Many people will have sung this hymn over the years gaining encouragement from its words. Some people may have noticed that the words are attributed to Fanny Crosby and the tune to Mrs J.F.Knapp. Even fewer will have paused to wonder who these ladies were and how the hymn came...

By Sue Vander Byl When we turn open the pages of our hymn book to find the announced hymn how often do we notice the name of the writer, or if we do just give it a passing glance? Do we ever wonder who they were and why they wrote...