hymn

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Two years later, near the end of my training, I was sitting in church, listening to the choir sing something beautiful, though I do not recall the precise hymn.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The Belgian government is singing from the same hymn sheet.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Quick question: Has any Dodgers entrance hymn endured as long as this one?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

If Washington’s retirement hymn featured the “vine and fig tree,” Jefferson’s idolized “my family, my farm, and my books.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis