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Toward the end of her brother's ministry, he said he had been allowed by God to see some of the fruit of his long ministry, but that he felt that far more had been accomplished by the one famous hymn of his invalid sister, ''Just As I Am.''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," repeating many of the reasons a person should respond.<ref>Graham, p. 33</ref>   

Toward the end of her brother's ministry, he said he had been allowed by God to see some of the fruit of his long ministry, but that he felt that far more had been accomplished by the one famous hymn of his invalid sister, ''Just As I Am.''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," repeating many of the reasons a person should respond.<ref>Graham, p. 33</ref>   

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