I know that my Redeemer liveth
I know that my Redeemer liveth. Jessie Brown Pounds* (1861-1921).
Based on Job 19: 25, this was written for an Easter Cantata by James H. Fillmore, Hope’s Messenger, published by the Fillmore Music House (Cincinnati, 1893). Its first appearance in a hymnal was in The Praise Hymnal: a collection of hymns and tunes, edited by Fillmore and Gilbert J. Ellis (Cincinnati and New York, 1896). This is one of several hymns on this verse (see, for example, I know that my Redeemer lives* by Samuel Medley*, and I know that my Redeemer* by Hallgrim Pjetursson*) but this one uses the language of the Authorized Version (KJV), familiar to those who know Messiah, by George Frideric Handel*. It had three...
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