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Gabriel wrote the hymn when he was serving as the Music Director of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California, when he was asked by the Sunday School Superintendent of the church to write a missionary hymn for Easter church service. The hymn was first sung a month before Easter on March 6, 1890.
Its popularity began to spread in 1969 when it was included in the "100 Hymns for Today" supplement of Hymns Ancient and Modern, one of the standard Church of England hymnbooks of its day. The Methodist church included it (albeit as second choice) in the 1983 Hymns and Psalms, and it was the main choice in the 1986 New English Hymnal. It has ...
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns, worship songs and inspirational performances in churches of varying denominations from around the UK alongside interviews and stories reflecting how Christian faith is lived out. The series was first broadcast in October 1961.
Hymns for Today's Church, Jubilate Hymns (1982) – predominantly evangelical Anglican; Keswick Hymn Book, Marshall, Morgan & Scott (1938) Hymns Selected and Original for the use of Teachers and Scholars or The Sunday School Union Hymn Book, pub. John Heaton of Leeds, ed. John Peele Clapham (1833, many editions, and now online)
George Shorney of Hope Publishing in Carol Stream, Illinois, enlisted the independent cooperation, first of Timothy Dudley-Smith and then of the extended group. As a result of his effort The Jubilate Group and its works have found their way into the American hymnals Worship, Rejoice in the Lord, The Hymnal 1982, Psalter Hymnal, The Worshiping Church, The Baptist Hymnal, Christian Worship ...
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In 2017, The Church published Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603. This hymnal complements the 1932 edition, and includes contemporary and traditional hymns, and hymns from around the world. The 2017 edition consists of 174 hymns, including 30 from the 2008 Supplement and 17 new settings of poems by Mary Baker Eddy. [12]
The fourth stanza finally addresses the present congregation to join together in praise. So, this hymn addresses the traditional Three States of the Church (the Church Triumphant, the Church Expectant, the Church Militant), reflecting the belief in the communion of saints. [4] The original text follows: [2] Ye watchers and ye holy ones,