Christ In Song
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $9.99 | George Cox | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
856 hymns
MP3 piano accompaniment
655 focus Bible verses
207 biographical sketches
417 authors
Complete musical score
Hymn Organization
5 major themes
37 sub-themes
249 topics
1 focus: Christ Jesus
Includes
-Index of biographical profiles
-Index of scriptural references
-Index of authors and sources
-Alphabetical index of tunes
-Index of metrical tunes
-Topical index
-Index of 1st lines and titles
-Index of 1st lines of choruses
Features
-Beautifully rendered typeset pages from Christ in Song hymnal
-Piano accompaniment for 2 stanzas of each hymn
-Intuitive navigation
-Annotation for note-taking on each hymn
-Favorites
-Landscape and portrait mode
-No online requirement
-Printing
Some Included Authors
Margaret E. Barber
Philip P. Bliss
Horatius Bonar
Amy Carmichael
Bernard of Clairvaux
Fanny Crosby
Madame Guyon
Frances Havergal
A.B. Simpson
Isaac Watts
Charles Wesley
Nicolaus von Zinzendorf
Some Included Hymns
Abide With Me
All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name
Amazing Grace
And Can It Be That I Should Gain
Be Thou Supreme
Because He Lives
Beneath The Cross Of Jesus
Blessed Assurance
Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Fairest Lord Jesus
I Have A Friend, Whose Faithful Love
I Stand Amazed In The Presence
Jesus Paid It All
Lead Me To Calvary
Ten Thousand Thanks To Jesus
The Way Of The Cross
There Is Power In The Blood
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Details
Excerpt from the preface
“Christ is the center of spiritual song and genuine faith. The sweetest Christian lyrics of all ages have revolved around His Person and work, in whom lies a boundless wealth of grace and mercy. O how Christ leads and shines in the believers’ singing! These hymns of ‘Immanuel’ are constantly sung in the holy of holies of the human heart. Here, such singing in His presence dismisses all doubts, casts off unholy ambitions, brings tears of repentance, restores the joy of salvation, invokes love and hope, and turns eyes heavenward. Here, dissensions among assemblies and theological schools are silenced, and hymnists from every age and sector of the Christian Church raise one voice to glorify one Lord and Savior. Here, Christ is the theme of all ages, tongues, and creeds; the divine harmony over all human and cosmic discords; and the summing up of all things in the heavens and on earth.
Hymns should be simple, full of the experiences of Christ, the appreciation for Christ, and in some measure elevated above mere prose. A desirable hymnbook may be compared to a majestic building, with foundations made solid by accurate truth and sound doctrine, its superstructure elevated with the spirit of poetry, and its interior compartments containing the radiance of spirituality. Spirituality has been the fundamental test in our choice of hymns more often than high poetic literary style.”
6 distinctive features make this treasury useful in drawing nearer to the Lord:
1. Faithful restoration of the authors’ original words as far as practicable.
2. Hymns & spiritual songs for BOTH public & private worship.
3. Special attention to themes often overlooked in hymnals: sovereign grace, overcoming life, personal advent of our Lord, union with Christ, and the sweetness of abiding communion with Him.
4. Covers the broad lyric spectrum spelled out in Ephesians— “psalms, hymns and spiritual songs” (Eph. 5:19)
5. Guided by rare and deep associations of hymns with their history: lyrics breathed by dying lips, traced on prison walls, sung with hushed voices in catacombs, chanted joyfully at midnight, and avowed fearlessly at the fiery stake.
6. Inclusion of carefully researched biographical profiles of authors & composers, so that believers of all backgrounds can meet on the level ground of a common faith.
Christian Chen, 2006
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Reviews
Best app for hymns and choruses
Hoochy
CiS is the best app for favorite hymns and Christian choruses. Beautiful interface, easy to navigate, and audio for every song makes it easy to teach myself new songs. Get this app!
Excellent hymnbook app
blue-in-green
"Christ in Song" is a wonderful treasury of classic hymns and it's great to see it available on the App Store. The selection of hymns is very extensive, easily navigable, and easy to read and play. There is even a recording of each hymn. Highly recommended--definitely the best hymnbook app available.
Excellent!
Jewelgarden
This is a great Christian hymnal, and I've looked at most. Printed music and lyrics are crystal clear, the piano accompaniment is beautifully recorded and available without an Internet connection after download. A great value for the modest cost. The choice of hymns is terrific. Having them in this highly functional and mobile format is outstanding. This is just what I've been seeking for personal devotions and small prayer groups. Thank you for filling a need in my life.
I wish I could get my money back!
EJSami1
I was looking for the Christ in Song with songs by F.E. Belden. Strange that this should have the same title, use a similar font and print style and have COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SONGS!! I feel like I was a victims of bait and switch. Thats $10 down the drain and I still don't have the hymnal I want.
Excellent Hymnal
I41cu2
This was exactly what I was looking for. If it a hymnal you want then this one should be your choice. Worth the price and size. Great job.
What a treasure trove!
JeffLeiser
To have all these amazing, Christ-centered songs in one app. A must-have which I'll never grow tired of.
Awesome!
Robersonj
First of all, let me say I love hymns, even though I am only 26. I wanted a hymnal for my iPad, and found this! So glad I bought it. It is arranged like normal hymnals, and has a way to save favorites as well as accompaniment music. How awesome is that! Get this app! It is wonderful. Has all my favorite hymns on it, including "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken". You won't regret it. I believe it even has a way to print it. Just wonderful!
Simply The Best of the Best
Bubba Bunch
I searched for hours for Christian Hymns, with music, and it is better than I originally thought. It is quite simply a Bible based, Christ centered application that I and my family are truly enjoying. I would recommended this to my friends, and anyone who likes Christ centered Biblically based hymns. It is not contemporary Christian music.
What a Blessing!
kopuga
This is such a great app! I use this every morning as I work out on a stationary bike and elliptical trainer... Exercising my spirit as well as my body. It's a wonderful way to start the day, in singing praises to The Lord. It's much better than the hardcover hymnal I had been using for several reasons: 1- it has many more hymns in it than any hymnal I have. and the ones in it are excellent. 2- it fits nicely in the book rest on the machines (a problem with a paper book is that if the hymn I pick is at the front or back end of the book, it doesn't fit in the holder) 3- It PLAYS the music!!! That is such a great help since I don't read music well enough to always sound out the tune. I'm learning many hymns I never knew before, and am enjoying even more that I do already know. This also allows me to focus on reading and singing the words as I listen to the tune 4-the music is a recording of an actual piano, not a midi synth. It's REAL music being played by talented human hands! This is great for using as accompaniment in nursing homes and other groups I sing with, especially if people request a hymn I don't know! 5- the search function is great, not only to find specific hymns by name, but also if I can only remember one word in the title. Or if I want to see a list of hymns with a word in the title like "Cross" or "Love" 6-the Table of Contents is AMAZING! I have only scratched the surface of the extensive info it has on authors, tunes, topical groupings, etc. 7- I encountered a problem with playback and contacted support. Elbert responded quickly with the answer I needed. Nothing was wrong with the app, I had just muted my iPad without realizing it. I felt the customer support was fast, professional and courteous. 8- I use the favorites list to, well, mark my favorites! I use the notes feature to record what certain ones specifically mean to me. 9- the biographical info after many of the hymns helps set the hymn in context, and makes the words that much more meaningful. ********* Seriously, this is the best $10 I've ever spent! ******* There are some things I wish it did, or did better... 1- the search function only seems to bring up hymns with the search word in the title. If I don't know the title of the hymn I'm looking for, but only the first line or the chorus or the tune or the author's name, I have to go to the table of contents, then to the index of first lines or authors or whatever and find it there. That's still pretty cool, but I'd prefer being able to just enter any of that in the search. 2- one drawback of a live recording of REAL piano music is that you can't change the key or the tempo. If the tune is out of my range, I have to listen and try to remember it well enough to sing in a key that works for me. Some tunes seem very slow, which is most likely the way they're written. That slow speed allows me time to think about the words. But there are times I'd like to sing faster to express more joy or richness as I sing. Not sure what could be done about this... 3- I'd really like to see dates of when hymns were published whenever possible. Besides that just being good info, I have a particular need to know what hymns were sung prior to Autumn of 1865. I'm in a Civil War reenactment group and we try to limit our hymns to those that are period correct. Again, the piano music is very helpful as accompaniment since I don't know many of those older tunes. 4- tunes play twice through the piece whether the 'loop mode' button is pressed or not. Maybe I'm not using it correctly... I haven't written to support about that yet. Overall, these little 'Druthers' don't begin to compare to the great benefits and features of this app. I absolutely love using it because it helps me draw close to Jesus every morning. I recommend it highly!!! Joel G Orange County, CA
