But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at the bidding of a choir? It was not the pathos of the poetry ...

Watts has been described as “the liberator of English hymnody” as his hymns moved people away from simply singing Old Testament psalms ... of hymnody known as “gospel” emerged.

Choose your all-time number one from the 100 hymns and worship songs ... This tune is one of the best known of all Christian melodies and gets its name, “Old Hundredth”, from its association ...

Carpenter of the Seventy, a hymnbook adviser for the church, said that as more releases come, members will see more hymns that are shared among Christian ... In her spare time, Emily enjoys ...

Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible.

You're probably familiar with classic hymns like “Silent Night” and “The First Noel,” but you may not know the history behind some of these centuries-old songs ... At the time, it was ...

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14, at 7 p.m. in Staunton. There will also be a reception following the concert, according to a press release. New Orleans ...

Church sanctuaries still ring out with the two-hundred-year-old hymns of Watts ... In his introduction to The Oxford Book of Christian Verse, Donald Davie asks what sort of language is most ...

(WKRG) — Faith Time is our weekly ... His disciples singing hymns before the Garden of Gethsemane. Hymns have always been a part of the church life and also the Christian life prayer when ...