My Favorite Hymns and the Stories Behind Them

by Norman Vincent Peale

A collection of more than sixty hymns, spirituals, ballads, and anthems includes the full lyrics to popular such selections as "Amazing Grace" and "America the Beautiful," as well as several lesser-known works, and is presented in a gift binding.

Hardcover

First published December 31, 1994

About the author

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) was a minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".

Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He has earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology.

Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. During that time the church's membership grew from 600 to over 5000, and he became one of New York City's most famous preachers.