Mission Hymn

Leaning forward so as not to miss a single word, Reverend Charles Luther listened intently. The visiting evangelist shared about a dying young man’s confession. In Christian service only a month before his death, the young man’s last words had been a lament: “No, I am not afraid; Jesus saves me now. But oh! must […]

Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1931) grew up on a farm in Iowa and experienced all the hard work that is part of that life.  He taught himself to play the family’s reed organ as a teenager. At age seventeen he left home and began organizing singing schools.  He became well known for his playing and composing

“And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” – Jude 22-23 Fanny Crosby was a prolific hymn writer who was mightily used by God to share His Word through song. By most estimates, she wrote around