1. Where did our music come from?

2. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Introduced the idea of writing hymns with
8 stanzas
4 lines per stanza
one note per syllable
in a plain, easily remembered tune

3. Martin Luther Was called “The Ambrose of German Hymnody”
Desired to put Biblical song in the language of the people so that ALL could sing praise to God

4. John Calvin
Believed in putting the Psalms in the vernacular of the people simple and unaccompanied.

5. Isaac Watts Was called “The Father of English Hymnody”
Wanted songs that expressed the thoughts and feelings of the singer rather than just the circumstances of the psalm writers

6. The Moravians
Influenced the Wesleys with their piety and their great emotion
Were reported to have held a prayer meeting that lasted 24 hours a day 7 days a week for 100 years.

7. John and Charles Wesley
Gave instructions for congregational singing
“If the preacher cannot sing himself, let him choose two or three persons in every place to pitch the tunes for him.”

8. Instructions for congregational singing
Sing ALL.
Sing lustily.
Sing modestly.
Sing in time.
Above all, sing spiritually.

9. John Newton and William Cowper

10. The Olney Hymnal

11. The Ainsworth Psalter

12. The Bay Psalm Book

13. William Billings America’s first professional musician
Established singing schools all over New England
Published The New England Psalm Singer
Wrote “When Jesus Wept”

14. Lowell Mason Sometimes called “The Father of American Church Music”
Wrote over 1600 religious compositions
Was the first music teacher in an American public school

15. The Mennonites
Influenced congregational singing
4 parts
Unaccompanied

16. Camp Meetings

17. Fanny Crosby “It seemed intended by the blessed
providence of God that I should be
blind all my life, and I thank him
for the dispensation. If perfect
earthly sight were offered me
tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me.”

18. Dwight L. Moody and Ira Sankey

19. Ira Sankey

20. Ira Sankey and Fanny Crosby

21. Philip P. Bliss One of the greatest hymn writers of all time.
Last hymn penned----
“So on I go, not knowing,
I would not if I might;
I’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light.”

22. Speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:19

23. Psalter
Scripture, usually psalms, written in metered (poetic) form to make them easier to sing. Stayed as close to the Scripture as possible – varying only as needed for the meter.