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Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave and abolitionist author. In his 19th-century autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), Douglass gives examples of how the songs sung by slaves had multiple meanings. His examples are sometimes quoted to support the claim of coded slave songs.
The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church: being a collection of hymns, sacred songs and chants (5th ed.) (1877) [350] [351] New hymn and tune book (1889) [ 352 ] African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book: adapted to the doctrine and usages of the church.
A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). They are used in congregational singing . A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Christian history); written melodies are extra, and more recently harmony parts have also been provided.
Hymns is a 1956 studio album by Tennessee Ernie Ford, released in 1957. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was the second-best-selling record in the United States in 1957. The album is one of the best selling of all time, and spent 277 weeks on the Billboard 200 . [ 5 ]
The reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnodist, regarded music and especially hymns in German as important means for the development of faith.. Luther wrote songs for occasions of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas, Purification, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost, Trinity), hymns on topics of the catechism (Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, creed, baptism, confession, Eucharist), paraphrases of ...
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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 ...
Christopher Smart also wrote hymns, as "a private act of worship." [4] His Hymns were printed in A Translation of the Psalms of David, Attempted in the Spirit of Christianity, and Adapted to the Divine Service, a volume published in 1765. It contained a translation of the Psalms, a new series of Hymns, and a copy of A Song to David. [5]