Hymn Story: His Way with Thee
Hymn Stories: His Way with Thee I grew up singing this month’s hymn: “His Way with Thee.” It has not been included in a Baptist hymnal since the 1956 Baptist hymnal. This hymn was written in 1899 by Cyrus Nusbaum, a Methodist Pastor. At the time he was a circuit pastor with seven small congregations under his ministry. The ministry was very difficult for he and his wife. He wrote: “It has been a most difficult task, strenuous and discouraging, and the income pitifully small.” After the first year, Nusbaum and his wife attended the annual denominational conference with the hope of a new assignment. When the yearly assignments came out, he was assigned to the same place. Disappointed and discouraged, he stayed up late. He later wrote: “I was very unhappy, and a spirit of rebellion seemed to possess me. About midnight, I finally knelt in prayer beside my chair. After some struggle a deep peace came stealing into my heart. I to...