Augustus Toplady wrote this hymn, which is included in “The Complete Works of Augustus Toplady,” page 897, under the overall heading “Juvenile Poems on Sacred Subjects.” A subtitle of the section indicates he wrote these hymns between the ages of 15-18. Let’s see, what was I doing at that age? Unfortunately, I wasn’t writing hymns.…
Way back in 1957, When I was just a wee little lad, John Peterson wrote the words and music to this song. Marvelous message we bring, Glorious carol we sing, Wonderful word of the King – Jesus is coming again! (Chorus) Coming again, Coming again; Maybe morning, maybe noon, Maybe evening and maybe soon! Coming…
Page CXVI has undertaken a project to do hymns in a new setting, providing a more contemporary musical setting. I’ve highlighted their first two albums before, and they have just provided the ability to listen to the albums online. If this works like it’s supposed to, you should see a player for each of their…
How much wealth we have, right at our fingertips, which is so easily overlooked or ignored. Reading through Gadsby’s Hymns, I came on these two Charles Wesley hymns, found back to back at numbers 1053 and 1054, and most likely found in most hymnals of the last century. The words may be familiar to you,…
Page CXVI is offering free downloads of their first Hymns album starting April 27th in honor of their second Hymns II album. Neat naming convention, eh? It’s a pretty good set of songs, and well worth the cost of your time to download. Then buy the new album while you’re there.
Two more books were delivered today, and I am really looking forward to working through them. The first is “Our Own Hymn-Book,” and it’s subtitled “A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public, Social and Private Worship.” It was compiled by C. H. Spurgeon in 1866. This version is a reprint by Pilgrim Publications, BOX…
We spent the evening with my parents, who are visiting for the Easter celebration. Our discussion turned to music, and Denise and I played a couple of songs for Mom and Dad, including one of Mom’s favorites, He Giveth More Grace. Dad asked if we had the music for his favorite song, which, unfortunately, we…
