Contents
Table of Contents
Part I: Early Christian Hymnody
The Battle Hymn of the Reformation
Martin Luther, Father of Evangelical Hymnody
The Hymn-Writers of the Reformation
Hymnody of the Controversial Period
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
Paul Gerhardt, Prince of Lutheran Hymnists
Joachim Neander, the Paul Gerhardt of the Calvinists
A Roman Mystic and Hymn-writer
Hymn-writers of the Pietist School
How a Great Organist Inspired Two Hymnists
Gerhard Tersteegen, Hymn-writer and Mystic
Zinzendorf and Moravian Hymnody
Two Famous Hymns and Some Legends
Part III: Scandinavian Hymnody
The Swedish Reformers and Their Hymns
The Golden Age of Swedish Hymnody
The Fanny Crosby of Sweden and the Pietists
Kingo, the Poet of Easter-tide
Brorson, the Poet of Christmas
The Dawn of Hymnody in England
Isaac Watts, Father of English Hymnody
Doddridge: Preacher, Teacher and Hymnist
Wesley, the Sweet Bard of Methodism
A Great Hymn That Grew Out of a Quarrel
A Slave-trader Who Wrote Christian Lyrics
An Afflicted Poet Who Glorified God
The Hymn Legacy of an English Editor
Heber, Missionary Bishop and Hymnist
An Invalid Who Blessed the World
How Hymns Helped Build a Church
A Famous Hymn by a Proselyte of Rome
Henry Francis Lyte and His Swan Song
Sarah Adams and the Rise of Women Hymn-Writers
A Hymn Written in a Stage-Coach
An Archbishop’s Wife Who Wrote Hymns
Bonar, the Sweet Singer of Scotland
Two Famous Translators of Ancient Hymns
Baring-Gould and His Noted Hymn
Frances Ridley Havergal, the Consecration Poet
A Unitarian Who Gloried in the Cross
The Beginnings of Hymnody in America
Thomas Hastings, Poet and Musician
Francis Scott Key, Patriot and Hymnist
America’s First Poet and His Hymns
The Hymn-writer of the Muhlenbergs
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
The Quaker Poet as a Hymn-writer
America’s Greatest Hymn and Its Author
Samuel Smith, a Patriotic Hymn-Writer
A Pearl among Christmas Carols
Two Famous Christmas Hymns and Their Author
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Hymns
The Hymn of a Consecrated Woman
A Hymn That Grew Out of Suffering
A Famous Hymn Written for Sailors
A Tragedy That Inspired a Great Hymn
Anna Warner and Her Beautiful Hymns
Phillips Brooks and His Carols
The Story that Never Grows Old
Women Who Wrote Hymns for Children
Fanny Crosby, America’s Blind Poet
One of America’s Earliest Gospel Singers
Index of Notable Hymns Especially Presented in This Volume