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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Inspirational
- Subject: Education / Instruction
- Published: 04/19/2025
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I like reading about the history of songs, and I was curious about the hymn “Christ Arose.” I learned that it was written by Robert Lowry, a preacher who was dedicated to his calling. He had a love for music, and he wrote (or provided the music for) 500 songs!
When he was asked what his method was, he was response was as follows:
"I have no method. Sometimes the music comes, and the words follow, fitted insensibly to the melody. I watch my moods, and when anything good strikes me, whether words or music, and no matter where I am, at home or on the street, I jot it down. Often the margin of a newspaper or the back of an envelope serves as a notebook. My brain is a sort of spinning machine, I think, for there is music running through it all the time. I do not pick out my music on the keys of an instrument. The tunes of nearly all the hymns I have written have been completed on paper before I tried them on the organ. Frequently the words of the hymn and the music have been written at the same time." (Hymnary.org)
In 1874, he wrote the lyrics for “Christ Arose” after studying Luke 24 during his evening devotions. He later wrote the music for the song.
What a blessing it is that Robert Lowry used his ability for God’s glory! Many of the old hymns are still being sung.
Have a wonderful Easter!
When he was asked what his method was, he was response was as follows:
"I have no method. Sometimes the music comes, and the words follow, fitted insensibly to the melody. I watch my moods, and when anything good strikes me, whether words or music, and no matter where I am, at home or on the street, I jot it down. Often the margin of a newspaper or the back of an envelope serves as a notebook. My brain is a sort of spinning machine, I think, for there is music running through it all the time. I do not pick out my music on the keys of an instrument. The tunes of nearly all the hymns I have written have been completed on paper before I tried them on the organ. Frequently the words of the hymn and the music have been written at the same time." (Hymnary.org)
In 1874, he wrote the lyrics for “Christ Arose” after studying Luke 24 during his evening devotions. He later wrote the music for the song.
What a blessing it is that Robert Lowry used his ability for God’s glory! Many of the old hymns are still being sung.
Have a wonderful Easter!
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