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They're out! Bulletin 299 - Spring 2019 (for members only) and the Secretary's newsletter 80, also for Spring 2019 - available for all to read: hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/2019/04/29/secretarys-newsletter-80-spring-2019/ ... See MoreSee Less

Secretary’s Newsletter 80 Spring 2019

The Secretary’s Newsletter: No.80: Spring 2019 From the Secretary: Revd Robert A. Canham Windrush Braithwaite KESWICK CA12 5SZ Phone: 017687 78054 Email: Please see our Contact page The Hymn Society Website: www.hymnsocietygbi.org.uk Hymn Society Canterbury…

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The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland

1 month ago

Easter blessings from HSGBI - mailchi.mp/a406d776e999/easter-blessings-from-hsgbi ... See MoreSee Less

Easter blessings from HSGBI

We hope that you have a blessed Easter with some new revelation to treasure over the coming months. If you have some spare time during the Easter holidays, perhaps you would like to take a look at the website? Following the tradgedy of the Notre Dame fire we have a new hymn text from Andrew Pratt fo...

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Thank God for hymns! | The Spectator ... See MoreSee Less

Thank God for hymns! | The Spectator

Before embarking on this hymn to hymns, I’ll admit that hymn-enthusiasts feel a slight sense of anticlimax on Easter Sunday, when the pleasingly austere hymns of Lent are replaced with the too-happy…

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Hymns can be called forth at times of great tragedy... ... See MoreSee Less

Notre Dame on Fire – hymn

A sad conflagration, now Paris is grieving, the fire crews have struggled to dowse and control, so much has been ruined, yet memory still rises, God’s grace will enliven rebuilding its soul. For hu…

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Latest update from HSGBI - mailchi.mp/7df76ad46222/latest-update-from-hsgbi ... See MoreSee Less

Latest update from HSGBI

Just a quick update, Bulletin Volume XVI (2000-2002) is currently being digitised. Issues 231-233 (April - October 2002 are now available on the website, all linked in the index, with more to be added over the coming weeks. Enjoy a trip down Memory Lane or read for the first time. Best wishes, Ken

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A new hymn text from Andrew Pratt 'Good Friday' to the tune St FULBERT is now available on the website to read. Please be aware it is copyright. Enter in the normal CCLI channels or visit stainer.co.uk for wider permissions to use it: hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/2019/04/09/good-friday/ ... See MoreSee Less

Good Friday

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2 months ago

For this season (and any season), one of John Newton's lesser-known poems, but no doubt autobiographical, and reminiscent of at least one of his hymns...

THE PRODIGAL SON

Afflictions, though they seem severe;
In mercy oft are sent;
They stopped the prodigal's career,
And forced him to repent.

Although he no relentings felt
Till he had spent his store;
His stubborn heart began to melt
When famine pinched him sore.

What have I gained by sin, he said,
But hunger, shame, and fear;
My father’s house abounds with bread,
While I am starving here.

I’ll go, and tell him all I’ve done,
And fall before his face
Unworthy to be called his son,
I’ll seek a servant’s place.

His father saw him coming back,
He saw, and ran, and smiled;
And threw his arms around the neck
Of his rebellious child.

Father, I’ve sinned — but O forgive!
I’ve heard enough, he said,
Rejoice my house, my son’s alive,
For whom I mourned as dead.

Now let the fatted calf be slain,
And spread the news around;
My son was dead, but lives again,
Was lost, but now is found.

’Tis thus the Lord his love reveals,
To call poor sinners home;
More than a father's love he feels,
And welcomes all that come.

JOHN NEWTON (1725-1807) ... See MoreSee Less

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