Churches: A History of HymnsHYMN singing is an ancient tradition on these islands and many of the great Christian writers like Charles Wesley, John Newton and Fanny Crosby have brought much joy and inspiration to worshippers through the generations....
Newton collaborated with William Cowper, creating vast volumes of hymns, including ‘Amazing Grace.’ William Cowper was referred to as one of the greatest hymn writers in the church’s history. They became friends after Cowper had moved to Onley and began worshipping in Newton’s Church. Newto...
But most of all, she blamed that unknown woman who gave him a white feather, and the thousands of brittle, self-righteous women all over the country who had done the same. And there were thousands of them, as Will Ellsworth-Jones makes clear in his fascinating account of a group of con...
Last month I wrote about the famous hymn writer Isaac Watts. Let’s continue looking at the hymns and writers of the past whose lyrics have touched our hearts and encouraged our souls. Many Christians watching this month’s presidential inauguration of President Trump quickly recognized the hymnGr...
We share prolific hymn writers in our Pinch of the Past. A look at the reformer Martin Luther, the “The Godfather of English Hymnody” Isaac Watts, and blind teacher and lobbyist Fanny Crosby. Bookworm Review: If you love historical fiction that will keep you crying both happy and sad tea...
Williams’s Popular Song Hampstead Is the Place to Ruralise Hampstead Is the Place to Ruralise, All on a Summer Day (1861) is a comic hymn dedicated to the pleasures of Hampstead Heath. The euphemism “ruralizing,” like gypsying, had been in use since... Augustus Egg’s in Traveling...
Responses to violence and human suffering in Christian hymnody: A study of responses to situations of violence in the work of four hymn writers This article looks at violence and the response to violent situations from the perspective of Christian hymnody. It examines where the content of hymns ...
of early Hindus. This hymn has several references to nature as Indra arrives, such as “lights are shining in the sky,” and “wast born together with the Dawns” (Griffith 1). This shows how closely intertwined Hindus believed gods to be with nature. Also at the time of Indra’s ...
Other notable works of Old English literature include Caedmon's Hymn and The Dream of the Rood. Middle English Literature (1150-1485) Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in Middle English Middle English was a midway point between Old English and contemporary English. While it is still quite different from ...
One Thursday night in 1980—that interminable presidential election year now melted into the slippery coin of Reagan’s Shangri-La moment—a Clinton, Iowa, public school teacher drove 41 miles south to the larger river city of Davenport to attend a meeting of Writers’ Studio, the local club ...