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Story Behind The Hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Because He Lives" In the late 1960s, while expecting their third child, Bill and Gloria Gaither were going through a rather...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Blessed Assurance" Blessed Assurance was composed by Mrs. Joseph Knapp, an amateur musician. She was the wife of the founder of...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Languid" This hymn was written by John Mason Neale.In 1840 Neale became a minister of the...

Story Behind The Hymn, "And Can It Be That I Should Gain?" Not many hymns begin with a question as does this one. However, it...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Be Thou My Vision" This ancient 8th century hymn text from Ireland is still meaningful for us today with its expression...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Amazing Grace" "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written in 1772 by the English poet and...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Am I A Soldier Of The Cross" Isaac Watts, who wrote this hymn, was the father of hymn-writing in the English...

Story Behind The Hymn, What A Friend We Have In Jesus In 1844 a young Irishman, Joseph Scriven, had completed his college education and returned...

Story Behind The Hymn, Wherever He Leads, I’ll Go It was 1936 and two friends serving together at a Sunday school conference in Alabama were...

Story Behind The Hymn, All The Way My Saviour Leads Me This beloved hymn came from the grateful heart of Fanny Crosby after she had...

Story Behind The Hymn, Almost Persuaded The hymn, Almost Persuaded, was suggested to P. P. Bliss after hearing a sermon by Mr. Brundage, who, as...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Break Thou The Bread Of Life" Miss Mary Artemisia Lathbury, the author of this beautiful hymn, was born in Manchester, N.Y.,...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Child Of The King" Harriett Buell wrote the words for A Child of the King one Sunday morning while walking home...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" If Isaac Watts is known as the father of English hymnody, William Williams (1717-1791) is...

Story Behind The Hymn, "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" Horatius Bonar was born in 1808 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of a ruling...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Onward, Christian Soldiers" Onward, Christian Soldiers” was written in 1865 with no intention of ever being published, especially in adult hymn...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Just As I Am" Just As I Am” is one of the few hymns for which we know not only the...

Story Behind The Hymn, "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" William Cowper was keenly aware of the truth that God moves in mysterious ways. His...

Story Behind The Hymn, "Rock of Ages" Augustus Toplady was born in England in 1740. His father was a Royal Marine and died on duty...