Charlotte Elliott of Brighton, England was an embittered woman, who blamed God for her broken health.
Hoping to help her, a Swiss minister visited her on May 9, 1822. During their conversation she admitted her life was sour, bitter, and resentful.
“What is the cure?” She asked.
“Give yourself to God just as you are with your fightings and fears, hates and loves, pride and shame,” he replied.
Charlotte did come to Christ that day, claiming John 6:37.
Years later her brother, Rev. Henry Elliott, who was raising funds for a school for poor children, asked his sister to write a poem for a pamphlet for the occasion.
She wrote, “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.”
John 6:37. Underneath was the poem, “Just As I Am”.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Just as I am.
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“Just as I am - without one plea, — But that Thy blood was shed for me, — And that Thou bidst me come to Thee, — O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
“Just as I am - and waiting not — To rid my soul of one dark blot, — To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, — O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
“Just as I am - though toss'd about — With many a conflict, many a doubt, — Fightings and fears within, without, — O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
“Just as I am - poor, wretched, blind; — Sight, riches, healing of the mind, — Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, — O Lamb of God, I come. I come.
“Just as I am - Thou wilt receive, — Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; — Because Thy promise I believe, — O Lamb of God, I come, I come.”
Charlotte Elliot, 1835
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