Missing Letters -- Christian Hymns -- #4 Quiz

Answer: Battle Hymn Of the Republic

The correct answer is 'Battle Hymn of the Republic', also known as 'My Eyes Have Seen the Glory'.

The hymn was written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861, during the U.S. Civil War, using the music from the song 'John Brown's Body'.

'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' is often used as an American patriotic song, although it has a profound Christian message.

"This song is usually heard at the national conventions of both the Republican Party and Democratic Party, and is often sung at Presidential inaugurations," Wikipedia states. "The song was notably played on September 14, 2001 at the Washington National Cathedral and at St Paul's Cathedral in London during memorial services for the victims of the September 11 attacks. In 1994, it was played at the state funeral of Richard Nixon. It was also played at the state funeral of Ronald Reagan in 2004."

Sir Winston Churchill was a fan of the hymn and requested it be played at his funeral in St Paul's Cathedral in 1965, Wikipedia states.

Here are the words to 'Battle Hymn of the Republic':

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His day is marching on.

I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel;
'As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal';
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,
Since God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Since God is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free;
While God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While God is marching on.

He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on."

Answer: Thy Loving Kindness

'Thy Loving Kindness' is the correct answer.

The hymn was written by Hugh Mitchell in 1956. Mitchell has written a number of other hymns with some of them being 'Always Take Time to Pray', 'I Believe the Bible', 'I'm in His Majesty's Army' and 'There Were Twelve Bulging Baskets'.

Here are the words to 'Thy Loving Kindness':

"Thy loving kindness
Is better than life
Thy loving kindness
Is better than life

I lift my hands Lord
Unto Thy name
I lift my hands Lord
Unto Thy name

Rememb'ring Thee Lord
I'm satisfied
Rememb'ring Thee Lord
I'm satisfied

Safe in Thy Shadow
I will rejoice
Safe in Thy shadow
I will rejoice"

Answer: One Day

The correct answer is 'One Day'.

The hymn was written by John Wilbur Chapman in 1910 and according to Hymnary.org, it has been published in 137 hymnals over the years. Chapman was a noted Presbyterian evangelist in the late 1800s. He was born June 17, 1859, in Richmond, Indiana, and died on Christmas day, 1918, in New York City.

Here are the words to the hymn 'One Day':

"One day when Heaven was filled with His praises,
One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,
Dwelt among men, my Example is He!

Refrain:
Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He's coming -- O glorious day!

One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain,
One day they nailed Him to die on the tree;
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected:
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He!

(Refrain)

One day they left Him alone in the garden,
One day He rested, from suffering free;
Angels came down o'er His tomb to keep vigil;
Hope of the hopeless, my Savior is He!

(Refrain)

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,
One day the stone rolled away from the door;
Then He arose, over death He had conquered;
Now is ascended, my Lord evermore!

(Refrain)

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming,
One day the skies with His glories will shine;
Wonderful day, my belovèd ones bringing;
Glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine!

(Refrain)"

Answer: Faith Is the Victory

The correct answer is 'Faith Is the Victory'.

The hymn was written by John Henry Yates in 1891 with the music composed by Ira David Sankey. Yates was born No­vem­ber 21, 1837, in Ba­ta­via, New York and died Sep­tem­ber 5, 1900, in Ba­ta­via. According to Cyberhymnal.org, Yates worked at a number of jobs -- in­clud­ing shoe sales­man, news­pa­per ed­it­or, and hard­ware store man­ag­er -- before becoming a Meth­od­ist min­ist­er in 1886.

Here are the words to the old-time hymn 'Faith Is the Victory':

"Encamped along the hills of light,
Ye Christian soldiers, rise.
And press the battle ere the night
Shall veil the glowing skies.
Against the foe in vales below
Let all our strength be hurled.
Faith is the victory, we know,
That overcomes the world.

Refrain:
Faith is the victory! Faith is the victory!
O glorious victory, that overcomes the world.

His banner over us is love,
Our sword the Word of God.
We tread the road the saints above
With shouts of triumph trod.
By faith, they like a whirlwind's breath,
Swept on o'er every field.
The faith by which they conquered death
Is still our shining shield.

(Refrain)

On every hand the foe we find
Drawn up in dread array.
Let tents of ease be left behind,
And onward to the fray.
Salvation's helmet on each head,
With truth all girt about,
The earth shall tremble 'neath our tread,
And echo with our shout.

(Refrain)

To him that overcomes the foe,
White raiment shall be giv'n.
Before the angels he shall know
His name confessed in Heav'n.
Then onward from the hill of light,
Our hearts with love aflame,
We'll vanquish all the hosts of night,
In Jesus' conqu'ring Name.

(Refrain)"

Answer: The Wonder of It All

'The Wonder of It All' is the correct answer.

Canada's George Beverly Shea wrote the words and composed the music for 'The Wonder of It All' in 1956. He was born in Winchester, Ontario, in 1909 and died in Montreat, North Carolina, in 2013. He joined the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 1947 and served as a noted singer for more than six decades. Shea received a whopping ten nominations for Grammy Awards during his lifetime and is noted in the Guinness Book of Records as performing live for more people over the years than any other musician.

Here are the words to 'The Wonder of It All':

"There's the wonder of sunset at evening,
The wonder as sunrise I see;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is the wonder that God loves me.

Refrain:
O, the wonder of it all! The wonder of it all!
Just to think that God loves me.
O, the wonder of it all! The wonder of it all!
Just to think that God loves me.

There's the wonder of springtime and harvest,
The sky, the stars, the sun;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is a wonder that has only begun.

(Refrain)"

Answer: Like a River Glorious

The correct answer is 'Like a River Glorious'.

The hymn was written in 1876 by Frances R. Havergal, with the music composed by James Mountain. The daughter of William Havergal, a noted minister in Great Britain, she died at age 43. According to Hymntime.com, she was an extremely intelligent child and was reading books at age four. Inscribed on her tombstone are the words from 1 John 1:7 which states, "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin."

Here are the words to the hymn 'Like a River Glorious':

"Like a river glorious, is God's perfect peace,
Over all victorious, in its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth, fuller every day,
Perfect, yet it groweth, deeper all the way.

Refrain:
Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest
Finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest.

Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.

(Refrain)

Every joy or trial falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love;
We may trust Him fully all for us to do.
They who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true.

(Refrain)"

Answer: Sunshine In My Soul

'Sunshine in My Soul' is the correct answer.

The hymn was written by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt in 1877 with John R. Sweney composing the music. She was born June 28, 1851, in Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, and spent all her life there, dying Ap­ril 24, 1920. Hewitt is credited with writing a number of other hymns with some of them being 'Victory in Jesus', 'My Faith Has Found a Resting Place' and 'More About Jesus'.

Here are the words to the hymn 'Sunshine in My Soul':

"There is sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright!
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.

Refrain:
O there's sunshine (O there's sunshine in my soul,)
blessed sunshine, (blessed sunshine in my soul,)
When the peaceful, happy moments roll; (happy moments roll.)
When Jesus shows His smiling face,
There is sunshine in my soul.

There is music in my soul today,
A carol to my King;
And Jesus listening, can hear
The songs I cannot sing.

(Refrain)

There is music in my soul today,
For when my Lord is near
The dove of peace sings in my heart,
The flowers of grace appear.

(Refrain)

There is gladness in my soul today,
And hope and praise and love
For blessings which He gives me now,
For joys "laid up" above.

(Refrain)"

Answer: Peace Like a River

'Peace Like a River', also known as 'I've Got Peace Like a River', is the correct answer.

No one seems to know who is behind the hymn 'Peace Like a River'. It's simply listed as a traditional American song at various Websites devoted to the history of sacred hymns. According to Cyberhymnal.org, the song is based on Isaiah 66:12 which states in part "I will extend peace... like a river."

Here are the words to 'Peace Like a River':

"I've got peace like a river,
I've got peace like a river,
I've got peace like a river in my soul,
I've got peace like a river,
I've got peace like a river,
I've got peace like a river in my soul.

I've got love like an ocean,
I've got love like an ocean,
I've got love like an ocean in my soul,
I've got love like an ocean,
I've got love like an ocean,
I've got love like an ocean in my soul.

I've got joy like a fountain,
I've got joy like a fountain,
I've got joy like a fountain in my soul,
I've got joy like a fountain,
I've got joy like a fountain,
I've got joy like a fountain in my soul."

Answer: My Savior First of All

'My Savior First of All', also known as 'I Shall Know Him', is the correct answer.

The hymn was written in 1894 by Fanny Crosby, the American queen of hymn writers. Although blind, Crosby is credited with writing 8,000 hymns, but some Websites claim she could've written as many as 9,000 because a large number of her songs were published under pseudonyms. According to Cyberhymnal.org, 'My Savior First of All' has been published in 195 different hymn books over the years.

Here are the words to the old-time hymn 'My Savior First of All':

"When my life work is ended, and I cross the swelling tide,
When the bright and glorious morning I shall see;
I shall know my Redeemer when I reach the other side,
And His smile will be the first to welcome me.

Refrain:
I shall know Him, I shall know Him,
And redeemed by His side I shall stand,
I shall know Him, I shall know Him,
By the print of the nails in His hand.

Oh, the soul thrilling rapture when I view His blessèd face,
And the luster of His kindly beaming eye;
How my full heart will praise Him for the mercy, love and grace,
That prepare for me a mansion in the sky.

(Refrain)

Oh, the dear ones in glory, how they beckon me to come,
And our parting at the river I recall;
To the sweet vales of Eden they will sing my welcome home;
But I long to meet my Savior first of all.

(Refrain)

Through the gates to the city in a robe of spotless white,
He will lead me where no tears will ever fall;
In the glad song of ages I shall mingle with delight;
But I long to meet my Savior first of all.

(Refrain)"

Answer: When We All Get to Heaven

The correct answer is 'When We All Get to Heaven'.

The hymn was written by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt in 1898. According to Hymnary.org, 'When We All Get to Heaven' has been published in 239 hymn books over the years. As noted in the answer to Question No. 7, Hewitt (1851-1920) was a life-long resdient of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to Cyberhymnal.org, Hewitt was the cousin of hymnwriter Ed­gar Stites. Some of the titles of Stites' hymns are 'At the Gold­en Land­ing', 'Beulah Land', 'Just Ahead' and 'Trusting Je­sus'. Stites, for a time, served as a ri­ver­boat pi­lot on the Del­a­ware River, Cyberhymnal.org reports.

Here are the words to the old-time hymn 'When We All Get to Heaven':

"Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
sing His mercy and His grace;
in the mansions bright and blessed,
He'll prepare for us a place.

Refrain:
When we all get to heaven,
what a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
we'll sing and shout the victory.

While we walk the pilgrim pathway,
clouds will overspread the sky;
but when traveling days are over,
not a shadow, not a sigh.

[Refrain]

Let us then be true and faithful,
trusting, serving every day;
just one glimpse of Him in glory
will the toils of life repay.

[Refrain]

Onward to the prize before us!
Soon His beauty we'll behold;
soon the pearly gates will open;
we shall tread the streets of gold.

[Refrain]"