Written for and first published in the Invalid's Hymn Book, 1836, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed with the text, "Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out." During the same year it also appeared in Miss Elliott's Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted, with the additional stanza, "Just as I am, of that free love," &c. Service of confession and forgiveness in response to preaching for the Lord's Supper in evangelistic services as a hymn of invitation. Widely translated, this hymn has brought consolation to millions. The Psalter Hymnal prints the four most common stanzas.
She added a seventh stanza that same year, when the hymn was also published in her Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted (1836). “Just as I Am" was first published in the 1836 edition of Invalid's Hymn Book with the subheading "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37). Many of her hymns reflect her chronic pain and illness but also reveal that faith gave her perseverance and hope. Hymn writing provided a way for Elliot to cope with her pain and depression – she wrote approximately 150 hymns, which were published in her Invalid's Hymn Book (several editions, 1834-1854), Hymns for a Week (1839), and Thoughts in Verse on Sacred Subjects (1869). He answered, "Come to him just as you are." Thinking back on that experience twelve years later, in 1834, she wrote “Just as I Am" as a statement of her faith.
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