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The last verse of the hymn was written as an imitation of George Herbert's The Temple poem as a tribute by Crossman to Herbert. [3] In the 21st century, the language of the hymn is sometimes updated by hymnal editors, a move which is often lamented by traditional hymnologists who feel that the newer language loses the original meaning and ...
The hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first couplet of the second verse paraphrases Galatians 6:14a and the second couplet of the fourth verse paraphrases Gal. 6:14b.
(Hymn for the Preaching of the Word) 2005 Stuart Townend: New Irish Hymns 4 In Christ Alone Lyrics, Story: Stop and Think Based on Matthew 7:12, 20:26-27: 2005 Kristyn Getty: Songs That Jesus Said — Store Up Good Based on Luke 6:45: 2002 Kristyn Getty: Songs That Jesus Said — There Is a Higher Throne: 2002 Kristyn Getty: Tapestry In Christ ...
Paragraph 9 summarises the place of Christian unity in the Church's thinking: To believe in Christ means to desire unity; to desire unity means to desire the Church; to desire the Church means to desire the communion of grace which corresponds to the Father's plan from all eternity. Such is the meaning of Christ's prayer: "Ut unum sint". [4]
In the works, Britten followed the model of Purcell's Divine Hymns, and wrote music that can be seen as miniature cantatas, and as song cycles. [1] Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his was written in 1947 for a memorial concert for Dick Sheppard, [1] who had been vicar at St Martin-in-the-Fields [3] and had founded the Peace Pledge Union ...
Jesus Paid It All (also known as Fullness in Christ and I hear the Saviour say and Christ All and in All) is a traditional American hymn about the penal substitutionary atonement for sin by the death of Jesus. The song references many Bible verses, including Romans 5 ("Jesus' sacrifice gives life") and Isaiah 1:18 ("a crimson flow"). [1]
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal is the official hymnal of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is widely used by English-speaking Adventist congregations. It consists of words and music to 695 hymns including traditional favorites from the earlier Church Hymnal that it replaced, American folk hymns, modern gospel songs, compositions by Adventists, contemporary hymns, and 224 congregational ...
The first stanza declare's God's grace; stanzas 2 and 3 concern the application of that grace in times of trouble. In the final stanza, Mote brings his hymn full circle with the ultimate realization of God's grace. The lyrics vary somewhat among various hymnals, but customarily the phraseology adheres to Mote's original.