hymns

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The evangelist Billy Graham solidified his appeal by supplanting hymns with the style of music to which teens and young adults flocked; Broadway even chimed in with the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

That scientist was annoyed that the scraps of paper he used to mark hymns for his church choir would fall out by Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

She met Ruben when she was a child, when he would come to their school to sing religious hymns in assembly and ran a church club in Clifton in Nottingham.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

These hymns need nothing more than measured repetition over a few beautiful melodies to stick.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

But this Sunday in church we sang no “onward” hymns and needless to say, I didn’t listen to Dr. Car- hart’s sermon.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz