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- Leaning on the Everlasting Arms 1887
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The idea for this song came from Anthony Showalter, principal of the Southern Normal Musical Institute in Dalton, Georgia. Showalter, a Presbyterian elder, was a well-known advocate of gospel music. He published over 130 music books with combined sales of two million copies, and he became known through the South for his singing schools in local churches.
Showalter took a personal interest in his students and enjoyed keeping up with them as the years passed. One evening in 1887, he was leading a singing school in a local church in Hartselle, Alabama. After dismissing the class for the evening, he gathered his materials and returned to his boardinghouse.
Two letters had arrived, both from former pupils. Each of the young men was heartbroken, having just lost his wife. Professor Showalter went to the Bible, looking for a verse to comfort them. He selected Deuteronomy 33:27-“The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms. . . .” As he pondered that verse, these words came to mind:
Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.
He scribbled replies to his bereaved friends, then, reaching for another piece of paper, he wrote to his friend, hymnist Elisha Hoffman. “Here is the chorus for a good hymn from Deuteronomy 33:27,” his letter said, “but I can’t come up with any verses.” Hoffman wrote three stanzas and sent them back. Showalter set it all to music, and ever since, these words have cheered us in adversity:
What have I to dread, what have I to fear, / Leaning on the everlasting arms. /
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, / Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Morgan, Robert J.. Then Sings My Soul Special Edition . Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
I wasn't even a christian
but this video leads me to the road
many thanks from S.Korea
O yes. Praise the Lord! Leaning on Jesus.
I like their version of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Amen
This is amazing Kaoma! I have a prayer request. My pastor's dad is dying and our church is pretty small, so may you please pray for my pastor and our church. Thank you. God bless you.
Jonathan Earley will do, Jonathan. I’ll keep the pastor and church family in my prayers.
@@Therealkaomachende Thank you so much for your prayers. Sadly, my pastor's dad died on Saturday. My pastor will be doing the funeral service for him. Thank you again for your prayers. It means so much to me that you reply to my comments and care. God bless you brother!
Praying for you
The video I watched just before this one was of a slow talker, so I jumped the play back speed to 1.5 and forgot to move it back to normal. At that speed this is a very joyful, happy song. Please don't misunderstand, it is great at normal speed, but not bad speeded up too
Quite lovely! Might be my favorite version.
My gosh... This is world class good.
I can't believe it's done in one take and sung together.
If you don't have ear pieces to hear each of your own voices, get one for each of you all. it helps me to stay on key when other stage sounds are drowning my singing out (from me hearing my own singing).
God Bless you all.
Beautiful
Amen!!!!
Beautiful God bless
I’ll bet people want to hire all of you for concerts, don’t they? 😆