The story behind the tibulos, the story of the anthem. What can you
forgive me for? What can you forgive me for? Only Jesus' blood
and a new heart. Only Jesus' blood, precious is the raudal that
cleanses all evil. There is no other spring of Jesus alone the blood upon
the story of this hymn. Little is known. It was composed by Robert
Laury in one thousand eight hundred and seventy- six. Robert Laury, an
American Baptist, was born in Philadelphia on the 12th of March of one thousand
eight hundred and twenty- six and died in Plainfield, New Jersey, on
the 23rd of November of one thousand eight hundred and ninety- nine. Robert
Laury graduated from the University of Lewisburgh. In a thousand eight hundred and fifty
- four. He was a pastor in Westchester, Pensylvania. In one thousand
eight hundred fifty- four to one thousand eight hundred fifty- eight, in
New York from one thousand eight hundred fifty- eight to sixty- one,
in Brooklyn from one thousand eight hundred fifty- one to sixty- nine,
in Lewisburgh, Pensylvania, from one thousand eight hundred sixty- nine to seventy
- five, and in Plainfield, New Jersey, from one thousand eight hundred
seventy- six to eighty- five. He was professor of literature at the
University of Lewisburgh from one thousand eight hundred sixty- nine to seventy- five.
He edited several popular hymnaries and also wrote several hymns, the best known,
of which are We will gather in the river a day of work for
Jesus and where my homeless son is tonight. Many of his hymns today are
remembered and sung in Christian congregations. Although Robert Laury' s greatest desire was
to be remembered as a preacher and write hymns were a secondary task for him.
It is, last but not least, that it is remembered hundreds of
years after his death, it is known that this hymn was presented at a
congress at Ocean Grove, New Jers. The next hymn is by Robert Lauri,
translated into Spanish by HW Crahing and titled What Can Forgive Me