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[5] [6] [7] The album was preceded by the extended play If it wasn't for Jesus, which features several of the songs included on Sold Out, Sincerely. [8] The album is the successor to Hastings' self-titled debut album, released in 2022. [9] The song "If if Wasn't for Jesus" was not released as a single, but entered the charts regardless.
"I'll Be a Sunbeam" (also called "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam") is a popular children's Christian hymn composed by Nellie Talbot; it is sung to music composed in 1900 by Edwin O. Excell. Due to its age, the hymn has entered the public domain in the United States .
The song was little-known outside the indie-pop scene until Seattle grunge band Nirvana recorded the song in November 1993 for their live acoustic album MTV Unplugged in New York, re-titling it "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam". [3] Two more versions were released by Nirvana on their 2004 box set With the Lights Out.
The music for the hymn was written by Stainer, with the piece being titled "All for Jesus". [1] The hymn was intended as a closing chorus and, according to Reynolds, also to be a part of The Crucifixion set aside for congregational singing. [4] The hymn was first performed in public at St Marylebone Parish Church on Ash Wednesday in 1887. [2]
[1] [2] The Salvation Army adopted the hymn as its favoured processional. [3] The piece became Sullivan's most popular hymn. [1] The hymn's theme is taken from references in the New Testament to the Christian being a soldier for Christ, for example II Timothy 2:3 : "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
In its second week, the album dropped to number two on the country album chart and sold an additional 37,000 copies. [10] It again topped the Country Albums chart in its fourth week, with 44,000 copies sold, with over 180,000 copies sold in the US. [11] The album has sold 590,000 copies in the US as of November 2017. [12]
In the spring of 1865, Hall wrote "Jesus Paid It All" "on the fly-leaf of the New Lute of Zion hymnal, in the choir of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore." [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Hall then shared the lyrics with her pastor who connected her with the church organist , John Grape (1835-1915), who had recently shared a new tune he had written.
Hymn Translation Text Tune Language Published Notes "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" "Christus, der uns selig macht" Christ who makes us blessed Michael Weiße: Bohemian Brethren: German 1531 "Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß" When the Lord Christ sat at the table Nikolaus Herman: in Görlitz German 1560 "Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund"