HYMNBLOG

Home of Hymn for the Day

Hymnblog is a place to learn about and be strengthened in your faith by reading about and hearing the great hymns of the Christian faith.

The image above is of Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1636-1716) the first known Norwegian woman hymn writer.

EASTER II BREATHE ON ME BREATH OF GOD/ Christ Jesus Speaks and Life Comes forth from Death

Text: Edwin Hatch (1835-1889). Tune: Robert Jackson (1840-1914) 1 Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may...

HYMN FOR EASTER Solen på Himmelen lukket sit øye/I Come to the Garden Alone

Text: Petter Dass Tune: Ansbach 1644 1. High in the heavens the Sun could not face it, Closing its eye to the shame of the cross....

HYMNS FOR PALM SUNDAY Sing, Hosanna, Sing for Jesus/Hosianna! Syng for Jesus/Sifted Like Wheat

Text: Eyvind Skeie Tune: Harald Herresthal 1. Sing hosanna! Sing for Jesus, King without a royal stead. See him riding on a donkey...

HYMN FOR LENT 5 More Love to Thee

German: Mehr Liebe, Herr, zu dir Norwegian: Mer Kjærlighet til dig Text: Elisabeth Prentiss (1818-1878). William Howard Doane...