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Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee -Henry Van Dyke

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee -Henry Van Dyke

The author of this hymn, Henry Van Dyke, was born in Pennsylvania in 1852. He was considered one of the finest Presbyterian preachers in America and a professor of literature...

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee -Henry Van Dyke

The author of this hymn, Henry Van Dyke, was born in Pennsylvania in 1852. He was considered one of the finest Presbyterian preachers in America and a professor of literature...

God Is the Fountain, Whence - Benjamin Beddome

God Is the Fountain, Whence - Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born in 1717. In 1740, he became the pastor of the Baptist church in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire and was one of England’s most respected and influential Baptist...

God Is the Fountain, Whence - Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born in 1717. In 1740, he became the pastor of the Baptist church in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire and was one of England’s most respected and influential Baptist...

I Must Tell Jesus -Elisha A. Hoffman

I Must Tell Jesus -Elisha A. Hoffman

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I Must Tell Jesus -Elisha A. Hoffman

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Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious -Thomas Kelly

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious -Thomas ...

Thomas Kelly was considered to be one of Ireland’s finest hymn writers and evangelistic preachers of the 19th century. He was born in 1769 and graduated with honors from Trinity...

Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious -Thomas ...

Thomas Kelly was considered to be one of Ireland’s finest hymn writers and evangelistic preachers of the 19th century. He was born in 1769 and graduated with honors from Trinity...

Rejoice, the Lord Is King! -Charles Wesley

Rejoice, the Lord Is King! -Charles Wesley

  It’s difficult to imagine that Charles Wesley authored more than six thousand hymns when so much of his life was spent on horseback as a traveling preacher. As he...

Rejoice, the Lord Is King! -Charles Wesley

  It’s difficult to imagine that Charles Wesley authored more than six thousand hymns when so much of his life was spent on horseback as a traveling preacher. As he...

Safe in the Arms of Jesus -Fanny J. Crosby

Safe in the Arms of Jesus -Fanny J. Crosby

  Fanny Crosby was America’s best-known hymn and gospel song author. Fanny had always written poems, but when famous composer William Bradbury asked her to write her first hymn at...

Safe in the Arms of Jesus -Fanny J. Crosby

  Fanny Crosby was America’s best-known hymn and gospel song author. Fanny had always written poems, but when famous composer William Bradbury asked her to write her first hymn at...