MY REDEEMER

Composer: James McGranahan

James McGranahan was a nineteenth-century American musician and composer, most known for his various hymns. He was born 4 July 1840, in West Fallowfield or Adamsville, Pennsylvania, and died 9 July 1907 in Kinsman, Ohio. He composed over 25 hymns. For example, in one work he is listed as the composer of three notable songs: "He Will Hide Me" by Mary Elizabeth Servoss, "Revive Thy Work, O Lord" by Albert Midlane, and "Come" by a "Mrs. James Gibson Johnson";and he composed the music for at least 39 of the 79 hymns in a work co-authored with Ira D. Sankey. McGranahan composed most of the tunes for the lyrics of Major Daniel Webster Whittle, including EL NATHAN, the tune associated with Whittle's "I Know Whom I Have Believèd" (written 1883)… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Composer: James McGranahan (1877)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Incipit: 51233 32122 57244
Key: A♭ Major

Texts

I Will Sing Of My Redeemer

I will sing of my Redeemer
and his wondrous love to me;
on the cruel cross he suffered,
from the curse to set me free.
Sing, O sing of my Redeemer!
With his blood he purchased me;
on the cross he sealed my pardon,
paid the debt, and made me free.
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Media

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #575
Text: I Will Sing of My Redeemer
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #465
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)

Instances

Instances (12)TextImageAudioScore
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #575TextImageAudioScore
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #285TextImage
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #580Image
Celebration Hymnal #517Image
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #465AudioScore
Hymns of Faith #296TextImage
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #568Image
Revival Hymns and Choruses #121
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #343
Sing Joyfully #324TextImage
The Covenant Hymnal: a worshipbook #223
Trinity Hymnal #650Text