Have you ever listened to a Billy Graham Crusade and noticed what song is played at the end of the meeting? Here is the story of the lady who wrote that hymn, 'Just as I am without one plea'.
A Swiss hymn writer was visiting England one day. This man, Cesar Malan, was one who tried to speak a word for Jesus, wherever he went. He was at the table with a lady named Charlotte Elliot, and was concerned for her soul, whether she knew the Lord or not. What he said to her was that he hoped that she was a Christian. Charlotte bristled at those words spoken to her. She did not want to talk about it, and Malan apologized if he were offensive to her.
For three weeks, Charlotte was troubled though, for she could not get those words out of her mind. She met Cesar again and told him that she was trying to find Jesus. But she did not know how to come to Him. "You have nothing of merit to bring to God. You must come just as you are." said the Swiss hymn writer to her.
Charlotte came to know the Lord! But her life was not a bed of roses, for she was ill since she was 33 with a crippling type of fatigue, which she lived with the rest of her life. She died at age 82, but in the meantime, through her difficulties in life with her illness, she wrote a song. And her song ended up ministering to many, many people. People were not only touched, but some came to know the Lord through it.
Here are the words to her song:
Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou biddest me come to Thee
O, Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Charlotte Elliot died on September 22, 1871 at the age of 82. After her death, many letters were found telling of how people were touched by her song.
Read the full article here: Church History - Christianity.com
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