Hymnal

The Popular Hymnal is another of my hymnals from the publisher, Robert H. Coleman. For some reason this name strikes me as being a little odd in this day and age. In some way, it’s similar to mentioning The Modern Hymnal from 1926 in the year 2021. However, reading the Foreword, one finds validity in […]

This hymn book or song book, Coleman’s Songs for Men, is not like the hymnals that Robert H. Coleman published, nor is it like the paperback songbook, Reapers. It is, however, a specialty songbook as it is designed for men. B.B. McKinney was working as musical editor for Robert Coleman when this little book was

Reapers, like The Modern Hymnal and The American Hymnal, is from publisher Robert H. Coleman. Links are included to each of these at the end of this article. As you can see this is a paperback hymnal, or songbook, unlike the other two which are hardbound. And, as a paperback, they were able to print

The American Hymnal, with a copyright date of 1933, was published by Robert H. Coleman seven years after The Modern Hymnal. You can read about Robert H. Coleman, Publisher of Hymnals and The Modern Hymnal in other posts – see the links at the end of this article. In many ways, these two hymnals are

The Modern Hymnal has a copyright date of 1926. It was published by Robert H. Coleman. You can read the introductory material about the publisher by clicking Robert H. Coleman, Publisher of Hymnals. This hymnal was published during the years that B. B. McKinney was working as a editor for Robert Coleman. When the Sunday

Although you won’t find much information about him on the worldwide web, Robert H. Coleman and his publishing company has had a profound impact on the publication of gospel hymns and hymnals, especially those of the Southern Baptist Convention. Robert Henry Coleman was born in Bardstown, Kentucky on November 1, 1869, was educated at Georgetown