This article introduces a number of hymns and Psalm 97 for singing in a corporate worship service: "It Came upon the Midnight Clear"; "Angels We Have Heard on High"; "In the Lord, I'll Be Ever Thankful"; "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light."
This article introduces a number of hymns to be used in public worship: "Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise," "O Sing to the Lord," "Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song," and "Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading."
This article introduces a number of hymns for use in public worship during Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany.
This article introduces a number of hymns that can be used in public worship that includes the Lord's Supper: "Gather Us In," "Taste and See," "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord; Holy Is the Lord," "Go, My Children, with My Blessing," and "Hallelujah, We Sing Your Praises."
This article introduces a number of hymns for use in corporate worship during Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany: "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light," "Gloria, Gloria," "Glory, Glory, Glory!" and "Glory to God."
This article introduces two hymns and a psalm that can be used in corporate worship: "Prepare the Way of the Lord," "When Jesus the Healer," and Psalm 1.
This article introduces a number of hymns for use in corporate worship: "Lord, You Give the Great Commission," "Holy God, We Praise Your Name," and "What Shall I Render to the Lord?"
This article introduces two hymns and a psalm for use in the public worship of the church: "Holy, Holy, Holy," "There Is a Balm in Gilead," Psalm 65.
A number of hymns for use in public worship are introduced in this article: "On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry," "The Song of Simeon," "Rejoice in the Lord Always."
The hymns and tunes of Lowell Mason are among the best known and best loved in English hymnals. Mason, for example, was the composer of "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" and "Joy to the World." This article is a tribute to Mason.
This article introduces a number of hymns to be used in worship services: “Tell Your Children,” “How Firm a Foundation,” and “Sing to the Lord of Harvest.”
This article introduces two hymns and a psalm for use in worship services: "God of the Prophets," "When Morning Gilds the Sky," and Psalm 113.
This article introduces Psalm 18 and a couple of hymns for singing in public worship: "Jesus Lives and So Do We," "All Creatures of Our God and King."
This article gives a short review of the hymnal Songs of Rejoicing that provides hymns to be used in worship services.
This article introduces a number of hymns and Psalms to be used in worship services around Lent, Easter, and Pentecost: Psalm 116, "The Lord Is Risen, Yes, Indeed," and "Eternal Spirit, God of Truth."
This article introduces a number of hymns to be used in public worship: "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus," "Arise, Shine, For Your Light Is Come," and "I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord."
This article introduces a number of hymns for use in public worship: “Earth and All Stars,” “Built on the Rock,” “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need.”
This article suggests hymns to be sung at a wedding ceremony.
This article introduces a number of hymns and a psalm for use in public worship: "O Holy Spirit, By Whose Breath," "Seek Ye First," and Psalm 81.
This article introduces a number of hymns for use in worship services: "See, Christ Was Wounded," "Alleluia! Alleluia! Give Thanks," and "Here from All Nations."
In this article a number of hymns and a psalm are introduced: "Comfort, Comfort Now My People," "The King of Glory," and Psalm 72.
Readers are introduced to the hymns "May the Mind of Christ," "Now Thank We All Our God," and Psalm 114 as songs that could directly involve children in worship.
This article introduces the hymns "O Sons and Daughters," "Holy Spirit, Truth Divine," and Psalm 134 as liturgical music.
This article introduces a number of hymns that can be used in public worship during Epiphany and Lent.
This article introduces a number of hymns and a psalm for use in corporate worship.
This article tells the story of John and Charles Wesley, and reminds readers of some of the beautiful hymns Charles Wesley left.
This article introduces a number of hymns to be used at Easter and the celebration the ascension of Christ.
This article gives the considerations of composers when writing tunes for church songs and hymns.
This article contains a panel discussion on the appropriateness of changing and modernizing the language of hymns, and criteria for church music.
This article examines some of the hymns of the Brethren Movement that found a place in more general hymnbooks, and reflects on the character and nature of church music and liturgical songs.
Erdmann Neumeister (1671-1756) was a Lutheran court preacher and composer of church cantatas. One of his most popular hymns was first published in 1718, "Jesus Nimmt die Sunder An." This hymn's reception in Britain is considered in this article.
Is the singing of hymns a deviation from God’s word? This article discusses the viewpoint of the Secession churches (of the Netherlands in the 1900's) on the singing of Psalms and hymns in the worship service.
This article is the second in a trilogy looking at the heritage of hymns left behind by Philip Doddridge. Here the author focuses on the orthodoxy behind Doddridge's hymns, maintaining that the church is called to sing about Christ as incarnate, crucified, resurrected, and ascended into heaven as the head of the church.
This article is the first in a trilogy looking at the heritage of hymns left behind by Philip Doddridge. Here the author provides a short biography of Doddridge's life, with a special focus on the way his hymns have been accepted by the church. The author also discusses the nature of the hymns for congregational singing.
This article is the third in a trilogy looking at the heritage of hymns left behind by Philip Doddridge. Here the author focuses on the hymn 'O Happy Day', emphasizing how to find joy in God's grace and express a desire for God.
This article shows that John Calvin and Martin Luther shared the same conviction: that restoring singing to God's people is part of restoring true worship. The author shows how their differing starting principles led to their different views on the place of hymns and psalms in a worship service, as well as the place of musical instruments.
