A number of familiar hymns still bear the marks of his editorial revision.

Instead, "it's more a shrine to Englishness: flowers, history, familiar - if meaningless - hymns."

Includes photos of military personnel from all branches, familiar hymns, inspirational quotations.

How sweet the sound..." The words of this familiar hymn have echoed through churches all across the globe for over 200years.

The old familiar hymns from childhood comforted everybody.

Additionally, many familiar hymns were set to new melodies that proved unpopular.

There is a line from a familiar hymn which captures this idea very well: 'A second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.'

He authored the familiar hymn, This is My Father's World, among others.

"Ad- este Fidelis," the old, familiar hymn of praise and faith.

The church tries to create celebrative services, using familiar hymns and jazz, gospel music and songs in Spanish, he said.