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"I am Thine, O Lord" is one of many hymns written by Fanny Crosby, a prolific American hymn writer. The melody was composed by William Howard Doane . The former was talking with the latter one night about the proximity of God and penned the words before retiring for the night. [ 1 ]
Wrestling Jacob", also known by its incipit, "Come, O thou Traveller unknown", is a Christian hymn written by Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley. It is based on the biblical account of Jacob wrestling with an angel, from Genesis 32:24-32, with Wesley interpreting this as an analogy for Christian conversion. First published in 1742, it has ...
"Softly and Tenderly" is a Christian hymn. It was composed and written by Will L. Thompson in 1880. [1] It is based on the Bible verse Mark 10:49. [2] Dwight L. Moody used "Softly and Tenderly" in many of his evangelistic rallies in America and Britain. When he was in the hospital and barred from seeing visitors, Thompson had arrived to see him ...
Make a joyful noise unto the L ORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the L ORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm; With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the L ORD, the King. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
The hymn 'Te Deum' is sung or recited in the Liturgy of the Hours and in thanksgiving to God for a special blessing such as the election of a pope, the consecration of a bishop, the canonization of a saint, [22] on December 31st to thank the Lord for the past year. [23] The hymn 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' is sung or recited at Mass, after the ...
Psalm 95 is the 95th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation". The Book of Psalms starts the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and, as such, is a book of the Christian Old Testament .
I think his annoyance is overshadowed by his top exhortation: “Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing.”
Timothy Dudley-Smith wrote the hymn in May 1961 when he and his wife had just moved into their first house in Blackheath.He was inspired to write the text when he was reading a modern paraphrase of the Magnificat in Luke 1:46–55 in the New English Bible, a translation which begins with the phrase, "Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord".