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Simple Gifts One Man's Search for Grace

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ISBN-10: 0743284747

ISBN-13: 9780743284745

Edition: N/A

Authors: Bill Henderson

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In a world of internet friendships, far-flung families, and a growing sense of alienation in American life, Bill Henderson tells the story of how he found community and joyful camaraderie through the singing of old-fashioned hymns in a small wood-frame country church.
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Book details

List price: $12.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 10/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English

Bill Henderson is the author of "The Kid That Could", a novel, & two memoirs, "His Son" & "Her Father". He is the founder & publisher of Pushcart Press & the editor of the acclaimed Pushcart Prize series. He lives on Long Island & in Maine.

Preface: First Songs: The hymns of my childhood
A Brief History of Hymns
Plain Chant
Martin Luther
Isaac Watts
Charles Wesley
William Cowper
Fanny Crosby
Modern praise songs
Simple Gifts: Songs of Simplicity
"Simple Gifts"
"He Lives"
"Imagine"
"In the Garden"
"O Holy Night"
"Joy to the World"
"Away in a Manger"
"O Little Town of Bethlehem"
"Jerusalem"
"In the Bleak Midwinter"
Amazing Grace: Songs of Wonder
"Amazing Grace"
"Be Thou My Vision"
"How Great Thou Art"
"Just As I Am"
The Prayer of St. Francis: Songs of Love
"Make Me a Channel of Your Peace"
"There Is a Balm in Gilead"
"Abide With Me"
Afterword: Only Joy
"The Old Rugged Cross"
"Be Still My Soul"
"Faith of Our Fathers"
"Nearer My God to Thee"
"His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
And other hymns
Acknowledgments
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author