Hymns by Johnny Cash was the fifth album and first gospel album of Johnny Cash. The album was produced in 1958 and was then officially released in 1959. The album recently re-appeared in the music world in 2002 with an alternate version of the song "It was Jesus" as a bonus track. The alternate version of the song was a bonus track after in was re-issued in 2002. Cash left Sun Records because Sam Phillips wouldn't let him record the gospel songs he'd grown up with. This is one of the first of many such albums he made in his life. Columbia promised him to record an occasional gospel album; this was a success for him to record. The album was Cash’s original and his most popular gospel album ever recorded. This album is an example of traditional hymns set to country gospel music.
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“What wondrous love is this
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul”
—Unknown. “What Wondrous Love is this!” L. 3-5, Dupuy’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1811)
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“The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.”
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