I have a song I love to sing

So assuring & soul lifting

It's a very nice song. I love it.

Being redeemed feels good.

I found myself singing this hymn today around the house. It’s wonderful to be redeemed.

I've been redeemed!

I woke up singing this song and I looked it up on the Internet with the tune. What a joy to be reminded that I've been redeemed. Praise God for the life of Bro Excell. It won't be long.

This is awesome.

For some reason I woke up singing this song this morning but I couldn't remember all the words so I looked it up on the Internet. This is a great little site! Thank you Steve for your insightful comments. I grew up in the Detroit area and my father was the song leader at our church. And yes, to all the other comments, it's awesome to be redeemed!

Excell was born in Ohio. At the age of 20 he became a traveling singing teacher establishing singing schools. He was associated with a southern evangelist, Sam Jones. Excell was recognized as one of the best song leaders in his day, and it is said that he wrote and/or composed around 2,000 hymns and published 50 songbooks. He died at the age of 70 while assisting Gipsy Smith in his evangelistic campaigns. - Songs of the Spirit by Martin

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Excel'l's 1909 stanza selection and arrangement of "Amazing Grace" became the most widely used and familiar setting of that hymn by the 2nd half of the 20th century. The influence of his sacred music on American popular culture was substantial enough by the 1920's to garner a satirical reference by Sinclair Lewis in the novel Elmer Gantry.

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Stanza 4 line 3 originally says, "All through His blood and righteousness".

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Stanza 5 lines 1 & 3 originally say:

I have a home prepared for me,

Where I shall dwell eternally,

I woke up singing this song. It is such a reminder of what is really important - I have been redeemed! Hallelujah!