Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Adored for ever be the Lord
History
Entry for the metrical psalm cento "Adored for ever be the Lord" based on Psalm 28, featured in the 1872 Amer…
Affliction is a stormy deep
History
Hymnological record of Nathaniel Cotton's eighteenth-century metrical Psalm adaptation, tracing its origins i…
All hail, victorious Lord
Hymnology
Overview of Basil Woodd's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 110, "All hail, victorious Lord."
Anthologia Davidica
Hymnology
An entry on Henry Latham's 1846 compiled metrical Psalter and psalmody anthology.
Arrayed in majesty divine
Hymnology
An entry on James Merrick's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 104.
Baptist Hymnody, English
Hymnology
A comprehensive historical overview of congregational song among English Baptists from the seventeenth centur…
Our eyes, great God, have seen Thy grace
Hymn
An historical overview of James Merrick's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 85, tracking its journey from eighteen…
Scottish Hymnody
History
An historical account of congregational song in Scotland from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century, …
Sir William Alexander
History
Biographical account of Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, a Scottish courtier, poet, and principal con…
Unitarian Hymnody
Hymnology
An extensive historical overview of English Unitarian hymnody, its doctrinal evolution from Presbyterian root…