Above is a photo of Tubman's personal book of hymns. Her favorite hymns are indicated by the book's use—when the book is gently opened, the pages fall open to the most frequently used pages of the 112 ...

Common Measure: the English Hymn The Greek hymnos refers to a song of praise similar to the ode, and in the Christian tradition in the Middle Ages, these are predominantly in Latin. Vernacular hymns ...

HYMNS OF THE PURITANS; THE FIRST SINGING BOOK PRINTED IN AMERICA. ... Knowing the power of music over the feelings, he used it to band together his followers and inspire them with his own zeal.

The first Irish Presbyterian hymn book for 350 years is being launched to a capacity audience at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Saturday.

Hymn books could soon be a thing of the past as churches switch to high-tech services with the words on giant screens, assisted by an iTunes app. The fashion for ‘hands-free worship’ has led ...

That popular hymn will be one of 12 included in the first digital release of music for the new book — "Hymns for Home and Church" — next month on May 30 in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Over 80 dogs rescued from squalid Doncaster home in major animal welfare operation. Leader of drugs gang who made £4.5m ordered to pay back £100,000 ...

From the Revd Jonathan Page SCP. Sir, - The Revd Dr Gordon Giles (Comment, 8 November) advocates changing the words of "I vow to thee, my country" so that it can be "sung with integrity"; thereby, he ...

The 31 hymnals with the word "Allah" seized by the Johor police almost two weeks ago will be returned to the Catholic Church tonight. Father Cyril Mannayagam disclosed this after receiving a call from ...

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Harriet Tubman, born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, gained international acclaim as an Underground Railroad operator, abolitionist, Civil War spy and nurse, and suffragist. After escaping ...