Sunday Song: Hymns in Grace Livingston Hill Novels
4:00 AM
One of the things I love about reading Grace Livingston Hill's novels is her use of hymns. While some people insert song lyrics into books and you can easily skip them over, Grace Livingston Hill had a way of making the hymns live and breathe in her story. Often, they impact her characters as well as the reader.
I was recently reading a novel and she shared the lyrics of the hymn Higher Ground. Even though I spent a few years in a Baptist and developed a love for the old hymns, this isn't one I sang much.
While the practice of including the lyrics of songs or copying out poems in stories has fallen out of favor, it added a lot to her novels. It's a practice I would like to see return.
Excuse me while I spend my Sunday soaking in a Hill novel and listening to some of the hymns I find. Oh, and if you want to read more about the hymns in Grace Livingston Hill's novels, check out this website.
*Some of these practices fall out of favor due to the practical reason for copyright rules. Including song lyrics or poems that are still under copyright is complicated.
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