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More About Jesus (one of Granny's favorite songs)

About a year ago, Granny told me about a song that she really liked. She sang the first verse and chorus for me and suggested that we sing it together. She said she thought it was one of the prettiest hymns. I don't think she stated where she learned the song. I suspect it may have been at Shady Grove Church, where she attended as a child. She kept three hymnals in her living room. She asked me to bring them to her chair, and she looked through them till she found the hymn. Unfortunately, we never got around to singing the song together, and it slipped my mind. Before Granny passed, she told Tipper that she wanted long-time family friend and pastor Paul Ray Morgan to sing at her funeral, and she specified that he should sing "Hand in Hand with Jesus." After Granny passed, Tipper, Steve, and I met with the director of the funeral home to plan her service. It was noted that at least two more songs were needed. It was then that I remembered Granny telling me about the song, but all I could remember was that it was about Jesus. I looked through the index in each of the hymnals in her house, checking each title that began with "Jesus." I knew that none of those songs were the song that she told me about that day. I decided to check each page in the hymnals, and I started with the one that I thought seemed to contain mostly traditional hymns. When I reached page 103 of that hymnal, there was the song. I crossed checked it by going to YouTube to listen. The top result had a red line under it, indicating that I had watched the video before in the past. Then I knew I had the right song, and hearing the song brought even further confirmation. There are several beautiful renditions on YouTube. I linked my two favorites below. One is by Kaleb Brasee. I reached out to him through email and asked if he would mind if I used his piano playing in my video, but I never heard back from him. I encourage any Acorn who loves hymns played beautifully on piano to visit his channel. I called Paul Ray and asked him if he knew the song. To my surprise, he didn't. I sang the first verse and chorus for him, but he said he had never heard it. I told him no worries, and we decided on "It is Well with My Soul" to replace it and to end the service with "Amazing Grace." However, we were surprised at the service when Paul Ray and the choir sang "More About Jesus" as the family walked in and again as we walked out. It turned out that the piano player and another singer in the church knew the song, and they taught it to the rest of the choir and to Paul Ray. How they found the time to do that, I don't know, but I appreciate it. Like most great hymns, this song has an interesting and inspirational background. I pasted some of the details below from Google AI. Hymnary.org also has some info about the author and a picture of her. Because the writer was placed in charge of the primary department of her church, I'm guessing that she composed this song for children, to encourage them to learn as much as they could about Jesus. For some reason, I've always been drawn to songs that have a childlike simplicity, and this is a great example. I sang this song fairly well, I think, but I failed to use the right notes/melody at the start of each chorus. The two "mores" should be sung as two different notes, the first one being higher. I mistakenly sang them the same. The more we learn about Jesus, the more we love Him. Southwest Baptist Church, Oklahoma:    • More About Jesus • Congregational   Kaleb Brasee:    • More About Jesus - piano instrumental hymn   Song Info: "More About Jesus" is a beloved 1887 hymn written by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, while she was convalescing from a severe spinal injury. Despite being incapacitated and in pain, Hewitt wrote the lyrics as a passionate expression of her desire to grow in her knowledge and love of Christ, turning her suffering into a message of faith. Eliza E. Hewitt penned many hymns after a student's action caused a serious, long-term spinal injury. The tune was composed by John R. Sweney in 1887. The hymn was first published in Glad Hallelujahs in 1887, edited by Sweney and William J. Kirkpatrick. The lyrics, heavily emphasizing "More" (used 34 times), were born out of her study of Scripture during her recovery. It is often associated with the desire to know Christ better, similar to Philippians 3:10. It was potentially inspired by, or written as a complement to, Fanny Crosby's "More like Jesus would I be," which was published 20 years earlier. Hewitt continued her ministry, particularly with Sunday School children, even though her injuries prevented her from returning to public school teaching. The hymn remains a classic in Christian music, often sung as a personal dedication to spiritual growth.