Hymns Collection

Hindu God Indra
Indra, King of the hindu gods in an early collection of hymns, the Rig Veda. He had authority over the sky; he could rend clouds apart with thunderbolts to make rain

Hogarth / Industry / Idle 2
2. The industrious prentice performing the duty of a christian

William Cowpers House in Olney, Buckinghamshire. Cowper (17311800) was an English poet and hymnodist. Date: circa 1909

King David plays a harp to putti and Mary above his head
King David plays a harp to angels and a sleeping Mary with Bible and cross in a cloud above his head

Music cover, Christmas Carols, with snow scene Date: 1930s

MRS ALEXANDER Annie French Hector) Irish wife of archeologist, after whose death she wrote nearly 50 novels and hymns including All things bright & beautiful Date: 1818 - 1895

Mother & daughter
Victorian mother with her two daughters singing hymns in church. Date: circa 1880

St. Ives, Cornwall - A Salvation Army open air meeting on the slipway, where hundreds would gather to sing favourite hymns and listen to the gospel on a Sunday evening. Date: circa 1940s

Thomas Ken / Humphreys
THOMAS KEN Bishop of Bath and Wells, and writer of hymns Date: 1637 - 1711

Polyhymnia, Calliope and Urania, Greek muses

Two Children in a Church by Florence Hardy
Two Dutch children share a hymn book in a church on a Sunday

Hindu God Indra / Elephant
Indra, King of the hindu gods in an early collection of hymns, the Rig Veda. He had authority over the sky; he could rend clouds apart with thunderbolts to make rain

Two Rishis - India
Two Rishis. In the Vedas (the oldest scriptures of Hinduism) the term Rishi denotes an inspired poet of Ṛ igvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry

Anna Letitia Barbauld
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD (1743 - 1825) writer ( Hymns in prose ) and schoolteacher depicted here in classical style complete with laurel wreath Date: circa 1780

Augustus Montague Toplady (1740 - 1778) English clergyman and Anglican Calvinist; opponent of Wesley and Methodism; author of " Rock of Ages" and other hymns

Interior, Presbyterian Church, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Interior of the Presbyterian Church at Cheraw, South Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1908

Two children singing by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s

Ralph Wardlaw
RALPH WARDLAW Scottish churchman from Glasgow, writer of hymns etc. Date: 1779 - 1853

William Maclagan - 2
WILLIAM MACLAGAN Scottish churchman, bishop of Lichfield, later archbishop of York, also composer of hymns. Date: 1826 - 1910

William Maclagan
WILLIAM MACLAGAN Scottish churchman, bishop of Lichfield (when this photo was taken), later archbishop of York, also composer of hymns. Date: 1826 - 1910

Singers - bas relief by Luca della Robbia
Bas relief of singers by Luca della Robbia - Museo di S. Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy Date: 15th century

Now the Day is over - 2
NOW THE DAY IS OVER A child kneels in prayer for sailors tossing on the deep blue sea - perhaps Daddy is a sailor ? Date: circa 1915

Now the Day is over - 1
NOW THE DAY IS OVER A soldier gazes pensively into the sunset, while shadows of the evening steal across the sky. Date: circa 1915

CHRISTIANS AWAKE MSS
The original manuscript of the popular English hymn Christians Awake composed by John Byrom as a Christmas present for his daughter, Dolly. Date: 1745

Blind Hannah Brentford, 1827
Hannah Brentford, blind musician of Bunhill-row, shown here aged 24 giving a street performance of hymns, accompanied by her violin

Singing in church
A group of three children sing hymns in church with a buttercup border

Maratha Caste in India - Musicians
Individuals of the Maratha Caste in India singing Bhujan or religious hymns. There are a whole host of men, women, and children, some with instruments

Church Parade on board a Battleship, Gibraltar, 1906
Photograph of a Sunday Church Parade on board a British Battleship, of the Atlantic Fleet, at Gibraltar

Hymns Round Piano
Mama accompanies her children and their father in hymn- singing at the piano

Thomas Ken / Leake
THOMAS KEN Bishop of Bath and Wells, and writer of hymns, at the age of 73

British Thoughts of War
PERFIDIOUS ALBION ! The hypocritical British sing hymns of peace, but all their thoughts are of war

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