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How Can I Keep from Singing?
Robert Lowry wrote both words and music to the hymn “How Can I Keep From Singing.” Lowry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12th, 182...
Come, Ye Disconsolate
Lyricist Thomas Moore was an Irish Catholic, born in Dublin in 1779. Moore was a close friend to fellow poet Lord Byron and was known as the ‘Voic...
Send the Light
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel was born August 18, 1856 in Wilton Iowa. His father led singing schools in their family home, which led to Charles ...
Join in Exultation
“Join in Exultation” is a spiritual song joyfully detailing how believers will rejoice in our eternal King when he comes to set up His millennial ...
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
Born in 1838, Philip P. Bliss faithfully served God from the time of his conversion at age 12 until he was called from this life in December of ...
Who Stole Your Hymns?
You love the hymns, right? Every service you listen to the familiar melodies and the lines of rhyme that reach into the very depths of the soul. Bu...
Nearer, Still Nearer
Choosing to avoid the spotlight and content in her labours as a homemaker, Lelia N. Morris used a pseudonym in her writings. While sitting at her s...
Draw Me Nearer
The pairing of lines and melody are so fitting as to be inseparable in this song, receiving abounding acceptance both near and far. While visiting ...
Thou Art My All
Born in Philadelphia, Albert Bennett was converted and baptized at an early age. He immediately engaged in the work of the ministry, serving in Sun...
My Heart, My Life, My All I Bring
Frances Ridley Havergal was the daughter of W. H. Havergal, a hymnist in his own right, with about a hundred poems and a multitude of melodic compo...
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Many of the finest compositions of Watts were written in his youth for a local congregation. In his twenties, Isaac began to debate publishing his ...
Higher Ground
Oatman’s prolific pen, recording thousands of sacred lines, was centered upon the growth of the saint and a daily walk in victory. In his words, we...
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