Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Kolbe, Frederick William
Hymnology
A biographical profile of Rhenish and London Missionary Society missionary Frederick William Kolbe, highlight…
Marion Paul Aird
History
Biographical summary of Scottish devotional writer Marion Paul Aird, author of Home of the Heart and the hymn…
Temperance Hymnody
Hymnology
An overview of the rise, development, popular compositions, and key contributors of the Temperance hymnody mo…
The Great Advent Antiphons
Hymnology
An entry on the seven greater Advent antiphons, their liturgical usage, and their prose and metrical English …
Unitarian Hymnody
Hymnology
An extensive historical overview of English Unitarian hymnody, its doctrinal evolution from Presbyterian root…
Washburn, Edward Abiel
Hymnology
A biographical overview of Edward Abiel Washburn, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, theologian, and translator …
Zion stands by hills surrounded
Hymnology
An entry on Thomas Kelly's 1806 hymn Zion stands by hills surrounded, covering its scriptural origin in Psalm…