Rare Documents

Signed Hymnwriter Pieces

View memorabilia from great hymnwriters of the past in the hymnwriters section of our Christian Heritage Museum. See signatures and documents by such people as Isaac Watts, the seventeenth century English hymnwriter who changed the church's view of psalms and hymns. Also included is Charles Wesley, who wrote numerous hymns, including the famed Christmas hymn "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," and who was the brother of Methodist founder and evangelist John Wesley.

See more treasures of the past from Samuel Francis Smith, writer of "America," also known as "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," and hymnwriter William Cowper, who wrote the hymn "There is a Fountain" and worked with Amazing Grace writer John Newton to produce the reputed Olney Hymns. "The Old Rugged Cross" writer George Bennard and many others are also among our featured notables of Christian hymnwriting.

Click here to visit the Hymns Gallery.