I Sing a Song of the Saints of God
- I Sing a Song of the Saints of God
Infobox Hymn
Name = I Sing A Song Of The Saints Of God
MusicBy = John H. Hopkins
WordsBy = Lesbia Scott
Published = 1929, 1940
OrigLanguage = English
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TranslatedPub =
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TradMelodyName = Grand Isle
Misc = "I Sing A Song Of The Saints Of God" is a Christian hymn written in Britain by Lesbia Scott and first published in 1929. The hymn is little-known in BritainFact|date=August 2008, but has become very popular in the United States - particularly in the Episcopal Church, where it has been incorporated into the Hymnal since the 1940s.
The story behind the hymn
Lesbia Scott (1898-1986) composed a number of children's hymns which she sang to her own children as a young mother in her twenties. She wrote both the words and the tunes and in 1929 published them in a collection, 'Everyday Hymns For Little Children', which she also illustrated. It was published by London ecclesiastical publishers The Society of SS. Peter & Paul Ltd.
Each hymn was devised for a different occasion, and one of them, "Saints' Days", found its way to the United States and was set to a new tune ('Grand Isle') composed especially for it by retired Episcopalian priest John Henry Hopkins, Jr..
In this setting it was incorporated into the Episcopal Hymnal 1940, under the title of its first line. It has been retained in the subsequent Hymnal 1982 (Hymn #293), and also features in the 1974 Book of Worship for United States Forces (Hymn #444) and the United Methodist 1989 Hymnal (Hymn #712).
Popularity
The hymn remains a popular favourite with American churchgoers who have grown up with it. In a 2003 survey of 'desert island' hymns run by the website anglicansonline.org, the hymn was voted 14th.
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