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"In Christ Alone" is a popular modern Christian song written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, both songwriters of Christian hymns and contemporary worship music in the United Kingdom. The song, with a strong Irish melody, is the first hymn they penned together. [1] [2] The music was by Getty and the original lyrics by Townend. It was composed ...
Light of God (Hymn for the World) 2005 Kristyn Getty: New Irish Hymns 4: Dedicated to C.S. Lewis, Story: Like the Starlight (Your Song to Me) 2001 Kristyn Getty: New Irish Hymns — Little Zac Based on Luke 19:1-10: 2005 Kristyn Getty: Songs That Jesus Said: Liner notes: “For Ruslan Leigh” Look to Jesus Based on John 3, John 4, John 7:37: ...
Singing the Living Tradition was the first standard denominational hymnbook to include songs from Unitarians in Eastern Europe, spirituals from the African American tradition, folk and popular songs, music of major, non-Christian religious traditions, and chants and rounds gathered from the various traditions of the world.
The hymn's words were written by Rev. Francis Pott, a Church of England priest, while he was vicar of St Mary's Church, Ticehurst in Sussex. The text is a typical Victorian evocation of the Biblical vision of angels gathered around the Throne of God in Heaven, ceaselessly singing in praise of God. [3]
"Praise to The Living God" and its lyrics have often been combined with other hymns to create hybrids. [1] In the 1930s, for example, "The God of Abraham Praise" was sung to a melody called "Leoni" which was composed by Myer Lyon and adopted by Thomas Olivers as the music for the hymn. [3] In 1933, the editors of The Presbyterian Hymnal decided ...
The hymn's chorus repeats "I surrender all" three times, and an additional two times in the men's part. The entire hymn, if sung with each refrain and second-voice part, contains the word "surrender" 30 times, and the word "all" 43 times. [8] The hymn's first stanza stresses complete surrender: "All to him I freely give".
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.
Be my glory ever, Till my raptured soul shall find Rest beyond the river. Near the cross, a trembling soul, Love and mercy found me, There the Bright and Morning Star Shed its beams around me. Near the cross! O Lamb of God, Brings its scenes before me; Help me walk from day to day, With its shadows o'er me. Near the cross I'll watch and wait,