Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
A charge to keep I have
Hymn
Charles Wesley's famous hymn of personal responsibility, first published in 1762 and based on Leviticus 8:35.
A few more years shall roll
Hymn
Horatius Bonar's celebrated New Year's hymn of pilgrimage, first printed in 1842 for his Kelso congregation a…
A look to Jesus saves the soul
History
Albert Midlane’s 1862 conversion hymn, featured in Gospel Echoes and compiled across several late Victorian r…
A nation God delights to bless
Hymn
Charles Wesley's 1762 patriotic hymn focusing on national peace, rooted in the text of Job 34:29 and preserve…
A pilgrim through this lonely world
Hymn
Sir Edward Denny's solemn 1839 Passiontide hymn detailing Christ's earthly isolation, popular within Plymouth…
A thousand oracles divine
Hymnology
An overview of Charles Wesley's intensely dogmatic Trinitarian hymn, tracing its publication history, denomin…
A widow poor, forlorn, oppressed
Hymnology
A publication summary of Charles Wesley's prayerful hymn based on the Gospels, tracing its history from a 176…
A. T.
History
The signature "A. T." used in Joseph Francis Thrupp's Psalms and Hymns (1853) to sign the work of Adelaide Th…
Abba, gentle Jesus prayed
Hymnology
John Samuel Bewley Monsell's devotional hymn exploring Christ's intimate prayer to the Father, published in 1…
Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein
Hymnology
A publication and historical chronicle of Martin Luther's Psalm 12 paraphrase, detailing its 1524 debut in Wi…
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Hymnology
A publication and authorship history of the German hymn of consolation attributed to Martin Moller, charting …
Ach! treuer Gott, barmherzigs Herz
Hymnology
A publication history of Paul Gerhardt's hymn of comfort, detailing its origin from Johann Arndt's devotional…
Ad regias Agni dapes
History
A publication registry of the classicized Roman Breviary revision of the Easter hymn 'Ad coenam Agni providi,…
Adams, Sarah
History
Biographical entry for Sarah Adams (1805–1848), nee Flower, English Unitarian hymn writer best known as the a…
Adesto sancta Trinitas
History
Historical entry for the anonymous medieval hymn "Adesto sancta Trinitas," examining its manuscript sources, …
Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi
History
Hymnological record of the Agnus Dei, detailing its liturgical origins, medieval development, Reformation ada…
Ah, when shall I awake
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's 1741 prayer hymn "Ah, when shall I awake," detailing its publication …
Alas! what hourly dangers rise
History
Anne Steele's 1760 hymn on Christian vigilance and prayer, detailing its biblical roots in Matthew 26 and its…
All from the sun's uprise
History
Account of George Sandys's seventeenth-century metrical paraphrase of Psalm 100, "All from the sun's uprise."
Heinrich Alberti
History
Biographical account and publication history of seventeenth-century organist and composer Heinrich Alberti, c…
A look to Jesus saves the soul
History
Albert Midlane’s 1862 conversion hymn, featured in Gospel Echoes and compiled across several late Victorian r…
A nation God delights to bless
Hymn
Charles Wesley's 1762 patriotic hymn focusing on national peace, rooted in the text of Job 34:29 and preserve…
A pilgrim through this lonely world
Hymn
Sir Edward Denny's solemn 1839 Passiontide hymn detailing Christ's earthly isolation, popular within Plymouth…
A thousand oracles divine
Hymnology
An overview of Charles Wesley's intensely dogmatic Trinitarian hymn, tracing its publication history, denomin…
A widow poor, forlorn, oppressed
Hymnology
A publication summary of Charles Wesley's prayerful hymn based on the Gospels, tracing its history from a 176…
A. T.
History
The signature "A. T." used in Joseph Francis Thrupp's Psalms and Hymns (1853) to sign the work of Adelaide Th…
Abba, gentle Jesus prayed
Hymnology
John Samuel Bewley Monsell's devotional hymn exploring Christ's intimate prayer to the Father, published in 1…
Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein
Hymnology
A publication and historical chronicle of Martin Luther's Psalm 12 paraphrase, detailing its 1524 debut in Wi…
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Hymnology
A publication and authorship history of the German hymn of consolation attributed to Martin Moller, charting …
Ach! treuer Gott, barmherzigs Herz
Hymnology
A publication history of Paul Gerhardt's hymn of comfort, detailing its origin from Johann Arndt's devotional…
Ad regias Agni dapes
History
A publication registry of the classicized Roman Breviary revision of the Easter hymn 'Ad coenam Agni providi,…
Adams, Sarah
History
Biographical entry for Sarah Adams (1805–1848), nee Flower, English Unitarian hymn writer best known as the a…
Adesto sancta Trinitas
History
Historical entry for the anonymous medieval hymn "Adesto sancta Trinitas," examining its manuscript sources, …
Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi
History
Hymnological record of the Agnus Dei, detailing its liturgical origins, medieval development, Reformation ada…
Ah, when shall I awake
History
Hymnological entry for Charles Wesley's 1741 prayer hymn "Ah, when shall I awake," detailing its publication …
Alas! what hourly dangers rise
History
Anne Steele's 1760 hymn on Christian vigilance and prayer, detailing its biblical roots in Matthew 26 and its…
All from the sun's uprise
History
Account of George Sandys's seventeenth-century metrical paraphrase of Psalm 100, "All from the sun's uprise."
Heinrich Alberti
History
Biographical account and publication history of seventeenth-century organist and composer Heinrich Alberti, c…