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Hymn Story: Jesus, Lover of My Soul

March 12, 2023 Leave a comment

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“Jesus, Lover of My Soul” was written by the prolific hymn writer Charles Wesley. He wrote the hymn within months of his 1738 conversion and titled the piece “In Temptation”. It was first published as a poem in 1740. Not until nine years after Wesley’s death was a tune added to the poem. Yet, it has become one of his […]

Faithful Heroes: Charles Finney

August 21, 2018 Leave a comment

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Charles Finney was a leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States and has been called the father of Modern Revivalism. Charles Grandison Finney was born on August 29, 1792 in Warren, Connecticut. He was the youngest of nine children and the son of farmers. He is said to have been six food, three inches tall with piercing […]

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Hymn Story: Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Faithful Heroes: Charles Finney