In the Bible the Apostle Paul writes: “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.” The word “hymn" comes from the Greek word “hymnos” which means “a song of praise”.

Count Your Blessings” is one of the most loved hymns. It was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. who wrote some 5,000 hymn texts during his lifetime. Oatman, who was born April 12, 1856, was also ...

In his day, people tended to sing almost exclusively metrical psalms and so Bonar set out to write a number of simpler hymns, particularly aimed at young people. This hymn is his most famous.

The Aberdeen Breviary is “a collection of prayers, hymns, psalms and readings used for daily worship in Scotland, including detailed writings on the lives of Scottish saints,” researchers said.

Fye Editor My love for praying the Liturgy of the Hours began in 2009 as a student in ...Read More ...