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Old Time Hymns

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Old Time Hymns game quiz
"Many of the old fashioned hymns and spirituals are still meaningful and much loved today. Test your knowledge of lyrics and other facts about these old favorites."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What famous hymn was written by, John Newton, a former slave trader?
    'How Great Thou Art'
    'Amazing Grace'
    'At The Cross'
    'On Zion's Glorious Summit'


2. Albert Brumley wrote, 'Some glad morning when this life is oe'r I'll' do this?
    Fly Away
    Get my Reward
    Go to Heaven
    See Jesus


3. In this old hymn, what type of memories 'flood my soul'?
    'Golden Memories'
    'Precious Memories'
    'Happy Memories'
    'Family Memories'


4. Who wrote the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'?
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Julia Ward Howe
    Stephen Douglas
    Katherine Lee Bates


5. To what church did Dr. William Pitts tell us to 'come, come, come'?
    'The Church in the Wildwood'
    'The Church on the Mountain'
    'The Church in the Valley'
    'The Church by the River'


6. William Bradbury is credited with writing the music for what famous children's hymn in 1862?
    'Jesus Loves Me'
    'This Little Light of Mine'
    'Jesus Loves the Little Children'
    'Away in the Manger'


7. Which of these hymns has the same title as a rock song which talks about a bullfrog that has the same name as an Old Testament prophet?
    'Every Time I feel the Spirit'
    'Go Tell it on the Mountain'
    'Joy to the World'
    'I'll be Listening'


8. What does 'Kum Ba yah' mean?
    Praise the Lord
    Come to God
    God is Near
    Come by Here


9. What traditional spiritual has the phrase, 'See the little baby, lyin' in a manger'?
    'Away in the Manger'
    'Amen'
    'Roll, Jordan, Roll'
    'Were You There?'


10. How is Jesus said to be calling 'for you and for me' in this hymn written by Will Thompson in 1882?
    'Gently and Lovingly'
    'Softly and Lovingly'
    'Gently and Mercifully'
    'Softly and Tenderly'


11. What song begins with the lyrics, 'I'm satisfied with just a cottage below'?
    'An Empty Mansion'
    'Sweet By and By'
    'How Beautiful Heaven Must Be'
    'Mansion over the Hilltop'


12. What famous hymn writer became blind as a small child when a physician gave her the wrong medicine?
    Doris Akers
    Karen Eagan
    Joyce Croft
    Fanny Crosby


13. What reformer wrote 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God'?
    John Calvin
    John Wesley
    Martin Luther
    Charles Wesley


14. According to this Johnson Oatman hymn, what should you count when you are tossed 'upon life's billows'?
    Sheep
    The days
    God's promises
    Your blessings


15. Who does Andrae Crouch say we will see 'soon and very soon'?
    The Lord
    The King
    Jesus
    God


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