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"Tell Me the Old, Old Story" is a hymn. The words were written as a poem in 1866 by Katherine Hankey , an English evangelist , while she was recovering from a serious illness in London . [ 1 ] It was set to music by William Howard Doane , who was much impressed by the poem when it was recited by Major General David Russell while they were ...
Finding shelter in a gap in the gorge, he was struck by the title and scribbled down the initial lyrics. [3] According to E. J. Fasham, a more likely inspiration for the text is a 1673 sermon by Daniel Brevint (who had been the Dean of Durham Cathedral).
Alleluia! Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Angels We Have Heard on High; Anima Christi (Soul of my Saviour) Asperges me; As a Deer; As I Kneel Before You (also known as Maria Parkinson's Ave Maria) At That First Eucharist; At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing; At the Name of Jesus; Attende ...
The Oxyrhynchus hymn is the only surviving fragment of notated Christian Greek music from the first four hundred years of the Christian period, [8] although historian and musician Kenneth Levy has argued that the Sanctus melody best preserved in the Western medieval Requiem mass dates from around the fourth century. [9]
"The Old Rugged Cross" has been a country gospel favorite ever since it became the title song of Ernest Tubb's 1952 gospel album; it has been performed by some of the twentieth century's most important recording artists, including Al Green, Andy Griffith, Anne Murray, Brad Paisley, Chet Atkins, Chris Barber, John Berry, Floyd Cramer, George Jones, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash and June ...
"Down in the River to Pray" (Roud 4928, also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a Southern gospel song. The exact origin of the ...
The song has been recorded by artists including: [6] 1928: Pace Jubilee Singers (10" 78rpm single Victor 21551) [7] 1937: Norfolk Jubilee Singers (Decca Records) 1941: Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Decca). However, the lyrics do not match the hymn so it is a totally different song. 1949: Ernest Tubb (10" 78rpm single Decca 14506) [8] 1961: The Staple ...
The Canadian Youth Hymnal: with music [harmonized] (1939) [529] Songs of the Gospel (a supplemental collection of evangelistic hymns and songs, 1948) [530] Bless the Lord (1967) [531] The Hymn Book (1971), produced jointly with Anglican Church of Canada [24] Sing (1972) [25] Songs for a Gospel People (Supplement to THB, 1987) Voices United ...