Handed a Copy of Her Own Hymn
Charlotte Elliott first published her famous hymn,
“Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,”
in a volume entitled The Invalid’s Hymn Book. The sister of the author related this incident:
“A lady was so struck with it that she had it printed as a leaflet and widely circulated without any idea by whom it was composed. It happened rather curiously that while we were living at Torquay, our valued Christian physician came to us one morning, having in his hand this leaflet. He offered it to my sister, saying, ‘I am sure this will please you;’ and great indeed was his astonishment on finding that it was written by herself, though by what means it had been thus printed and circulated she was utterly ignorant. Shortly after we became acquainted with the lady who had printed it.”
Mr. Sankey saved many hymns from obscurity by singing them at the Moody meetings. Here is the story of