The Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace” has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting ...
Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess discusses how the new Latter-day Saint hymns emphasize that the church is ...
The twentieth and twenty first centuries have seen an explosion of new hymn writers and approaches. Old texts have been refreshed by new tunes and lots more contemporary hymns have sprung up.
At Christmas, the sounds of hymns from long ago are heard in churches throughout the world. But what do you know about some ...
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 ...