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Just As I
Am, Without One Plea
Charlotte Elliott |
Miss
Charlotte Elliott was visiting some friends in the West End of
London, and there met the eminent minister, César Malan.
While seated at supper, the minister said he hoped that she
was a Christian. She took offense at this, and replied that
she would rather not discuss that question. Dr. Malan said
that he was sorry if had offended her, that he always liked
to speak a word for his Master, and that he hoped that the
young lady would someday become a worker for Christ. When
they met again at the home of a mutual friend, three weeks
later, Miss Elliott told the minister that ever since he
had spoken to her she had been trying to find her Savior, and
that she now wished him to tell her how to come to Christ. “Just
come to him as you are,” Dr. Malan said. This she did, and went
away rejoicing. Shortly afterward she wrote the hymn,
"Just As I Am, Without One Plea".
The music
was written by William Batchelder Bradbury
(6 October 1816 – January
7, 1868) a musician who composed many hymns including "He
Leadeth Me," "Sweet Hour of Prayer", "Jesus Like a Savior Lead
Us" and The Solid Rock." All of these songs can be found in the
Christian Reformed Church's Psalter Hymnal and many other
song books. |
William Bradbury |
Bradbury was born
in York, Maine where his father was the leader of a choir. By age
fourteen he had mastered every musical instrument available, but never
saw an organ or a piano until 1830, when his parents moved to Boston.
There he met Dr. Lowell Mason, and by 1834 was known as an organist. In
1840, he began teaching in Brooklyn, New York, where he gained
popularity by his free singing-schools, and by his concerts, at which
the performers, all children, sometimes numbered 1,000. In 1847 he went
to Germany, where he studied harmony, composition, and vocal and
instrumental music with the best masters.
In 1854, he started the Bradbury Piano Company, with his brother, Edward
G. Bradbury in New York City. William Bradbury is best known as a
composer and publisher of a series of musical collections for choirs and
schools. He was the author and compiler of fifty-nine books. The first
book was published in 1841.
In 1862, Bradbury found Jesus Loves Me in a book in which the
words were spoken as a comforting poem to a dying child. Along with his
tune, Bradbury added his own chorus "Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus
Loves me..." After publication the song became one of the most popular
Christian hymns in churches around the world.
Lyrics by Charlotte Elliott
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Just as I am, without
one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just
as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, though
tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just
as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come. |
Just as I
am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I
am, Thy love unknown
Hath broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, of that free love
The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove,
Here for a season, then above,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
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