JEROME HINES had an outstanding voice. He rose to fame and sang before presidents, premiers, and great ones throughout the world.
But wealth and fame did not bring happiness to Jerome Hines’ burdened heart. Then one day he met One who changed his life completely. That was the Lord Jesus Christ. Then it was that Jerome Hines’ heart was tuned to sing the Saviour’s praise, and his voice was heard singing the gospel among the poor in the city missions in New York and elsewhere.
In telling how he became a Christian, Jerome states that it happened in May 1953 while he was on a tour in Europe. For three years he had been working on a religious opera called “I Am The Way,” which was about the life of Christ. Fifteen pages had been completed, and as he struggled with the composition, it dawned upon him that he was writing about Someone he didn’t know personally. This brought him to his knees weeping, for he realized that he was not ready to meet God his Maker.
Jerome Hines found that his sins stood between him and God. Then, said he, “I discovered that salvation was like a guilty person entering a court where he must face the judge, but in my case the Judge had paid the penalty.” That day by faith he trusted Christ, and knowing that He had died on the cross for him, he entered into the full assurance that his sins were forgiven.
ML-12/31/1972