Have you failed in your plan of your storm-tossed life
Have you failed in your plan of your storm-tossed life. Baylus B. McKinney* (1886-1952).
Written in 1924 at Allen, Texas, after hearing a preacher speak the words ‘Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand’. Those words, used in the refrain, are a striking variant on the common evangelical theme of coming close to Christ in doubt and affliction:
Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand,Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand,He will keep to the end, He's your dearest friend,Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand.
The hymn is a striking appeal to those who feel that their life has been of little account. It contrasts the sense of failure with the command to turn to the Christ whose hands...
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