But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at the bidding of a choir? It was not the pathos of the poetry ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is adding 15 new hymns to its global collection, “Hymns—For Home and Church.” ...
and were a great influence on later contemporary worship worldwide. The twentieth and twenty first centuries have seen an explosion of new hymn writers and approaches. Old texts have been ...