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This is a list of original Roman Catholic hymns. The list does not contain hymns originating from other Christian traditions despite occasional usage in Roman Catholic churches. The list has hymns in Latin and English.
Tell Me the Old, Old Story; There Is a Happy Land; There is Power in the Blood; There's a Friend for Little Children; There's a Meeting Here Tonight; Thine Be the Glory; Thine for ever! God of love 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Lord God Almighty!" is a Christian hymn written by the Anglican bishop Reginald Heber (1783–1826). Written during the author's time as vicar in Hodnet, Shropshire, England, the text was first published posthumously in 1826. It was set to the tune "Nicaea," by John Bacchus Dykes, in the influential Hymns Ancient and Modern.
The hymn originally appeared in the second edition of Songs of Praise (published in 1931), to the tune "Bunessan", composed in the Scottish Islands.In Songs of Praise Discussed, the editor, Percy Dearmer, explains that as there was need for a hymn to give thanks for each day, English poet and children's author Eleanor Farjeon had been "asked to make a poem to fit the lovely Scottish tune."
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns, worship songs and inspirational performances in churches of varying denominations from around the UK alongside interviews and stories reflecting how Christian faith is lived out. The series was first broadcast in October 1961.
Choice Gospel Hymns, Charles Mitchell Pullias (1923) Christian Hymns, L.O. Sanderson (1935) Complete Christian Hymnal, Marion Davis & Foy E. Wallace Jr. (1940) Christian Hymns II, L.O. Sanderson (1948) Sacred Selections for the Church, Ellis J. Crum (1956) Majestic Hymnal II, Reuel Lemmons (1959) Abiding Hymns, Robert C. Welch (1963)
"Stand by Me" is a 1905 gospel song by Charles Albert Tindley. [1] Despite the song's documented origins, it has sometimes been published without attribution or erroneously listed as "traditional". [2] [3] The song is sometimes referred to as "Stand by Me Father", leading to confusion with an unrelated song with that name by Sam Cooke and J. W ...
In his book Hymns That Have Helped, W. T. Stead reported "when the SS London went down in the Bay of Biscay, 11 January 1866, the last thing which the last man who left the ship heard as the boat pushed off from the doomed vessel was the voices of the passengers singing 'Rock of Ages'".