lly forgotten except his one immortal
hymn. So long as there are Christians on earth, it will continue to be
sung, and after that--in heaven!

Perronet came from a distinguished line of French Protestants who had
found refuge in England during times of religious persecution in their
homeland. His father, Rev. Vincent Perronet, was vicar of Shoreham. Both
father and son, though ardent supporters of the Established Church,
became intensely interested in the great evangelical revival under
Whitefield and the Wesleys. At one time young Perronet traveled with John
Wesley. Much opposition had been stirred up against the Wesleyan
movement, and in some places the preachers were threatened by mobs.
Concerning these experiences, Wesley makes the following notation in his
diary:

"From Rockdale we went to Bolton, and soon found that the Rockdale lions
were lambs in comparison with those of Bolton. Edward Perronet was thrown
down and rolled in mud and mire. Stones were hurled and windows broken."

On another occasion it is recorded that Wesley wanted to hear Perronet
preach. The author of our hymn, however, seems to have been somewhat
reluctant about preaching in the presence of the great reformer. Wesley,
nevertheless, without consulting Perronet, announced in church that the
young man would occupy the pulpit on the following morning. Perronet said
nothing, but on the morrow he mounted the pulpit and explained that he
had not consented to preach. "However," he added, "I shall deliver the
best sermon that has ever been preached on earth," whereupon he read the
Sermon on the Mount from beginning to end, adding not a word of comment!

"All hail the power of Jesus' Name" has been translated into almost every
language where Christianity is known, and wherever it is sung it seems to
grip human hearts. One of the most remarkable stories of the power of
this hymn is related by Rev. E. P. Scott, a missionary to India. Having
learned of a distant savage tribe in the interior to whom the gospel had
not yet been preached, this missionary, despite the warnings of his
friends, packed his baggage and, taking his violin, set out on his
perilous venture. After traveling several days, he suddenly came upon a
large party of the savages who surrounded him and pointed their spears at
him.

Believing death to be near, the missionary nevertheless took out his
violin and with a prayer to God began to sing "All hail the power of
Jesus' Name!" He clos