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 child the Saviour came
Hymn
William Robertson’s beautiful 1861 baptismal hymn, which was historically misattributed in American hymnals t…
Agnoscat omne saeculum
History
Hymnological record of Venantius Fortunatus's sixth-century Christmas hymn "Agnoscat omne saeculum," detailin…
Apparuit benignitas
Hymnology
An entry on a fifteenth-century Latin Christmas poem and its famous English hymn translation.
Awake, awake the sacred song
History
A Christmas hymn on the Incarnate Saviour by Anne Steele, published in 1760.
Away, dark thoughts, awake, my joy
History
John Mason's 1683 nativity hymn from Songs of Praise.