Teachers would whip out hymn books or set up the old-school overhead projector, and we'd belt out the lyrics with all our might. In no time at all, we'd have the words memorised, no books or ...

Possibly first translated into English by John M. Neale, Mediaeval Hymns, 1851, additional verses and alternative translations have been added over the centuries. The added verses all express ...

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, inspiring people to sing from the heart, with great ...