hymns

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From every camp come hymns to the principle of free passage without saying how to uphold it in present circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

Protesters, some wearing clerical stoles draped over their shoulders, knelt while singing hymns and reciting the Lord’s Prayer in frigid conditions before being handcuffed and led away, video showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Each song in “The Testament of Ann Lee” is infused with stirring resonance, courtesy of Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg, who worked with music partially adapted from traditional Shaker hymns.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

After several hymns the priest fell into a long prayer.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane