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Major Additions Planned for Hymnary

Fri, 09/13/2019 - 10:52 — pdehaan

In the recently concluded online fund drive for Hymnary.org, many donors also left short messages of thanks and encouragement. One donor's comment was this: "I love hymns ... If you asked for money, it means you need it! Please keep the work going. And please, accept my widow's mite. God bless you."

For Nyna Sykes, associate director of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), such words mean a lot.


Featured Hymn: "My Jesus, I Love Thee"

Sat, 08/31/2019 - 12:18 — verhulst

Author: William R. Featherstone (1864)

Tune: [My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine] (Gordon)

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Featured Hymn: "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"

Sat, 08/17/2019 - 09:50 — verhulst

Author: Henry Van Dyke (1907)

Tune: HYMN TO JOY

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Featured Hymn: "Jesus Loves Me, This I Know"

Sat, 08/03/2019 - 09:43 — verhulst

Author: Anna Bartlett Warner (1859)

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It has been said that the three most beautiful words of all are “I love you.” Jesus said “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love” (John 15:9 ESV). In every stanza of this hymn and in the refrain, we repeat with the assurance that “Jesus loves me.”

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Harry Plantinga on the 2019 Hymn Society Conference

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 11:14 — pdehaan

I returned recently from the annual conference of the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada. I’ve been a handful of times over the years. As usual, it was a wonderful conference with hundreds of worship leaders, pastors, priests, hymn writers, publishers, hymnologists, and people who just love to sing hymns.


Featured Hymn: "In the Cross of Christ I Glory"

Thu, 07/25/2019 - 18:11 — verhulst

Author: John Bowring (1825)

Tune: RATHBUN

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This hymn was probably inspired by Galatians 6:14: “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (ESV). The first stanza expands on this verse, while the second and third stanzas deal with the meaning of the cross in times of pain and pleasure, and the peace and joy it brings regardless of circumstance. The fourth stanza summarizes the previous ones.

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Featured Hymn: "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!"

Sat, 07/13/2019 - 10:12 — verhulst

Author: Reginald Heber (1826)

Tune: NICEA (Dykes)

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Featured Hymn: "Children of the Heavenly Father"

Sat, 06/22/2019 - 08:52 — verhulst

Author: Carolina Sandell (1855)

Translator: Ernst W. Olson;

Tune: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA

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Featured Hymn: "As We Gather at Your Table"

Sat, 06/01/2019 - 10:19 — verhulst

Author: Carl P. Daw

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