| Contents |
Introduction : hymns and human life -- Pt. 1 The story of hymns -- How it began : the first centuries -- How it came to stay : the middle ages -- How it came to life : the reformers -- War and peace : German hymnody -- Muscular Christianity : the English Puritans -- Liberation : Watts and Wesley -- Victory : the great century, 1750-1850 -- Wrath and praise : the church embodied -- Wrath and praise : the church embattled -- Interlude : the typical English hymn writer -- Pt. 2 The people in the story -- The cloister and the hearth : bishops, priests, and deacons -- The manse, the mission, and the presbytery : Non-Anglican ministers and clergy -- Men of letters -- Distinguished visitors : scholars, men of business, and others -- Women hymn-writers -- American hymn-writers -- Youth and hymn -- Pt. 3 Hymns and English life -- Our national anthems -- Hymns and places -- The shame and the glory of hymnody. |
