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Hymn Story 

 

Bibliography

 

 

Adams, Lucy Neeley, 52 Hymn Story Devotions (Nashville:  Abingdon Press, 2000)

 

Bailey, Albert E., The Gospel in Hymns (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950)

 

Barrows, Cliff, Crusader Hymns and Hymn Stories (Carol Stream, Illinois:  Hope Publishing, Co., 1967)

 

Blanchard, Kathleen, Stories of Favorite Hymns (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1940)

 

Brown, Robert K. and Norton, Mark R. (editors) Petersen, William and Randy (writers), The One Year Book of Hymns (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1995)

 

Christensen, Phil and MacDonald, Shari, Celebrate Jesus (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2003)

 

Christensen, Phil and MacDonald, Shari, Our God Reigns: The Stories Behind Your Favorite Praise and Worship Songs (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2000)

 

Collins, Ace, Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001)

 

Collins, Ace, Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003).

 

Colquhoun, Frank, Hymns that Live: Their Meaning & Message (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1980)

 

Colquhoun, Frank, Sing to the Lord (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988)

 

Davis, Paul, Inspirational Hymn and Song Stories of the Twentieth Century (Greenville, South Carolina: Ambassador Publications, 2001)

 

Dearmer, Percy, Songs of Praise Discussed (London: OUP, 1933).

 

Douglas, Winfred, Church Music in History and Practice: Studies in the Praise of God (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937)

 

Emurian Ernest K., Living Stories of Famous Hymns (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1955)

 

Foote, H. W., Three Centuries of American Hymnody (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1940)

 

Fyock, Joan A., Hymnal Companion, Prepared by Churches in the Believers Church Tradition (Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Brethren Press, 1996)

 

Glover, Raymond F. (ed.), The Hymnal 1982 Companion, Volume One (New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, 1990)

 

Glover, Raymond F. (ed.), The Hymnal 1982 Companion, Volume Two (New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation)

 

Glover, Raymond F. (ed.), The Hymnal 1982 Companion, Volume Three A (New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation)

 

Glover, Raymond F. (ed.), The Hymnal 1982 Companion, Volume Three B (New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation)

 

Hart, William J., Hymn Stories of the 20th Century (Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1948)

 

Haeussler, Armin, The Story of Our Hymns:  The Handbook to the Hymnal of the Evangelical and Reformed Church (St. Louis: Eden Publishing House, 1951)

 

Houghton, Elsie, Christian Hymn Writers (Glamorgan, Wales: Evangelical Press of Wales, 1982)

 

Hughes, Charles W., American Hymns Old and New (New York: Columbia University Press, 1980)

 

Hustad, Donald P., Dictionary-Handbook to Hymns for the Living Church (Carol Stream, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company, 1978)

 

Idle, Christopher, Famous Hymns and Their Stories (Tring, Herts, England: Lion Publishing plc, 1987)

 

Julian, John, Dictionary of Hymnology: Origin and History Of Christian Hymns and Hymnwriters of All Ages And Nations (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1985)

 

Kimbrough, S.T., Jr., Lost in Wonder: Charles Wesley: The Meaning of His Hymns Today (Nashville:  The Upper Room, 1987)

 

Konkel, Wilbur, Living Hymn Stories (Minneapolis:  Bethany, 1971)

 

McKim, LindaJo H., (ed.), The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993)

 

Milgate, Wesley, Songs of the People of God: A Companion to the Australian Hymn Book (London: Collins, 1982)

 

Morgan, Robert J., Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2003)

 

Morgan, Robert J., Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, Book 2 (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2004)

 

Osbeck, Kenneth W., 101 Hymn Stories (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1982)

 

Osbeck, Kenneth W., 101 More Hymn Stories (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1985)

 

Osbeck, Kenneth W., Amazing Grace (Grand Rapids:  Kregel Publications, 1990)

 

Peale, Norman Vincent, My Favorite Hymns and the Stories Behind Them (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994)

 

Petersen, William J. and Ardythe, The Complete Book of Hymns (Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2006)

 

Price, Carl F., More Hymn Stories (Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1929)

 

Price, Matthew A., 123 Glorious Hymns Every Christian Should Know (Brentwood, Tennessee: Belle Rive Publishers, 2004)

 

Reynolds, William J., Songs of Glory (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990)

 

Reynolds, William J. and Price, Milburn, A Survey of Christian Hymnody (Carol Stream, Illinois: Hope Publishing Co., 1999)

 

Rizk, Helen Salem, Stories of the Christian Hymns (Revised Editon) (Nashville:  Abingdon, 1986)

 

Ronander, Albert C., and Porter, Ethel K., Guide to the Pilgrim Hymnal (Philadelphia:  United Church Press, 1966)

 

Roth, Nancy, A Closer Walk: Meditating on Hymns for Year A (New York: Church Publishing, Inc., 1998)

 

Roth, Nancy, Awake, My Soul! Meditating on Hymns for Year B (New York: Church Publishing, Inc., 1999)

 

Roth, Nancy, New Every Morning: Meditating on Hymns for Year C (New York: Church Publishing, Inc., 2000)

 

Routley, Erik, A Panorama of Christian Hymnody (Chicago:  GIA Publications, 1979).  Note:  A revised and expanded version published in 2005 is now available.

 

Routley, Erik, Christian Hymns Observed (Oxford: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., 1983)

 

Rutler, George William, Brightest and Best: Stories of Hymns (San Francisco:  Ignatius Press, 1998)

 

Smith, Jane Stuart, and Carlson, Betty, Favorite Women Hymn Writers (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 1990)

 

Stulken, Mary Kay, Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981)

 

Terry, Lindsay, Stories Behind Popular Songs and Hymns (Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House, 1990)

 

Watkins, T. Wyatt, How Sweet the Sound: Stories Inspired by the Hymns We Love (Valley Forge, Judson Press, 2001)

 

Watson, J.R., The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical Study (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)

 

Wells, Amos R., A Treasury of Hymn Stories: Brief Biographies of 120 Hymnwriters with Their Best Hymns (Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House, 1945)

 

Young, Carlton R., Companion to the United Methodist Hymnal (Nashville:  Abingdon Press, 1993)

 

 

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