He was the author of books, hymn texts and poems.

His best remembered work is the hymn text "Faith of Our Mothers" written circa 1920.

He also published two collections of hymn texts, numerous books, translations, and articles.

Here, the melody is found with a hymn text by Fred Kaan.

A common distinctive feature is the use of musical figures to illustrate particular lines or even words in the hymn text.

This tune is set to many hymn texts.

As a result, today it is difficult to determine which tunes were used with many of the hymn texts.

The melody can be used for any hymn text in long meter, that is, with four lines of eight syllables each.

The publisher also prints separately the text of the Passion, including the hymn texts and prayers for use in worship.

Emma Smith selected 90 hymn texts for the hymnal.