Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
As various as the moon
Hymnology
An entry on Thomas Scott's hymn on divine providence and human change.
Ascend Thy throne, Almighty King
Hymnology
An entry on Benjamin Beddome's short missionary hymn.
Assembled in Thy house of prayer
Hymnology
An entry on James Montgomery's hymn for Whitsuntide and the ministry of the Word.
Astonished and distressed
Hymnology
An entry on Benjamin Beddome's Lenten hymn on the fallen human heart.
At length this restless heart is still
Hymnology
An entry on Thomas Davis's devotional hymn and its revision for public worship.
Attend, and mark the solemn fast
Hymnology
An entry on the Scottish Paraphrase of Isaiah 58:5–9 by John Logan and John Morison.
Attend, ye tribes that dwell remote
Hymnology
An entry on John Morison's paraphrase of Isaiah 33:13–18 and its revisions.
Awake, awake the sacred song
History
A Christmas hymn on the Incarnate Saviour by Anne Steele, published in 1760.
Awake, awake, O Zion
History
A Second Advent hymn by Benjamin Gough based on Isaiah 52:1, first published in 1865.
Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue
History
Anne Steele's 16-stanza paraphrase of Psalm 103, first published in 1760.
Awake, my soul, in joyful lays
History
Samuel Medley's celebrated hymn on the lovingkindness of God, first published in 1782.
Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes
History
Anna Laetitia Barbauld's 1772 Christian warfare hymn, originally titled The Conflict.
Away from every mortal care
History
Isaac Watts's 1709 hymn on public worship and the sanctuary, abridged by Whitefield.
Away with my fears! The glad morning appears
History
Charles Wesley's birthday hymn from 1749, quoted by John Wesley on his 85th birthday.
Away, dark thoughts, awake, my joy
History
John Mason's 1683 nativity hymn from Songs of Praise.
Awhile in spirit, Lord, to Thee
History
Joseph Francis Thrupp's Lenten hymn, first published in 1853 and later revised by Francis Pott.
Baptist Hymnody, English
Hymnology
A comprehensive historical overview of congregational song among English Baptists from the seventeenth centur…
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Charles Wesley’s expansive six-part poem on the Communion of Saints, …
Henry Ainsworth
Hymnology
Life and scholarly legacy of Henry Ainsworth, the seventeenth-century Separatist leader whose Hebrew translat…
I give immortal praise
Hymnology
A publication, structural, and textual history of Isaac Watts's famous trinitarian doxology, charting its shi…