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One Hundred and One Hymn Stories

Carl F. Price (1881 - 1948)

Carl F. Price, a pioneering hymnologist, historian, and author, says, "Every real hymn has its story, if only we could discover it.." This book takes behind the scenes with glimpses of the hymn writers to give us those stories. The hymns range from those from familiar hymnologists such as Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts to earlier writings such as from Saint Stephen the Sabaite, and Bernard of Cluny. Here you will find the story behind "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," "Onward, Christian Soldiers," "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Dedication and Preface	Larry Wilson	00:03:48
Play 01	My Faith Looks up to Thee by Ray Parmer, 1808-1887	Cel Pena	00:01:52
Play 02	Peace, Perfect Peace by Bishop Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825 - 1906	Cel Pena	00:01:58
Play 03	Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life by Frank Mason North, 1850 -	Cel Pena	00:01:57
Play 04	Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing by Walter Shirley, 1725 - 1786	Cel Pena	00:01:55
Play 05	Hark, thee Voice of Jesus Calling by Dantet Marcuh, 1816 - 1909	Cel Pena	00:02:09
Play 06	I Love to Steal an Hour Away by Phebe Hinsdale Brown, 1783 - 1861	TotalEcho	00:02:21
Play 07	Praise to the Holiest in the Height by John Henry Newman, 1801 - 1890	TotalEcho	00:02:24
Play 08	How Are Thy Servants Blest, O Lord by Joseph Addison, 1672 - 1719	TotalEcho	00:02:27
Play 09	Depth of Mercy Can Thee Be by Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788	TotalEcho	00:02:04
Play 10	O Little Town of Bethlehem by Phillips Brooks, 1835 - 2893	BettyB	00:02:09
Play 11	Another Year Is Downing by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836 - 1879	nighthawks	00:02:43
Play 12	Just as I Am, Without One Plea by Charlotte Elliott, 1789 - 1871	Larry Wilson	00:02:08
Play 13	"Almost Persuaded," Now to Believe by Phillip Bliss, 1838 - 1876	Larry Wilson	00:01:57
Play 14	The Whole Worth Was Lost in the Darkness of Sin by Phillip Bliss, 1838 - 1876	sgoetz73	00:02:11
Play 15	Blest Be the Tie That Binds by John Fawcett, 1739 - 1817	Rebecca Lindsey	00:02:22
Play 16	Be Not Dismayed Whate'er Betide by C.D. Martin	Shelly Weingart	00:02:08
Play 17	O Beautiful for Spacious Skies by Katharine Lee Bates, 1859 -	BettyB	00:01:49
Play 18	Fling Out the Banner, Let It Float by George Washington Doane, 1799 - 1859	Cel Pena	00:01:47
Play 19	Glory Be to the Father	Rebecca Lindsey	00:02:21
Play 20	I was a Wandering Sheep by Horatius Bonar, 1808 - 1889	Corrie Giffone	00:02:09
Play 21	Come, O Thou All-Victorious Lord by Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788	Corrie Giffone	00:02:29
Play 22	Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing by James Edmeston, 1791 - 1867	Corrie Giffone	00:02:22
Play 23	There's a Friend for Little Children by Albert Midlane, 1825 - 1909	Corrie Giffone	00:02:07
Play 24	I'm But a Stranger Here by Thomas Rawson Taylor, 1807 - 1835	Corrie Giffone	00:02:27
Play 25	From Every Stormy Wind that Blows by Hugh Stowell, 1799 - 1865	Cel Pena	00:02:05
Play 26	Our Thought of Thee Is Glad with Hope John Greenleaaf Whittier, 1807 - 1892	nighthawks	00:02:46
Play 27	Servant of God, Well Done by James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854	Cel Pena	00:01:39
Play 28	God of Our Fathers, Known of Old by Rudyard Kipling, 1865 -	Shelly Weingart	00:02:28
Play 29	My Lord, Now Full of Sweet Contennt by Madame Guyon, 1648 - 1717	Cel Pena	00:02:05
Play 30	Jesus, Where'er Thy People Meet by William Cowper, 1731 - 1800	Larry Wilson	00:02:10
Play 31	Jesus, Lover of my Soul, by Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788	Larry Wilson	00:02:00
Play 32	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Isaac Watts, 1674 - 1748	Larry Wilson	00:02:09
Play 33	All Glory, Laud, and Honor by Saint Theodulph, - 821	Shelly Weingart	00:02:02
Play 34	The Day of Resurrection by John of Damascus	nighthawks	00:02:46
Play 35	All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name by Edward Perronet, 1726 - 172	Larry Wilson	00:02:03
Play 36	Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus by George Duffield, Jr., 1818 - 1888	Larry Wilson	00:02:11
Play 37	From Greenland's Icy Mountains by Reginald Heber 1783 - 1826	Cel Pena	00:01:57
Play 38	O Love that Will Not Let Me Go by George Matheson 1842 - 1906	Larry Wilson	00:01:53
Play 39	Now Thank We All Our God by Martin Rinkart, 1586 - 1649	Holls	00:01:56
Play 40	Golden Harps Are Sounding by Frances Ridley Havergal 1836 - 1879	Holls	00:02:00
Play 41	Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah by William Williams, 1717 - 1791	Alan Mapstone	00:02:47
Play 42	Thy Life Was Given for Me by Frances Ridley Havergal 1836 - 1879	Holls	00:02:52
Play 43	Come Unto Me, Ye Weary by William Chatterton Dix, 1837 - 1898	Holls	00:02:00
Play 44	Welcome, Happy Morning, Age to Age Shall Say by Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus 530 - 609	nighthawks	00:03:11
Play 45	Shepherd of Tender Youth by Clement of Alexandria, ca. 170 - 220	proboomer	00:02:32
Play 46	Flung to the Heedless Winds by Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546	Holls	00:02:05
Play 47	Behold the Saviour of Mankind by Samuel Wesley, 1662 - 1735	Larry Wilson	00:02:09
Play 48	Onward, Christian Soldiers by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834 -	Alan Mapstone	00:03:00
Play 49	Tell Me the Old, Old Story by Katherine Hankey, (1866)	Larry Wilson	00:01:57
Play 50	Jesus, They Blood and Righteousness by Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1700 - 1760	Robert Gordon	00:02:32
Play 51	Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of the Loard by Julia Ward Howe, 1819 - 1910	BettyB	00:03:32
Play 52	Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun by Isaac Watts, 1674 - 1748	Larry Wilson	00:01:56
Play 53	Lead, Kindly Light, Amid th' Encircling Gloom by John Henry Newman, 1801 - 1890	Alan Mapstone	00:02:35
Play 54	Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild by Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788	GodsDreamer	00:02:03
Play 55	In the Cross of Christ I Glory by John Bowring, 1792 - 1872	GodsDreamer	00:01:59
Play 56	Oft in Danger, Oft in Woe by Henry Kirke White, 1785 - 1806, Frances Sara Collquhoun, 1809 - 1877	GodsDreamer	00:02:07
Play 57	My Country, 'Tis of Thee by Samuel Francis Smith, 1808 - 1895	BettyB	00:02:08
Play 58	O Say, Can You See by the Dawn's Early Light by Francis Scott Key, 1779 - 1843	BettyB	00:02:06
Play 59	Jerusalem the Golden by Bernard of Cluny, 12th Century	proboomer	00:02:10
Play 60	O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing by Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788	Holls	00:02:07
Play 61	Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn by John Byrom, 1692 - 1763	Robert Gordon	00:02:25
Play 62	I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath by Isaac Watts, 1694 - 1748	Robert Gordon	00:02:38
Play 63	Break Thou the Bread of Life by Mary Ann Lathbury, 1841 - 1913	Holls	00:02:06
Play 64	There Is a Land of Pure Delight by Isaac Watts, 1694 - 1748	Robert Gordon	00:02:15
Play 65	Strong Son of God, Immortal Love by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809 - 1892	Robert Gordon	00:02:26
Play 66	Lord, I Hear of Showers of Blessing by Elizabeth Codner	Robert Gordon	00:02:44
Play 67	O Jesus, Thou Art Standing by Bishop William Walsham How, 1823 - 1897	Robert Gordon	00:02:27
Play 68	Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me by Edward Hopper, 1818 - 1888	Robert Gordon	00:02:21
Play 69	Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson, 1735 - 1790	Robert Gordon	00:02:29
Play 70	Sow in the Morn Thy Seed by James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854	jomb	00:01:38
Play 71	Glorious Things of The Are Spoken by John Newton, 1725 - 1807	jomb	00:01:44
Play 72	Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord by William Cowper, 1731 - 1800	jomb	00:01:30
Play 73	Sun of My Soul, Thou Saviour Dear by John Keble, 1792 - 1866	jomb	00:01:36
Play 74	The Morning Light Is Breaking by Samuel Francis Smith, 1808 - 1895	jomb	00:01:47
Play 75	Take My Life, and Let It Be by Frances Ridley Havergal 1836 - 1879	proboomer	00:02:16
Play 76	I Think, When I Read That Sweet Story of Old by Jemima Luke, 1813 - 1906	Robert Gordon	00:02:09
Play 77	A Mighty Fortress Is Our God by Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546	Alan Mapstone	00:02:41
Play 78	Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow by Bishop Thomas Ken, 1637 - 1710	Rebecca Eden Walker	00:02:22
Play 79	What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Joseph Scriven, 1820 - 1886	Holls	00:01:53
Play 80	O God, My Powers Are Thine by Frederick Watson Hannan, 1865 -	Robert Gordon	00:02:12
Play 81	Alas, and Did My Saviour Bleed by Isaac Watts, 1674 - 1748	Larry Wilson	00:02:21
Play 82	The Sands of Time Are Sinking by Anne Ross Cousin, 1824 - 1906	DShieber	00:02:35
Play 83	Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Languid by Saint Stephen the Sabaite, 725 - 794	Robert Gordon	00:02:33
Play 84	The Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day by Thomas of Celano, ? - 1255	Larry Wilson	00:02:20
Play 85	O King of Kings, O Lord of Hosts by Henry Burton, 1840 -	Robert Gordon	00:02:24
Play 86	Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still by Frederick William Faber, 1814 - 1863	Robert Gordon	00:02:37
Play 87	Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow by Bernhardt Severin Ingleman, 1789 - 1862	Larry Wilson	00:02:18
Play 88	The Spacious Firmament on High by Joseph Addison, 1672 - 1719	Larry Wilson	00:02:22
Play 89	Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me by Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740 - 1778	Holls	00:01:56
Play 90	Abide with Me, Fast Falls Eventide by Henry Francis Lyte, 1796 - 1847	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:17
Play 91	Christ for the World We Sing by Samuel Wolcott, 1813 - 1886	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:58
Play 92	Forward, Be Our Watchword by Henry Alford, 1810 - 1871	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:52
Play 93	Come, Thou Almighty King - Author Unknown	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:48
Play 94	He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought by Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1834 -	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:51
Play 95	Hail to the Lord's Anoinnted by James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:44
Play 96	We Plow the Fields, and Scatter by Matthias Claudius, 1740 - 1815	Beeswaxcandle	00:01:56
Play 97	The God of Abraham Praise by Thomas Olivers, 1725 - 1799	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:01
Play 98	Nearer, My God, to Thee by Sarah Flower Adams, 1805 - 1848	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:09
Play 99	Hark, the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788	Beeswaxcandle	00:02:02
Play 100	Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun by Bishop Thomas Ken, 1637 - 1711	Larry Wilson	00:02:17
Play 101	God Be with You Till We Meet Again by Jeremiah Eames Rankin, 1828 - 1904	Larry Wilson	00:02:15

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