Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
William Aldridge
History
Biographical sketch of William Aldridge, an eighteenth-century English minister in Lady Huntingdon's Connexio…
William Alexander
History
Biographical profile of William Alexander, Anglican Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, theologian, and author of rel…
William Lindsay Alexander
History
Biographical account of nineteenth-century Scottish Congregational minister, scholar, and Old Testament revis…
Xavier, St. Francis
Hymnology
A biographical sketch of St. Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Jesuits and missionary to Asia, exploring his …
Ye simple souls that stray
Hymnology
A entry on the 1747 Methodist hymn Ye simple souls that stray, detailing its publication history, textual rev…
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…
Xavier, St. Francis
Hymnology
A biographical sketch of St. Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Jesuits and missionary to Asia, exploring his …
Ye simple souls that stray
Hymnology
A entry on the 1747 Methodist hymn Ye simple souls that stray, detailing its publication history, textual rev…
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…