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Behind the Song: Reach Out to Jesus

August 5, 2018 Leave a comment

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Reach Out to Jesus was written by composer Ralph Carmichael. Ralph Carmichael was born on May 27, 1927 in Quincy, Illinois. He was the son of a Pentecostal minister. As a child, he learned to play the violin. By the time he was a teenager, he was playing with the San Jose Civic Symphony. He grew up in the days […]

Behind the Song: The Savior is Waiting

September 27, 2015 2 comments

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This hymn was written by Ralph Carmichael in the mid-1950s. Mr. Carmichael shares that his pastor, Lester Harnish, requested he write a new hymn to be used as an invitation each night for the upcoming revival. This revival was scheduled to last for two weeks and would be sung at the end of the sermon. At the beginning of the […]

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