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Advanced Level — We Gather Together is a Christian hymn of Dutch origin. In the United States, it is popularly associated with Thanksgiving Day.
Listen to the advanced piano arrangement of We Gather Together.
We Gather Together is a Christian hymn of Dutch origin written in 1597 by Adrianus Valerius as “Wilt heden nu treden” to celebrate the Dutch victory over Spanish forces in the Battle of Turnhout. It was originally set to a Dutch folk tune. In the United States, it is popularly associated with Thanksgiving Day and is often sung at family meals and at religious services on that day.
* Beginner Level — Now Thank We All Our God is a German hymn written around 1636 by Martin Rinkart. It was translated into English in the 19th century by Catherine Winkworth.
* Beginner Level — is a Christian hymn written in 1864 by the English Anglo-Catholic hymnodist and poet Folliott S. Pierpoint.
Advanced Level — As a Methodist evangelist, Bennard wrote the first verse of “The Old Rugged Cross” in Albion, Michigan, in the fall of 1912 after he was ridicule during a revival meeting. Several days later he completed it and sang it as a duet at another one of his meetings.
*Beginner Level — This hymn was written in 1674 by Thomas Ken, a priest in the Church of England. The last stanza has come into widespread use as the Doxology, perhaps the most frequently used piece of music in public worship. At Ken’s request, the hymn was sung at his funeral, fittingly held at sunrise.