The Best Church Hymns
Author(s): Louis Fitzgerald Benson
Genre(s): Music
Narrators: David Wales
Number of Chapters: 14
Length: 01 hour and 37 minutes
Language: English
This 1898 book is the result of a survey of 107 hymn-books. The thirty-two hymns are ranked in order of popularity. The texts in this recording are said only, not sung, along with a few explanatory notes for each hymn (some footnotes, not all, here recorded). The texts are preceded by two essays concerning hymns and their standards. Benson (1855-1930) was an American Presbyterian minister who edited several hymnals. - Summary by David Wales
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1 – Rock of ages, cleft for me; 2 – When I survey the wondrous cross; 3 – Jesus, lover of my soul. (David Wales)
4- All praise to thee, my God this night; 5 – Jesus, I my cross have taken; 6 – Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear. (David Wales)
7 – Awake, my soul, and with the sun; 8 – Hark the herald angels sing; 9 – Abide with me, fast falls the eventide. (David Wales)
10 – Jerusalem, my happy home; 11 – How sweet the name of Jesus sounds; 12 – Nearer, my God, to thee. (David Wales)
13 – From Greenland’s icy mountains; 14 – Our God, our help in ages past; 15 – Jerusalem the golden (David Wales)
16 – Lo, he comes with clouds descending; 17 – Jesus shall reign where’er the sun; 18 – Glorious things of thee are spoken. (David Wales)
19 – Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes; 20 – Come, let us join our cheerful songs; 21 – All hail the power of Jesus’ name. (David Wales)
22 – Hail to the Lord’s anointed; 23 – O worship the King all glorious above; 24 – Christ the Lord is risen today. (David Wales)
25 – Guide me, O thou great Jehovah; 26 – Just as I am, without one plea; 27 – God moves in a mysterious way. (David Wales)
The audiobook The Best Church Hymns falls under the genres of Music. It is written by Louis Fitzgerald Benson.