Dwight Lyman Moody et al. in Edinburgh - 1874
from My Life and Sacred Songs, pages 249-250:
At this moment I seemed to hear a voice saying : " Sing the hymn you found on the train ! " But I thought this impossible, as no music had ever been written for that hymn. Again the impression came strongly upon me that I must sing the beautiful and appropriate words I had found the day before, and placing the little newspaper slip on the organ in front of me, I lifted my heart in prayer, asking God to help me so to sing that the people might hear and understand. Laying my hands upon the organ I struck the chord of A flat, and began to sing.
Note by note the tune was given, which has not been… more >>
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Ira David Sankey, My Life and Sacred Songs (1906), p. 249-250. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432209551470 accessed: 6 October, 2024
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The Ninety and Nine
written by Elizabeth Clephane, Ira David Sankey |
performed by Ira David Sankey |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1874 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors |
Originally submitted by Gill on Thu, 21 May 2015 12:59:11 +0100
Approved on Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:11:12 +0100