Hymn stories, stories of great hymns for use in worship and preaching.
Hymn Stories
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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
All Creatures of Our God and King
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
All People that on Earth Do Dwell
All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard on High
As with Gladness
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Be Still My Soul
Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine
Children of the Heavenly Father
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Come, Ye Disconsolate
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
Day by Day
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Go Tell It on the Mountain
God Be With You Till We Meet Again
God Will Take Care of You
Good Christian Friends Rejoice
Grace Greater than All Our Sin
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine
I Am Thine, O Lord
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
I Love to Tell the Story
I Sing the Mighty Power of God
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
In Christ There Is No East or West
In the Cross of Christ I Glory
It Is Well with My Soul
Jesus Calls Us O'er the Tumult
Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Let Us Break Bread Together
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
My Country 'tis of Thee
My God, I Love Thee
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Near to the Heart of God
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
O Perfect Love
O Word of God Incarnate
O Zion Haste
Once in Royal David's City
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Rise Up, O Men of God
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
Take the Name of Jesus with You
The Head that Once Was Crowned
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The Spacious Firmament on High
The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done
There Is a Balm in Gilead
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus
Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying
Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
We Plow the Fields and Scatter
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim