“When He Reached Down His Hand for Me” is a gospel song credited to G.E. Wright. Johnnie and Jack, the country duo known as the Tennessee Mountain Boys, recorded it in 1953, and it spread widely from there.
The song is a testimony of rescue. The singer tells of being lost and astray until the moment God reached down a hand and lifted him up; the central image is that downward reach of grace toward someone who could not save himself.
The song became a standard of bluegrass and country gospel, recorded by Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe, and many others. The version heard here is by IIIrd Tyme Out.
