Before the contemporary mode of worship the world including Nigeria has adopted today the most prominent and most enjoyed form of church singing was the “HYMNS”. Although it is still relevant in most churches except the “Protestant churches” it seemed to have lost some of its glory. The word hymn was gotten from the Greek word “Hymnos” meaning “a song of praise”. History has shown that the fist kind of Christian music were Hymns so I’ll tell you some fun facts about hymns Did you know that; 1. The Hymnodist (Hymn writer) of most of the hymns you sing where Priests, Bishops and even Sunday school teachers not just musicians, organists and music experts. 2. The first set of Hymns were restricted to Psalms 3. Most hymns are poem or poem like that is why they have a particular rhyming pattern synonymous with poems 4. Some hymns has two Hymnodist (Hymn writers) i.e the writer of the lyrics and the writer of the tune(rhythm) 5. Every stanza of a hymn has the ...
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