St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 26: Anthems - Protest and E...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 26: Anthems - Protest and E...: Beauty for brokenness (God of the Poor) The words and music for this hymn are by Graham Kendrick b. 1950, one of the most prolific and...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 25: Anthems - Protest and E...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 25: Anthems - Protest and E...: Jerusalem William Blake’s now famous hymn started life as a rather obscure poem. Blake (1757-1827) was a poet, artist and visionary, wh...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 24: Anthems - Protest and E...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 24: Anthems - Protest and E...: Day 24: Anthems:Protest and encouragement Swing low, sweet chariot “Swing low, sweet chariot” is an African American spiritual, whic...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 23: Anthems - Protest and E...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 23: Anthems - Protest and E...: Mine eyes have seen the glory This American hymn owes its writing to an attempt to Christianise (and perhaps redeem?) a popular song of...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 22: Anthems - Protest and E...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 22: Anthems - Protest and E...: A safe stronghold Martin Luther’s “Ein Fest Burg” begins this week of hymns of protest and encouragement. It wasn’t written as a litu...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 21: Lament and Personal Dev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 21: Lament and Personal Dev...: Amazing Grace Although long popular in the USA, this hymn was not often found in British hymn books until the 1970’s when a recording ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 20: Lament and Personal Dev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 20: Lament and Personal Dev...: Through all the changing scenes of life This is one of the many fine metrical psalms which appeared in the Psalter produced by Nahum T...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 19: Lament and Personal Dev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 19: Lament and Personal Dev...: Abide with me It used to be believed that this hymn, so often sung at funerals, was written when its author Revd. Henry Francis Lyte (...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 18: Lament and Personal Dev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 18: Lament and Personal Dev...: Just as I am Like many hymns of lament and devotion, this hymn has a personal story behind it.  Charlotte Elliot (1789-1871) was the d...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 17: Lament and Personal Dev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 17: Lament and Personal Dev...: Be still for the presence of the Lord This modern song was first published in 1986, by David J Evans (b. 1957, Dartford), a music teac...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 16: Lament and Personal Dev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 16: Lament and Personal Dev...: When I survey the wondrous cross This hymn, often sung during Holy Week, is by Isaac Watts(1674- 1747) . He was born in Southampton,...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 14: Praise and Thanksgiving...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 14: Praise and Thanksgiving...: How great thou art This hymn – voted no.1 in a Songs of Praise Top 100 hymns in 2013 – started life as a Swedish poem by Carl Boberg (...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 12: Praise and Thanksgiving...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 12: Praise and Thanksgiving...: Immortal invisible, God only wise This hymn was inspired by 1 Tim 1.17 “To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 11: Praise and Thanksgiving...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 11: Praise and Thanksgiving...: Now thank we all our God This hymn was written by Martin Rinkart (1586-1649), the son of a coppersmith who was precentor (leader of mu...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith Day 10: Praise and Thanksgiving

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith Day 10: Praise and Thanksgiving: Great is thy faithfulness The words of this hymn were written in the early 1920’s by Thomas Chisholm (1866-1960). Chisholm was born in...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 9 Praise and Thanksgiving

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 9 Praise and Thanksgiving: All creatures of our God and King This hymn is a modern translation of the hymn by St Francis of Assisi, (1186-1226), Cantico de Frat...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 8: Praise and Thanksgiving

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 8: Praise and Thanksgiving: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation The words and music for this popular hymn are by Joachim Neander 1650-1680, a ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 7

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 7: Modern hymns and worship songs Hymns continue to be written, just as they always have been. People may either love them or hate them, ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 6

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 6: Hymns set to folk songs Folk tunes have always been a popular choice for hymn composers, and have been used throughout the Church’s hi...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 5

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 5: West Gallery hymns One of the perennial problems for hymn singers and church leaders has been how hymns should be led and accompanied, ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 4

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 4: Day 4  The Wesleys The Methodist revival of the 18 th century produced a huge volume of music. Church of England authorities were su...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 3

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 3: Day 3  The Protestant Reformation The Protestant Reformation changed church music along with anything else. Monasteries were dissolved...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 2

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 2: Day 2 Our debt to Gregorian plainchant Priests, monks and nuns would have sung most of the service after the first few centuries o...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 1

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Singing the Faith: Day 1: Day 1 :  Introduction “Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord.” Psalm 150.6 Singing is an ancient practice. Humanity san...