Dictionary of Hymnology

A Almighty Father, bless the word History 81 · 1 month, 3 weeks ago Background of the anonymous post-sermon hymn "Almighty Father, bless the word." A Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise Hymnology 92 · 1 month ago An entry on Philip Doddridge's hymn on sorrow for sin and missionary devotion. A Arise, ye saints, arise Hymnology 95 · 1 month ago An entry on Thomas Kelly's hymn on Christian warfare and divine leadership. A Arm of the Lord, awake, awake (Thine own, &c.) Hymnology 81 · 1 month ago An entry on Charles Wesley's paraphrase of Isaiah 51. A As pants the wearied hart for cooling streams Hymnology 89 · 3 weeks, 2 days ago An entry on George Gregory's English translation of Bishop Lowth's Psalm 42. A Auctor beate saeculi Hymnology 7 · 16 hours ago An entry on the anonymous Latin hymn for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. A Audimur: almo Spiritus Hymnology 8 · 16 hours ago An entry on Charles Coffin's Whitsuntide hymn and C. S. Calverley's translation. A Auf, auf, ihr Reichsgenossen Hymnology 5 · 16 hours ago An entry on Johann Rist's German Advent hymn and its English translations. A Auf, auf, weil der Tag erschienen Hymnology 5 · 16 hours ago An entry on Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen's German Advent hymn. A Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du Hymnology 7 · 16 hours ago An entry on Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's resurrection poem and its English translations. A Aurora lucis dum novae History 7 · 15 hours ago An Easter hymn by N. Le Tourneaux from the revised Paris Breviary of 1736. A Aurora lucis rutilat History 9 · 15 hours ago An ancient Easter hymn ascribed to St. Ambrose, later revised in the Roman Breviary as Aurora coelum purpurat. A Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir History 7 · 15 hours ago Martin Luther's celebrated 1523 hymn based on Psalm 130 (De Profundis). A Author of faith, we seek Thy face History 7 · 15 hours ago An intercessory hymn by Charles Wesley, published in 1749 in Hymns & Sacred Poems. A Author of life divine History 6 · 15 hours ago A Communion hymn from J. & C. Wesley's Hymns on the Lord's Supper (1745), usually attributed to Charles Wesle… A Author of peace unknown History 6 · 15 hours ago A wedding/friendship hymn by Charles Wesley, written around the time of his marriage. A Ave Christi Corpus verum History 7 · 15 hours ago A 14th-century Latin Communion hymn from a Reichenau manuscript, translated by R. F. Littledale. A Ave Jesu, Qui maetaris History 6 · 15 hours ago A Good Friday Latin hymn on the Seven Words on the Cross, translated by E. B. Pusey. A Ave maris stella History 14 · 15 hours ago An ancient Latin hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary of uncertain authorship, dating from at least the 9th centur… A Ave regina coelorum History 7 · 15 hours ago One of the four seasonal Marian antiphons, found in manuscripts from the 12th century onwards.