by Tony Long | Mar 22, 2021 | Songs of Zion
Francis Ridley Havergal was the daughter of a church rector and was raised in Worcester, England. She attended schools in Englandand Germany, was proficient in both Hebrew and Greek, and was a talented singer and pianist. She spent the majority of her life’s work in...
by Tony Long | Mar 22, 2021 | Songs of Zion
Written by: William Cowper (November 26, 1731-April 25, 1800) John 13:7—“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.’” William Cowper was an English poet and hymn writer who dealt with great depression in his...
by Tony Long | Mar 22, 2021 | Songs of Zion
Music: George C. Stebbins, 1890Lyrics: William Longstaff, ca. 1882 William Longstaff was a successful English businessman who reportedly penned this hymn after hearing a sermon focused on 1 Peter 1:16: “…YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.” Known as a pragmatist, the...
by Tony Long | Mar 19, 2021 | Songs of Zion
Author: Isaac Watts 1674-1748Music: John Hatton 1710-1793 “Jesus Shall Reign” was written by the “father of English hymnody,” Isaac Watts, in 1719. It is known as one of the first hymns with a missionary emphasis, written at a time before the great missionary movement...
by Tony Long | Mar 19, 2021 | Songs of Zion
Lyrics by Louisa M.R. Stead (1850-1917)Music by William J. Kirkpatrick “In You our fathers put their trust; they trusted and You delivered them.”—Psalm 22:4-5 Louisa Stead was born in England and moved to the United States in her early twenties. She married Mr. Stead...
