Come and Praise (Words and Music)

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The hymn is most associated with Vaughan Williams’ tune “Down Ampney”– named after the village of his birth. All Sons and Daughters was an American Christian music worship duo, who are worship leaders at a church in Tennessee.

Written in 1860, it was inspired by verses from Psalm 107 which describe the power and fury of the sea.The hymnal was compiled by Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor with musical arrangements by Douglas Coombes, and includes well-known hymns such as “ Oil in My Lamp”, “ Kum Ba Yah” and “Water of Life” as well as Christmas carols and Easter hymns. Alison J Carver, Sutcliffe, Arthur Scholey, David Self, David Stoll, Edna Bird, Elizabeth Bennett, Estelle White, Tom McGuinness, Geoff Marshall-Taylor, Geoffrey Gardner, Hazel Charlton, Jancis Harvey, John Oxenham, Marion Payton, Dexter.

It was translated into English in 1708 and the verses were revised in 1749, Charles Wesley adding a verse. Knapp had written the tune “Blessed Assurance” which she played to Crosby, who then wrote the words that we know so well today. This contemporary worship song, written in the 1980’s by composer David Evans has become one of the most widely used songs of the last 50 years. Written in 1870 by Cheshire vicar, John Ellerton, the theme of the hymn is the worldwide fellowship of the Christian church and its unceasing offering of prayer and praise to God.The text is unique from Fanny Crosby’s other hymns because, rather than focus on our experience of God, the words are wholly about God and his perfect glory.