Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Another portion of the span
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An entry on Charlotte Elliott's Saturday evening hymn from Hymns for a Week.
Another six days' work is done
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An entry on Joseph Stennett's famous Sabbath hymn and its various hymnal centos.
Another week begins
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An entry on Thomas Kelly's Lord's Day hymn based on Psalm 118:24.
Another week for ever gone
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An entry on an anonymous 1844 Lord's Day hymn from John Rippon's collection.
Another year has passed away
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An entry on an anonymous Sunday school hymn for the New Year.
Another year is dawning
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An entry on Frances Ridley Havergal's famous New Year hymn of devotion and trust.
Another year is ended
History
A biographical and historical overview of Alfred Ainger's 1862 harvest hymn "Another year is ended," detailin…
Anthologia Davidica
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An entry on Henry Latham's 1846 compiled metrical Psalter and psalmody anthology.
Anton Ulrich of Brunswick
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A biographical entry on Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick, German ruler, poet, and author of devotional hymns.
Aphraston thauma
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An entry on Saint Cosmas's eighth-century Greek Easter Eve canon ode and its English translation by Richard F…
Apostle of our own dear home
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An entry on James Elwin Millard's festival hymn for Saint Augustine of Canterbury.
Apparuit benignitas
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An entry on a fifteenth-century Latin Christmas poem and its famous English hymn translation.
Are there not in the labourer's day?
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An entry on Charles Wesley's hymn regarding duty and spiritual safety.
Are we doing as we should do?
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An entry on Thomas Kelly's missionary examination hymn.
Are your souls the Saviour seeking?
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An entry on an anonymous nineteenth-century hymn on spiritual peace.
Arglwydd arwain trwy'r anialwch
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An entry on William Williams's classic Welsh hymn and its famous English translation, Guide me, O Thou great …
Arglwydd arwain trwy'r anialwch. W. Williams. [Strength to pass through the Wilderness.'] This was pub. in the 1st ed. of the author's Alleluia, Bristol, 1745, in 5 st. of 61., as follows:—
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An entry on an anonymous seventh-century Latin acrostic poem on the Day of Judgment.
Arise and hail the happy day
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An entry on an anonymous eighteenth-century Christmas hymn later attributed to Elizabeth Scott.
Arise, my soul, arise, Shake off
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An entry on Charles Wesley's widely used hymn on Christ the Mediator.
Arise, my soul, my joyful powers
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An entry on Isaac Watts's hymn on redemption and spiritual protection.