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In the Old Testament, the balm of Gilead is a healing compound, symbolizing spiritual medicine for Israel and sinners. The 1973 edition of the Primitive Baptist songbook Harp of Ages features "Balm in Gilead" with verses from a Charles Wesley hymn. The second verse of the spiritual also appears in versions of another spiritual, "(Walk That ...
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (1834) [257] Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions (1838) [258] Church of the Lutheran Confession. The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
The New Century Hymnal is a comprehensive hymnal and worship book published in 1995 for the United Church of Christ.The hymnal contains a wide-variety of traditional Christian hymns and worship songs, many contemporary hymns and songs, and a substantial selection of "world music" selections (hymns and worship songs from non-European-American) origin, a full lectionary-based Psalter, service ...
Recent scholarship has identified the hymn in the Georgian Iadgari (Chantbook) of Jerusalem, demonstrating that the Sub tuum praesidium was in liturgical use during the 5th century. [8] [9] The hymn is also part of the Order of Sulpician custom that all classes ended with a recitation of this prayer. [10]
"Tell Me the Old, Old Story" is a hymn. The words were written as a poem in 1866 by Katherine Hankey , an English evangelist , while she was recovering from a serious illness in London . [ 1 ] It was set to music by William Howard Doane , who was much impressed by the poem when it was recited by Major General David Russell while they were ...
The Zame Hymns are the oldest known collection of Mesopotamian hymns, and have been dated to Early Dynastic IIIa period. [6] More precise dating is not possible. [5]Alongside compositions from Fara discovered in 1902 and 1903, the Zame Hymns have been described by Robert D. Biggs as "testimonies of the first great flowering of Sumerian literature". [7]
This hymnal "consisted entirely of versions of Latin hymns, designed for use as Office hymns within the Anglican Church despite the fact that Office hymns had no part in the authorized liturgy. The music was drawn chiefly from plainchant", as was the case with the Veni Emmanuel tune for "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", the combination of which has ...
The hymn is often sung as part of the Remembrance Day service in Canada and on similar occasions in the United Kingdom, including at the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London. The hymn tune "St. Anne" ( common metre 86.86) to which the text is most often sung was composed by William Croft in 1708 whilst he was the organist ...