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SDAH 462
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.
Text
1
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.
Refrain
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
2
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
3
Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Heb 1:14; Rom 8:16; Rev 1:5 (b) John 1:51 (c) Matt 24:42 (r) Ps 104:33
Author
Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915)
Year Published
1873
Metrical Number
9.10.9.9.Ref.
Composer
Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (1839-1908)
Year Composed
1873
Notes
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Mrs. Joseph Fairchild Knapp (1839-1909; see SDAH 332) composed a hymn tune in 1873. Visiting Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915), she played the tune for her. Finding that it pleased the blind author very much indeed, Mrs. Knapp asked her to write some words for it. She played it over the second time and noticed that Fanny Crosby was kneeling in prayer. After the third playing, Fanny began dictating rapidly the words of the hymn that we now have. The hymn is based on John 3:2, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God,” as is evident in the words “heir of salvation.”
“Blessed Assurance” appeared first in Gems of Praise, 1873, a collection by John Robson Sweeney, with the tune named ASSURANCE, because of its association with the words. Mrs. Knapp also composed the tune for SDAH 332, sometimes called CLEANSING WAVE.
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