If you love singing and listening to hymns, this book is for you! Hymns are a special kind of music, packed with truth, redemption, and joy, no matter how the times or culture change. How Sweet the Sound focuses on 30 beloved hymns that still speak to us today. Each chapter includes the lyrics to a favorite hymn, an interesting modern-day story of how that hymn continues to impact lives, and questions for contemplation. You'll enjoy hearing the stories of how hymns have affected other people's lives as you remember how the hymns you treasure have affected yours.
And let these heavenly anthems about our eternal, unchanging God drown out the distractions of the world. Laura Smith's warm devotional stories make meaningful connections between thirty songs of the past and our twenty-first century lives.
David W. Blight and Robert Gooding - Williams ( Boston : Bedford , 1997 ) , 150 . 1. Paul J. Scheips , " Hold the Fort ! ” The Story of a Song from the Sawdust Trail to the Picket Line ( Washington , D.C .: Smithsonian , 1971 ) , 20 .
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me, Was blind, but now I see." When Cissy Houston sings "Amazing Grace" on her 1997 Grammy Award-winning album,...
It includes material from The United Methodist Hymnal and more than fifty popular hymns and choruses from other hymnals and songbooks. The book also includes an index that lists the songs alphabetically and a chart with guitar chord grids.
How Long Has It Been ? How long has it been since you talked with the Lord And told Him your heart's hidden secrets ? How long since you prayed , How long since you stayed On your knees ' til the light shone through ?
Tells the story of John Newton and William Cowper, writers of over 350 hymns.
A companion to the Classic FM series Francesca Caccini.
This is about their future. Are you ready to be a part of that? Together let's learn to lift up the Sweet Sound of praise we were made for!
A woman hides in fear after an atrocious crime. Her brother takes justice into his own hands. And a young girl fights to make sense of it all in this Southern coming-of-age novel set in coastal Alabama in the summer of 1980.
My boyfriend Brad is really infatuated with the idea that she wrote that about Warren Beatty. He's been kind of distant recently, and I think maybe if I could write him a song that would get his attention, you know?