Classic Hymns and Their Stories
People, Places, and the Music of Faith
Meet Isaac Watts, the Wesleys, John Newton, Fanny Crosby and other writers, translators, composers and printers through 80 large-print word searches. Discover how a hymn could travel across languages, meet a new melody, and find a place in a later hymnal.
- Puzzles
- 80
- Words explained
- 1,200
- Chapters
- 10
- Print pages
- 134
Coming soon to Amazon
Contents
Find a puzzle in this bookThe Sound of Congregational Song
Puzzles 1–8Isaac Watts and His World
Puzzles 9–16- Southampton BeginningsPuzzle 9 · page 23
- Watts at Stoke NewingtonPuzzle 10 · page 24
- Hymns and Spiritual SongsPuzzle 11 · page 25
- Psalms of David ImitatedPuzzle 12 · page 26
- When I SurveyPuzzle 13 · page 27
- Our God Our HelpPuzzle 14 · page 28
- Joy to the WorldPuzzle 15 · page 29
- The Tune Called HamburgPuzzle 16 · page 30
The Wesleys and Methodist Song
Puzzles 17–24Olney and Its Hymn Writers
Puzzles 25–32British Voices of the Nineteenth Century
Puzzles 33–40Women Who Shaped the Hymnal
Puzzles 41–48American Gospel Song
Puzzles 49–56Across Languages and Borders
Puzzles 57–64- A Mighty FortressPuzzle 57 · page 83
- Now Thank We All Our GodPuzzle 58 · page 84
- Praise to the LordPuzzle 59 · page 85
- All Creatures of Our GodPuzzle 60 · page 86
- Be Thou My VisionPuzzle 61 · page 87
- Of the Father's Love BegottenPuzzle 62 · page 88
- O Sacred HeadPuzzle 63 · page 89
- Guide Me O Thou Great JehovahPuzzle 64 · page 90
Songs for the Church Year
Puzzles 65–72A Living Musical Inheritance
Puzzles 73–80- The Sacred HarpPuzzle 73 · page 103
- Southern HarmonyPuzzle 74 · page 104
- The English HymnalPuzzle 75 · page 105
- Hymns Ancient and ModernPuzzle 76 · page 106
- Tune Names and PlacesPuzzle 77 · page 107
- Common MeterPuzzle 78 · page 108
- Four-Part HarmonyPuzzle 79 · page 109
- Hymn Collections in ArchivesPuzzle 80 · page 110