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10/07/2026

𝐇𝐘𝐌𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘
"𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐄", 𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 (1805-1848)

𝑁𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑟, 𝑀𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡-𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑦𝑚𝑛𝑠, 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ.

Sarah Flower Adams was an English poet and hymn writer born on 22 February 1805 in Harlow, Essex, England. She grew up in a literary and religious environment. Her father, Benjamin Flower, was a writer and newspaper editor who encouraged intellectual and spiritual discussion.

Sarah showed great talent in poetry and literature. She also had an interest in the theatre and became known for her writing abilities. Later, she became connected with the Unitarian congregation at South Place Chapel, where she wrote hymns and religious poetry.

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫
Sarah Adams suffered from poor health throughout much of her life. She died at the young age of 43 in 1848. Some writers have suggested that her own struggles with illness and mortality gave the hymn a deeper emotional meaning, although the direct inspiration remains the biblical story of Jacob.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 1856 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 (1792–1872), 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧.

𝐼𝑁𝑆𝑃𝐼𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝐵𝐸𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐻𝑌𝑀𝑁

Sarah Flower Adams wrote “Nearer, My God, to Thee” in 1841 while helping prepare hymns for a collection called Hymns and Anthems. Her pastor, William Johnson Fox, encouraged her literary work and asked her to contribute hymns.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔 28:10–17.

Jacob’s dream at Bethel

In the Bible, Jacob was running away from his brother Esau after deceiving him. Alone in the wilderness, Jacob stopped for the night and used a stone as a pillow. During his sleep, he dreamed of a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, with angels moving up and down on it.

God spoke to Jacob and promised to be with him and bless him. When Jacob awoke, he said:
𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕.”
𝑆𝑎𝑟𝑎ℎ 𝐴𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟.

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒃’𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒚𝒎𝒏
𝑬𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒚𝒎𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒃’𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆:

1. The longing for God’s presence
The repeated phrase:

“Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee”

expresses the desire to have a closer relationship with God, just as Jacob discovered God’s presence in the wilderness.

2. The “stone of Bethel”
The hymn mentions:

“Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone…”

This directly refers to Jacob sleeping on a stone while traveling. Sarah used Jacob’s hardship as a symbol of human struggles and the comfort of God.

3. Suffering becoming a path to God
The hymn does not describe suffering as meaningless. Instead, it presents difficulties as moments that can draw a person closer to God.

4. The vision of heaven
The final verses refer to the idea of ascending toward heaven, echoing Jacob’s ladder and the hope of eternal closeness with God.

𝗜𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆
"𝗔 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱".

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Happy preparation day

09/07/2026

𝐇𝐘𝐌𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘
𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐇: 184 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋

"Jesus Paid It All" is one of the best-known Christian hymns on the themes of grace, forgiveness, and the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The lyrics were written by Elvina M. Hall in 1865, and the music was composed by John T. Grape.

𝐄𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌. 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 (1820–1889)
Elvina Mabel Hall was a lifelong member of the Monument Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore. She was not widely known as a hymn writer, and "Jesus Paid It All" became her most enduring contribution to Christian hymnody.

According to a long-standing account, Hall wrote the words while attending a church service. As the pastor's prayer and sermon continued, she became deeply moved by the message of Christ's saving work. She began writing verses on the inside cover of her hymnal, expressing the truth that salvation is entirely the work of Christ rather than human effort.

Whether every detail of this story can be historically verified is uncertain, but it has been widely repeated in hymn histories and reflects the circumstances under which the hymn was believed to have been written.

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞 (1835–1915)
Around the same time, John T. Grape, a church organist and choir leader, composed a new tune titled "All to Christ I Owe."

When both manuscripts were submitted to music publisher Theodore Perkins, he noticed that Hall's text fit Grape's melody remarkably well. He paired them together in the 1868 hymn collection Gospel Melodies, creating the hymn as it is known today.

𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐼𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑎ℎ 1:18 – "𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑛𝑜𝑤."
𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 3:23–24 – 𝐴𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑑'𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒.
𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 5:8–9 – 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠.
2 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 5:21 – 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛.
1 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 2:24 – 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠.
𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 1:5 – 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑.

09/07/2026

𝐇𝐘𝐌𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘
𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐇 : 526 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒

The hymn was born during a period of widespread uncertainty. The late 1960s and early 1970s were marked by the Vietnam War, political unrest, rising crime, social protests, and fears about the future. At the same time, husband & wife songwriters Bill and Gloria Gaither were expecting their 3rd child. Like many parents, they wondered what kind of world their baby would grow up in.

Gloria Gaither later explained that these personal concerns, combined with the turmoil in society, caused them to reflect deeply on the meaning of Christ's resurrection. They concluded that because Jesus conquered death and is alive, believers have genuine hope regardless of what the future holds. That conviction became the heart of the hymn.

Holding a newborn brings joy, but raising a child in an uncertain world can also bring anxiety. The hymn says that parents can entrust their children to God because Christ lives. The phrase "This child can face uncertain days because He lives" means that although the future is uncertain, believers can face it with confidence because of the living Christ.

"Because He Lives" has endured because it connects the historical resurrection of Jesus with everyday life. Rather than presenting the resurrection as only a past event, it emphasizes its present significance: believers can face fear, uncertainty, suffering, and death with hope because Christ is alive.

09/07/2026

526 - Because He Lives

1 God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus, He came to love, heal, and forgive; He lived and died to buy my pardon, An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

Refrain
Because He lives I can face tomorrow, Because He lives all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future. And life is worth the living just because He lives.

2 How sweet to hold a newborn baby, And feel the pride, and joy He gives; But greater still the calm assurance, This child can face uncertain days because He lives.

Refrain
Because He lives I can face tomorrow, Because He lives all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future. And life is worth the living just because He lives.