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Hymn Story: The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended

October 2, 2022 Leave a comment

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This hymn was recently sung at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Rev. John Ellerton wrote the hymn in 1870 to be included in A Liturgy for Missionary Meetings. Two different translations of the text are included in German official hymnals. The theme focusses on the worldwide fellowship of the church. It goes on to offer a continual prayer and […]

Behind the Christmas Carol: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

November 27, 2016 2 comments

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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear was a Christmas poem written by Edmund Sears. This is a Christmas Carol that doesn’t focus on the holy family, but the song of the angels. Luke 2:14 says the angels said “Peace on the Earth, good will to men.” Edmund Hamilton Sears was born in 1810. He earned a degree from Harvard Divinity […]

Hymn Story: Onward Christian Soldiers

May 22, 2016 Leave a comment

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This popular hymn was written without the intention of ever being published. Written for the English holiday, Whitmonday in 1865. Whitmonday is a day for festivals in Yorkshire. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould recalled, “one Whitmonday it was arranged that our school should join its forces with that of a neighboring village. I wanted the children to sing when marching from one […]

Behind the Hymn: Nearer, My God, To Thee

October 25, 2015 One comment

<img width="400" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SKY-over-the-clouds.png?resize=400%2C280&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="2647" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/majesty/sky-over-the-clouds/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SKY-over-the-clouds.png?fit=1326%2C657&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1326,657" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="SKY over the clouds" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>If You Could See Me Now</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SKY-over-the-clouds.png?fit=300%2C149&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SKY-over-the-clouds.png?fit=860%2C426&ssl=1" />

Nearer, My God, To Thee is commonly believed to be the last song the Titanic played as the ship sank. The popular hymn was written by Sarah Flower Adams and is loosely based on Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28:11-19. This hymn is considered by hymnology students to be the finest hymn ever written by a woman composer. Sarah was born […]

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