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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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