IN THIS EPISODE: "Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep" by Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795) A poor parishioner of Mr. Beddome was entrusted with the care of the gentleman’s horse during the meeting. As he waited, he found out the reason that the Londoner had come calling. He became so agitated that he brought the animal to Mr. Beddome’s door and said to no one in particular in a loud voice, “Robbers of churches are the worst sort of robbers!” Show Notes: "Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep" by Mcferran "I Can Hea...
Jun 17, 2024•6 min•Ep. 101
"How Bless'd Thy Creature Is, O God" Arranged and Performed by Heath Walton Find more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Jun 12, 2024•3 min•Ep. 100
IN THIS EPISODE: "How Bless'd Thy Creature Is, O God" by William Cowper (1731-1800) There he knelt down and poured out his heart unto the Lord in prayer and praise. It pleased the Savior to hear him, and to grant him at once a renewed sense of his presence, deliverance from his fears, and a sweet assurance that, wherever his lot might be cast, the God of all consolation would still be with him. Special thanks to Heath Walton for his work on setting this hymn to music and performing it. Show Note...
Jun 10, 2024•9 min•Ep. 99
IN THIS EPISODE: "Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty" by Reginald Heber (1783-1826) "I have never seen such tenderness, never such humble exercise of Christian love. Alas! How his spirit shames us all! I thank God that I have seen his tears, that I heard his prayers, his conversation with the afflicted mother, and his own private reflections upon it. It has made me love him more, and has given me a lesson of tenderness, in visiting the afflicted, that I trust will not be in vain.” Show Notes: "Fan...
Jun 06, 2024•7 min•Ep. 98
IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Early one Sunday, two young men snuck into the loft to spy on the widow. They wanted to satisfy their curiosity; and had hopes of jeering the old woman. Show Notes: "Before Time" by Waterway Music Find more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
May 06, 2024•6 min•Ep. 97
IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) How did the young woman act during the storm? With simple modesty; she was patient but firm. She bore the storm that was without by the blessed peace that was within. She was still loving and more obedient than ever, except on this one point. She would not forsake Christ. Having tasted the better portion, she would not give it up. She went after Christ, denied herself, and took up her cross to follow Him; then came...
Apr 29, 2024•10 min•Ep. 96
IN THIS EPISODE: "There Is a Voice of Sovereign Grace" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) "I sat all the evening just looking at that hymn. I did not hear your prayer. I did not hear a word of your sermon. I do not know your text. I thought of nothing but that hymn; and I have been thinking of it ever since." Show Notes: Lake Marie II by Ian Aisling Facebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymns Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/ Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network....
Apr 22, 2024•7 min•Ep. 95
IN THIS EPISODE: Excerpts from Kenya Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Apr 15, 2024•7 min•Ep. 94
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Apr 11, 2024•2 min•Ep. 93
IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788) It is reported that Charles Wesley was sitting in his study one day when a little bird flew into his open window, it was being hunted by a hawk and the predator had almost overtaken his prey when the frightened bird escaped into Wesley’s study. The story goes that Charles watched this scene unfold, let the bird out once it was safe, took his pen, and wrote: “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly!” Notes: "Requiem...
Apr 08, 2024•11 min•Ep. 92
IN THIS EPISODE: "Lord It Belongs Not to My Care" by Richard Baxter (1615-1691) In spite of his life-long weakness and pains--the bitter persecution and cruel imprisonments, Baxter completed an astounding amount of work. Yet, when reminded on his deathbed of his good deeds for the glory of God and the good of the church, he replied: “I was but a pen in God’s hand, and what praise is due to a pen?” Show Notes: "Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care" arranged and performed by Jon Yerby Facebook: www.fac...
Apr 01, 2024•7 min•Ep. 91
IN THIS EPISODE: "Christ Leads Me Through No Darker Rooms" by Richard Baxter (1615-1691) Part of what makes Richard Baxter’s hymns so powerful and worthy of our consideration is the fact that his hymns sprung not only from a heart that cherished Christ but were penned by a hand that kept steady on the plow. Show Notes: "Tenderness" by Monument Music "Before Us" by Cedric Vermue Facebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymns Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/ Hymn Stories is a part of ...
Mar 26, 2024•10 min•Ep. 90
IN THIS EPISODE: Commanded to Sing and John Wesley's Rules for Methodist Singers With all this talk about hymns, it's inevitable that each one of us will have to reckon with the reality of the quality of our singing. Show Notes: "A Beautiful Hope" by Ketsa "Perigean" by REW Facebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymns Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/ Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network....
Mar 25, 2024•9 min•Ep. 89
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Mar 22, 2024•3 min•Ep. 88
The sands of time are sinking, The dawn of heaven breaks; The summer morn I've sighed for, The fair, sweet morn awakes: Dark, dark hath been the midnight, But day-spring is at hand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Emmanuel's land. O Christ! He is the fountain, The deep, sweet well of love! The streams on earth I've tasted, More deep I'll drink above: There, to an ocean fulness, His mercy doth expand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Emmanuel's land. Oh, I am my Beloved's, And my Beloved's mine! He brin...
Mar 20, 2024•4 min•Ep. 87
"The Sands of Time Are Sinking" by Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906) and Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) Christ’s honeycombs drop honey and floods of consolation upon my soul; my chains are gold. Were my blackness and Christ’s beauty carded through other, His beauty and holiness would eat up my filthiness. The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines. Show Notes: "A Little Breeze" by Simon Folwar "The Wound Between Us" by Cory Alstad "I C...
Mar 18, 2024•11 min•Ep. 86
IN THIS EPISODE: "O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice" by Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) Jonathan Edwards wrote, “Be always greatly abased for your remaining sin, and never think that you lie low enough for it, but yet don’t be at all discouraged or disheartened by it; for though we are exceedingly sinful, yet we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, the preciousness of whose blood, and the merit of whose righteousness and the greatness of whose love and faithfulness does infi...
Feb 26, 2024•6 min•Ep. 85
IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Where'er Thy People Meet" by William Cowper (1731-1800) “My time and thoughts much engrossed today by an afflicting and critical dispensation at Orchard Side. I was sent for early this morning, and returned astonished and grieved. How mysterious are the ways of the Lord! How much seems now at stake! But while all is in His hands all is safe. Could hardly attend to anything else.” Show Notes: "Songs of Iceland" by Ben Mcelroy "That Was the Day" by Ben Mcelroy Find more he...
Feb 19, 2024•10 min•Ep. 84
IN THIS EPISODE: "I Lay My Sins on Jesus" by Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) Show Notes: "I Lay My Sins On Jesus" performed by ONU Orpheus Choir (1961) "A Beautiful Hope" by Ketsa "John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides" by John G. Paton Facebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymns Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/ Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Feb 12, 2024•6 min•Ep. 83
Sights and sounds from Kenya. Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Feb 05, 2024•9 min•Ep. 82
IN THIS EPISODE: "He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought" by Joseph Henry Gilmore (1834-1918) Joseph set out to give the congregation an exposition of the Twenty-third Psalm. He emphasized the blessedness of being led by God—of the mere fact of His leadership—altogether apart from the way in which He leads us, and what He is leading us to. After the meeting, he wrote a hymn that landed squarely on the phrase, “He leadeth me beside the still waters.” Show Notes: "Hypotheticals" by AK "Miner's Dust" by ...
Feb 02, 2024•9 min•Ep. 81
IN THIS EPISODE: "Abide With Me" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) A peek into the production of a Hymns Stories episode. Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Dec 21, 2023•1 min•Ep. 80
IN THIS EPISODE: "Abide With Me" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Was there ever a time when you were laboring alongside fellow Christians to fulfill a task that the Lord laid out for you, and then, seemingly out of nowhere, you were left to complete the work alone? Have your spiritual comforts ever been eclipsed by the loss of a helper? Show Notes: "Piecing Back Together" by Lake Isabel "Abide With Me" performed by Sophia Isabel Bush Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org Hymn Stories is a part o...
Dec 18, 2023•8 min•Ep. 79
IN THIS EPISODE: "Abide With Me" by Henry Francis Lyte Do you ever feel as though you are all alone? Christ has promised to be with his people until the end of the age. The hymn "Abide With Me" is a prayer to sing in times of deep sorrow, distress, or loneliness. Notes: Sunrise at Mt Fuji by Avbe "Abide With Me" performed by St. Olaf Cantorei and Congregation Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network....
Dec 11, 2023•11 min•Ep. 78
IN THIS EPISODE: The hymns that warm your heart to Christ. Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Dec 04, 2023•11 min•Ep. 77
IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) As the people remembered how they had been saved from cannibal horrors, one after another broke down in sobs over the bitter past from which the gospel had rescued them. Show Notes: "I Think It Is" by Ben Mcelroy "Whisps of Whorles" by Kevin Macleod Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Nov 27, 2023•8 min•Ep. 76
IN THIS EPISODE: "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" by H. W. Baker (1821-1877) Of all the hymns that have been crafted from Psalm 23, some say H. W. Baker’s is the most beautiful. It certainly was meaningful to him, especially the third verse. Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.
Nov 20, 2023•4 min•Ep. 75
IN THIS EPISODE: "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" by William Cowper (1731-1800) William Cowper suffered greatly throughout his life and this hymn in particular has been a balm for others who have wrestled with the mysterious providence of God. Show Notes: Letters of William Cowper "The Just and the Justifier" by John Piper "Float" by Tristan Barton Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network....
Nov 13, 2023•10 min•Ep. 74
IN THIS EPISODE: "Now All the Woods Are Sleeping" by Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) On the slope of the hill stood a cottage, where a mother sat at the bed of her sick child. From fear of endangering the life of her little one, she would not, in the cold September night, flee with it to the woods, as most of the other inhabitants had done. But now, when the firing and murdering began in the place, and the smoke of the burning houses came down from the hill into the valley, then the poor lone woman wa...
Nov 06, 2023•5 min•Ep. 73
IN THIS EPISODE: "My God, the Spring of All My Joys" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) John Marrant recorded in his journal: "The next day as I preached to them again, the girl I have already mentioned rose up as I preached the word and cried out and declared to the congregation that her sorrow and sighing had fled away, and she had received that peace from God, which the tongue could not express." Show Notes: "The Soft Morning Sun" by Ian Aisling "Hybrid" by Guile Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org. ...
Oct 30, 2023•10 min•Ep. 72
