Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn published in 1887 with music by Anthony J. Showalter and lyrics by Showalter and Elisha Hoffman.Showalter said that he received letters from two of his former pupils saying that their wives had died. When writing letters of consolation, Showalter was inspired by the phrase in the Book of Deuteronomy 33:27 "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms".It has been used in several movies, including The Human Comedy (1943), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Phase IV (1974), Wild Bill (1995), Next of Kin (1989), and True Grit (2010) (of which it forms about a quarter of the score).It has been performed and recorded by such artists as Norbert Susemihl, Iris Dement, George Jones, Alan Jackson and Mahalia Jackson.. }
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- Leaning_on_the_Everlasting_Arms abstract "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn published in 1887 with music by Anthony J. Showalter and lyrics by Showalter and Elisha Hoffman.Showalter said that he received letters from two of his former pupils saying that their wives had died. When writing letters of consolation, Showalter was inspired by the phrase in the Book of Deuteronomy 33:27 "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms".It has been used in several movies, including The Human Comedy (1943), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Phase IV (1974), Wild Bill (1995), Next of Kin (1989), and True Grit (2010) (of which it forms about a quarter of the score).It has been performed and recorded by such artists as Norbert Susemihl, Iris Dement, George Jones, Alan Jackson and Mahalia Jackson.".