Fanny J. Crosby was a blind hymn writer who inspired generations through her deep faith and powerful lyrics. Despite losing her sight shortly after birth, she wrote over 8,000 hymns that touched ...

Even in an age as benighted as ours, its spiritual life flattened by prim multiculturalism, yah-boo-sucks atheism and mindless materialism, the great hymns and carols of the Protestant tradition ...

The early 19th-century hymn, which will feature at King Charles’ coronation at Westminster Abbey, remains one of the most popular of all time in English-speaking denominations. Here are its lyrics.

Joachim Neander was a German hymn writer and teacher in the late 1600s. He wrote many hymns that focused on praising God for His power, care, and presence in daily life. His work has been sung in ...

The results of the first ever online vote on Songs Of Praise to discover the nation’s most popular hymns will be announced soon. Tens of thousands of viewers chose their favourite hymn from a list of ...

Why it's a good choice: This wonderful text is ideally suited for a baptism, with its focus on our hope on God and all the wonders that he offers us. The words of this hymn were written around 1630 ...

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The public can choose from a shortlist of 50 hymns selected by the BBC Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues affecting British arts and culture, both at home ...

Three versions of music set to ancient Christian hymns offered Hong Kong a moment of reflection as the Easter holidays draw to a close. Te Deum, Latin for “O God we praise”, is a set of hymns dating ...