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I Surrender All

I Surrender All        For five years, Mr. Van de Venter wavered between the challenge of the Gospel ministry and that of becoming a recognized artist. Here is how he tells it:        “For some time, I had struggled between developing my talents in the field of art and going into full-time evangelistic work. At last the pivotal hour of my life came, and I surrendered all.        “A new day was ushered into my life. I became an evangelist and discovered down deep in my soul a talent hitherto unknown to me. God had hidden a song in my heart, and touching a tender chord. He caused me to sing.”        Dr. Billy Graham, wrote this tribute to Mr. Van de Venter:        One of the evangelists who influenced my early preaching was also a hymnist who wrote  ‘I Surrender All’ —the Rev. J.W. Van de Venter. He ...

BLESSËD ASSURANCE JESUS IS MINE

BLESSËD ASSURANCE JESUS IS MINE Author: Fanny Jane  Crosby; 1820-1915 Date of Writing: 1873 Music & Metre:   Assurance Peculiar Metre                                                                                 1.             Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine                                 Oh what a foretaste of glory divine       ...

ANOTHER YEAR IS DAWNING

DECEMBER 31 ANOTHER YEAR IS DAWNING Author: Frances Ridley Havergal [1836-1879] Date of Writing: 1859 Music & Metre: Dedication: 7.5.7.5 D                 1              Another year is dawning: Dear Father, let it be,                 In working or in waiting, another year with Thee;                 Another year of progress, another year of praise,                 Another year of proving Thy presence all the days.                 2              Another year of mer...

CHRISTMAS HYMNS AND CAROLS

Merry Christmass all!!! As we celebrate this festive season, we hope to treat you to some christmas hymns.. Here is the link. Click download   Click Here Click Here

FREE HYMN DOWNLOADS

We are finally having a new set of hymns by next month. I f you have not downloaded the old ones, this is the last chance because as from next month, we would be having a new set of hymns on the site. Just click HERE

A TRAGEDY THAT INSPIRED A GREAT HYMN

The Christian Church has many stirring rally hymns, but none that is more effective when sung by a large assembly than George Duffield’s “Stand up, stand up for Jesus.” Who has not been moved to the depths of his soul by the inspiring words and resounding music of this unusual hymn? A tragedy lies in its background. It was in the year 1858, and a great spiritual awakening was gripping the city of Philadelphia. Men referred to this revival afterwards as “the work of God in Philadelphia.” One of the most earnest and zealous leaders in the movement was a young pastor, Dudley A. Tyng, not quite thirty years old. Because of his evangelical convictions and his strong opposition to slavery he had shortly before been compelled to resign as rector of the Church of the Epiphany, and in 1857 he had organized a little congregation that met in a public hall. In the midst of the revival in 1858 he preached a powerful sermon at a noon-day meeting in Jayne’s Hall to a gathering of 5,000 men. His text...