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The story behind the hymns, the
story of the hymn as I am,

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just as I am, without saying
that to others I cannot go and you

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invite me to come. Blessed Christ
I come to you. It was in

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one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
six that a young British woman made preparations

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to attend a dance to be held
in her village. She was named Carlota

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Elliot and was of good preparation and
presentation. One day she came out very

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excited to entrust her seamstress to make
her a gala suit for that special occasion.

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On the way he met an evangelical
lord, a friend of the family

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and a faithful and sincere man.
Carlota greeted him and expressed to him the

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purpose of his diligence. The knight, with great dedication, spoke to him

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of the vanity of life and the
deceitful pleasures of this world. He tried

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to reason so she wouldn' t
go knowing the dance wouldn' t do

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him any good. The young Carlota, very angry, answered her this is

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none of her business and if she
guided the dance the smile was performed.

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Carlota was one of the happiest and
most praised young women, but at bedtime

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she was disappointed. She was not
tired, a thorn was empty, she

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was nailed to her mind. His
conscience disturbed him. That lord had always

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shown affection and the rude manner in
which she had treated him and filled his

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heart with sorrow. She didn'
t want to recognize him, but she

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was seeing that he was right.
The brightness of this world is deceit and

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vanity. After three days of painful
reflection, Carlota Elliot visited the friend told

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him for days I have been the
most disappointed young woman. Now I ananlo

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find the truth that you have what
I should do. Of course, the

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evangelical did not waste time in forgiving
the conduct so contrary to that which the

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young woman had learned with all simplicity
and affection. That Swiss man led you

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to the source of peace. Just
give my daughter to Lord Jesus, the

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one who died for you on the
Cross as You are. He found this

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strange. She had never understood that
salvation was so accessible. The way I

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am, but I' m bad, unworthy. How God can accept me

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That is precisely what you have had
to acknowledge. It was the response of

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the Evangelical. You can come to
Christ as you are. Carlota was overwhelmed

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as she assimilated the simple truth of
those words she went to her room,

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bent her knees and offered her unworthy
heart to God. He asked forgiveness for

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his sins and put his faith in
Jesus as his savior. Miss Elliot saw

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more and more the joy of her
salvation. It' s been a while.

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Thinking of his experience, he used
his talent to write as I am,

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without saying that others I cannot go
and you invite me to come.

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Blessed Christ I come to you little
could imagine the fame that would come for

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his verse. She had given expression
to her own experience, which has been

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that of millions more. How many
have thought too much sinners or too unworthy

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to receive eternal salvation without doing absolutely
anything how many have to do, pay

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or deserve something, But Carlota had
learned well. God accepts one as Christ.

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Receive sinners who recognize their state and
come to it. Or as the

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author of Hebrews says in the twenty- fifth verse of Chapter seven, Christ

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can also save forever those who by
him come near to God by living always

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to intercede for them.