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1861. (1861) " Abide with Me " is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte. A prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death, it was written by Lyte in 1847 as he was dying from tuberculosis. It is most often sung to the tune "Eventide" by the English organist William Henry Monk.
The song is a contemporary version of a classic worship song making the case for "10,000 reasons for my heart to find" to praise God. The inspiration for the song came through the opening verse of Psalm 103: "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name". It is also based on the 19th century English hymn "Praise, My Soul ...
Nunc dimittis. Simeon's Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, around 1700–1710. The Nunc dimittis[1] (English: / nʊŋk dɪˈmɪtɪs /), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32. Its Latin name comes from its incipit, the opening words, of ...
Songs That Jesus Said — Solid Ground: 2002 Kristyn Getty: Tapestry — Speak, O Lord (Hymn for the Preaching of the Word) 2005 Stuart Townend: New Irish Hymns 4 In Christ Alone Lyrics, Story: Stop and Think Based on Matthew 7:12, 20:26-27: 2005 Kristyn Getty: Songs That Jesus Said — Store Up Good Based on Luke 6:45: 2002 Kristyn Getty ...
John Goss. " Praise, my soul, the King of heaven " is a Christian hymn. Its text, which draws from Psalm 103, was written by Anglican divine Henry Francis Lyte. [ 1 ] First published in 1834, it endures in modern hymnals to a setting written by John Goss in 1868, and remains one of the most popular hymns in English-speaking denominations. [ 2 ]
Praise the Lord and worship Him, a song prepare: F.J. Crosby: 231: Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling: F.W. Faber: Arranged by Sankey and Charles Crozat Converse [6] 233: God is Love! His Word proclaims it: Julia Sterling* 234: Let us sing again the praise of the Saviour: Lyman G. Cuyler* 236: Come, and let us Worship: Come, oh ...
John Newton, 1778 According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse. In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London near the Thames. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his mother was a devout Independent, unaffiliated with the Anglican Church. She ...
Contemporary worship, church music. Contemporary Christian worship in Rock Harbor Church, Costa Mesa, United States. Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, [1] is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has developed over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music.