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Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) was a Christian poet and hymn writer, best known for her hymn, Just As I Am, written in 1834.
== Early Life =
== Later Life ==
Elliott's most famous hymn, "Just As I Am" was written in 1834 in Brighton, England She was 45 years old..<ref>Billy Graham, Crusader Hymns & Hymn Stories, 1967, p. 34</ref>
== Hymns ==
== Legacy ==
Christian writer Lorella Rouster has written that Elliott's hymn, "Just As I Am" is "an amazing legacy for an invalid woman who suffered from depression and felt useless in God's service."<ref>Lorella Rouster, "The Story of 'Just As I Am', Sunday School Times & Gospel Herald, Union Gospel Press, Cleveland, OH, Summer 2007, p. 50</ref> Hymnody historian Kenneth Osbeck said it had "touched more hearts and influenced more people for Christ than any song ever written."<ref>101 Hymn Stories, Kregel</ref> Billy Graham said this hymn was sung as he struggled to come to Christ in 1937 under the ministry of evangelist Mordecai Ham, remembering that all eight verses were sung, and he finally found the courage to come to Christ on the last verse.<ref>Billy Graham, Crusader Hymns & Hymn Stories, 1967, p. 33</ref> He said the Billy Graham team used the hymn as an invitation in almost every one of their crusades because it rings with a strong positive note, it keeps repeating the affirmative response, "O Lamb of God, I come," and it "presents the strongest possible Biblical basis for the call of Christ," reapating many of the reasons a person should respond.<ref>Graham, p. 33</ref>
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== Early Life =
== Later Life ==
Elliott's most famous hymn, "Just As I Am" was written in 1834 in Brighton, England She was 45 years old..<ref>Billy Graham, Crusader Hymns & Hymn Stories, 1967, p. 34</ref>
== Hymns ==
== Legacy ==
Christian writer Lorella Rouster has written that Elliott's hymn, "Just As I Am" is "an amazing legacy for an invalid woman who suffered from depression and felt useless in God's service."<ref>Lorella Rouster, "The Story of 'Just As I Am', Sunday School Times & Gospel Herald, Union Gospel Press, Cleveland, OH, Summer 2007, p. 50</ref> Hymnody historian Kenneth Osbeck said it had "touched more hearts and influenced more people for Christ than any song ever written."<ref>101 Hymn Stories, Kregel</ref> Billy Graham said this hymn was sung as he struggled to come to Christ in 1937 under the ministry of evangelist Mordecai Ham, remembering that all eight verses were sung, and he finally found the courage to come to Christ on the last verse.<ref>Billy Graham, Crusader Hymns & Hymn Stories, 1967, p. 33</ref> He said the Billy Graham team used the hymn as an invitation in almost every one of their crusades because it rings with a strong positive note, it keeps repeating the affirmative response, "O Lamb of God, I come," and it "presents the strongest possible Biblical basis for the call of Christ," reapating many of the reasons a person should respond.<ref>Graham, p. 33</ref>
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