I will sing of my Redeemer and His wondrous love for me
Originated from the song:
Title I will sing of my Redeemer
Lyrics Philip Paul Bliss
Composer James McGranahan
Opwekkingsliederen 7/8 (221-268)
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Released on: 2003-11-01
Composer/gospel tune: James McGranahan
Lyricist: Johannes de Heer
Near the end of 1876, Philip P. Bliss (PHH 482) and his wife were traveling to Chicago to sing for the evangelistic services led by Daniel W. Whittle at Dwight L. Moody's Tabernacle. But a train wreck and fire en route claimed their lives. Their trunk, which was spared, contained this hymn text by Bliss.
In four stanzas with refrain, the text was set to a gospel tune by James McGranaham (PHH 99), who subsequently succeeded Bliss as song leader for Whittle. The text and McGranaham's tune were published in Welcome Tidings, a New Collection far Sunday School, compiled by Robert S. Lowry (PHH 396), William H. Doane (PHH 473), and Ira D. Sankey (PHH 73) in 1877.
The text is a fine statement in hymn form of Christian teachings on the saving work of Christ, whose atoning death "sealed my pardon, paid the debt, and made me free." The Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee reordered original text into three stanzas to fit the tune HYFRYDOL; the original refrain appears in stanzas 1 and 3.
Liturgical Use:
A glorious testimony hymn about salvation in Christ useful for many worship services; Lent.
--Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Handbook, 1987