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Bible Truth Hymns (2008) Majesty Hymns (1998) National Baptist Convention. National Tidings of Joy (1878) [560] Celestial Showers (1895) [561] The National Baptist Hymn Book (1906) [562] Gospel Pearls (1921) [563] The Baptist Standard Hymnal: with responsive readings: a new book for all services (1924) [564] The New National Baptist Hymnal ...
Haldor Lillenas was born on 19 November 1885 on Stord Island, near Bergen, Norway, the son of Ole Paulsen Lillenas (born May 1854 in Norway; died 24 July 1926 in Hennepin County, Minnesota), [7] a farmer and storekeeper, and his wife Anna Marie Lillenas (born March 1851 in Norway; died c. 1906 in Minnesota), [8] and brother of Paul Olson (born 27 March 1879 in Norway; died 18 May 1934 in ...
"Softly and Tenderly" is a Christian hymn. It was composed and written by Will L. Thompson in 1880. [1] It is based on the Bible verse Mark 10:49. [2] Dwight L. Moody used "Softly and Tenderly" in many of his evangelistic rallies in America and Britain. When he was in the hospital and barred from seeing visitors, Thompson had arrived to see him ...
The hymn has become a song that inspires hope in the wake of tragedy, becoming a sort of "spiritual national anthem" according to authors Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey. [92] For example, President Barack Obama recited and later sang the hymn at the memorial service for Clementa Pinckney , who was one of the nine victims of the Charleston ...
New Irish Hymns — He Is My Light Based on John 1:4-5, John 8:12: 2002 Kristyn Getty: Songs That Jesus Said — Holy Child, Who Chose the Hearts of Men: 2004 Kristyn Getty: New Irish Hymns 3: Lyrics: How Good, How Pleasing (Hymn for Unity) 2005 Margaret Becker: New Irish Hymns 4 — I Am Still Willing: 2002 Kristyn Getty: Tapestry — Imagine ...
[5] He later allowed hymn-book compilers to alter the lyrics. For example, The Fellowship Hymn Book, with his permission, changed the phrase "one in hope and doctrine" to "one in hope and purpose." For the 1909 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern, he changed the fifth line of the same verse from "We are not divided" to "Though divisions harass ...
Spears posted a handwritten Bible verse reading "Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy -- psalm 126:5." In an understated but meaningful caption, Spears wrote, "Love this verse ...
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...