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The Olney Hymns were very popular; by 1836 there had been 37 recorded editions, and it is likely that many other editions were printed in both Britain and America. As hymn-singing gained popularity in the nineteenth century, many (around 25) of the hymns were reproduced in other hymn-books and pamphlets.
The editors had also considered eliminating militaristic references, and in 1986 the hymnal revision was the subject of controversy as the editors had considered eliminating "Onward Christian Soldiers" and some verses of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," but retained both hymns after receiving more than 11,000 protest letters. [3]
"Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (or "O God, Our Help in Ages Past") is a hymn by Isaac Watts in 1708 that paraphrases the 90th Psalm of the Book of Psalms. It originally consisted of nine stanzas; however, in present usage the fourth, sixth, and eighth stanzas are commonly omitted to leave a total of six (Methodist hymn books also include the ...
The Primary Hymn Book, Hymns and Songs for Little Children (1936) [335] United Lutheran Church in America. Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church with Hymnal (1917) [286] Hymnal for the Sunday School (1922) [336] Hymns and Prayers for Church Societies and Assemblies (1923) [337] United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
A special session of the General Conference, in 1970, changed the name to The Book of Hymns and assured those who had belonged to the EUB that their hymnal would remain in print. [3] The EUB hymnal was also considered to be an official hymnal of The United Methodist Church. The Book of Hymns was approved unanimously by the 1964 General ...
hymn tune, revised as Good Morrow [73] — — 1878 "Now with the fast-departing light" church: hymn tune in G, choir and organ, 'Broadheath' — Edward Caswall: MS 1878 "Hear Thy children" church: hymn tune in F, choir and organ, pub. 1896 as Drakes Broughton in Westminster Hymnal, and Parish Hymn Book (Nos. 189/190), also used in Nursery ...
The 2002 version of the book (commonly called "The Green Book") is also available in E-book format from The Christadelphian publishing office. Christadelphian hymnody makes considerable use of the hymns of the Anglican and British Protestant traditions [ 6 ] (even in US ecclesias the hymnody is typically more British than American).
Many of the Strict Baptists use the Companion Tune Book, a musical score of 1011 hymn tunes designed as a companion to Gadsby's hymn book. The hymn book was never widely used in churches outside the United Kingdom, but there is some renewed interest in it among Reformed Baptists as devotional poetry. Gadsby also published Nazarene's Songs ...