# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/241 "2026-01-15T15:37:15Z")
[quote=“ekedolphin, post:240, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/242 "2026-01-15T15:43:07Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/243 "2026-01-15T19:23:37Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/244 "2026-01-15T21:28:44Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:243, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/245 "2026-01-15T22:56:03Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/246 "2026-01-15T23:06:29Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/247 "2026-01-15T23:25:17Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/248 "2026-01-16T00:18:59Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) A poem in praise of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, often sung to a variant of the same tune as “Scotland the Brave” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/249 "2026-01-16T01:32:29Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/250 "2026-01-16T02:10:30Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:249, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/251 "2026-01-16T03:49:21Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/252 "2026-01-16T03:56:57Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/253 "2026-01-16T05:18:10Z")
I love “Softly and Tenderly”! Written by Will Thompson, a long-gone cousin of mine. One of my favorite versions: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HZKLtcIE1mE/maxresdefault.jpg "Softly And Tenderly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZKLtcIE1mE) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/254 "2026-01-16T14:51:41Z")
[quote=“Ellecram, post:252, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo Up To The Hills I Lift My Eyes ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/255 "2026-01-16T20:05:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I love “Softly and Tenderly”! Written by Will Thompson, a long-gone cousin of mine. That is _so cool!_ It was a signature song of the contemporary Christian choir I sang in as a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/256 "2026-01-16T21:05:00Z")
Ah, good. You probably know that it appears prominently in the 1985 movie _The Trip to Bountiful_. **Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo Up To The Hills I Lift My Eyes [Victory Through Grace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVa82Ca-EI) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/257 "2026-01-16T21:30:10Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo Up To The Hills I Lift My Eyes [Victory Through Grace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVa82Ca-EI) What Child Is This? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/258 "2026-01-16T21:47:29Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo Up To The Hills I Lift My Eyes [Victory Through Grace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVa82Ca-EI) What Child Is This? Xavier’s Hymn (aka Lead Me To Jesus) by St. Francis Xavier ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/259 "2026-01-17T00:19:09Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo Up To The Hills I Lift My Eyes [Victory Through Grace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVa82Ca-EI) What Child Is This? Xavier’s Hymn (aka Lead Me To Jesus) You Are Near (AKA Yahweh I Know You Are Near) Based on Psalm 139 and originally a Catholic hymn by the St. Louis Jesuits. A video for it on Youtube calls it “one of the most widely-sung songs by Christians of all denominations”. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/260 "2026-01-17T00:53:01Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring King of Kings Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Man of Sorrows! What a Name Nisi Dominus O Holy Night Praise to the Man (Mormon) Queen of the Holy Rosary Remember, O Thou Man Softly and Tenderly Tantum Ergo Up To The Hills I Lift My Eyes [Victory Through Grace](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVa82Ca-EI) What Child Is This? Xavier’s Hymn (aka Lead Me To Jesus) You Are Near (AKA Yahweh I Know You Are Near) Zadok the Priest New category: **Musicians (by first or last name)** Alan Menken [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=14)