I ran across this quote some time ago while perusing the Sojourn Community Church Music Blog. It's not a long quote, but it gives a nice summary of what makes a good hymn.
From The Hymns Of Watts & Wesley, by Bernard Manning:
I couldn’t agree more with this ingredient in good worship songwriting. What are some other things that make a good hymn or song of praise?
Source: http://www.sojournmusic.com/2010/05/19/what-makes-a-good-hymn/
From The Hymns Of Watts & Wesley, by Bernard Manning:
“What makes a good hymn? … these hymns combine personal experience with a presentation of historic events and doctrines… the writers look back from their own experience to those experiences of the Incarnate Son of God on which their faith was built. This gives them a steadiness, a firmness, a security against mere emotionalism and sentimentality which more recent writers, trying to lay bare their souls, have found it difficult to avoid.”
I couldn’t agree more with this ingredient in good worship songwriting. What are some other things that make a good hymn or song of praise?
Source: http://www.sojournmusic.com/2010/05/19/what-makes-a-good-hymn/
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