He recalled: “I sang those old gospel songs for my mother ... If I Ever Needed Someone” in 1967, included two gospel hymns on his 1991 album Hymns to the Silence. As well as “Be Thou ...
On the contrary, the hymn’s lyrics compare the unity between Jesus and a Christian receiving communion ... about a court case from London’s Old Bailey, where it had been used in evidence ...
At six weeks old, Fanny was treated for an eye infection ... In the book Ira D. Sankey, My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns, the author says that Fanny was visiting the home of W.H. Doane, a ...
For the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg’s invention. the tenor and church musician, William Hyman Cummings put Wesley’s century old hymn to Mendelssohn’s tune, and that’s how we sing it today. Next up, ...
And sing along with them. Liz Hay lives in a house in the mountains, but also enjoys joining with others in worship in Christchurch, whether it’s praising God in the words of one of the old classic ...
New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Erena Murray’s life and work is celebrated in a new biography by Anne Manchester: Peace is Her Song. You can hear hymns by Shirley Murray in this week’s programme. Read ...
Old church hymns are soul deep songs that transcend generations, denominations and situations. The soothing, faith-filled lyrics speak to the hearts of people like no other style of Christian/ gospel ...