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A Story of Love: “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go”
At 20, his fiancée left him because he was going blind. At 40, alone on his sister’s wedding night, George Matheson wrote “O Love That…
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The Story of Peace: “It Is Well With My Soul”
“Horatio Spafford stood on a ship crossing the Atlantic, sailing over the spot where his four daughters had drowned. There, he wrote ‘It Is Well…
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A Story of Sight Beyond Blindness: Blessed Assurance
“Blinded at six weeks old, Fanny Crosby wrote 8,000 hymns and saw God’s glory more clearly than those with perfect sight. Her story redefines limitation.”
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A Story of Redemption: “Amazing Grace”
“From slave trader to hymn writer: John Newton’s journey from darkness to grace produced the most beloved hymn in history. His story proves no one…
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A Story of Faith & Grief: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
Joseph Scriven lost everything twice—his fiancées, his homeland, and even battled chronic depression—yet he gave the world one of its most beloved hymns, ‘What a…
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The Sick Boy Who Changed How We Worship: Isaac Watts and “Joy to the World”

When Isaac Watts was seven years old, he complained to his father about how boring the church singing was. His father challenged him: “Then write…
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The Reformer Who Sang in the Storm “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” The year was 1527, and the plague had come to Wittenberg. The university closed. The Elector ordered…
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