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Be Thou My Vision - Eochaid Forgaill

Be Thou My Vision - Eochaid Forgaill

Most scholars of Irish literature believe the text for this ancient Irish hymn dates back to the sixth century and was written by the blind poet Eochaid Forgaill. He was...

Be Thou My Vision - Eochaid Forgaill

Most scholars of Irish literature believe the text for this ancient Irish hymn dates back to the sixth century and was written by the blind poet Eochaid Forgaill. He was...

Holy, Holy, Holy - Reginald Heber

Holy, Holy, Holy - Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber, the author of this hymn, was born into a cultured, wealthy British family in 1783. He was an eloquent preacher as well as a gifted writer of poems...

Holy, Holy, Holy - Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber, the author of this hymn, was born into a cultured, wealthy British family in 1783. He was an eloquent preacher as well as a gifted writer of poems...

Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Christian H. Batemen

Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Christian H. B...

Many of the early hymn writers wrote songs for children that were easy to sing and simple enough to teach children Biblical truths. This hymn was originally titled “Come, Children,...

Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Christian H. B...

Many of the early hymn writers wrote songs for children that were easy to sing and simple enough to teach children Biblical truths. This hymn was originally titled “Come, Children,...

Who Is on the Lord’s Side? - Frances R. Havergal

Who Is on the Lord’s Side? - Frances R. Havergal

Sometimes a hymn writer begins the hymn with a question.  Frances R. Havergal (1836-1879) wrote such a hymn that asks a very important question: “Who Is on the Lord’s Side?”...

Who Is on the Lord’s Side? - Frances R. Havergal

Sometimes a hymn writer begins the hymn with a question.  Frances R. Havergal (1836-1879) wrote such a hymn that asks a very important question: “Who Is on the Lord’s Side?”...

Jesus! I Am Resting, Resting - Jean Pigott

Jesus! I Am Resting, Resting - Jean Pigott

Ireland’s Jean Pigott wrote the words to this beautiful hymn in 1876.  The tune was composed by James Mountain, a Baptist pastor and the editor of Keswick’s “Hymns of Consecration...

Jesus! I Am Resting, Resting - Jean Pigott

Ireland’s Jean Pigott wrote the words to this beautiful hymn in 1876.  The tune was composed by James Mountain, a Baptist pastor and the editor of Keswick’s “Hymns of Consecration...

One Day - Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman

One Day - Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman

“One Day” was written by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, a well-known evangelist and Bible teacher during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was greatly influenced by the preaching...

One Day - Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman

“One Day” was written by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, a well-known evangelist and Bible teacher during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was greatly influenced by the preaching...