In Chapter 3 of the Book of Daniel we find a rather striking prayer in the form of a litany that is truly a canticle of creation. We read different parts of this prayer on several occasions during ...

The popular church song Shine Jesus Shine is also a hit at school assemblies, according to the findings of a Songs of Praise ...

Legendary composer Irving Berlin wrote his iconic God Bless America for a musical revue while in the Army during World War I, but he shelved it. One hundred years later, it turns out his patriotic ...

King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical ...

Jerusalem has been voted the UK’s favourite hymn in a BBC Songs Of Praise special. The popular hymn, which is a poem by William Blake set to music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916, was ranked above ...

Churches across the world are able to sing the Lord's praises online after the launch of the first major digital hymn book on Thursday. Mission Praise — which has sold more than two million copies as ...

Voted for by tens of thousands of members of the public, Jerusalem has been revealed as the UK’s favourite hymn in a special episode of Songs Of Praise. Host Aled Jones, counted down the country’s ten ...

The 1890s were a God-fearing time when people went to church by default, believed the sermons, sang the hymns and knew the words – which is presumably why there was a keen readership for one of the ...

1. Viewers can take part only by accessing bbc.co.uk/songsofpraise from 0900 on Monday 4th March 2013 until 2359 on 30th June 2013. Viewers will find a list of the 100 hymns selected by Songs of ...

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LONDON--Churches across the world are able to sing the Lord's praises online after the launch of the first major digital hymn book on Thursday. Mission Praise--which has sold more than 2 million ...