At the age of 16, John Fawcett and his new bride Mary, began their ministry at an impoverished Baptist church in Wainsgate. After seven...

Though almost all of his songs have sunk into oblivion among the Christian body today, "Victory In Jesus" remains one of the most popular...

Robert Robinson was a rather difficult, headstrong boy, so when he turned 14 in 1749, his mother sent him to London for an apprenticeship...

One day as a young wife and mother of 37 years of age, I was busy with my regular household tasks. Suddenly, I became so filled with the...

I sang in church all the time when I was a child. My grandmother said I sounded like an "Angel". She always told me that when she passed,...

During the First Boer War, fought in 1880 - 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic, hymns were a great comfort to...

imagine writing the lyrics to no fewer than 695 published hymns. Now, imagine writing all of those hymns while being afflicted with a...

When Isaac Watts was a teenager, he set about trying to convince his father and other authority figures that changes needed to be made in...

A short list of terms (no longer in common use) that can be found in popular hymns. abide, abideth wait, remain alas Expresses sorrow or...

Joseph Scriven, author of the beloved hymn "What A Friend We Have in Jesus" was known to follow the great example of our Lord himself. He...