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A Love For a Community of Faith
Blessed Be The Tie That Binds The hymn Blessed Be The Tie That Binds was written by John Fawcett (1740-1817). Fawcett was born to poor parents in Little Green, Yorkshire, England. At the age of 16...
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The hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing was written by Robert Robinson (1735-1790). Robinson in his youth was a part of group that enjoyed stirring things up. After an encounter with a drunken gypsy...
View ArticleFairest Lord Jesus
I have concluded that time is not always friendly. At least not friendly to the history behind the hymns. Fairest Lord Jesus came from German Jesuits. “It first appeared in 1677 in a Jesuit hymnbook...
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