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"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 ...
Based on. Psalm 100:4. Meter. 7.7.7.7 D. Melody. "St. George's Windsor" by George Job Elvey. " Come, Ye Thankful People, Come " is an English Christian harvest festival hymn written in 1844 by Henry Alford. [1] It is most often sung to the tune St. George's Windsor by George Job Elvey.
"On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional hymn composed by Michael Joncas.Its words are based on Psalm 91, [1] Book of Exodus 19, and Matthew 13. [2] Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 [3] or 1979, [1] [4] after he and his friend, Douglas Hall, returned from a meal to learn that Hall's father had died of a heart attack. [5]
Meter. 8.7.8.7. Melody. "Nettleton" by John Wyeth. " Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing " is a Christian hymn written by the pastor and hymnodist Robert Robinson, who penned the words in the year 1758 at the age of 22. [1][2] Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of ...
Songwriter (s) Rick Founds. "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" is a worship song. It was written by Rick Founds in 1989. Founds wrote the song during his morning devotion, while reading the scriptures on his computer monitor and watching television. He plucked his guitar thinking about the "cycle of redemption", comparing it with the water cycle.
Raise a Hallelujah. " Raise a Hallelujah " is a song by Bethel Music, Jonathan David Helser and Melissa Helser, which was released as the second single from Bethel Music's eleventh live album, Victory (2019), on March 8, 2019. [1] The song was written by Jake Stevens, Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser and Molly Skaggs. [2]
The song "America the Beautiful" was sung before, but it was switched to "God Bless America" in the post-9/11 era. The song for many years was performed by Florence Henderson, a native Hoosier, and a friend of the Hulman-George family, the track's owners at the time. The performance, often not televised, immediately precedes the national anthem.
The words "Good Christian Men" were later changed to "Good Christians all" as a result of ecumenism which started a trend of altering older hymns to use inclusive language. [3] Alington wrote the hymn with four stanzas, but a fifth verse focusing on the Trinity was added by Norman Mealy in 1982 [ 4 ] and appeared in the Episcopal Church 's ...