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He Was Nailed to the Cross

Author: F. A. Graves Appears in 39 hymnals First Line: What a wonderful, wonderful Savior Refrain First Line: He was nailed to the cross for me

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[What a wonderful, wonderful Savior]

Appears in 25 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. A. Graves Incipit: 12321 43332 71222 Used With Text: He Was Nailed to the Cross for Me

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He Was Nailed to the Cross

Author: F. A. Graves Hymnal: Yes, Lord! #242 (1982) First Line: What a wonderful, wonderful Savior Refrain First Line: He was nailed to the cross for me Lyrics: 1 What a wonderful, wonderful Savior, Who would die on the cross for me! Freely shedding His precious lifeblood, That the sinner might be made free. Refrain: He was nailed to the cross for me, He was nailed to the cross for me, On the cross crucified, for me He died: He was nailed to the cross for me. 2 Thus He left His heavenly glory, To accomplish His Father’s plan; He was born of the Virgin Mary, Took upon Him the form of man. [Refrain] 3 He was wounded for our transgressions, And He carried our sorrows, too; He’s the Healer of ev’ry sickness, This He came to the world to do. [Refrain] 4 So He gave His life for others In redeeming this world from sin, And He’s gone to prepare a mansion, That at last we may enter in. [Refrain] Topics: Jesus Christ Cross Languages: English Tune Title: [What a wonderful, wonderful Savior]
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He Was Nailed to the Cross for Me

Author: Frederick A. Graves Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2686 First Line: What a wonderful, wonderful Savior Lyrics: 1. What a wonderful, wonderful Savior, Who would die on the cross for me! Freely shedding His precious lifeblood, That the sinner might be made free. Refrain He was nailed to the cross for me, He was nailed to the cross for me; On the cross crucified for me He died; He was nailed to the cross for me. 2. Thus He left His heavenly glory, To accomplish His Father’s plan; He was born of the virgin Mary, Took upon Him the form of man. [Refrain] 3. He was wounded for our transgressions, And He carried our sorrows, too; He’s the Healer of ev’ry sickness, This He came to the world to do. [Refrain] 4. So He gave His life for others In Redeeming this world from sin, And He’s gone to prepare a mansion, That at last we may enter in. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [What a wonderful, wonderful Savior]

He Was Nailed to the Cross for Me

Author: F. A. G. Hymnal: Assembly Songs #17 (1948) First Line: What a wonderful, wonderful Savior Topics: Devotional or Worship; Jesús; Solos and Specials Languages: English Tune Title: [What a wonderful, wonderful Savior]

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F. A. Graves

1856 - 1927 Person Name: Frederick A. Graves Author of "He Was Nailed to the Cross for Me" in The Cyber Hymnal Rv Frederick Arthur Graves USA 1856-1927. Born at Williamstown, MA, he was raised in a Christian family, but was orphaned at age 9 after the death of his father, a taylor, then three years later his mother (tuberculosis), he lived on a farm with a family names Hollis that worked him hard and treated him poorly. He was diagnosed with epilepsy when 14. At 21 he moved to Nobles County, MN, and it seemed that his seizures had stopped. Grateful for that, he served the American Sunday School Union as an organizer and evangelist. He was musical, and after age 35 wrote 43 songs. He, with wife Vina, raised three children, Arthur, Irene, and Carl. He studied Bible and music in Chicago, IL and Northfield, MA. Returning to Minneapolis and hearing evangelist John A Dowie, he experienced permanent healing, which provided a backdrop for his gospel songs. He was ordained an Assemblies of God minister in 1916. Later, he moved to Zion Hill,IL, where he lived the rest of his life. He died at Zion City, IL. Nearly 1000 people attended his funeral there. John Perry

John J. Overholt

1918 - 2000 Arranger of "HE WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 John J. Overholt was born to an Amish family of limited means in the state of Ohio in 1918. As a child he was soon introduced to his father's personal collection of gospel songs and hymns, which was to have a marked influence on his later life. With his twin brother Joe, he early was exposed to the Amish-Mennonite tradition hymn-singing and praising worship. An early career in Christian service led to a two-year period of relief work in the country of Poland following World War II. During that interim he began to gather many European songs and hymns as a personal hobby, not realizing that these selections would become invaluable to The Christian Hymnary which was begun in 1960 and completed twelve years later in 1972, with a compilation of 1000 songs, hymns and chorales. (The largest Menn. hymnal). A second hymnal was begun simultaneously in the German language entitled Erweckungs Lieder Nr.1 which was brought to completion in 1986. This hymnal has a total of 200 selections with a small addendum of English hymns. Mr. Overholt married in 1965 to an accomplished soprano Vera Marie Sommers, who was not to be outdone by her husband's creativity and compiled a hymnal of 156 selections entitled Be Glad and Sing, directed to children and youth and first printed in 1986. During this later career of hymn publishing, Mr. Overholt also found time for Gospel team work throughout Europe. At this writing he is preparing for a 5th consecutive tour which he arranges and guides. The countries visited will be Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, USSR and Romania. Mr. Overholt was called to the Christian ministry in 1957 and resides at Sarasota, Florida where he is co-minister of a Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church. Five children were born to this family and all enjoy worship in song. --Letter from Hannah Joanna Overholt to Mary Louise VanDyke, 10 October 1990, DNAH Archives. Photo enclosed.

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Composer of "NAILED TO THE CROSS" in Redemption Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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