Dictionary of Hymnology

A A car of fire is on the air History 174 · 2 months, 2 weeks ago A striking nineteenth-century hymn on death and burial written by William Winstanley Hull and published in 18… A little flock! So calls He thee Hymn 200 · 2 months, 2 weeks ago Horatius Bonar's expansive 1857 poem on the Church, published in Hymns of Faith and Hope and adapted into var… A A nation God delights to bless Hymn 176 · 2 months, 1 week ago Charles Wesley's 1762 patriotic hymn focusing on national peace, rooted in the text of Job 34:29 and preserve… A. (Joseph Addison) History 235 · 2 months, 2 weeks ago The signature "A." used to denote hymns by Joseph Addison in the Bristol Baptist Collection compiled by John … A. C. C. History 207 · 2 months, 2 weeks ago The signature "A. C. C." used in The Hymnary (1872) to denote William Cooke, standing for "A Canon of Chester… A. K. B. G History 180 · 2 months, 2 weeks ago The signature "A. K. B. G-." used in The Divine Hymnal (1860) to denote Augustus Kerr Bozzi Granville. A A. L. W. History 151 · 2 months, 2 weeks ago The initials "A. L. W." used in various hymn collections to sign the deeply devotional work of Welsh poet and… A Adams, John Hymnology 145 · 2 months, 1 week ago A biographical sketch of John Adams, an Eighteenth Century English hymn writer and independent minister from … Adams, John Quincy Hymnology 177 · 2 months, 1 week ago A biographical overview of John Quincy Adams as a hymn writer and poet, detailing his sacred metrical works, … A Adams, Sarah History 240 · 2 months, 1 week ago Biographical entry for Sarah Adams (1805–1848), nee Flower, English Unitarian hymn writer best known as the a… A Addison, Lancelot History 141 · 2 months, 1 week ago Biographical entry for Lancelot Addison (1632–1703), Dean of Lichfield, father of Joseph Addison, and author … A Anatolius Hymnology 99 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago A biographical and historical entry on the Greek hymn writer Anatolius, distinguishing him from the 5th-centu… A Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt Hymnology 162 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago A biographical entry on Princess Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt, Abbess of Quedlinburg and German hymn writer. A Are we doing as we should do? Hymnology 138 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago An entry on Thomas Kelly's missionary examination hymn. A Ascend Thy throne, Almighty King Hymnology 47 · 2 weeks, 5 days ago An entry on Benjamin Beddome's short missionary hymn. A Astonished and distressed Hymnology 44 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago An entry on Benjamin Beddome's Lenten hymn on the fallen human heart. A Austin, John Biography 6 · 12 hours ago Biographical sketch of John Austin (c. 1613-1669), Roman Catholic devotional writer and hymn contributor. A Austin, William Biography 7 · 12 hours ago Biographical sketch of William Austin (d. 1633), lawyer and author of Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma. A Aveling, Thomas William Baxter Biography 8 · 12 hours ago Biographical sketch of Thomas William Baxter Aveling (1815-1884), Congregational minister, author, and hymn w… C Christoph Carl Julius Aschenfeldt Hymnology 70 · 2 weeks, 5 days ago A biography of the German pastor, superintendent, and hymn writer Christoph Carl Julius Aschenfeldt.