by Church Admin | Jul 17, 2023 | Common Praise
Hymn No 68 See him lying on a bed of straw a draughty stable with an open door Mary cradling the babe she bore – the Prince of glory is his name. Michael Arnold Perry (1942 – 1996) was a Church of England clergyman and one of the leading British hymnodists of...
by Church Admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Common Praise
Hymn No 102 Alone thou goest forth, O Lord in sacrifice to die, is this thy sorrow naught to us, who pass unheeding by Peter Abelard French: Pierre Abélard (1079 – 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer...
by Church Admin | May 22, 2023 | Common Praise
Hymn No. 127 When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. Isaac Watts (1674 – 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He is...
by Church Admin | Sep 2, 2022 | Common Praise
It is a thing most wonderful, almost too wonderful to be, that God’s own Son should come from heaven, and die to save a chld like me. William Walsham How, known as Walsham How, was the son of a Shrewsbury solicitor. How was educated at Shrewsbury School, Wadham...
