NEARER MY GOD TO THEE was written in one week in 1841 by Sarah Flower Adams when her pastor requested a hymn for an urgent sermon he was to deliver based on Genesis 28: 11-19. This was the story of a ...
When Gerard Baker a year ago wrote in the Times of London that Barack Obama had “Ventured Forth to Bring Light to the World,” it was widely acknowledged to be a clever satire, but this past week we ...
side 1: Dixie Sacred Singers. Nearer My God To Thee; side 2: Hamlin Sacred Quartette. Tell Mother I'll Be There (Challenge 339) 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1927 and initially released on Gennett ...