It’s impossible to predict which hymns will take off, as the 1985 committee members who expected “Behold the Mountain of the Lord” to become a hit could tell you.

The hymns that can be recast with “Zion” as an idealized “pure in heart” theme can stay (e.g., No. 41, No. 47), while the ones that explicitly refer to Zion as a mountain refuge or that ...

They knew that “Amazing Grace” would make the cut, and that “How Great Thou Art” was a sure thing. The committee that chose the 250 hymns for Hymns for Worship, considered these songs “classical hymns ...

The table presents the 13 hymns that have appeared in all 28 hymnals, as well as 9 others that appear in 27 of the 28 hymnals, and 5 more that appear in 26 of the 28 hymnals.

The hymns that can be recast with “Zion” as an idealized “pure in heart” theme can stay (e.g., #41, #47), while the ones that explicitly refer to Zion as a mountain refuge or that are just ...

In fact, in a 2013 survey of the best-loved hymns in the U.K., "In Christ Alone" was the second most-popular hymn of all time, just behind "How Great Thou Art." ...

Anchor Hymns brought together a community of musicians that was still reeling from the isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic. Some were mourning the deaths of friends and loved ones.

The hymns that can be recast with “Zion” as an idealized “pure in heart” theme can stay (e.g., #41, #47), while the ones that explicitly refer to Zion as a mountain refuge or that are just ...

Therefore, texts will reflect a strong preference for avoiding the use of male pronouns for God. . . . The goal is a collection in which traditional hymns and songs [e.g., ones referring to God as ...