Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Arise, my soul, nor dream the hours
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous American hymn on redeeming time.
Arise, ye people, and adore
Hymnology
An entry on Harriet Auber's metrical version of Psalm 47.
Arise, ye saints, arise
Hymnology
An entry on Thomas Kelly's hymn on Christian warfare and divine leadership.
Around the throne of God in heaven
Hymnology
An entry on Anne Shepherd's widely used children's hymn.
Arrayed in majesty divine
Hymnology
An entry on James Merrick's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 104.
As birds their infant brood protect
Hymnology
An entry on William Cowper's Olney hymn on divine protection.
As Christ our Saviour's gone before
Hymnology
An entry on Godfrey Thring's Ascension Day hymn.
As helpless as the child who clings
Hymnology
An entry on James Drummond Burns's hymn on childlike trust.
As panting, in the sultry beam
Hymnology
An entry on John Bowdler's two-part metrical paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for cooling springs
Hymnology
An entry on James Merrick's sixteen-stanza paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for cooling streams
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An entry on Tate and Brady's widely adapted metrical version of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for water-brooks
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An entry on an anonymous Long Meter paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the wearied hart for cooling streams
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An entry on George Gregory's English translation of Bishop Lowth's Psalm 42.
As showers on meadows newly mown
Hymnology
An entry on Thomas Gibbons's hymn on divine influence and grace.
As some tall rock amidst the waves
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An entry on John Newton's hymn on the martyrdom of St. Stephen.
As the dew from heaven distilling
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An entry on Thomas Kelly's hymn on divine worship and its revision by John Bulmer.
As the hart, with eager looks
Hymnology
An entry on James Montgomery's paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As the sun's enlivening eye
Hymnology
An entry on John Newton's parting hymn composed after surgical recovery.
As thy day thy strength shall be
Hymnology
An entry on Frances Ridley Havergal's New Year hymn on daily strength.
As to His earthly parents' home
Hymnology
An entry on Dean Henry Alford's Epiphany hymn on the childhood of Christ.