A hymn about the enduring freshness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
In 1866, Katherine Hankey (1834-1911), daughter of an English banker, was recovering from a long and debilitating illness. Thankful for this answer to her prayers, she composed a long poem reflecting on the story of redemption. Within a year, the handful of verses given below had became a popular hymn, helped by a memorable musical setting by American inventor and choirmaster William Howard Doane.