These songs were usually characterised by ... The twentieth and twenty first centuries have seen an explosion of new hymn writers and approaches. Old texts have been refreshed by new tunes and ...

Teachers would whip out hymn books or set up the old-school overhead projector ... the added excitement of actions that accompanied some songs, like 'He's Got The Whole World in His Hands ...

But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at the bidding of a choir? It was not the pathos of the poetry ...