Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Angel voices sweetly singing
Hymnology
An entry on Horatius Bonar's 1861 hymn on heaven.
Angelica Patrone, Beate Spiritus
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An entry on an anonymous Latin guardian angel hymn and Edward Caswall's translation.
Angels round the throne are praising
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An entry on Elizabeth Parson's children's hymn of praise.
Angels that high in glory dwell
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An entry on Isaac Watts's 1715 children's hymn against swearing and profanity.
Anni peractis mensibus
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An entry on an 11th-century medieval Whitsuntide Latin hymn.
Another day has past along
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An entry on James Edmeston's Sunday evening text and its composite hymnal forms.
Another six days' work is done
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An entry on Joseph Stennett's famous Sabbath hymn and its various hymnal centos.
Another week for ever gone
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An entry on an anonymous 1844 Lord's Day hymn from John Rippon's collection.
Anthologia Davidica
Hymnology
An entry on Henry Latham's 1846 compiled metrical Psalter and psalmody anthology.
Apostle of our own dear home
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An entry on James Elwin Millard's festival hymn for Saint Augustine of Canterbury.
Around the throne of God, a band
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An entry on John Mason Neale's children's hymn for Michaelmas Day.
As Christ our Saviour's gone before
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An entry on Godfrey Thring's Ascension Day hymn.
As high as the heavens, and as vast
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An entry on Josiah Conder's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 36.
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 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.