Surely Goodness and Mercy

by Pastor Clinton Macomber

Al Smith came to John Peterson’s studio, and prompted by a story about Psalm 23, they started working together on this song. As one completed one part, the other put the next part together, and so the song came together quite quickly. It was the first time they worked on writing a song together.

Sources

William J. Reynolds, Baptist Hymnal (Boardman Press, 1976) page 254, 454, 399-400, 430

K.W. Osbeck, 101 Hymn Stories (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications, 1982) pages 227-231.

Al Smith Ministries. www.livinghymns.org