Posts Tagged ‘Hymn History’
Annie Johnson Flint
George Stiekes And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Annie Johnson was born on Christmas Eve, 1866, in Vineland, New Jersey.…
Read MoreHoly, Holy, Holy
Edited from the files of Grace W. Haight by Guye Johnson Holy, holy, holy, Lord ‘God Almighty! Early in the morning our songs shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Read MoreStand Up, Stand Up For Jesus
Edited from the files of Grace W. Haight by Guye Johnson This hymn of strength and service challenges Christians entering a new year to march on courageously for Jesus. Its determined spirit was inspired by the life and courageous death of Dr. George Duffield’s friend, Dr. Dudley A. Tyng.
Read MoreA Good Soldier of Jesus Christ (2)
Mark Minnick [From yesterday’s introduction:] It would be hard to find any preachers of the last two centuries any more acquainted with outright warfare for Christ than Charles and his brother John. Their earliest journals are not only almost monotonously replete with references to it, but often the entries nearly spurt blood. Here are samples…
Read MoreA Good Soldier of Jesus Christ (1)
Mark Minnick We have a full thirty of them in our church’s hymnbook: songs by Charles Wesley. But it would take nearly eight hymnbooks of equal size to hold all the church songs Charles wrote. They amount to over six thousand, ten times those of Isaac Watts. So it’s understandable that we might envision that…
Read MoreLead on, O King Eternal
Edited from the files of Grace W. Haight Guye Johnson Created in 1887 for the commencement exercise at Andover Theological Seminary (Andover, Massachusetts), this spirited prayer-hymn, with its “day of march,” “days of preparation,” “journey,” “conquest,” and “crown,” is appropriate for the graduation season.
Read MoreDoxology
Edited from the files of Dr. Grace W. Haight by Guye Johnson Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. —Thomas Ken, 1637-1710 Haeussler, in The Story of Our Hymns, describes hymn singing as “an organic part of…
Read MoreO Worship the King
Guye Johnson Edited from the files of the late Grace W. Haight O worship the King, all·glorious above, And gratefully sing His power and His love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days, Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. O tell of His might, O sing of His grace, Whose robe is the…
Read MoreHymnStories: Amazing Grace
Guye Johnson Edited from the files of the late Grace W. Haight No matter how many people have loved Amazing Grace and have been blessed by its message, — and there have been thousands and thousands — no one has ever had a more complete understanding of the words than the author himself had. Whether…
Read MoreThere Is a Fountain Filled with Blood • William Cowper (1731–1800)
Vicki Johnson William Cowper (pronounced Cooper), one of England’s most beloved and revered poet laureates, struggled throughout his life in the deep sea of mental illness. His literary achievements as a poet, translator, and letter writer brought him worldly fame, but his contributions as a hymn writer brought glory to the God whom he loved…
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