Chords for Fanny Crosby Hymn - Safe In The Arms Of Jesus

_ _ _ And right now we're going to have Lucille Harwood, our good friend.
_ _ Greetings and welcome to Strolling Down Memory Lane.
I'm Lucille Harwood, and it's my joy and privilege to be with you folks today.
I'm going to do an impersonation of Fanny Crosby.
All I'll say about her is that she was very famous for writing hymns and for _ _ writing poetry.
And I'll put my hat on now, _ _ and I will tell you something.
And I am now Fanny Crosby, so expect me to _ speak in good form.
Safe in the arms of Jesus is considered by some to be my greatest hymn.
One day in 1868, a friend named Doane said,
Miss Fanny, I have but a few minutes before my train leaves for Cincinnati,
but first will you do me a favor before boarding that train?
I want a new hymn which I can introduce for the first time at a convention
that will capture the hearts and imaginations of the young people and children.
We really need this new hymn.
He sat down at the piano, and of course you know I was listening,
and played the tune he had in mind.
I listened, thought a minute, and said,
Your music says, safe in the arms of Jesus.
I went to my desk, took out some paper, found a pen, sat down,
and began to write as he played.
Then I folded the paper, placed it in an envelope, and handed it to him.
I even said, Read it on the train.
You don't want to be late.
_ _ _ _ _ Ira Sankey made the hymn famous.
And once a hackman, you know who a hackman is,
I guess he drives a rig that you ride in,
learning that his passenger was me, Fanny Crosby,
took off his hat and wept.
He called a policeman and asked him to see me safely to the train,
adding, We sang, safe in the arms of Jesus,
at my little girl's funeral last week. _ _ _ _
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_ Safe in the arms of Jesus.
Fanny Crosby wrote some masterpieces.
Lucille, you did a great job too, talking about Fanny.
We'll have to hear Lucille on the program next week doing the same thing again. _ _ _ _
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