*****Download this month’s FREE printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023-2024 School Year****** ***** The School Year Hymn Guide is available on Etsy!***** “Man of sorrows!” What a name For the Son of God who came Ruined sinners to reclaim Hallelujah! What a Savior! Philip P Bliss, 1875 THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER This is the THIRD time we have sung this hymn together as a community. It is the only hymn that we’ve sung together that many times (2015, 2018 and now 2024!). I’m pretty sure that speaks loudly about how high it is on my list of favorites. At th ..read more

*****Download this month’s FREE printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023-2024 School Year****** ***** The School Year Hymn Guide is available on Etsy!***** What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!  What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, To bear the dreadful curse for my soul. Anonymous, 1840 THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER William Walker was born in Martin Mills, South Carolina in 1807. William loved music. He loved to sing, he loved to dance ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** The School Year Hymn Guide is available NOW on Etsy!***** Let all mortal flesh keep silence,  And with fear and trembling stand; Ponder nothing earthly minded, For with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, Our full homage to demand. Liturgy of St. James (5th Century) THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence is one of the oldest songs in Christian hymnody. It originated as part of the “Liturgy of St. James,” referring to James the half brother of Jesus, also referred to as James the Less, the ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023 year****** ***** The School Year Hymn Guide is available NOW on Etsy!***** Come Christians join to sing, Alleluia! Amen!  Loud praise to Christ our King; Alleluia! Amen! Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice; Praise is his gracious choice, Alleluia! Amen! Christian H. Bateman (1843) THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER “The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me…” Psalm 50:23a. Perhaps this truth was on Christian Henry Bateman’s (1813-1889) heart as his pe ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023 year****** ***** The NEW School Year Hymn Guide is available NOW on Etsy!***** Come ye sinners, poor and wretched,  Week and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you,  Full of pity, love and power. I will arise and go to Jesus,  He will embrace me in his arms;  In the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms! Joseph Hart, 1759 THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER At first glance this hymn might seem a bit strange. Who are we singing to? Are we worshi ..read more

IT’S HERE! Yippee! A WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR worth of hymns all in one guide! For all who asked about this guide, thank you for your patience! Hop on over to our Etsy Store to check it out! I am SO stoked to present to you this thorough and beautiful hymn guide for your family AND with your purchase you are supporting the HH ministry! (THANK YOU!!!!) In this guide you will find nine beautiful hymns, including: *Sept: Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah, 1745 *Oct: Come Ye Sinners, 1712  *Nov: Come Christians Join to Sing, 1843  *Dec: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, 4th-5t ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023 year****** ***** The NEW School Year Hymn Guide will be available on Etsy tomorrow!***** Guide me O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but Thou art mighty; Holy me with Thy powerful hand; Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven  Feed me till I want no more! Feed me till I want no more! William Williams (1745) THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER William Williams was born on a little farm in 1717 in the parish of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn in Carmarthenshire, Wales. His parents ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023 year****** All praise to Thee, my God this night For all the blessings of the light! Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, Beneath Thine own almighty wings. Thomas Ken (1709) THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER “The doxology was a great solace to the starving “boys in blue ” in Libby prison during the American Civil War. Day after day they saw some of their comrades passing away, while fresh, living recruits for the grave arrived. Late one night they heard through the stillness and the darkness the tramp ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** Download the hymn schedule for the 2023 year****** Unto the hills I lift my longing eyes. When comes my aid? My help is from the Lord, the One Whom heav’n and earth has made. Your foot from stumbling He will ever keep; He Whom preserves your life will never sleep. Psalm 121 THE HYMN Let’s continue our Summer of Psalms with Psalm 121! Leading us this month is Melissa Cummings from Sacred Psalmody! A Note about Psalm 121 from Melissa: Hello! I’m Melissa and we are the Cummings family! We educate our five children (presch ..read more

*****Download this month’s free printable****** ***** NEW! Download the hymn schedule for the 2023 year****** All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell; Come ye before him and rejoice!  Paraphrase of Psalm 100:1-2 by William Kethe (1661) THE HYMN AND ITS WRITER We are beginning our Summer of Psalms with Psalm 100! While we don’t know much about William Kethe who adapted Psalm 100 into this song, scholars believe he was a Scottsman who came to live among reformers such as John Knox and John Calvin in Fran ..read more