FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good afternoon, my fair princesses! Greeting from the house of Marshall :) Sorry about the long delay in our blog posting. Life has been happening! God is good! Jesus saves! Heaven awaits us!!!

Now for my post:
excerpt taken from 101 Hymn Stories

I Will Sing The Wondrous Story
Frances H. Rowley Peter P. Bilhorn

" I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations."
Psalm 89:1

Frances Rowley was born in Hilton, New York, on July 25, 1854. Later he became a Baptist minister and served churches in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois. He has given the following account for the writing of this hymn:

" I was the minister of the First Baptist Church of North Adams, Massachusetts in 1886. The church and community were experiencing a period of unusual interest in religious matters, and I was assisted by a remarkable young Swiss musician by the name of Peter Bilhorn. One Sunday following the evening service he said, "Why don't you write a hymn for me set to music?" During the night these verses came to me. The original poem began "Cant You Sing the Wondrous Story?" However, when the song was first published by Ira Sankey in 1887, the phrase was changed to "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story".

This beautiful hymn was presented by Rowley to Ira Sankey as a gift. Sankey was so impressed with the merit and usefulness of this hymn that he published it in the 1887 edition of Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs and Solos. It soon became one of the most popular songs in the entire collection.

I will sing the wondrous story if the Christ who died for me, How he left his home in glory for the cross of calvary.
I was lost but Jesus found me- Found the sheep that went astray, Threw his loving arms around me, drew me back into his way.
I was bruised but Jesus healed me- Faint was I from many a fall, Sight was gone and fears possessed me, But he freed me from them all.
Days of darkness still come o'er me- Sorrows paths I often tread, but the savior still is with me by his hand I'm safely led.
He will keep me 'til the river rolls it's waters at my feet- Then he'll bear me safely over where the loved ones I shall meet.

Chorus:
"Yes I'll sing the wondrous story- Of the Christ who died for me, Sing it with the saints in glory gathered round the crystal sea."

This hymn has meant so much to me these past few months, Sometimes I think it was written
just for me! I wrote some new music for it and sing it to myself all the time. God is so faithful, even when I fall, he's always there to pick me up again. Even while I endure the consequences of my actions, God 's mercy is that He will see me through all the way! So that I can be:

Grace under fire.
~With love,
~Grace