 The hymnal was traditionally used by classical Pentecostal churches.Several hundred hymns in the collection go back to the "Sacred Songs and Solos" collected by Ira D. Sankey, with the list of older hymns including "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" by Charles Wesley, "Just as I Am" by Charlotte Elliott, and "Abide with Me" by Henry Francis Lyte.Further hymns, written as a direct result of specifically Pentecostal experiences, were also included, such as "Of gifts and powers miraculous" and "Blow Pentecostal breeze", both by Harold Horton

Although revised as the "New Redemption Hymnal" in 1986, the original collection was republished in 2006 by Rickfords Hill Publishing.