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"Blessed Assurance" Lyrics

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Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine,
Oh what a foretaste of glory divine.
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His spirit, washed in His blood.

This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Saviour, all the day long
This is my story, this is song
Praising my Saviour all the Day long

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Saviour, all the day long
This is my story, this is song
Praising my Saviour all the Day long

Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Saviour am happy and blessed.
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Saviour, all the day long
This is my story, this is song
Praising my Saviour all the Day long

This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Saviour, all the day long
This is my story, this is song
Praising my Saviour all the Day long
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AddedMarch 5th, 2005
Last updatedMarch 7th, 2022
About"Blessed Assurance" is a well-known Christian hymn. The lyrics were written in 1873 by blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby to the music written in 1873 by Phoebe Knapp.

Crosby was visiting her friend Phoebe Knapp as the Knapp home was having a large pipe organ installed. The organ was incomplete, so Mrs. Knapp, using the piano, played a new melody she had just composed. When Knapp asked Crosby, "What do you think the tune says?", Crosby replied, "Blessed assurance; Jesus is mine."

The hymn appeared in the July 1873 issue of Palmer's Guide to Holiness and Revival Miscellany, a magazine printed by Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Palmer of 14 Bible House, New York City. It appeared on page 36 (the last page) with complete text and piano score, and indicated it had been copyrighted by Crosby that year. It is not certain that this was the first printing of the hymn, but it certainly helped to popularize what became one of the most beloved hymns of all time.

The popular song reflects Crosby's walk of faith, as expressed by the apostle Paul in Philippians 1:21, "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain" (ESV).

Because of Crosby's lyrics, the tune is now called "Assurance."

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