Great Hymns Of The Faith; I belong To The King

 This is copied from the bulletin of Calvary Baptist Church on 472 Ocean Rd in Portsmouth NH 03801. (603) 436-7736. The bulletin is dated November 24, 2024.


Great Hymns Of The Faith
"I Belong To The King"
Ida L. Reed - 1865-1951

        "I Belong to the King" was literally beaten out of a humble life by the flail of burdensome trials and afflictions.

        Ida L. Reed author of the hymn, rightly deserved to sing "I belong to the King". She was born and reared in the mountains of West Virginia. Her life was one long, continuous burden-bearing journey, For many years she was compelled to do the heavy and arduous work incident to farm life. This she did in support of an invalid and widowed mother.

        Broken at last by the strenuous toil and privations, she was sorely afflicted and bed-ridden for years. Even then, in her hours of pain, she wrote poems for publishers to eke out a meager living. She was removed to a hospital in Washington D.C., as a last resort, in the hope of prolonging her pain wracked, yet beautiful life. From her hospital bed of pain, she wrote the words of this poem.

        "I belong to the King" is a golden nugget from the mind of character of one of God's most humble children. For, as often the most beautiful grow in inconspicuous places, so from the inner garden of one of the least of the children of the Lord there comes this flower of thought. This poem is deservedly popular and grows in favor with the passing years.  

        Maurice A. Clifton matched his high estimates of the poem by giving it an adequate musical setting. The song leaped into popularity and had earned a well merited reputation. Clifton said, "It has been a source of comfort, with a measure of satisfaction, that I was able to bring help to this deserving author". When the attention of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher was called a financial state that was short of life's bare necessities, they voted her a pension with a monthly allowance that banished anxiety and assured comfort for the rest of her life.

"She hath done what she could..." (Mark 14:8 )
"I belong to the King
I belong to the King, I'm a child of His love, 
I shall dwell in His palace so fair;
For He tells of its bliss in your heaven above,
And His children in splendor shall share.

I belong to the King,
I'm a child of His love, 
And He never  forsaketh His own;
He will call me some day to His palace above,
I shall dwell by His glorified throne.


TomLeeM

2024 / 12 / 26








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