Dictionary of Hymnology

A A glory in the word we find History 63 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago An early nineteenth-century cento focusing on the Holy Scriptures, published in John Campbell's 1837 collecti… A A little child the Saviour came Hymn 52 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago William Robertson’s beautiful 1861 baptismal hymn, which was historically misattributed in American hymnals t… A little flock! So calls He thee Hymn 68 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago Horatius Bonar's expansive 1857 poem on the Church, published in Hymns of Faith and Hope and adapted into var… A solis ortus cardine (Translations and Structural Variants) History 77 · 2 weeks, 3 days ago An index of the nineteenth-century English and German translations of Coelius Sedulius's hymn, detailing the … A thousand oracles divine Hymnology 45 · 2 weeks, 3 days ago An overview of Charles Wesley's intensely dogmatic Trinitarian hymn, tracing its publication history, denomin… A A time to watch, a time to pray Hymnology 54 · 2 weeks, 3 days ago A historical summary of John Mason Neale's 1842 Good Friday children's hymn, detailing its structural composi… A---y. History 63 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago The pseudonym "A---y." used in the Gospel Magazine by Job Hupton, representing the parish of Ashby where he r… A. K. B. G History 65 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago The signature "A. K. B. G-." used in The Divine Hymnal (1860) to denote Augustus Kerr Bozzi Granville. A A. L. W. History 46 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago The initials "A. L. W." used in various hymn collections to sign the deeply devotional work of Welsh poet and… A A. R. C. (Anne Ross Cousin) History 53 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago The signature "A. R. C." as used in J. H. Wilson's The Service of Praise (1865) to denote the Scottish poet a… A A. R. W. History 71 · 2 weeks, 4 days ago The initials "A. R. W." used in the American Baptist Praise Book (1871) to sign the contributions of the Reve… A Abba, gentle Jesus prayed Hymnology 61 · 2 weeks, 3 days ago John Samuel Bewley Monsell's devotional hymn exploring Christ's intimate prayer to the Father, published in 1… Accepting, Lord, Thy gracious call Hymnology 44 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago A publication history of Christopher Newman Hall's hymn on Christian discipleship, documenting its origin as … A According to Thy gracious word Hymnology 51 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago A publication history of James Montgomery's communion hymn, detailing its 1825 debut, various textual alterat… Ach, wie wird das Herz so leer Hymnology 50 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago A publication history of Carl Johann Philipp Spitta's German hymn of celestial longing, examining its foundat… A Ach! lehre mich ein Kindlein sein Hymnology 46 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago A entry on Emma Neustetel's children's hymn of spiritual humility, outlining its compilation in Basel and its… A Ach! treuer Gott, barmherzigs Herz Hymnology 57 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago A publication history of Paul Gerhardt's hymn of comfort, detailing its origin from Johann Arndt's devotional… A Ad celebres, Rex coelice, laudes cuncta Hymnology 39 · 2 weeks, 2 days ago A text-critical and manuscript chronicle of a historic Notkerian sequence for the Feast of Saint Michael, doc… A Adams, Nehemiah Hymnology 35 · 2 weeks, 1 day ago A biographical entry on Nehemiah Adams, Congregational clergyman, author, and compiler of Church Pastorals. A Adams, Sarah History 66 · 2 weeks, 1 day ago Biographical entry for Sarah Adams (1805–1848), nee Flower, English Unitarian hymn writer best known as the a…