cynthia clawson sang softly and tenderly in trip to bountiful.
who sang softly and tenderly in trip to bountiful?
cynthia clawson
"softly and tenderly jesus is calling" was sung by the choir of atlanta's ebenezer baptist church at the funeral for dr. martin luther king, jr. and is used widely today as an invitation hymn in evangelistic services. the famous evangelist dwight l. moody greatly admired thompson's music and used "softly and tenderly in many of his evangelistic rallies in america and britain. when moody lay dying, after all visitation had stopped, thompson called on him. he was refused until moody learned it was thompson. then he insisted on seeing the songwriter. moody is said to have encouraged thomspon by saying, "will, i would rather have written 'softly and tenderly' than anything i have been able to do in my whole life." moody died shortly afterwards while singing the words of that hymn. cynthia clawson's interpretation of the song is used as background throughout the 1985 movie "trip to bountiful".
will lamartine thompson
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"softly and tenderly" is a christian hymn. it was composed and written by will l. thompson in 1880.





















































allegedly, when evangelist dwight l. moody was in the hospital barred from seeing visitors although thompson had arrived, moody insisted that thompson be let in, whereupon moody told him:
softly and tenderly