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

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.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

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. The ships company can be seen assembling here on the deck for prayers

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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