In loving-kindness Jesus came
In loving-kindness Jesus came. Charles Hutchinson Gabriel* (1856-1932).
This hymn is perhaps better known by the first line of its refrain:
From sinking sand He lifted me,With tender hand He lifted me;From shades of night to plains of light,Oh, praise His Name, He lifted me!
It is characteristic of the author who was in the full flow of his revivalist oratory in the early years of the 20th century, associated with many vigorous and successful evangelistic campaigns of the time. This text was published in Revival Hymns, published by the Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, 1905), edited by Daniel B. Towner* and Charles M. Alexander* (Gabriel had been closely associated with Alexander’s...
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