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Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah - William Williams
The Welsh people have a centuries-old reputation of being perhaps the most enthusiastic singers in the world. During the great spiritual revivals of Wales, the preaching was sometimes interrupted by the spontaneous...
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah - William Williams
The Welsh people have a centuries-old reputation of being perhaps the most enthusiastic singers in the world. During the great spiritual revivals of Wales, the preaching was sometimes interrupted by the spontaneous...

If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee - Georg Ne...
In 1641 twenty-year-old Georg Neumark (1621-1681) struck out from his home in the Thuringian forests, journeying to the University of Konigsberg where he intended to study law. With him was...
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee - Georg Ne...
In 1641 twenty-year-old Georg Neumark (1621-1681) struck out from his home in the Thuringian forests, journeying to the University of Konigsberg where he intended to study law. With him was...

A Charge to Keep I Have – Charles Wesley
This hymn reflects the uncompromising character of the Wesleys, who faced much opposition and persecution in their ministry. Albert E. Bailey gives this account in “The Gospel in Hymns”: “If it was hard on...
A Charge to Keep I Have – Charles Wesley
This hymn reflects the uncompromising character of the Wesleys, who faced much opposition and persecution in their ministry. Albert E. Bailey gives this account in “The Gospel in Hymns”: “If it was hard on...

Come Over and Help Us - Sarah Boardman Judson
Sarah Boardman Judson was born Sarah Bailey Hall on November 4th, 1803, as the oldest of 13 children. Unable to attend school due to the Hall’s financial situation, young Sarah...
Come Over and Help Us - Sarah Boardman Judson
Sarah Boardman Judson was born Sarah Bailey Hall on November 4th, 1803, as the oldest of 13 children. Unable to attend school due to the Hall’s financial situation, young Sarah...

Am I a Soldier of the Cross? - Isaac Watts
Many of the early hymn-writers were preachers who wrote sacred verse to accompany their Sunday morning sermons. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) has been called by many “The Father of English Hymnody.”...
Am I a Soldier of the Cross? - Isaac Watts
Many of the early hymn-writers were preachers who wrote sacred verse to accompany their Sunday morning sermons. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) has been called by many “The Father of English Hymnody.”...

Let All Things Now Living - Katherine K. Davis
Not every hymn starts out as a hymn. “Let All Things Now Living” is such an example. Katherine K. Davis wrote the first stanza in the 1920s and didn’t write...
Let All Things Now Living - Katherine K. Davis
Not every hymn starts out as a hymn. “Let All Things Now Living” is such an example. Katherine K. Davis wrote the first stanza in the 1920s and didn’t write...