Blessed Assurance

Blessed Assurance

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. (Information from Wikipedia)

Lyrics:

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O 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 Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior 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 Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
praising my Savior all the day long.

『有福的確據』（Blessed Assurance）歌曲簡介：

芬妮‧克羅斯比（Fanny Jane Crosby）某一天去菲比（Phoebe P. Knapp）家拜訪，她家的管風琴正好壞了，於是菲比用鋼琴給芬妮彈了一首自己剛創作的樂曲。然後菲比問芬妮：「您覺得這曲調到底在說甚麼？」芬妮回答：「有福的確據，耶穌屬我」。