HISTORY AND HYMN FOR THE DAY JESUS PAID IT ALL Lyrics Elvina Hall, Music John T. Grape The words to the song Jesus Paid It All were written by Elvina Hall (1822-1889) in 1865. Elvina was a member of the Monument Street Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. The Choir Director of the same church was John Thomas Grape (1835-1915). Unaware of Elvinas composition, Grape composed a tune he called All To Christ I Owe. One Sunday morning Elvina Hall was sitting in the choir section at her church, Monument Street Methodist Church, in Baltimore, Maryland. She wasnt exactly bored with the sermon that Pastor George Schrick was preaching, but while he spoke about Jesus, Elvinas mind drifted to what Jesus had done for us and realized that Jesus had truly paid the entire price for our sins. The words to our hymn Jesus Paid It All, were born that morning and the only thing Elvina had to write the words on was the inside cover of her hymnbook. Later, when she gave the words to her pastor she found out that the organist had just written a tune and both words and tune fit perfectly together. The hymn was published in 1879. The hymn quickly became a favorite and has been published in and sung from hymnals across America ever since. Jesus Paid It All I hear the Savior say, Thy strength indeed is small! Child of weakness, watch and pray, find in Me thine all in all. Lord, now indeed I find Thy powr, and Thine alone, Can change the lepers spots and melt the heart of stone. For nothing good have I whereby Thy grace to claim- Ill wash my garments white in the blood of Calvrys Lamb. And when before the throne I stand in Him complete, Jesus died my soul to save, my lips shall still repeat. REFRAIN Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain- He washed it white as snow.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:39:46 +0000
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