Between 1896 and 1907, Oxford University scholars Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt unearthed many papyrus fragments at the ...

Estate agents will wax lyrical about even the most unassuming property – but this time, they really do have something to sing about. The country estate which inspired the classic hymn All Things ...

As a young girl growing up in early nineteenth century Dublin, Cecil Francis Humphreys loved nothing more than composing limericks and writing poems and stories from the comfort of her bedroom in the ...

Have you ever heard a song that makes you feel calm or hopeful? That’s what hymns do for many people. Hymns are memorable songs sung in churches during prayers or at important events, such as weddings ...

Sanford Fillmore Bennett was an American writer, pharmacist, and lyricist born in 1836. He is best known for the famous gospel song Sweet By and By. Though he worked mainly as a druggist, he enjoyed ...

Hymnals in many churches went the way of VCRs and cassette tapes, in favor of big screens and downloading worship songs through licenses with liturgical music publishers. Now, however, books of ...