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[1] [2] The song was composed by Robert Lowry, a hymn writer who was a Baptist minister and professor at Bucknell University. The song was written in 1876 and first popularized at a camp meeting in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. [3] [4] The song has been covered by many notable musicians including Randy Travis [5] and Carrie Underwood.
In the context of late 19th-century revivalism, this became one of a number of traditional hymns that were turned into gospel songs with the addition of a chorus. [6] [7] In 1885, songwriter Ralph E. Hudson added a repeated refrain in his hymnbook Songs of Peace, Love, and Joy. [1] [8] This refrain has been included in many hymnals: [9]
"(I Know) His Blood Can (or, Will) Make Me Whole" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It was released on his first single, with the flip side "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed". [1] As is common with traditional songs, the lyrics differ among performers.
"Palms of Victory" has been published in several "standard" hymnals, between 1900 and 1966: the Methodist Cokesbury Worship Hymnal of 1923 (hymn no. 142, as "Deliverance Will Come"), [8] the Mennonite Church and Sunday-school Hymnal of 1902 (hymn no. 132), [9] the Nazarene Glorious Gospel Hymns of 1931 (hymn no. 132, as "The Bloodwashed Pilgrim"), [10] the African Methodist Episcopal hymnal of ...
Gateway Worship performed the song on their album Living for You and added a chorus to the song, calling it "Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King". The hymn appears on Phil Wickham's album 'Sing-A-Long'. This song is also sung by Clark Davis in the film Love Comes Softly and is a recurring background music in the film.
Sacris solemniis" is a hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) for the feast of Corpus Christi (also known as the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ). The strophe of Sacris solemniis that begins with the words " Panis angelicus " (bread of angels) has often been set to music separately from the rest of the hymn.
Sing to Jesus" is a Christian hymn by William Chatterton Dix. Dix wrote the hymn as a Eucharistic hymn for Ascension Sunday. [1] It is also commonly sung as an Easter hymn. It was originally titled "Redemption through the Precious Blood" and is based on Revelation 5:9. [1] Dix felt Church of England hymnals lacked sufficient Eucharistic hymns. [2]
He studied the plainsong hymns used in the prelude while assisting his friend Ralph Vaughan Williams in the editing of The English Hymnal (1906). Various thematic elements in the Hymn first appeared in his The Mystic Trumpeter (1904), the second set of Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (1909), the Hymn to Dionysus (1913), and The Planets (1914 ...