hymnist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hymnist
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Cooper also finds fulfillment as an elder at Redeemer Lutheran Church and in studies of theologians Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz and hymnist Paul Gerhardt.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2018
“Come, ye disconsolate” was so changed by Thomas Hastings, the great American hymnist, that it almost became a new hymn.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin
Many other points are noted—such as the derivation of “Pytho” from a word meaning rot,—to show that the hymnist was rather disparaging than celebrating the Delphian sanctuary.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
Most of these were composed at Olney, where he resided for a time with John Newton, his fellow hymnist, and jointly with him issued the volume known as the Olney Hymns.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron
Alexander Pope, a Roman Catholic poet, born in London 1688, died at Twickenham 1744, was not a hymnist, but passages in his most serious and exalted flights deserve a tuneful accompaniment.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron
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