Vernacular hymns arise early in the Reformation and are given fixed form in English publications like the Book of Common Prayer (1548-59) and Thomas Sternhold s Psalter (1556) or in America the Bay ...

“Singing from the same body of hymns and songs, all children of God – regardless of ethnicity, country, culture, or language ...

In the Bible the Apostle Paul writes: “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.” The word “hymn" comes from the Greek word “hymnos” which means “a song of praise”.