The 18th Century—the age of personal piety—marks the explosion of contemporary hymns in English and American churches. Charles Wesley, renowned poet and Methodist evangelist extraordinaire, wrote 8,989 hymns during his lifetime. Isaac Watts, author of over 1,000 hymns, reformed congregational singing with his educational and entertaining tunes. Through this issue of Christian History & Biography, meet the many famous (and not-so-famous) hymn writers who strove to invigorate Christian worship services with catchy melodies and thoroughly scriptural lyrics.
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