Hymn Story On Eagle's Wings Hymn lists by book of Bible Michael Joncas (born 1951) was ordained in 1980 to the Roman Catholic priesthood, and has served since 1991 on the faculty of the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. He currently serves as Artist-in-Residence. He has written three books, more than a hundred [...]
Hymn Story Of the Father's Love Begotten Hymn lists by book of Bible In the early centuries of the church, there was a serious dispute regarding Jesus' divinity—whether Jesus was, in fact, God or merely human. The Council of Nicea (325 A.D.) settled the matter, stating unequivocally that Jesus was fully divine. The Nicene Creed [...]
Hymn Story O Worship the King Hymn lists by book of Bible This hymn was written by Sir Robert Grant, a Scottish Anglican who, because of his father's association with the East India Company, was born in India in 1779. Robert's father, Charles Grant supported Wilberforce, an early and effective opponent of slavery. Both [...]
Hymn Story O Word of God Incarnate Hymn lists by book of Bible O Word of God Incarnate What is the "Word of God"? In the Old Testament, that phrase was used for the oracles (authoritative pronouncements) of the prophets (Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 1:4; Ezekiel 1:3, etc.). But the New Testament uses Word in a new [...]
Hymn Story O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Hymn lists by book of Bible Paul Gerhardt was a great 17th century German hymn writer, although I must confess that this is the only one of his hymns that I recognized among the several that I found in American hymnals. Gerhardt translated the words of this hymn [...]
Hymn Story O Perfect Love Hymn lists by book of Bible O Perfect Love Dorothy Gurney (1858-1932) was the daughter of an Anglican clergyman and the granddaughter of the Bishop of London. (NOTE: Her maiden name was Blomfield, and she wrote this song while still single.) In 1883, shortly before her sister was to [...]
Hymn Story O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright Hymn lists by book of Bible Philipp Nicolai, a pastor in Unna, Germany wrote this hymn during an epidemic of Black Plague that was devastating Europe. His parsonage overlooked the graveyard where hundreds of plague victims were being buried — as many as thirty in a [...]
Hymn Story O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee Hymn lists by book of Bible Washington Gladden was a controversial 19th century clergyman of the Congregational Church — a preacher unafraid of a good fight. For a period of time, he served as editor of the New York Independentnewspaper, and his editorials were credited with [...]
Hymn Story O Love that Will Not Let Me Go Hymn lists by book of Bible George Matheson suffered poor eyesight from birth, and at age 15 learned that he was going blind. Not one to be easily discouraged, he enrolled in the University of Glasgow and graduated at age 19. He then began theological [...]