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McGranahan, JamesJames McGranahan
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(1840 - 1907)
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Christ Receiveth Sinful Men

Christ Receiveth Sinful Men
James McGranahan


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Composer
James McGranahan
James McGranahan (1840 - 1907)
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Piano solo

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Hymn - Sacred

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James McGranahan
Zisi, Matthew
CopyrightCopyright © Matthew Zisi
Stirring arrangement of Christ Receiveth Sinful Men, perfect for prelude, offertory, or other special service music.
Added by crosby3145, 24 Jan 2019

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This sheet music is part of the collection of crosby3145 :
I Know Whom I Have Believed and Nine Other Hymns by James McGranahan

The name James McGranahan is not quite as well known as that of other famous American hymnwriters, but his hymns are among the most famous in Christian history. You’ve probably heard such classics as “I Know Whom I Have Believed,” “Christ Receiveth Sinful Men,” and “The Banner of the Cross.” McGranahan wrote the tunes to all these, and many more.
This prolific hymnwriter was quite literally born on the Fourth of July, 1840, in Pennsylvania. He took voice lessons growing up and was gifted with an amazing tenor voice—good enough that his voice teachers encouraged him to pursue an operatic career. McGranahan was still undecided about his calling until the age of 36, when he received a letter from his friend Philip P. Bliss (also a famous hymnwriter from Pennsylvania). Bliss compared McGranahan’s many years of training to a scythe being sharpened and encouraged him to “Stop whetting the scythe and strike into the grain to reap for the Master!” In other words, use your gifts and pursue an evangelistic career.
McGranahan heeded the call and went on to perform in gospel campaigns throughout America, as well as Great Britain and Ireland. Like Ira Sankey, the gospel singer could also compose, and McGranahan produced many songs. He supplied tunes to the words of other famous hymnwriters, like Bliss (McGranahan wrote the music to “I Will Sing of My Redeemer,” which Bliss never got around to completing because of his untimely death in a train accident). However, he also wrote the words to a few of his songs, such as “Verily, Verily” and “Go Ye into All the World.” He died in Ohio in 1907, leaving behind a legacy of timeless classic hymns.
It wouldn’t be right to write a biography of McGranahan, however, without also writing one on Major Daniel W. Whittle. McGranahan wrote the music to most of Whittle’s best-known hymns, and he served with Whittle on the latter’s evangelistic campaigns. Matter of fact, he replaced Bliss as Whittle’s songleader following Bliss’s train accident. The men met at the scene of the wreck, and Whittle thought right away, “Here before me stands the man that Mr. Bliss has chosen to be his successor.”
Daniel W. Whittle was born in 1840 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, and named for the famous senator from that state, Daniel Webster. He moved to Illinois and joined the 72nd Illinois Infantry when the Civil War broke out. Whittle had many adventures while in the war—he was wounded in the Battle of Vicksburg, and he marched with Sherman and his men through Georgia, working his way to the rank of Major by the time the war was over. After his discharge, he settled down in Elgin, Illinois, to work for a clock company, only to be persuaded by his friend D.L. Moody to go into evangelism. This he did.
Whittle’s first well-known songleader was Philip Bliss, who was inspired by a story Whittle told to write his hymn “Hold the Fort, for I Am Coming.” After Bliss’s death, Whittle teamed up with McGranahan, who supplied the music for many of Whittle’s wonderful words. Perhaps their most famous hymn, “I Know Whom I Have Believed” has 2 Timothy 1:12 quoted directly in the chorus, and it’s hard for anyone familiar with this song to not feel an urge to sing (or at least speak in rhythm) when they read those words now! Whittle eventually returned to Massachusetts, dying in Northfield in 1901, but not without a life well spent!
(Note: For the title hymn to this collection (I Know Whom I Have Believed), see It Is Well with My Soul and Nine Other Hymns for Solo Piano.)
Sheet music list :
› Christ Liveth in Me
› Christ Receiveth Sinful Men
› Christ Returneth!
› Go Ye into All the World
› Hallelujah for the Cross! / Man of Sorrows
› I Will Sing of My Redeemer
› I'll Stand By Until the Morning
› The Banner of the Cross
› Verily, Verily