The story behind the tipnos, the story of the risen Jesus hymn. The
risen Jesus is in the world today. Men don' t believe it anymore.
I' m sure I' m his tender hand. I feel and
can hear his voice and find wherever I want my Savior, Jesus, Jesus,
my Christ, lives today talking to me, looking at me. Lord
Jesus, Jesus, gives salvation. Happy, I' m coming because yours
I' m won my heart. Alfred Acley was a talented musician who graduated
from the Royal Academy of Music of Man Andrew. He played piano and zeal
and was an excellent composer. After studying music, he studied theology at Westminster
Theological Seminary Marylene and was ordained as Presbyterian minister. He was a pastor for
many years in the United States. Due to his skills as a musician,
he was awarded a doctorate in sacred music from John Brown University in Arkansas.
One day after preaching on an evangelistic crusade, a young man asked him why
he should worship a dead Jew here. He answered," He lives you
" I can assure you. He' s not dead. He lives here
and now. Jesus Christ is more alive today than ever. My own experience
testifies to this, as does the testimony of countless thousands of people. Later
on, that day he wrote the melody and l o s or the letter
of the hymn Risen Jesus