Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories

De: Robert J. Morgan

Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley

Over one million copies sold! Have you ever wanted to learn more about hymns, but weren’t sure where to start? Best-selling author Robert J. Morgan shares the incredible stories behind the beloved traditional hymns of faith.

Each week millions of Christians around the world use hymns composed by believers from every era and branch of Christianity to join voices in praise - singing psalms and hymns and making melody in their hearts to praise the Lord.

Pastor Robert Morgan’s goal is to keep these traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations. Then Sings My Soul will help listeners reacquaint themselves with 150 beloved hymns of the faithful. These devotional-style stories show the emotion and drama behind the hymns of faith that have changed many lives throughout history - from the people whose faith led them to write these wonderful hymns to the people whose faith was affected by reading, hearing, and singing them.

As we sing a new song to the Lord, let’s not forget the old ones. It’s the sturdy old hymns of the faith that strengthen and steady us when we are weary and worn. They’re the ones we sing when rising troubled in the night.

Then Sings My Soul contains:

• Words and music to 150 traditional hymns
• Short, devotional-style stories providing context on each hymn
• Hymn index for easy reference
• Perfect for use as a daily devotional, teaching illustration, or for song leaders and music ministers

An instant classic with more than 1.3 million copies sold, Then Sings My Soul is designed to be personally reflective. These lyrics and stories behind them will speak to your soul, strengthen your faith, and deepen your understanding of God as you worship him through song.

Words and music to each hymn are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

©2003 Robert J. Morgan (P)2020 Thomas Nelson

Keep singing the hymns!

This was my second recording by Robert J. Morgan. I listened to his 100 hymns that shaped our history. Very inspiring! This one was even better. I like a lot of the new songs that are being written today, but I'm very disappointed that churches today seem to have forgotten the great hymns of the church. I love the stories behind the hymns. Many of them come from broken hearts and they are prayers to God for comfort in troubled times. I was truly blessed by listening to these 150 hymn stories, short biographies of the writers' lives and the settings of the stories. Sometimes the message of the song changed the direction of the writer's life. Like the case of George Beverly Shea. His mother placed a poem on the piano with the words "I'd Rather have Jesus" at the top. God used the words of this poem to direct Shea to enter the Christian ministry instead of following the path of financial success in the music industry. And the rest is history. Love this book! Highly recommend it! Thank you, Pastor Morgan, for blessing us from your pen, your voice and your heart.

A rich encounter into hymns and their historical significance.

I have thoroughly enjoyed gaining the background, context and history of several hymns. It helps in understanding the writer, their deep soul and how they wrote these classics.
A great way to escape in God’s tranquility and grand worship.
I will forever look at these masterpieces in a deeper way.

Reminder of the faith & teachings gone before.

I absolutely loved this book! It's a tad unusual because each song has only a short page telling about it, either how or why it was written, and sometimes brief history of the time it was written, or how it affected others later. However, there were only two stories that I was really familiar with, only a handful of people Mr. Morgan wrote about that I was already familiar with, and maybe 20- 30 songs I knew. So, I found it educational, inspiring, and really uplifting to hear about these saints that came before me. This has also bolstered my resolve to dig deeper into the history of my faith.

The narrator of the audio was very good, and it was nice to be able to stop at the end of one hymn if I needed to do something else. I found it easy to digest, if you will, in these smaller bites. Highly recommend! I already have the next 3 books, too!