Songs We Love Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/LandMarks/series/songs-we-love/ To prepare people for eternal life. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:21:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg Songs We Love Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/LandMarks/series/songs-we-love/ 32 32 I Gave My Life for Thee https://www.stepstolife.org/article/i-gave-my-life-for-thee/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:21:51 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=46740 The song inspired by a painting, a question, and saved from the fire was I Gave My Life for Thee.

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]]> Joy By and By https://www.stepstolife.org/article/joy-by-and-by/ Thu, 29 May 2025 18:01:01 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=30687 Franklin E. Beldin was a prolific hymn writer...My personal favorite of his hymns is Joy By and By. Written in 1886, he composed both music and words.

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]]> ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus https://www.stepstolife.org/article/tis-so-sweet-to-trust-in-jesus/ Thu, 01 May 2025 01:00:20 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=30528 William J. Kirkpatrick set the lyrics of ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus to music, and the hymn became a beacon of hope for Louisa and Lily...

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]]> I Shall Know Him https://www.stepstolife.org/article/i-shall-know-him/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:29:40 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=29952 When my life work is ended, and I cross the swelling tide, When the bright and glorious morning I shall see...

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]]> Lord, I’m Coming Home https://www.stepstolife.org/article/lord-im-coming-home/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:34:40 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=29793 Born in Ireland in 1838, William J. Kirkpatrick came into this world with a song in his heart. A choir director, organist, lyricist, and composer for all of his adult life, William is credited for writing many of the beloved hymns we still sing today. Many poems from the pens of others were set to ... Read more

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]]> Shall We Gather at the River https://www.stepstolife.org/article/shall-we-gather-at-the-river/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:04:52 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=29674 History of how the Hymn Shall We Gather at the River came to be. Shall we gather at the river Where bright angel feet have trod,...

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]]> Nearer, My God, to Thee https://www.stepstolife.org/article/nearer-my-god-to-thee/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:20:56 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=29088 Sarah Flower Adams was born in Harlow, Essex, England. She wrote several poems and hymns, but her most well-known and beautiful hymn is Nearer, My God, to Thee,...

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]]> Why Have You Chosen Me? https://www.stepstolife.org/article/why-have-you-chosen-me/ Thu, 23 May 2024 18:02:55 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=28301 Among the many songs that I have in my music library and love to play on the piano, Why Have You Chosen Me? is one of the finest. It feels like a song that comes from the heart of one who knows exactly what they are: a sinner.

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]]> Tell It Again Song https://www.stepstolife.org/article/tell-it-again-song/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:40:28 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=27966 Tell it again! Tell it again! Salvation’s story repeat o’er and o’er. Till none can say of the children of men, “Nobody ever has told me before.”

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]]> Master, the Tempest Is Raging https://www.stepstolife.org/article/master-the-tempest-is-raging/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:28:50 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=27313 Master, the Tempest is Raging (also titled Peace, be Still) is a song about looking beyond ourselves and our own feeble efforts and putting our faith in the One who made the sea and the wind and who is our Refuge in a time of storm,

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