Table of Contents
PART I: EARLY CHRISTIAN HYMNODY The Early Christian Chants 13 Greek and Syriac Hymns 19 The Rise of Latin Hymnody 25 An Ancient Singer Who Glorified the Cross 31 The Golden Age of Latin Hymnody 35 PART II: GERMAN HYMNODY Martin Luther, Father of Evangelical Hymnody 43 The Hymn-Writers of the Reformation 53 Hymnody of the Controversial Period 59 The King and Queen of Chorales 65 Hymns of the Thirty Years’ War 69 A Hymn Made Famous on a Battle Field 77 The Lutheran Te Deum 81 Paul Gerhardt, Prince of Lutheran Hymnists 85 Joachim Neander, the Paul Gerhardt of the Calvinists 93 A Roman Mystic and Hymn-writer 99 Hymn-writers of the Pietist School 103 The Württemberg Hymn-writers 111 How a Great Organist Inspired Two Hymnists 117 Gerhard Tersteegen, Hymn-writer and Mystic 123 Zinzendorf and Moravian Hymnody 127 Two Famous Hymns and some Legends 131 Hymnody in the Age of Rationalism 135 Hymns of the Spiritual Renaissance 141 PART III: SCANDINAVIAN HYMNODY The Swedish Reformers and Their Hymns 149 A Hymn-Book That Failed 155 David’s Harp in the Northland 161 The Golden Age of Swedish Hymnody 169 The Fanny Crosby of Sweden and the Pietists 177 Kingo, the Poet of Easter-Tide 185 Brorson, the Poet of Christmas 191 Grundtvig, the Poet of Whitsuntide 197 Landstad, a Bard of the Frozen Fjords 203 PART IV: ENGLISH HYMNODY The Dawn of Hymnody in England 209 Isaac Watts, Father of English Hymnody 215 Doddridge: Preacher, Teacher, and Hymnist 221 Wesley, The Sweet Bard of Methodism 225 A Great Hymn that Grew out of a Quarrel 233 The Bird of a Single Song 239 England’s First Woman Hymnist 245 A Slave-trader Who Wrote Christian Lyrics 249 An Afflicted Poet Who Glorified God 253 An Irish Poet and His Hymns 259 The Hymn Legacy of an English Editor 263 Heber, Missionary Bishop and Hymnist 269 An Invalid Who Blessed the World 275 How Hymns Helped Build a Church 279 A Famous Hymn by a Proselyte of Rome 285 Henry Francis Lyte and His Swan Song 291 Sarah Adams and the Rise of Women Hymn-writers 297 A Hymn Written in a Stage-coach 301 An Archbishop’s Wife Who Wrote Hymns 305 Bonar, the Sweet Singer of Scotland 311 Two Famous Translators of Ancient Hymns 317 Baring-Gould and His Noted Hymn 323 Frances Ridley Havergal, the Consecration Poet 327 A Unitarian Who Gloried in the Cross 333 A Model Hymn by a Model Minister 337 Matheson and His Song in the Night 341 Part V: AMERICAN HYMNODY The Beginning of Hymnody in America 347 America’s First Woman Hymnist 353 Thomas Hastings, Poet and Musician 359 Francis Scott Key, Patriot and Hymnist 363 America’s First Poet and His Hymns 367 The Hymn-writer of the Muhlenbergs 371 The Lyrics of Bishop Doane 375 The Quaker Poet as a Hymn-writer 379 America’s Greatest Hymn and Its Author 383 Samuel Smith, a Patriotic Hymn-writer 389 Two Famous Christmas Hymns and Their Author 395 Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Hymns 399 A Hymn Written on Two Shores 407 A Hymn That Grew out of Suffering 411 A Famous Hymn Written for Sailors 415 A Tragedy That Inspired a Great Hymn 419 Anna Warner and Her Beautiful Hymns 423 Phillips Brooks and His Carols 427 Women Who Wrote Hymns for Children 431 Fanny Crosby, America’s Blind Poet 435 One of America’s Earliest Gospel Singers 441 The Lyrist of Chautauqua 445 Gladden’s Hymn of Christian Service 449 A Hymn with a Modern Message 453 A Lutheran Psalmist of Today 457 Survey of American Lutheran Hymnody 463 Index of Notable Hymns 471 Alphabetical Index of Hymns and Sources 477 Authors’ and General Index 493 Bibliography 503