ZINZENDORF AND MORAVIAN HYMNODY
The church of the Moravian Brethren is famous for two things: its missionary zeal and its love for church music.… Continue reading
THE FANNY CROSBY OF SWEDEN AND THE PIETISTS (Lina Sandell)
As will be noted in a subsequent chapter, the Nineteenth century witnessed the phenomenon of gifted Christian women assuming a… Continue reading
The First Face by Nancy Leigh DeMoss 10/13/11
”When I wake up grumpy, I’m usually mad at myself for oversleeping. Then, I take my frustration out on my… Continue reading
AN INVALID WHO BLESSED THE WORLD (Charlotte Elliott)
“Just as I am” will doubtlessly be sung to the end of time, and as often as Christians sing it… Continue reading
AMERICA’S FIRST WOMAN HYMNIST (Phoebe H. Brown)
Less than twenty years after Timothy Dwight’s hymns were published, a very poor and unpretentious American woman began to write… Continue reading
SARAH ADAMS AND THE RISE OF WOMEN HYMN-WRITERS
Nineteenth century hymnody was characterized by an extraordinary number of women hymn-writers. It is significant that this development came, as… Continue reading
AN ARCHBISHOP’S WIFE WHO WROTE HYMNS (Cecil F. Alexander)
Shortly before the death in 1911 of Archbishop William Alexander, primate of the Anglican Church in Ireland, he remarked that… Continue reading
Modest Teens by Nancy Leigh DeMoss 10/12/11
“My daughter’s always been pretty modest. Now we’re in the pre-teen years. I look around at what teens are wearing,… Continue reading