Book Review: Then Sings My Soul by Robert J. Morgan

What an inspiration to read about the history of songs and what events occurred for the author to write them! My personal favorite was the hymn "It Is Well With My Soul" by Horatio G. Spafford. This book is filled with 150 different songs and the stories behind each one of them. They vary from favorite hymns to Easter and Christmas songs. I learned many things while reading this book. I never realized that "Jesus Loves Me" was written by a woman. I also liked the way that this book was laid out. The left hand side of each page contains the actual music and lyrics to the song, while the right hand side has the story behind the song. The song page is large enough that if you wanted to play the music, you would have no problem reading the music notes. It is comparable to the size in a church hymnal. Each story also begins with a scripture verse that parallels the song. The pages have a deckle edge which adds to the uniqueness of this book.

I plan to pass "Then Sings My Soul" along to the musicians at our church and then place it in the church library for others to read. I received a complimentary copy of this book from BookSneeze and Thomas Nelson to read and review. All opinions of this book are my own.