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The Baptist Hymnal is a book of hymns and songs used for Christian worship in churches affiliated with the United States denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. There have been four editions, released in 1956, 1975, 1991 and 2008. The 2008 edition is also published under the name The Worship Hymnal. [1]
The hymn was originally written as a Baptist hymn and it is also used by the Salvation Army. [4] The lyrics are based on the Biblical verse in Hosea 6:3. [5] Then we shall know, If we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth
The hymn remains popular, [1] and is included in several hymnals across different denominations, including The Song Book of the Salvation Army (1986), The United Methodist Hymnal (1989), The Baptist Hymnal (1991) and Singing the Faith (2011). [6] It has often been used at the end of conferences, to inspire attendees for service. [3]
The hymn appears in many hymnals, including the Baptist Hymnal (Southern Baptist Convention), the Book of Praise (Presbyterian Church in Canada), Baptist Praise and Worship, the Catholic Book of Worship (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops), the Chalice Hymnal (Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)), Common Praise (Anglican Church of Canada), Common Praise (Church of England), The Hymnal ...
The unusual word Ebenezer commonly appears in hymnal presentations of the lyrics (verse 2). Various revised versions appear in hymnals, often changing phrases or replacing the reference to Ebenezer. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The version in Nazarene hymnals and those of the Holiness movement replaces "wandering" with "yielded," and "prone to wander" with "let ...
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.
By 1875, the Baptist Church's Triennial Convention in the United States had started publishing "As with Gladness Men of Old" in The Service of Song for Baptist Churches hymnal. [15] When the hymn is used in the United Methodist Church , it can be presented as a church reading for Epiphany as well as in its regular musical setting. [ 16 ]
In his book Hymns That Have Helped, W. T. Stead reported "when the SS London went down in the Bay of Biscay, 11 January 1866, the last thing which the last man who left the ship heard as the boat pushed off from the doomed vessel was the voices of the passengers singing 'Rock of Ages'".