several churches here in Baltimore and well received. At the suggestion of friends I sent a copy to Professor Theodore Perkins and it was published in Sabbath Carols. Under the providence of God it has been going ever since. I trust that it has not failed to accomplish some good to my fellow-men for the glory of God. Jesus paid it all All to Him I owe Sin had left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow #30daysofhymns https://youtube/watch?v=SsRlCNeZu90
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:54:57 +0000
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