பாடல் : பயமில்லையே. பாடல் : BRO.T. தமிழ்செல்வன்

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His spirit, washed in His blood. This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long. Tune composer Phoebe Palmer Knapp played a melody to Fanny Crosby and asked, “What does the melody say to you?” Crosby replied that the tune said, “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!” and proceeded to recite the entire first stanza of the now-famous hymn. Fanny Crosby, blind at the age of six weeks, was a lifelong Methodist who began composing hymns at age six. An author of more than 8,000 gospel hymn texts, she drew her inspiration from her own faith. Crosby published hymns under several pen names including “Ella Dale,” “Mrs. Kate Gringley,” and “Miss Viola V. A.” “Blessed Assurance” was published in 1873 in the monthly magazine, Guide to Holiness. Perhaps the biggest boost came when it appeared in Gospel Songs, No. 5 by Ira Sankey and was sung extensively in the Moody and Sankey revivals in Great Britain and the United States. Crosby captured the poetic essence of the Wesleyan understanding of Christian perfection in the phrase, “O what a foretaste of glory divine!” The entire hymn is focused on heaven, a place where “perfect submission” and “perfect delight” will take place. The earthly existence is one of “watching and waiting, looking above.” As we submit ourselves to Christ and are “filled with His goodness” and “lost in His love,” we are remade in Christ’s image and are moving toward Christian perfection. The refrain calls us to “prais[e]. . . my Savior all the day long,” echoing I Tune composer Phoebe Palmer Knapp played a melody to Fanny Crosby and asked, “What does the melody say to you?” Crosby replied that the tune said, “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!” and proceeded to recite the entire first stanza of the now-famous hymn. Fanny Crosby, blind at the age of six weeks, was a lifelong Methodist who began composing hymns at age six. An author of more than 8,000 gospel hymn texts, she drew her inspiration from her own faith. Crosby published hymns under several pen names including “Ella Dale,” “Mrs. Kate Gringley,” and “Miss Viola V. A.” “Blessed Assurance” was published in 1873 in the monthly magazine, Guide to Holiness. Perhaps the biggest boost came when it appeared in Gospel Songs, No. 5 by Ira Sankey and was sung extensively in the Moody and Sankey revivals in Great Britain and the United States. Crosby captured the poetic essence of the Wel story behind them. That being said, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”, which was written by Jeremiah Rankin, was simply composed so his church choir could have something to sing when they parted each week. Rankin was the minister for the First Congregational Church in Washington, D.C. and said this about the hymn, “Written…as a Christian goodbye, it was called forth by no person or occasion, but was deliberately composed as a Christian hymn on basis of the etymology of “goodbye,” which is “God be with you.” He got the idea for the first stanza of the song when he saw the dictionary definition of “good-bye” was short for “God be with you.” The song was written in 1882 when Rankin was 54 years old. While Rankin was responsible for writing the lyrics, William Tomer, who was the music director at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, composed the music. The hymn became the official closing song for the Christian Endeavor Convention. Dr. Rankin said: “It has had no sweeter recognition than that given it by its adoption by the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor. Long, long, may they sing it!” During the war, many postcards were printed with hymn lyrics to help soldiers in battle feel at ease. One such postcard was a colorful picture of soldiers going to battle with the following verse: “God be with you till we meet again; keep love’s banner floating o’er you, smite death’s threatening wave before you; God be with you till we meet again.” While the original hymn had eight verses, it is verses 1, 2, 4, and 7 that are generally heard in congregations. In the hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there are three verses included. As a close to many of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcasts, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” is the final goodbye number and acts as a benediction to many of the General Conferences of the church. For more information regarding the history of this sacred hymn, listen to Episode 26 of the History of hymns series on The Mormon Channel . Here are the lyrics as sung by the Choir in the video above: God be with you till we meet again By his counsels guide, uphold you With his sheep securely fold you God be with you till we meet again Till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again Till we meet, till we meet, till we meet at Jesus’ feet Till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again God be with you till we meet again Facebook Wh