Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Arrayed in robes of virgin white
Hymnology
An entry on Gerard Moultrie's hymn for the Festival of Martyrs.
Art thou, sinner, sighing, weeping
Hymnology
An entry on Albert Midlane's evangelistic invitation hymn.
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
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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 high as the heavens, and as vast
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An entry on Josiah Conder's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 36.
As many as in Adam die
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An entry on a communion hymn cento compiled from Charles Wesley's short hymns.
As much have I of worldly good
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An entry on Josiah Conder's hymn on Christian contentment.
As oft with worn and weary feet
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An entry on James Edmeston's hymn on the sympathy of Christ.
As panting, in the sultry beam
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An entry on John Bowdler's two-part metrical paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for cooling springs
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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
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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
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An entry on James Montgomery's paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As the sun's enlivening eye
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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.