Posts Tagged ‘D L Moody’
Author of “Softly & Tenderly Jesus is Calling” – born
Posted in Bible, born today, education, Jesus Christ, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, worship, tagged 11/7/1847, “Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling.”, Boston Conservatory of Music, D L Moody, East Liverpool OH, Germany, Jesus is calling, Leipzig, Mount Union College, Ohio Legislator, Softly and Tenderly, Will L. Thompson on November 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
D L Moody – death, Dec 22, 1899
Posted in QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, tagged 1896, 1899, Bible Institution Colportage Ass’n, Chicago, Christ should come, D L Moody, gas stocks, Holy Ghost should come, Jesus Christ is coming back, Second Coming of Christ, stocks in banks and railroads, the return of our Lord, this world loses its hold, today in history, water stocks, Word of God on December 22, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Three great comings are foretold in the Word of God. First that Christ should come; that has been fulfilled. Second, that the Holy Ghost should come; that was fulfilled at Pentecost…Third, the return of our Lord from Heaven – for this we are told to watch and wait “till He come.”
– D L Moody, The Second Coming of Christ (Chicago:The Bible Institution Colportage Ass’n, 1896), 17.
The moment a man realizes that Jesus Christ is coming back again to receive His followers to Himself, this world loses its hold upon him. Gas stocks, and water stocks and stocks in banks and railroads are of very much less consequence to him then.
– D L Moody, The Second Coming of Christ (Chicago:The Bible Institution Colportage Ass’n, 1896), 18.
Will Thompson – birth, Nov. 7, 1847
Posted in born today, poem, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1847, born today, Boston Conservatory of Music, D L Moody, East Liverpool, Germany, Jesus is calling, mercy and pardon, Mount Union College, Ohio, poem, Softly and Tenderly, though we have sinned, today in history, waiting and watching, Will Thompson, wonderful love on November 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
“Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”
(1st & last stanzas)
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
O for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.
Written (along with several other songs) by Will Lamartine Thompson born 11/7/1847, in East Liverpool, Ohio. Will (whose dad served in the Ohio legislature) studied at Mount Union College (Ohio) and at Boston Conservatory of Music, as well as in Germany.
It is reported that when Will visited D L Moody (as Moody was dying) that Moody said, “Will, I would rather have written ‘Softly and Tenderly’ than anything I have been able to do in my whole life.”
