Hymns and Hymnwriting

Echoes of Creation

Original Hymns and Commentary

Songs of Creation

In the Beginning, God sang in the Darkness: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Starting from Genesis 1, reflections on music, joy, and the human nature created in the image of God.

Ascribe to Jehovah: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Psalm 29: seeing God through the wildest tumults of nature.

Breath of the Lord: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Starting from Psalm 18 and a picturesque vision of a thunderstorm, an exploration of Biblical images of wind, breath, word, and spirit in our modern world.

Before the Floodgates of the World were Sealed: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

4 Esdras 6: In praise of Wisdom in action.

Seasons of Restoration

From the Sunrise comes Salvation [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Lamentations 3:23: Not only today, but every day, is the Day of Salvation: exploring the patterns within the varieties of human experience of That Day.

Once a Garden Empty Stood: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Exploring Paradise from the perspective of Eden and the "garden path" between.

Jesus reigns in Power: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Psalm 97: Learning to recognize God's present reign in nature and society.

Now Shattered are the Iron Bars: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Starting from Psalm 18 and Psalm 2: God opens the door to His own salvation. But who will come in?

Shadows of Eternity

Zion is a Shadow: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Starting from Isaiah's vision and Solomon's prayer, an interpretation in modern functional language of the descriptions of God's throne.

From the Wilderness comes Singing [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Isaiah 35: A metaphorical view of the desert in bloom, and an exploration of the biblical meaning of "redemption".

Jesus reigns, the Earth Rejoices: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Psalm 97 and Revelation 19: Another perspective on a neglected psalm.

Christ, Great Creator: [score (large print)] [sheet music (large print)] [MIDI file]

Revelation 5: Exploring the meaning of this scriptural example of Christian song.

Stephen Hutcheson