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| The Complete Book of Hymns (Complete Book) | 
 enlarge | Authors: William J. Petersen, Ardythe Petersen
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 53367
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 704
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1414309333
Dewey Decimal Number: 264.23
EAN: 9781414309330
Publication Date: July 10, 2006
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Product Description
The Complete Book of Hymns brings to life the stories behind more than 600 hymns and worship songs. With background on the composer, the inspiration behind the lyrics, scriptural references for devotional consideration, and a sampling of the song lyrics, this book brings forth the message of these great songs of the faith like never before!
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Terrific buy! August 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This useful book gives a short history of most popular hymns that you will encounter in the Protestant churches. The music in not included, but all the words to all the verses are there. It has proven valuable when giving a brief history before singing a hymn. The participants are much more appreciative of the hymn after hearing a story about how it was written.
Most of the histories given are about the author of the words and not about the composers of the hymns.
It most certainly is complete! May 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a hefty volume at almost 700 pages, but, of course, it covers 600 hymns and praise songs. Each entry averages just over 1 page in length. All the old standards are covered, as well as many less commonly-known ones, including many that I do not know. By far, most of the entries are hymns. Off hand, I'd probably say that around 90% or more of the songs referenced were written before 1950. This book is well-organized. The songs are organized by topic, and there are indexes by title, author, and theme.
Here is a sample entry that I opened to randomly: I Need Thee Every Hour. We learn the hymn was written by a 37-year-old Brooklyn housewife while she was busy with her household chores. She could closely feel the nearness of God, and she sat by an open window and wrote out all the verses. When she gave them to her pastor, he wrote the chorus and the music. Evangelist Dwight L. Moody discovered the hymn and began using it in his meetings, which led to it becoming famous. After that background information, we are given several Bible verse references (not the text of the verses themselves) related to the hymn's topic (Psalm 86:1-4, Psalm 109:22, Philippians 4:19), the themes of the hymn (prayer, meditation), and then the lyrics of the hymn.
I have a few small gripes with the book. There are several newer praise songs that do not have lyrics included, presumably because they are under copyright and permission was not granted for their use. And, there are a few of these newer praise songs that are rather short that I would have left out, but that's a small gripe.
Overall, this is a valuable resource for any Christian. This book is nice for looking up a particular hymn, but also for just browsing through. In that sense, it could be a good "coffee table book," while also being of benefit in personal or family devotions, or church music ministry. It might also be a way to find some new hymns of value. You can always look up a hymn at CyberHymnal to hear the accompanying music! I highly recommend this book.
 Hymns and their stories March 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Conducting worship services at a Senior's Care facility, I find that they love to sing especially the old hymns but have short attention spans when it comes to sermons or messages. This book allows me to use a recommended scripture passage and then a little bit about the background and composer of each hymn rather than a long message. The participants are very interested in this information, the feed back has been very positive. As well the themes of the hymn is listed and the words of the hymns are also printed which makes it easy for someone who doesn't read music to read the words and compare to the theme for clarity.
Exactly as the title says October 17, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Many book titles are misleading; but not this one. This is a BIG BOOK of Hymn stories. Highly recommended if you need/want this kind of info about the history of the church hymns we sing.
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