Cody McCarver "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"

Cody McCarver's first full length Christian/Gospel CD "The Lord's Will" features this classic hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms".
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn published in 1887 with music by Anthony J. Showalter and lyrics by Showalter and Elisha Hoffman.

Showalter said that he received letters from two of his former pupils saying that their wives had died. When writing letters of consolation, Showalter was inspired by the phrase in the Book of Deuteronomy 33:27 "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms".

Cody McCarver takes the song back to it's origin. Cody says "I wanted to record this song as if we we're sitting on the porch of the writers house in 1887, there weren't a lot of instruments and recording equipment to work with in those days".