Stockton worked with Moody and Sankey in their Philadelphia meetings in 1874, writing several songs for use in the revivals. Stirring invitation hymns were an essential part of the revival experience.
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The music should be simple, but avoid cliché.
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4 In stanza three, the invitation is clarified further, including: "wanders after rest," "poor and maimed," and the "halt, and blind."
The text needed to be straightforward, but not trite.
Chorus (G) Only trust Him, o (C) nly trust (G) Him, Only trust Him (D) now; (G) He will save you, (C) He will save (G) you, He will save (D) you (G) now. Yes, Jesus is the truth, the way, That leads you into rest; Believe in Him without delay And you are fully blessed. Another line from Stockton's hymn, "believe in him without delay," seems to draw its inspiration from the opening line of the final stanza of Wesley's hymn as it appears in the “And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
5 Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American
The hymn begins with the imperative verb, "Come." Only Trust Him Words & music by John Hart Stockton, 1813-1877 / C:x32010 D:xx0232 D7:xx0212 G:320003 / [Verse 1] G Come every soul by sin oppressed D …
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And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests.
After becoming a licensed preacher in 1844, he became a full member of the New Jersey Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1857.
His invitation to "plunge into the crimson flood/that washes bright as snow" may have been an allusion to eighteenth-century hymnwriter William Cowper's familiar, "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood," in which he invites sinners to "plunge beneath the flood" and be cleansed of all "their guilty stains."
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Do you know any background info about this track? The refrain especially should attempt to speak directly to the heart and invite a response to the gospel message.
Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now; He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.
Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American
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