Dictionary of Hymnology

Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.

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A car of fire is on the air History A striking nineteenth-century hymn on death and burial written by William Winstanley Hull and published in 18… A little flock! So calls He thee Hymn Horatius Bonar's expansive 1857 poem on the Church, published in Hymns of Faith and Hope and adapted into var… A nation God delights to bless Hymn Charles Wesley's 1762 patriotic hymn focusing on national peace, rooted in the text of Job 34:29 and preserve… A. (Joseph Addison) History The signature "A." used to denote hymns by Joseph Addison in the Bristol Baptist Collection compiled by John … A. C. C. History The signature "A. C. C." used in The Hymnary (1872) to denote William Cooke, standing for "A Canon of Chester… A. K. B. G History The signature "A. K. B. G-." used in The Divine Hymnal (1860) to denote Augustus Kerr Bozzi Granville. A. L. W. History The initials "A. L. W." used in various hymn collections to sign the deeply devotional work of Welsh poet and… Adams, John Hymnology A biographical sketch of John Adams, an Eighteenth Century English hymn writer and independent minister from … Adams, John Quincy Hymnology A biographical overview of John Quincy Adams as a hymn writer and poet, detailing his sacred metrical works, … Adams, Sarah History Biographical entry for Sarah Adams (1805–1848), nee Flower, English Unitarian hymn writer best known as the a… Addison, Lancelot History Biographical entry for Lancelot Addison (1632–1703), Dean of Lichfield, father of Joseph Addison, and author … Anatolius Hymnology A biographical and historical entry on the Greek hymn writer Anatolius, distinguishing him from the 5th-centu… Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt Hymnology A biographical entry on Princess Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt, Abbess of Quedlinburg and German hymn writer. Are we doing as we should do? Hymnology An entry on Thomas Kelly's missionary examination hymn. Ascend Thy throne, Almighty King Hymnology An entry on Benjamin Beddome's short missionary hymn. Astonished and distressed Hymnology An entry on Benjamin Beddome's Lenten hymn on the fallen human heart. Austin, John Biography Biographical sketch of John Austin (c. 1613-1669), Roman Catholic devotional writer and hymn contributor. Austin, William Biography Biographical sketch of William Austin (d. 1633), lawyer and author of Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma. Aveling, Thomas William Baxter Biography Biographical sketch of Thomas William Baxter Aveling (1815-1884), Congregational minister, author, and hymn w… Christoph Carl Julius Aschenfeldt Hymnology A biography of the German pastor, superintendent, and hymn writer Christoph Carl Julius Aschenfeldt.