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Introduction:
"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."


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?
    Go to Heaven
    Fly Away
    Get my Reward
    See Jesus


3. In this old hymn, what type of memories 'flood my soul'?
    'Precious Memories'
    'Happy Memories'
    'Golden 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 by the River'
    'The Church in the Valley'
    'The Church in the Wildwood'
    'The Church on the Mountain'


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


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?
    'Joy to the World'
    'I'll be Listening'
    'Go Tell it on the Mountain'
    'Every Time I feel the Spirit'


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'?
    'Were You There?'
    'Away in the Manger'
    'Amen'
    'Roll, Jordan, Roll'


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 Tenderly'
    'Gently and Mercifully'
    'Softly and Lovingly'


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


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


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


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


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


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