Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness: A Hymn Born Out of Missions in the Caribbean
St. Eustatius, Lesser Antilles, February 1739: Pen in hand, the thirty-eight-year-old German scratched a few stanzas on rough paper as he looked over the Caribbean …
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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus: Old Lyrics with Timeless Truths
Algeria, 1901: Pen in hand, forty-seven-year-old missionary Lilias Trotter gazed out over the foothills of the Atlas mountains of northern Africa. A flash of yellow …
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus: Old Lyrics with Timeless Truths
Some tunes stick with you–they live in your head and invade your quiet moments. The classic melody for “O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus” …