I hear the Savior say

Jesus paid it all
His grace is sufficient for me.
I need not fear, my sins are forgiven.

Whenever I get under a cloud caused by the accusing liar, the words of this hymn bring me back into the light, to walk in the light, even as He is in the light - Jesus indeed "paid it all" through His own blood, and therefore I do owe all to Him. Nothing in my hands I bring. Blessed assurance and comfort of His most holy Spirit in our spirit, which is the most basic and foundational fact of our "so great a salvation." Thank you, Lord!

Surely all was paid. Jesus to you I am speechless.

God grace is sufficient. He came for the sinners and no one is greater. Such a blessing song.

"Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow."
Thank You Lord Jesus! 🙏🏼

"For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim
...
And when, before the throne,
I stand in Him complete."
What a contrast!

Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. There is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. So God had to become a man to meet God’s righteousness. He became the perfect “lamb of God” Selah! His blood washed us white as snow. Since he paid it all there is nothing we can do to accomplish our redemption. Besides nothing good have I to accomplish it. Now there is nothing we can do except present our bodies a living sacrifice . We don’t have to die. Jesus did it all. We just give our life to Him. This is our reasonable service isn’t it?

Qu'il est merveilleux, ce cantique ! Benis soit le Roi des rois!

“I Hear the Savior Say, ” is the title of this hymn, also known as “Jesus Paid it All. ”

“How long Pastor’s prayer is this morning, ” thought Elvina Hall. Sitting in the choir-loft, Elvina’s mind turned to man’s need for salvation, and the price Jesus paid for it. Words began to form themselves. She had to write them down. But she had no paper. She began scribbling on the flyleaf of her hymnbook, she wrote:

I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Finding Me thine all in all. ”
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.

After the service, she handed the words to her pastor. He connected her with the church’s organist, John Grape, who had recently shared a new tune he had written. Hall and Grape worked together to finish the hymn, and then, at the pastor’s urging, they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of the Sabath Carols periodical, where it received its first publication. It has been a favorite of many Christians ever since.

Elvina was a church member for 40 years. Perhaps the pastor may have realized that she was writing instead of listening to him that day but what we do know is that an extraordinary “coincidence“ occurred at the Monument Street Methodist Church of Baltimore. Organist John Grape had recently written a new tune, and given it to the pastor. The pastor saw that the tune and the poem fit together extremely well. So he united the two and as a result, a most beloved hymn came into being.

Elvina Hall was 45 years old when she wrote this hymn. Born on June 4, 1820, to Captain David Reynolds. She was married first to Richard Hall. They had three children together that lived to adulthood: Agnes, Asenath and Ella, and two that died as infants: Benoni and Ada. When her husband Richard Hall died, she remarried a Methodist minister, Thomas Myers. She died on July 18, 1899. She was buried in the Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.

Thank you Jesus for your saving grace. Forever grateful that you died for my sins. I am now redeemed and my future assured. Hallelujah.