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Hymn Story: More Love to Thee

February 17, 2019 Leave a comment

<img width="205" height="246" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jacobs-ladder.jpeg?resize=205%2C246&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-attachment-id="2172" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/jacob/jacobs-ladder/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jacobs-ladder.jpeg?fit=205%2C246&ssl=1" data-orig-size="205,246" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Jacob’s ladder" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Jacob’s ladder</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jacobs-ladder.jpeg?fit=205%2C246&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jacobs-ladder.jpeg?fit=205%2C246&ssl=1" />

Elizabeth Prentiss, wife of a Presbyterian minister, spent much of her life as an invalid, “scarcely knowing a moment free of pain”. She was described as friend as “a very bright-eyed little woman with a keen sense of humor, who cared more to shine in her own happy household than in a wide circle of society.” Elizabeth wrote this hymn […]

Behind the Hymn: Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross

September 6, 2015 4 comments

<img width="300" height="222" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jesus-on-cross.jpeg?resize=300%2C222&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="2429" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/the-thief-on-the-cross/jesus-on-cross/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jesus-on-cross.jpeg?fit=300%2C222&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,222" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Jesus on cross" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>When I Survey the Wondrous Cross</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jesus-on-cross.jpeg?fit=300%2C222&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jesus-on-cross.jpeg?fit=300%2C222&ssl=1" />

This popular hymn was written by Fanny Crosby, author of over 8,000 hymns and songs. She often collaborated with composer William Doane. Doane wrote the music and then the melody was played for Crosby. Upon hearing the melody she said she felt it said, “Jesus, Keep me near the cross.” She said down and wrote the words for this hymn. […]

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Hymn Story: More Love to Thee

Behind the Hymn: Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross