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Traditional Tuesday....the hymn today is Jesus Paid It All...The words to the song “Jesus Paid It All” was written by Elvina Hall in 1865. Being prompted by his wife, John T. Grape wrote the score. However it was Grape’s Pastor, Rev. George W. Schrek who believed the score and Hall’s words should be paired together. The song appeared in a hymnal for the first time in 1868. Elvina was inspired to write the lyrics as a poem while sitting in church trying to listen to a very long sermon by her Pastor at the Monument Street Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. She didnt have any paper to write on, so she turned to the blank page in the hymnal she was holding and began scribling the words...
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:50:38 +0000

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