Bella G Studio Presents "Gospel Songs and stories"

I'll Fly away is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley.  It was influenced by the 1924 secular ballad, "The Prisoner's Song".  Will The Circle was made popular by the Carter Family.  In 1998, it was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame. 

Originally this song was sung by slaves before the Civil war.  It wouldn't be until 1920 that this song was published as a song of salvation, obedience and laying down our fears. 

Septimus Winner was born in 1827 to a Violin maker.  His life was full of interesting events.  Three years after the end of the Civil war, he pinned this song.  It was the last popular song he wrote.  In 1970, he was inducted in to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

This catchy tune was written by the Warner sisters.  These sisters taught Bible study at West Point for over 40 years.  Upon their deaths, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, once a student of these sisters, ordered their funerals services be conducted with military honors. 

This little brown church is real!  As of today, it boasts a membership of about 100, but it's best known for the hundreds of weddings and thousands of tourists who flock there each year. 

This song was written in 1835 and had quite a history.  This song was sung at the beginning of every Billy Graham crusade, giving George Beverly Shea, who sand with the crusade for 66 years. 

This song describes the faith of its writer, William M. Runyan. 

This song was written in 1873 by Horatio Spafford, a wealthy Chicago-based businessman and attorney.  This song is a testimony of his father after his four daughters died in the sinking of the steamer Ville du Havre. 

This song was written by John Newton.  It was during a torrential storm on sea,  John cried out God.  From that point on, his life was changed.  This song was written as a testimony to his life.