Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

This tune is one of the best known of all Christian melodies and gets its name, “Old Hundredth”, from its association with Kethe’s translation. A popular hymn for children and well-known by ...

A popular hymn for children hymn and well-known by two ... This is one of Charles Wesley’s best-known texts and was written in 1738 soon after his conversion to Christianity.

You’ve sung them while clutching cups of hot cocoa. You’ve heard them played in shopping malls. But do you know how some of ...

The upright piano was old and out of tune, but James Linzey couldn’t resist the urge to stop and touch the keys. Sitting in ...

We're taking you right back to your school days with a list of school assembly hymns that are all still ... A very deserving runner up and a song so popular it went on to be the name of Riverdance ...

“It’s pretty rare – even the British Library doesn't have a copy. “What is so fascinating is that hymn-singing was not the best known feature of Chartism.” Three items in the Chartist newspaper the ...

How did the famous hymn come to be written in a Buckinghamshire market town? Long known for hosting the world's oldest pancake race, Olney also has an association with one of the world's best ...

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.