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"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" is a Christian hymn based on Joachim Neander's German-language hymn "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren", published in 1680. [2] John Julian in his A Dictionary of Hymnology calls the German original "a magnificent hymn of praise to God, perhaps the finest creation of its author, and of the first ...
Joachim Neander (1650 – 31 May 1680) was a German Reformed Church teacher, theologian and hymnwriter whose most famous hymn, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation (German: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren) has been described by John Julian in his A Dictionary of Hymnology as "a magnificent hymn of praise to God, perhaps the finest creation of its author, and ...
Lord God Almighty!" is a Christian hymn written by the Anglican bishop Reginald Heber (1783–1826). Written during the author's time as vicar in Hodnet, Shropshire, England, the text was first published posthumously in 1826. It was set to the tune "Nicaea," by John Bacchus Dykes, in the influential Hymns Ancient and Modern.
I Love to Tell the Story; I Sing a Song of the Saints of God; I Vow to Thee, My Country; ... Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; R.
Lord of the Dance (hymn) The Lord's My Shepherd; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ... Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; R. Ride ...
This article refers to the English version. The book was published on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first LDS hymnbook, compiled by Emma Smith in 1835. Previous hymnbooks used by the church include The Manchester Hymnal (1840), The Psalmody (1889), Songs of Zion (1908), Hymns (1927), and Hymns (1948).
The story behind the hymn is as amazing as the hymn itself. Newton was a sailor, but his “character issues” got him transferred to a slave ship, where he became a ruthless slave trader.
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (Praise the Lord, the mighty King of honor), [1] BWV 137, in Leipzig for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 19 August 1725. The chorale cantata is based on the hymn by Joachim Neander (1680).