The upright piano was old and out of tune, but James Linzey couldn’t resist the urge to stop and touch the keys. Sitting in the former Dalton gang museum building in Coffeyville, Kansas, Linzey ...

We conclude our week of thinking about the poetry of the English-language hymn tradition with what’s often called “The Navy Hymn,” or “The Royal Navy Hymn,” or just by its first line, “Eternal Father, ...