But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at the bidding of a choir? It was not the pathos of the poetry ...

Five hundred years after Martin Luther and a colleague published their first hymnal, Princeton Theological Seminary Professor ...

In the late 19th Century a new style of hymnody known as “gospel” emerged ... centuries have seen an explosion of new hymn writers and approaches. Old texts have been refreshed by new tunes ...

For his part, Brown is enjoying the present because he loves what he is reminded of when he sings hymns ... the 120-year-old Kimball piano, which happens to be her piano, for the Gospel singing ...

Stevens once became so old-fashioned that he covered “Morning ... How does Steven’s decision to record a Christian hymn look in light of his later Muslim faith? Oddly enough, the song still ...