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...
by Tony Long | Mar 19, 2021 | Songs of Zion
Lyrics and Music by Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760Translated by John Wesley, 1703-1791 “But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnesses by the Law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus...
