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The Story of Our Hymns

by Ernest Edwin Ryden

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  1. 1The Story of Our Hymns
  2. 2Foreword
  3. 3Table of Contents
  4. 4The Angelic Hymn
  5. 5The Early Christian Chants
  6. 6The Oldest Christian Hymn
  7. 7Greek and Syriac Hymns
  8. 8An Ambrosian Advent Hymn
  9. 9The Rise of Latin Hymnody
  10. 10A Prophetic Easter Hymn
  11. 11An Ancient Singer Who Glorified the Cross
  12. 12A Tribute to the Dying Saviour
  13. 13The Golden Age of Latin Hymnody
  14. 14The Battle Hymn of the Reformation
  15. 15Martin Luther, Father of Evangelical Hymnody
  16. 16A Metrical Gloria in Excelsis
  17. 17The Hymn-Writers of the Reformation
  18. 18A Beautiful Confirmation Hymn
  19. 19Hymnody of the Controversial Period
  20. 20A Masterpiece of Hymnody
  21. 21The King and Queen of Chorales
  22. 22A Tribute to the Dying Saviour
  23. 23Hymns of the Thirty Years’ War
  24. 24The Swan-song of Gustavus Adolphus
  25. 25A Hymn Made Famous on a Battle Field
  26. 26Rinkart’s Hymn of Praise
  27. 27The Lutheran Te Deum
  28. 28A Joyous Christmas Carol
  29. 29Paul Gerhardt, Prince of Lutheran Hymnists
  30. 30A Glorious Paean of Praise
  31. 31Joachim Neander, the Paul Gerhardt of the Calvinists
  32. 32A Hymn Classic by Scheffler
  33. 33A Roman Mystic and Hymn-Writer
  34. 34A Gem among Pietistic Hymns
  35. 35Hymn-Writers of the Pietist School
  36. 36A Hymn of Longing for Christ
  37. 37The Württemberg Hymn-Writers
  38. 38A Noble Hymn of Worship
  39. 39How a Great Organist Inspired Two Hymnists
  40. 40A Hymn on the Mystical Union
  41. 41Gerhard Tersteegen, Hymn-Writer and Mystic
  42. 42Following a Heavenly Leader
  43. 43Zinzendorf and Moravian Hymnody
  44. 44A Glorious Hymn of Adoration
  45. 45Two Famous Hymns and Some Legends
  46. 46A Classical Harvest Hymn
  47. 47Hymnody in the Age of Rationalism
  48. 48A Picture of a Christian Home
  49. 49Hymns of the Spiritual Renaissance
  50. 50A Hymn in Luther’s Style
  51. 51The Swedish Reformers and Their Hymns
  52. 52A Model Hymn of Invocation
  53. 53A Hymn-Book That Failed
  54. 54Wallin’s Sublime Morning Hymn
  55. 55David’s Harp in the Northland
  56. 56A Vision of Christ’s Triumph
  57. 57The Golden Age of Swedish Hymnody
  58. 58A Longing for Home
  59. 59The Fanny Crosby of Sweden and the Pietists
  60. 60Kingo’s Sunrise Hymn
  61. 61Kingo, the Poet of Easter-Tide
  62. 62The Great White Host
  63. 63Brorson, the Poet of Christmas
  64. 64A Prayer to the Holy Spirit
  65. 65Grundtvig, the Poet of Whitsuntide
  66. 66A Norwegian Miserere
  67. 67Landstad, a Bard of the Frozen Fjords
  68. 68Ken’s Immortal Evening Hymn
  69. 69The Dawn of Hymnody in England
  70. 70The Pearl of English Hymnody
  71. 71Isaac Watts, Father of English Hymnody
  72. 72Seeking the Heavenly Prize
  73. 73Doddridge: Preacher, Teacher and Hymnist
  74. 74A Hymn of the Ages
  75. 75Wesley, the Sweet Bard of Methodism
  76. 76Another Hymn of the Ages
  77. 77A Great Hymn That Grew Out of a Quarrel
  78. 78The Coronation Hymn
  79. 79The Bird of a Single Song
  80. 80In Praise of the Word of God
  81. 81England’s First Woman Hymnist
  82. 82The Name above All Names
  83. 83A Slave-Trader Who Wrote Christian Lyrics
  84. 84A Hymn on God’s Providence
  85. 85An Afflicted Poet Who Glorified God
  86. 86A Hymn of Gracious Invitation
  87. 87An Irish Poet and His Hymns
  88. 88A Beautiful Lyric on Prayer
  89. 89The Hymn Legacy of an English Editor
  90. 90A Sublime Hymn of Adoration
  91. 91Heber, Missionary Bishop and Hymnist
  92. 92A Hymn That Wins Souls
  93. 93An Invalid Who Blessed the World
  94. 94The Sun That Ne’er Goes Down
  95. 95How Hymns Helped Build a Church
  96. 96The Hymn of a Perplexed Soul
  97. 97A Famous Hymn by a Proselyte of Rome
  98. 98A Hymn Written in the Shadows
  99. 99Henry Francis Lyte and His Swan Song
  100. 100A Woman’s Gift to the Church
  101. 101Sarah Adams and the Rise of Women Hymn-Writers
  102. 102That Sweet Story of Old
  103. 103A Hymn Written in a Stage-Coach
  104. 104Redemption’s Story in a Hymn
  105. 105An Archbishop’s Wife Who Wrote Hymns
  106. 106The Voice of Jesus
  107. 107Bonar, the Sweet Singer of Scotland
  108. 108The Dayspring from on High
  109. 109Two Famous Translators of Ancient Hymns
  110. 110A Great Marching Song
  111. 111Baring-Gould and His Noted Hymn
  112. 112A Rapturous Hymn of Adoration
  113. 113Frances Ridley Havergal, the Consecration Poet
  114. 114The Emblem That Survives
  115. 115A Unitarian Who Gloried in the Cross
  116. 116A Hymn That Opens Hearts
  117. 117A Model Hymn by a Model Minister
  118. 118A Blind Man’s Hymn of Faith
  119. 119Matheson and His Song in the Night
  120. 120The First American Hymn
  121. 121The Beginnings of Hymnody in America
  122. 122The Hymn of a Wounded Spirit
  123. 123America’s First Woman Hymnist
  124. 124A Triumphant Missionary Hymn
  125. 125Thomas Hastings, Poet and Musician
  126. 126Key’s Hymn of Praise
  127. 127Francis Scott Key, Patriot and Hymnist
  128. 128Bryant’s Home Mission Hymn
  129. 129America’s First Poet and His Hymns
  130. 130An Exquisite Baptismal Hymn
  131. 131The Hymn-Writer of the Muhlenbergs
  132. 132The Way, the Truth, and the Life
  133. 133The Lyrics of Bishop Doane
  134. 134The Quaker Poet’s Prayer
  135. 135The Quaker Poet as a Hymn-Writer
  136. 136Palmer’s Famous Hymn
  137. 137America’s Greatest Hymn and Its Author
  138. 138A Hopeful Missionary Lyric
  139. 139Samuel Smith, a Patriotic Hymn-Writer
  140. 140A Pearl among Christmas Carols
  141. 141Two Famous Christmas Hymns and Their Author
  142. 142Mrs. Stowe’s Hymn Masterpiece
  143. 143Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Hymns
  144. 144Bishop Coxe’s Missionary Hymn
  145. 145A Hymn Written on Two Shores
  146. 146The Hymn of a Consecrated Woman
  147. 147A Hymn That Grew Out of Suffering
  148. 148A Hymn of the Sea
  149. 149A Famous Hymn Written for Sailors
  150. 150A Rally Hymn of the Church
  151. 151A Tragedy That Inspired a Great Hymn
  152. 152A Hymn of Spiritual Yearning
  153. 153Anna Warner and Her Beautiful Hymns
  154. 154A Famous Christmas Carol
  155. 155Phillips Brooks and His Carols
  156. 156The Story that Never Grows Old
  157. 157Women Who Wrote Hymns for Children
  158. 158A Hymn of Sweet Consolation
  159. 159Fanny Crosby, America’s Blind Poet
  160. 160The Call of the Gospel Song
  161. 161One of America’s Earliest Gospel Singers
  162. 162Chautauqua Vesper Hymn
  163. 163The Lyrist of Chautauqua
  164. 164In His Footsteps
  165. 165Gladden’s Hymn of Christian Service
  166. 166A Hymn of the City
  167. 167A Hymn with a Modern Message
  168. 168A Gripping Hymn by a Girl
  169. 169A Lutheran Psalmist of Today
  170. 170A Song of Victory
  171. 171Survey of American Lutheran Hymnody
  172. 172Index of Notable Hymns Especially Presented in This Volume
  173. 173Alphabetical Index of Hymns and Sources
  174. 174Authors’ and General Index
  175. 175Bibliography

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