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Samuel Crossman

Cheerful He to suffering goes?

March 1, 2010

The following is an article I wrote for our parish’s newsletter, Tidings, published in March 2010. A favorite Lenten hymn of many is “My Song Is Love Unknown.” It’s one of my wife’s favorites, too, and I remember fondly one year while we lived in Illinois Kassie suggesting we work at memorizing it during Lent. [...]

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The value of verse

February 25, 2010

I was reading about Samuel Crossman, the author of the text to the popular Lenten hymn “My Song Is Love Unknown,” and I came across this gem about the value of poetry and hymnody as conveyors of the Faith: A verse may find him whom a sermon flies. -Lutheran Worship: Hymnal Companion, p99

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