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Thomas Nelson (February 3, 2003)

Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert Morgan

Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert Morgan is This book was exactly what I expected! The hymns are printed on the left-hand page with the song's origin on the right. The quality is great as well - it has a silky cover with the bookmarking flaps. My husband and I purchased it as a Mother's Day gift for his mom and I almost didn't want to give it up...

Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert Morgan is Print version is great! Print gets 5 stars. DIGITAL GETS 2 STARS because the digital version is not especially useful when I’m trying to read the music as I sing.HERE’S WHY: The words and music are presented as sheet music, but each line is a separate image. If I enlarge the first line of words and music so I can read them in Kindle on my iPad mini, when I get to the end of the line I must then close that image and go through the process of enlarging the next line. I find that starting and stopping like that creates frustration and eliminates the pleasure of singing the hymn. I tried enlarging the font, which, predictably, did not affect the images containing sheet music.AS A CUMBERSOME WORK-AROUND, I just now spent some time fiddling with options for ZOOM under ACCESSIBILITY, which is in GENERAL in the SETTINGS app on the iOS 11.2.0. Within the Kindle app, I switched to one-column view, and then with the ZOOM control, I RESIZED THE LENS to include all images of the desired sheet music, and adjusted magnification accordingly. This way I can comfortably sing the entire hymn without interruption. HOWEVER, since I am not visually impaired, I do not need the “zoomer” active ALL the time, so I will need to turn it on in settings before I use the digital hymnal, and then turn it off again afterward. Not a terribly huge deal, I think, but I feel such gyrations shouldn’t be necessary for someone with normal vision, and it may become more trouble to me than it’s worth. They can do better. I’ll try the zoomer for a while to see what I think of it.

Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert Morgan is This book is half hymnal, half book. On the left side of the page is the hymn with music and the right side is the story behind the hymn.I learned a lot about the history of hymns in general, with some surprising facts. Such as: Jesus Loves the Little Children actually has 3 verses. We only sing the chorus.Also, multiple were written by teenagers! I definitely did not have such beautiful, Christ-centered sophistication in my writing as a teen!Many hymns were born out of great tragedy and are a direct reflection of Scripture.I had really high expectations for this book because I LOVE hymns. It was definitely good, but I think I would have enjoyed it more if he focused on 50 rather than 150 hymns and allotted more time to each story and author. The stories seemed a little rushed and incomplete.Aside from the stories, I really enjoyed praying through the rich lyrics of each hymn.The Love of God, one of my favorite hymns was written on an empty lemon crate in a citrus packing house in California.“Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the skies of parchment made,Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade,To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry,Nor could the scroll contain the whole though stretched from sky to sky.”

Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert Morgan is I noticed this book on a book rack in my grocery store - just when I was in need of a gift for a friend who was in rehab. Since my friend is a retired pastor, I thought reading about the hymns he is so familiar with would be perfect. This week I received a thank you note from his wife who is finding "Then Sings My Soul" something they can share, but she also uses it for her private devotions. Behind each of the "old" hymns is a story of human experience - sorrow, joy, life changing trials, and the reader is inspired, encouraged, and has new appreciation for each hymn. I have since used this book as a perfect gift for those who are shut-in, going through difficult times, and those who simply love the hymns. Each page includes the music, verses and the story - just right for a devotional book or to use as a program for a group.