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Showing posts with label Hymns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hymns. Show all posts
Sunday, June 07, 2026

Our Mortal State

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Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he del...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Religious effect of a hymn

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When Joshua Leavitt sent out The Christian Lyre , he testified that “the work is not designed to please scientific musicians, so much as to ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Hymns can mean anything

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Hymns can mean anything ... or can they? “I tend to tell people that whatever meaning or relevance they take from that is up to them.” unnam...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Anapestic Meter

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What? What is that? Awhile back, I ran across on Archive.Org the hymn book Sacred Poetry and Music Reconciled, Or, A Collection of Hymns Ori...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Traits of a good hymn

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“A hymn ought to be as regular in its structure as any other poem; it should have a distinct subject, and that subject should be simple, not...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

A Visit to Cowper’s Grave

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Resting Wednesday is suspended for this tribute. “A Visit to Cowper’s Grave” is a poem by an unknown author. This author began stanzas 2-6 w...
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Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Hymn Meter Explanations and Information

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Hymn Meter Explanations and Information “Hymn meter” is the pattern of syllables and stress in the text of a hymn. The meter designations in...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Worship in Hymns

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WORSHIP IN HYMNS   By Robert Inman Johnson This essay first appeared in The Tie , a monthly publication of Southern Baptist Theological Semi...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

The Old-Time Songs

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“The Old-Time Songs” poem describes a (perhaps imaginary) singing that uses Christian Harmony , Sacred Harp , and Temple Star song books. I...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Grace Abounding

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In his book Strictures on the Plymouth Antinomians , Joseph Cottle attributed the following story to one he charged as being an antinomian ...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Say “Amen” to God

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AMEN.   I cannot say, Beneath the pressure of life’s cares today, I joy in these; But I can say That I would rather walk this rugged way, If...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

I’ve Found a Friend

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Reprise   James Grindlay Small was born in Edinburgh in 1817, and died at Renfrew in 1888. He joined the Church of Scotland in 1834, and b...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

How wondrous are the works of God

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1. How wondrous are the works of God, Displayed through all the world abroad! Immensely great! Immensely small! Yet one strange work exceeds...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

50th hymn meter

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I recently discovered a new  hymn meter designation – 50th meter – that I do not recall seeing before (Thanks to Matt Bell.) The 50th meter...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Psalm 139, Watts

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Isaac Watts , hymn on Psalm 139 1. ‘Twas from thy hand, my God, I came, A work of such a curious frame In me thy fearful wonders shine, ...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Come, thou long-expected Jesus

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1. Come, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free; From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in thee. Israel...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Home Above

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Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. The first hymn is found in The Sacred Harp . It appear...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Wake the Song

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“Wake the song,” “or Anniversary Song,” was written by William Fisk Sherman.  A Baptist, Sherman was born in 1826 in Masschusetts and died i...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

From the Heavenly Choir

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The following words were arranged for A. N. Whitten for his song, From the Heavenly Choir , No. 127 in the Harp of Ages . 1. When shall ...
Sunday, January 12, 2020

We are Come unto Mount Zion

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Isaac Watts , We are Come unto Mount Zion, Common Meter 1. Not to the terrors of the Lord, The tempest, fire, and smoke: Not to the thun...