Hymn Story All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night Hymn lists  by book of Bible NOTE: This hymn is also known as "Glory to Thee, My God, This Night." The author of this hymn was Thomas Ken (1637-1711), a bishop in the Church of England—often considered to be the father of English hymnody. [...]

Hymn Story God of Our Fathers Hymn Lists by book of Bible Daniel Crane Roberts, the author of this hymn, was born on Long Island in New York, but went to college in Ohio.  When the Civil War started, he joined the Union Army as a member of the 84th Ohio Volunteers, and served [...]

Hymn Story Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Hymn lists  by book of Bible Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken This hymn begins with the words, "Glorious things of Thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God." Zion was a Jebusite fortress that David conquered and made into the city of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:7ff).  [...]

Hymn Story Give to the Winds Thy Fears Hymn lists by book of Bible Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) was a German Lutheran pastor who managed to maintain a deep faith in the midst of terrible suffering. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) started while Gerhardt was yet a boy, and continued until he was in his early [...]

Hymn Story God of Grace and God of Glory Hymn Lists by book of Bible Harry Emerson Fosdick was the author of this hymn.  Fosdick was ordained in 1903 as a Baptist minister.  He was obviously a man of great talent, but controversial. John D. Rockefeller, however, recognized his talent and asked him to [...]

Hymn Story Doxology Hymn Lists by book of Bible The word doxology comes from two Greek words, doxa, which means glory, and logos, which means word.  So a doxology is literally "a word of glory."  We sing doxologies to give glory or praise to God. There are a number of doxologies.  Among the more familiar [...]

Hymn Story For the Beauty of the Earth Hymn lists by book of Bible This hymn was written by Folliott Pierpoint, a classical scholar who lived a rather leisurely life in the lovely town of Bath, England.  It is thought that the loveliness of the area inspired Pierpoint to write this hymn.  While he wrote [...]

Hymn Story For All the Saints Hymn lists by book of Bible What is a saint?  The Apostle Paul often speaks of hagioi—a word that means "holy ones," but is usually translated "saints" in our English-language Bibles.  Paul writes "To all God's beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints" (Romans 1:7; see also [...]