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This hymn is the story of incredible heartbreak that turns into incredible joy. The hymn was written by C. Austin Miles, a well-known hymn writer of his day. In 1912, music publisher Dr. Adam Geibel—himself a successful organist, conductor, and composer of Gospel songs—asked his friend Miles to write…

“Ye monsters of the bubbling deep, Your Master’s praises spout; Up from the sands ye coddlings peep, And wag your tails about.” Believe it or not that was a stanza from a popular hymn at the turn of the 18th century. We can thank Isaac Watts that we do not sing hymns with stanzas like this anymore! The…

The author of Victory in Jesus is Eugene Monroe Bartlett. He was born on December 24, 1885 just south of here in Waynesville, Missouri. Not long after, his parents relocated to Arkansas, and Bartlett considered Arkansas home. He did however return to Missouri for his college education, graduating from…

Jesus Paid it All is one of a group of hymns often referred to as Grace Hymns. Grace has been a major theme of the Christian Church for centuries. Christians have lived it, preached it, taught it, shared it, written about it and sung it. Tonight we want to look at this great Easter Hymn and what it teaches…