Gospel Greats -- 'Victory in Jesus' Quiz

Answer: glory

The missing word is 'glory'.

'Victory in Jesus' was written by Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr. in 1939. He was born in Waynesville, Missouri, in 1885 and died in 1941. The Website Originofsongs.blogspot.ca describes Bartlett as "one of the founding fathers of southern Gospel music." In 1979 he was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Answer: like me

The two correct words are 'like me'.

Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr., the writer of 'Victory in Jesus', was a successful businessman who was the founder of the Hartford Music Company and Music Institute. The Website Sharefaith.com reports Bartlett also became editor of the Herald Song music magazine. "Within the first year of business he sold more than 15,000 copies of his hymnbook," Sharefaith.com reports. "He wrote many of the songs himself."

Answer: and won the victory

The four correct words are 'and won the victory'.

Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr., the writer of 'Victory in Jesus', was the owner of the Hartford Music Company and Music Institute. According to the Website Sharefaith.com, Bartlett published hymns and taught singers to sight read. "He hired instructors to teach voice, piano, piano tuning, rudiments, harmony and stringed instruments," Sharefaith.com reports. "The school attracted many talented artists."

Answer: blood

The missing word is 'blood'.

Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr., the writer of 'Victory in Jesus', gave many writers, singers and musicians their first opportunity in Gospel music. The Website Sharefaith.com reports one of the musicians was Alfred E. Brumley who wrote 'I'll Fly Away' and 'Turn Your Radio On'.

Answer: revealing

The missing word is 'revealing'.

Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr. is perhaps most famous for writing the old-time Gospel hymn 'Victory in Jesus'. However, the Website Sharefaith.com reports Bartlett composed more than 800 hymns, including 'Everybody Will Be Happy Over There', and 'Just a Little While to Stay Here'. 'Victory in Jesus' was written in 1939 and it would be Bartlett's final hymn.

Answer: "Dear Jesus...

The two missing words are 'Dear Jesus'.

In addition to writing 'Victory in Jesus', Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr. is credited with writing more than 800 hymns. Originofsongs.blogspot.ca reports that "though almost all of his songs have sunk into oblivion among the Christian body today, 'Victory In Jesus' remains one of the most popular and widely known songs of the church."

"Since the early 1960s, 'Victory in Jesus' has become popular among evangelical congregations, quartets, and many hymnals have included it within their published pages," Originofsongs.blogspot.ca reports.

Answer: the victory

The two missing words are 'the victory'.

In 1939, Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr., the writer of 'Victory in Jesus', suffered a stroke and was partially paralyzed. For the next two years, he was bedridden, unable to perform or travel. "Amid such bleak circumstances, he wrote his final and most beloved song, 'Victory in Jesus', an optimistic number that has been sung by millions in worship services and recorded by gospel's biggest names," states Originofsongs.blogspot.ca. "The three verses and refrain enthusiastically tell of one's own personal salvation experience from beginning to end."

Answer: streets of gold

The missing words are 'streets of gold'.

Written by Eugene Monroe Bartlett Sr. in 1939, 'Victory in Jesus' first appeared in 'Gospel Choruses', a songbook published by James Vaughan in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Two years later, Bartlett died, having been bedridden as a result of stroke. He is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs in Benton County, Arkansas. (Information is from Originofsongs.blogspot.ca.)

Answer: redemption story

The two missing words are 'redemption story'.

Over the years, 'Victory in Jesus' has grown in popularity with the hymn becoming popular with evangelical congregations in the 1960s, according to Originofsongs.blogspot.ca. Today the hymn is published in "many hymnals" around the world, Originofsongs.blogspot.ca, reports. The song has also been performed by a number of big name Gospel singers.

Answer: victory

The missing word is 'victory'.

Often when I hear 'Victory in Jesus', I am reminded of the days I attended First Baptist Church in Elliot Lake, Ontario, in the 1980s. Hymns for the Sunday morning worship services were selected by the pastor and published in a bulletin given to everyone in attendance. However, at the evening worship service the tables were turned in the sense the pastor would invite members of the congregation for their favorite hymns for the people to sing. It was a moment a delightful and ever-bubbly mentally challenged girl would always eagerly look forward to.

No sooner would the pastor invite people to raise their hands if they had a favorite hymn to request, the girl, who was about fifteen, would get extremely excited. She would shoot up her arm, and jumping in her pew, she would say "oh, oh, oh, oh, oh" to get the pastor's attention. Every Sunday evening, the pastor, sporting a gigantic smile, would ask Irene what song she wanted, and every Sunday evening she would excitedly shout 'VICTORY IN JESUS'. When the congregation sang the hymn, it was as if her body became electrified as she was filled with so much excitement. Before long, the congregation became extremely adept at singing 'Victory in Jesus' at the Sunday evening services. And on the rare occasion Irene was not at church on a Sunday evening, some one would invariably request 'Victory in Jesus'. It was almost as if the hymn had to be performed to make a Sunday evening service official. Over the years, I lost track of Irene but I still think of her when ever I hear her favorite hymn. She would be delighted to know her favorite hymn is also my favorite.

Here are the words to the Gospel classic, 'Victory in Jesus':

"I heard an old, old story,
How a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
Of His precious blood's atoning,
Then I repented of my sins
And won the victory.

Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing pow'r revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and bro't
To me the victory.

Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory.
And I heard about the streets of gold
Beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing,
And the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I'll sing up there
The song of victory.

Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood."