Hymn Stories

IN THIS EPISODE: A reading and congregational singing of Charitie Lees Bancroft's "Before the Throne of God Above" Show Notes:  "Forgotten" by Alan Spiljak Congregational Singing by Grace Community Church Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org.  Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Before the Throne of God Above" by Charitie Lees Smith (1841-1923) It appears that Charitie Lees Smith’s hymn “Before the Throne of God” was especially meaningful to Spurgeon. He had an extraordinary ability to memorize hymns, and “Before the Throne of God” was one that he knew by heart. Show Notes:  "Before the Throne of God Above" performed by Sophia Bush "Before the Throne of...

IN THIS EPISODE: Three tidbits about William Cowper (1731-1800) There's more to William Cowper than his hymn writing and bouts of depression. There's also more to "There is a Fountain Filled with Blood" than you've heard.   Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org.  Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "There is a Fountain Filled with Blood" by William Cowper (1731-1800) & "The Man on the Middle Cross" by Alistair Begg  Show Notes:  "Sun" by Alan Spiljack Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org.  Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "There is a Fountain Filled with Blood" by William Cowper (1731-1800)  When Cowper was 7-years-old, he was singled out as the target of the cruel and relentless designs of a 15-year-old boy at his school. It caused such dread in William’s heart that he was afraid to even lift his eyes upon his persecutor higher than his knees, and he knew him better by his shoe buckles than by any...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Behold the Amazing Sight" by Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) Philip Doddridge was born in London on June 26, 1702. At his birth Philip showed so little sign of life that he was laid aside as dead. But one of the attendants, thinking she perceived some movement, or breath, cared for the feeble infant. Indeed, he was near death, but the tenderness of the woman and the decree of God ma...

IN THIS EPISODE: "More Love to Thee, O Christ" by Elizabeth Prentiss (1818-1878) Once in 1873, while she was in Dorset, Elizabeth wrote to a friend, saying, “To love Christ more - this is the deepest need, the constant cry of my soul. Down in the bowling alley, and out in the woods, and on my bed, and out driving, when I am happy and busy, and when I am sad and idle, the whisper keeps going up for...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Be Thou My Vision" Show Notes:  "Hemel" by Sjors Mans Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org.  Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Be Thou My Vision" Show Notes:  Scott Aniol's Article: https://religiousaffections.org/articles/hymnody/a-better-way-to-sing-be-thou-my-vision/ "Hemel" by Sjors Mans Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org.  Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: Encouragement for Singing in the Local Assembly  As it's good to prepare your heart for the sermon, it's good to prepare your heart to sing on Sunday!  Learn the songs we are going to be singing, study the truth behind them, sing them with your family and friends, come to church excited to sing and proclaim these truths to your brothers and sisters in the faith.  Show Notes:  "Edg...

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IN THIS EPISODE: "Amazing Grace (How Sweet the Sound)" by John Newton (1725-1807) At the age of 82, John Newton said, "My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner — and that Christ is a great Savior!" Show Notes:  "Amazing Grace" performed by Grace Community Church "Amazing Grace" performed by Sophia Bush "Cello Suit No. 1" by Bach, performed by Arend "Fading Sun"...

IN THIS EPISODE: "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds" by John Newton (1725-1807) When her doctors told Francis Ridley Havergal that she shouldn't expect to live much longer, she said, "Beautiful! If I am really going, it is too good to be true!" Show Notes: "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds" performed by Sophia Bush "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds" performed by Grace Community Church "Light...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Take My Life and Let It Be" by Francis Ridely Havergal (1836-1879) In one of her last journal entries, Francis Ridley Havergal wrote, "The worst part of me is that I don’t in practice prove my love to Him. I don’t delight in much and long communion with Him. My hands and my head seem so full of other things, that my heart seems not free to serve him in fresh and vivid love.” Show...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Take My Life and Let It Be" by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) From her early childhood, Frances Ridley Havergal lived in dread that she would not be among God’s elect. Her fear continued until the year 1873. Show Notes:  "Take My Life" performed by Sophia Bush Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae podcast network. 

IN THIS EPISODE: "Thou Art Gone to the Grave" by Reginald Heber (1783-1826) “I am myself more cut down than I thought I should be, but I hope not impatient. I do not forget that to have possessed her at all, and to have enjoyed the pleasure of looking at her, and caressing her, for six months, was God’s free gift, and still less do I forget that He who has taken her will at length, I hope, restore...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Let Party Names No More" by Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795) "Apply what you will, besides the blood of Christ, and it will poison the sore. You will find that you can’t mortify sin truly if you have never seen Christ bleeding for you on the cross. Nothing can kill it but the beholding of Christ’s righteousness." —THOMAS WILCOX Show Notes:  "Open Window" by Northwestern "Our Goodnigh...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness" by Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), trans. by John Wesley (1703-1791) What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who just...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness" by Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), trans. by John Wesley (1703-1791) They were not dismayed in reflecting on the smallness of their means and abilities, and that they hardly knew their way to the heathen whose salvation they so ardently longed for, nor by the prospect of enduring hardships of every kind and even perhaps the loss of thei...

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IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Cast a Look on Me!" by John Berridge (1716-1793) "Being then under great doubts, I cried unto the Lord very earnestly. The constant language of my heart was this: 'Lord, if I am right, keep me so; if I am not right, make me so. Lead me to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus.'" Show Notes:  "Light of Day" by Tobias Voigt "Jesus, Cast a Look on Me" performed by Eddi...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Weary of Wandering from My God" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788) For nearly 50 years Charles Wesley wrote hymns on the way from preaching point to preaching point all over England and Ireland offering to all “salvation through the blood of the Lamb.”  Show Notes:  "The Quest" by Arend "Fading Sun" by Marcus Heier For more helps visit www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the M...

IN THIS EPISODE: "Day by Day" by Carolina Sandell Berg (1832-1903) Two experiences in Lina’s life had a tremendous impact on her faith and, subsequently, her hymn-writing. Show Notes:  Congregational Hymn from Grace Bible Church of Conway, AR.  For more helps visit www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "The Lord Jehova Reigns" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Show Notes:  "Only You" by Northwestern "The Lord Jehovah Reigns" from Classic Songs from the Hymnal "The Lord Jehovah Reigns" from Ride! Ride! directed by Peter Coe For more helps visit www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.