Hymn Stories of the Twentieth Century

"What was the greatest moment of all?" That was the question put to General Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army when she was 81 (Christmas Day, 1946), by Dorothy Walworth, wh...

Soldier voices were heard singing in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral on July 4, 1941. Strangely, as though protected by Divine Providence, this historic building was still sta...

"Lend a voice to swell the chorus, Chant the songs that time endears; They were sung by those before us, They will chime along the years." --_Arthur Guiterman in "The Classmate."_

When I received word of the death of my son, in a distant land, I turned to your book of hymn stories, and was comforted.--From the personal letter of a friend.

A portion of Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, is indicated as being the favorite resting-place of Dr. Isaac Watts. A writer paid an early morning visit to this location on...

The note of praise was sounded at the very beginning of the 75th annual convention of the New York State Council of Religious Education, which was held in Utica, N. Y., October,...

Twice it has been my privilege to go to the Fiji Islands, the second time just passing through on the ship. I never forgot the things told me on my first visit. A hundred years...

"In London Town there are always queer, unexpected things to be seen and heard. The other day my wife and I went out to lunch, and we were waiting in a queue. Suddenly above the...

(3) 'Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, O Thou of God and man the Son, Thee will I cherish Thee will I honor, Thee, my soul's Glory, Joy, and Crown.'

"One of the most successful numbers sung in the series of Sunday evening concerts, which for several years it was my privilege and pleasure to sponsor, was that old English hymn...

the godly father told his daughter that the Creator had brought her into the world that she might fulfill that verse. The child believed it. And because that verse took possessi...

A large group of Christian men gathered in Chicago early in 1938 for a convention. Said one who was present: "The mood and point of view were indicated by the opening hymn:

The battleship _Missouri_ will always hold a unique place in the history of the United States, for on her, at the close of World War II, the Japanese made their formal surrender...

In the rude mining camp, cut off by the snows of winter, in the narrow cabin of the ship ice-bound in the Arctic seas, in the bare, dark rooms of the war-prison where the captiv...