The Story of Our Hymns
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Chapters (182)
- The Story of Our Hymns
- To the Sweet Memory of Our Bonnie Boy Richard Edward Ryden Who at the Age of Ten Years Went Home to Sing with the Angels.
- FOREWORD
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PART I Early Christian Hymnody
- The Angelic Hymn
- THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHANTS
- The Oldest Christian Hymn
- GREEK AND SYRIAC HYMNS
- An Ambrosian Advent Hymn
- THE RISE OF LATIN HYMNODY
- A Prophetic Easter Hymn
- AN ANCIENT SINGER WHO GLORIFIED THE CROSS
- A Tribute to the Dying Saviour
- THE GOLDEN AGE OF LATIN HYMNODY
- PART II German Hymnody
- The Battle Hymn of the Reformation
- MARTIN LUTHER, FATHER OF EVANGELICAL HYMNODY
- A Metrical Gloria in Excelsis
- THE HYMN-WRITERS OF THE REFORMATION
- A Beautiful Confirmation Hymn
- HYMNODY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PERIOD
- A Masterpiece of Hymnody
- THE KING AND QUEEN OF CHORALES
- A Tribute to the Dying Saviour
- HYMNS OF THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR
- The Swan-song of Gustavus Adolphus
- A Hymn Made Famous on a Battle Field
- Rinkart’s Hymn of Praise
- THE LUTHERAN TE DEUM
- A Joyous Christmas Carol
- PAUL GERHARDT, PRINCE OF LUTHERAN HYMNISTS
- A Glorious Paean of Praise
- JOACHIM NEANDER, THE PAUL GERHARDT OF THE CALVINISTS
- A Hymn Classic by Scheffler
- A ROMAN MYSTIC AND HYMN-WRITER
- A Gem among Pietistic Hymns
- HYMN-WRITERS OF THE PIETIST SCHOOL
- A Hymn of Longing for Christ
- THE WÜRTTEMBERG HYMN-WRITERS
- A Noble Hymn of Worship
- HOW A GREAT ORGANIST INSPIRED TWO HYMNISTS
- A Hymn on the Mystical Union
- GERHARD TERSTEEGEN, HYMN-WRITER AND MYSTIC
- Following a Heavenly Leader
- ZINZENDORF AND MORAVIAN HYMNODY
- A Glorious Hymn of Adoration
- TWO FAMOUS HYMNS AND SOME LEGENDS
- A Classical Harvest Hymn
- HYMNODY IN THE AGE OF RATIONALISM
- A Picture of a Christian Home
- HYMNS OF THE SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE
- PART III Scandinavian Hymnody
- A Hymn in Luther’s Style
- THE SWEDISH REFORMERS AND THEIR HYMNS
- A Model Hymn of Invocation
- A HYMN-BOOK THAT FAILED
- Wallin’s Sublime Morning Hymn
- DAVID’S HARP IN THE NORTHLAND
- A Vision of Christ’s Triumph
- THE GOLDEN AGE OF SWEDISH HYMNODY
- A Longing for Home
- THE FANNY CROSBY OF SWEDEN AND THE PIETISTS
- Kingo’s Sunrise Hymn
- KINGO, THE POET OF EASTER-TIDE
- The Great White Host
- BRORSON, THE POET OF CHRISTMAS
- A Prayer to the Holy Spirit
- GRUNDTVIG, THE POET OF WHITSUNTIDE
- A Norwegian Miserere
- LANDSTAD, A BARD OF THE FROZEN FJORDS
- PART IV ENGLISH HYMNODY
- Ken’s Immortal Evening Hymn
- THE DAWN OF HYMNODY IN ENGLAND
- The Pearl of English Hymnody
- ISAAC WATTS, FATHER OF ENGLISH HYMNODY
- Seeking the Heavenly Prize
- DODDRIDGE: PREACHER, TEACHER AND HYMNIST
- A Hymn of the Ages
- WESLEY, THE SWEET BARD OF METHODISM
- Another Hymn of the Ages
- A GREAT HYMN THAT GREW OUT OF A QUARREL
- The Coronation Hymn
- THE BIRD OF A SINGLE SONG
- In Praise of the Word of God
- ENGLAND’S FIRST WOMAN HYMNIST
- The Name above All Names
- A SLAVE-TRADER WHO WROTE CHRISTIAN LYRICS
- A Hymn on God’s Providence
- AN AFFLICTED POET WHO GLORIFIED GOD
- A Hymn of Gracious Invitation
- AN IRISH POET AND HIS HYMNS
- A Beautiful Lyric on Prayer
- THE HYMN LEGACY OF AN ENGLISH EDITOR
- A Sublime Hymn of Adoration
- HEBER, MISSIONARY BISHOP AND HYMNIST
- A Hymn That Wins Souls
- AN INVALID WHO BLESSED THE WORLD
- The Sun That Ne’er Goes Down
- HOW HYMNS HELPED BUILD A CHURCH
- The Hymn of a Perplexed Soul
- A FAMOUS HYMN BY A PROSELYTE OF ROME
- A Hymn Written in the Shadows
- HENRY FRANCIS LYTE AND HIS SWAN SONG
- A Woman’s Gift to the Church
- SARAH ADAMS AND THE RISE OF WOMEN HYMN-WRITERS
- That Sweet Story of Old
- A HYMN WRITTEN IN A STAGE-COACH
- Redemption’s Story in a Hymn
- AN ARCHBISHOP’S WIFE WHO WROTE HYMNS
- The Voice of Jesus
- BONAR, THE SWEET SINGER OF SCOTLAND
- The Dayspring from on High
- TWO FAMOUS TRANSLATORS OF ANCIENT HYMNS
- A Great Marching Song
- BARING-GOULD AND HIS NOTED HYMN
- A Rapturous Hymn of Adoration
- FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL, THE CONSECRATION POET
- “THINE FOR EVER”
- The Emblem That Survives
- A UNITARIAN WHO GLORIED IN THE CROSS
- A Hymn That Opens Hearts
- A MODEL HYMN BY A MODEL MINISTER
- A Blind Man’s Hymn of Faith
- MATHESON AND HIS SONG IN THE NIGHT
- PART V AMERICAN HYMNODY
- The First American Hymn
- THE BEGINNINGS OF HYMNODY IN AMERICA
- The Hymn of a Wounded Spirit
- AMERICA’S FIRST WOMAN HYMNIST
- A Triumphant Missionary Hymn
- THOMAS HASTINGS, POET AND MUSICIAN
- Key’s Hymn of Praise
- FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, PATRIOT AND HYMNIST
- Bryant’s Home Mission Hymn
- AMERICA’S FIRST POET AND HIS HYMNS
- An Exquisite Baptismal Hymn
- THE HYMN-WRITER OF THE MUHLENBERGS
- The Way, the Truth, and the Life
- THE LYRICS OF BISHOP DOANE
- The Quaker Poet’s Prayer
- THE QUAKER POET AS A HYMN-WRITER
- Palmer’s Famous Hymn
- AMERICA’S GREATEST HYMN AND ITS AUTHOR
- A Hopeful Missionary Lyric
- SAMUEL SMITH, A PATRIOTIC HYMN-WRITER
- A Pearl among Christmas Carols
- TWO FAMOUS CHRISTMAS HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHOR
- Mrs. Stowe’s Hymn Masterpiece
- HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AND HER HYMNS
- Bishop Coxe’s Missionary Hymn
- A HYMN WRITTEN ON TWO SHORES
- The Hymn of a Consecrated Woman
- A HYMN THAT GREW OUT OF SUFFERING
- A Hymn of the Sea
- A FAMOUS HYMN WRITTEN FOR SAILORS
- A Rally Hymn of the Church
- A TRAGEDY THAT INSPIRED A GREAT HYMN
- A Hymn of Spiritual Yearning
- ANNA WARNER AND HER BEAUTIFUL HYMNS
- A Famous Christmas Carol
- PHILLIPS BROOKS AND HIS CAROLS
- The Story that Never Grows Old
- WOMEN WHO WROTE HYMNS FOR CHILDREN
- A Hymn of Sweet Consolation
- FANNY CROSBY, AMERICA’S BLIND POET
- The Call of the Gospel Song
- ONE OF AMERICA’S EARLIEST GOSPEL SINGERS
- Chautauqua Vesper Hymn
- THE LYRIST OF CHAUTAUQUA
- In His Footsteps
- GLADDEN’S HYMN OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE
- A Hymn of the City
- A HYMN WITH A MODERN MESSAGE
- A Gripping Hymn by a Girl
- A LUTHERAN PSALMIST OF TODAY
- A Song of Victory
- SURVEY OF AMERICAN LUTHERAN HYMNODY
- INDEX OF NOTABLE HYMNS ESPECIALLY PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME
- ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF HYMNS AND SOURCES
- AUTHORS’ AND GENERAL INDEX
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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