328, ii.] had not long before conceived the plan of St. Such a time of trial marked the year 1834, when she was forty-five years old, and was living in Westfield Lodge, Brighton. Besides its general trying influence on the spirits, it often caused her the peculiar pain of a seeming uselessness in her life while the circle round her was full of unresting serviceableness for God. In an abbreviated form this is the beautiful story:. Moule, who is related to the family, derived his information from family sources. Moule of Durham, then Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, gave a most interesting account of Miss Elliott, and of the origin of this hymn. John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) Macgill, in his Songs of the Christian Creed and Life, 1876, as, "Tibi, qualis sum, O Christe!" Bingham, is given in his Hymnologia Christiana Latina 1871, and a second by H. Cook's "Just as thou art, without one trace." A Latin rendering, "Ut ego sum! nee alia ratione utens," by R. Its success has given rise to many imitations, the best of which is R. It ranks with the finest hymns in the English language. The text of this hymn is usually given in full, and without alteration, as in Church Hymns, 1871, No. "In the course of a long ministry, I hope I have been permitted to see some fruit of my labours but I feel far more has been done by a single hymn of my sister's." Elliott, editor of Psalms and Hymns, 1835) to the great results arising from this one hymn, is very touching. The testimony of Miss Elliott's brother (the Rev. It has been translated into almost every European language, and into the languages of many distant lands. From this last work the hymn has been transferred to almost every Hymn published in English-speaking countries during the past fifty years. Written for and first published in the Invalid's Hymn Book, 1836, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed with the text, "Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out." During the same year it also appeared in Miss Elliott's Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted, with the additional stanza, "Just as I am, of that free love," &c. Service of confession and forgiveness in response to preaching for the Lord's Supper in evangelistic services as a hymn of invitation. Widely translated, this hymn has brought consolation to millions. The Psalter Hymnal prints the four most common stanzas. She added a seventh stanza that same year, when the hymn was also published in her Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted (1836). “Just as I Am" was first published in the 1836 edition of Invalid's Hymn Book with the subheading "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37). Many of her hymns reflect her chronic pain and illness but also reveal that faith gave her perseverance and hope. Hymn writing provided a way for Elliot to cope with her pain and depression – she wrote approximately 150 hymns, which were published in her Invalid's Hymn Book (several editions, 1834-1854), Hymns for a Week (1839), and Thoughts in Verse on Sacred Subjects (1869). He answered, "Come to him just as you are." Thinking back on that experience twelve years later, in 1834, she wrote “Just as I Am" as a statement of her faith. Cesar Malan ( PHH 288) that she did not know how to come to Christ. Within a year she went through a spiritual crisis and confessed to the Swiss evangelist Henri A. Brighton, East Sussex, England, 1871) suffered a serious illness that left her a semi-invalid for the rest of her life.
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