Someone once said that many of the older hymns are like mini-theologies....one could get through the gulag with only "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."
Now THAT is a hymn. "This Is my Father's World" . . . "In the Garden" . . . now I'm getting mad 'cause I can't remember my old Rainbow Girls hymns.
Yeah, and you know who wrote THAT hymn, don't you? Yep, mmmhmmm, Martin Luther. It's all connected, man...