Hall and Grape worked on finishing the hymn together. The pastor thought the lyrics and song fit well together. My lips shall still repeat,” Hall wrote.Īfter the service, she handed the words to Pastor Schreck.Ĭoincidentally, that same week the church organist – a successful coal merchant – John Grape, shared some new music, entitled “All To Christ I Owe,” with Pastor Schreck. He washed away, and when before the throne I stand in him complete. Sin had left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow. However, she had no paper that she scribbled on the flyleaf of her hymnbook. Words were starting to form themselves, so she had to get them down. She then started pondering the meaning of the cross, turned to our need for salvation, and the storied scene flashed before her mind’s eye. Schreck’s prayer droning on and on, her thoughts drifted to other things.

While Hall was sitting in her usual place in the choir loft at the Monument Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland, her mind started to wander. “Jesus Paid it All” came into fruition one hot summer Sunday morning. There’s an outpouring of praise to the One who has paid our debt and raised us from our spiritual deadness in this song, and we can’t help but tear a little whenever we listen to it. The way the song celebrates the total sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross to save us from sin has touched so many hearts. Hall in 1865, “Jesus Paid it All” has been sung by Christians for 150 years.

Classic hymns speak theological truths in a memorable and unique way, and “Jesus Paid it All” is one of such beloved hymns.

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