‘Just as I am’ is the recurrent opening line of a hymn written in 1835 by Charlotte Elliott. It was the favourite hymn of Sir James Darling and is also the title of a biography of Darling by Peter Gronn. I’m late in catching up with this fine book published by Hardie Grant in 2017.
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