The popularity of the Jesus Loves Me song was so huge that both the sisters were buried with military honors in the West Point Cemetery (the only civilians) due to their contribution to the spiritual health of the soldiers. Sharing the love of Jesus Christ became the mission of their lives. The sisters held regular Bible Studies for the cadets in West Point, and Anna wrote a new hymn each month for her Sunday School class.
She also published two collections of verse in Hymns of the Church Militant (1858) and Wayfaring Hymns (1869). Robinson Crusoe’s Farmyard, played with colored cards painted by the sisters, was an educational game invented by Anna. Other than Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it was perhaps the most widely circulated story of the time.Īnna Warner wrote 31 novels including, In West Point Colors, Dollars and Cents, and a biography of her sister. Susan wrote 30 novels, but her most popular novel was “The Wide, Wide World,” which was published in 1850 and was translated into several languages. They worked together on 18 books and wrote under pen names Amy Lothrop (Anna) and Elizabeth Wetherell (Susan). The sisters who were devout Christians and never married wrote 106 stories and poems between them. Seeing no improvement in their financial situation, the sisters started writing to earn their livelihood. Mark’s Place in New York and moved to a dilapidated Revolutionary War-era farmhouse in West Point (near The United States Military Academy or USMA) on Constitution Island in New York in 1838. The family was forced to leave their home at St. The sisters who lost their mother at an early age were daughters of a successful New York City lawyer and investor, Henry Warner, who lost most of his wealth in the panic of 1837 (a financial crisis that triggered a multi-year economic depression in the United States) and subsequent lawsuits and poor investments. It appeared as a poem in the 1860 bestselling novel “Say and Seal”, which was written by Susan Warner (1819-1885), Anna’s sister. Anna Bartlett Warner, who traced her lineage back to the Puritan Pilgrims, wrote the words of this song. He loves you and cares for you.This catchy gospel song has a great back story. Thank you Lord Jesus! Truly, Nothing can separate me from your love. Yes, he alone can cast every fear in my heart because perfect love(Jesus Christ) casts out all fear. One thing is for sure, i couldn’t run from his presence. God sees everything about my suffering and he doesn’t want me to be in that situation where loneliness and sadness overwhelmed me. 😭īut I was wrong, He sees my every tear and anxious thoughts. Sometimes, during our depression episodes in life we thought we’re fighting these battles alone. I thought i am fighting this alone but i was wrong. God put a burden to her by dreaming about me for a week and I was shocked but utterly amazed about how God uses this person to tell me He sees me and loves me. I haven’t told anyone about this for a long period of time, i struggle for 5 months and i thought my situation is beyond cure.īut one time, someone i know spoke to me and told me God is impressing to her that she should pray for me. It gets worst when it is manifesting in my eating and sleeping habits.
I was struggling from anxiety, i tend to worry and fear the uncertainties of the future.
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