It's been a while since I did one of these, but there's no time like the present to revive an old staple! This Music Monday post is a reader's submission: the Christian hymn Rescue the Perishing by Fanny Crosby.
I grew up listening to this as a child at Boulevard Christian Church [in Muskogee], then located at the corner of East Side Boulevard and Okmulgee.
In the summer of 1980 at the age of 27, I was in Bangalore, India, doing mission work. I was single and had spent most the last 5-6 years travelling and was battling depression. I went into a church, St. John's Anglican Church, and was sitting in a pew, praying and meditating. I picked up a hymnal and it fell open to Rescue the Perishing. The 3rd stanza jumped out at me:
Down in the human heart,
Crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more. [Refrain]
That verse lifted my spirits and remains dear to me some 41 years later.
by Muskogee Politico - January 10, 2022 at 08:00AM
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Music Monday: Rescue the Perishing
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