Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
A little lamb went straying
Hymn
Albert Midlane’s tender 1859 children's hymn, first printed in the Good News Magazine and widely adopted in y…
A little ship was on the sea
Hymn
Dorothy Ann Thrupp’s highly popular nineteenth-century children's hymn illustrating the biblical narrative of…
A time to watch, a time to pray
Hymnology
A historical summary of John Mason Neale's 1842 Good Friday children's hymn, detailing its structural composi…
Above the clear blue sky
Hymnology
An account of John Chandler's popular children's hymn, featuring historical correspondence from the author re…
Ach! lehre mich ein Kindlein sein
Hymnology
A entry on Emma Neustetel's children's hymn of spiritual humility, outlining its compilation in Basel and its…
Again the morn of gladness
History
Hymnological entry for John Ellerton's nineteenth-century children's processional hymn "Again the morn of gla…
A little ship was on the sea
Hymn
Dorothy Ann Thrupp’s highly popular nineteenth-century children's hymn illustrating the biblical narrative of…
A time to watch, a time to pray
Hymnology
A historical summary of John Mason Neale's 1842 Good Friday children's hymn, detailing its structural composi…
Above the clear blue sky
Hymnology
An account of John Chandler's popular children's hymn, featuring historical correspondence from the author re…
Ach! lehre mich ein Kindlein sein
Hymnology
A entry on Emma Neustetel's children's hymn of spiritual humility, outlining its compilation in Basel and its…
Again the morn of gladness
History
Hymnological entry for John Ellerton's nineteenth-century children's processional hymn "Again the morn of gla…