Hymnody (the singing or composition of hymns) has evolved and changed over the centuries and been affected by new thinking and developing religious beliefs: throughout the history of the church ...

This hymn has a deeply moving background and no doubt its roots have ... the early 19th century when he was organist of St Anne’s Church in Soho. The hymn is very often used on National and ...

The United Methodist Church considered omitting it from its 1989 hymnal until a large outcry ... to a large group of ...