Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Alas! by nature how depraved
History
John Newton's 1779 Lenten hymn exploring human depravity and divine adoption based on Jeremiah 3:19, original…
Aliquis
History
Note on Aliquis, the pseudonym under which the 1821 collection Hymns for Villagers was published.
All around us, fair with flowers
History
Overview of the anonymous American hymn "All around us, fair with flowers," published in prominent nineteenth…
All creation groans and travails
History
History of John Mason Neale's cattle plague hymn "All creation groans and travails," written during the Briti…
All from the sun's uprise
History
Account of George Sandys's seventeenth-century metrical paraphrase of Psalm 100, "All from the sun's uprise."
All glorious God, what hymns of praise
History
History of Philip Doddridge's eighteenth-century hymn of praise "All glorious God, what hymns of praise," bas…
All glory to God in the sky
History
Summary of Charles Wesley's Christmas hymn "All glory to God in the sky," published in Hymns for the Nativity…
All glory to our gracious Lord
History
An overview of Charles Wesley's twenty-two stanza paraphrase of Psalm 118, "All glory to our gracious Lord," …
All hail the glorious morn
Hymnology
Account of John Peacock's eighteenth-century hymn "All hail the glorious morn," focused on the resurrection a…
All hail, dear Conqueror, all hail
History
Overview of Frederick William Faber's Easter hymn "All hail, dear Conqueror, all hail," originally titled "Je…
All hail, Incarnate God
History
Overview of Elizabeth Scott's eighteenth-century hymn "All hail, Incarnate God," written on the glory and per…
All hail, mysterious King
History
Overview of Philip Doddridge's eighteenth-century hymn "All hail, mysterious King," based on Revelation 22:16.
All hail, Redeemer of mankind
Hymnology
Overview of Charles Wesley's Eucharistic hymn "All hail, Redeemer of mankind," published in Hymns on the Lord…
All hail, triumphant Lord
Hymnology
Overview of the anonymous Ascension hymn "All hail, triumphant Lord," based on Charles Wesley's "God is gone …
All hail, victorious Lord
Hymnology
Overview of Basil Woodd's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 110, "All hail, victorious Lord."
All hail! the power of Jesus' Name
History
Comprehensive history of Edward Perronet's famous hymn "All hail! the power of Jesus' Name," its revisions by…
All hearts to Thee are open here
Hymnology
Overview of James Montgomery's hymn "All hearts to Thee are open here," composed for a Sunday School annivers…
All heaven was hush'd, Our risen Lord
Hymnology
Account of G. Hawson's hymn "All heaven was hush'd, Our risen Lord," based on Psalm 110.
All is bright and gay around us
Hymnology
Overview of John Mason Neale's Saint's Day hymn for children, "All is bright and gay around us."
All is o'er; the pain, the sorrow
History
Detailed history of John Moultrie's Easter Eve hymn "All is o'er; the pain, the sorrow."