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In May, 1925, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States created a committee to publish a new hymn …

History of the Church Hymnal As the Church of God (Cleveland, TN) grew, the people expressed the need for a hymnal. In …

Armed Forces Hymnal

Private donations and church denominations supplied hymnals in the earliest days of the United States military. The Act of 1920, also known …

In Congregational Praise, we have a hymnal with roots reaching back to the days of Oliver Cromwell and Pilgrims. This copy references …

E.L. Jorgenson and Great Songs of the Church A man pouring himself into his work tells the story of E.L. Jorgenson and …

Olney Hymns

The Olney Hymnal The Olney Hymns was originally published in 1779. The hymns contained inside are from the pens of John Newton …

Hymns Ancient and Modern

In the years after hymn singing entered the Anglican church, the individual churches were using a variety of songbooks or hymnals. There …

Prior to 1898, the Southern Baptist Convention did not allow the Sunday School Board to publish books. That year the ban was …

Songs of Faith

The hymnal, Songs of Faith, was a 1933 publication of Southern Baptists. As you can tell, the Sunday School Board of the …

Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6

It was a game changer in 1870 when preacher Dwight L. Moody enlisted Ira D. Sankey to be the music director for …