Hymns in Human Experience

About this eBook

Author

Hart, William J. (William John), 1866-1943

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship

Subject

Hymns -- History and criticism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56480

Release Date

January 31, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HYMNS In Human Experience — THE GOOD OLD HYMNS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.PREFACE — Hymns In Human Experience
4. 4.CHAPTER I A Singing Faith — The Supreme Hymn — When Two Hymn-Writers Met — John Wesley’s Last Hymn — Singing Their Farewell — In the Hospital — “ Sun of My Soul ” — Their Last Sing-Song — Other Refuge Have I None — An Unforgotten Song — Sounding the Silver Trumpet — Grandchildren of Cannibals Praised God — A Song Which Belted the Globe — The Wondrous Story — Sang Amid the Darkness — “ God Will Take Care of You ” — A Sexton’s Tribute to a Singer — The Author of “Beulah Land” — A Hymn of Consecration — Kindling the Torches at the Bonfire — “ Onward, Christian Soldiers ” — A Shrine Created by a Song
5. 5.CHAPTER II Songs in the Night — Played a Hymn on the Deck of a Sinking Boat — Rescuers Steered in the Direction Of the Singer — “ Adrift on an Ice-Pan ” — Dedicating a Lifeboat — What Led to “He Leadeth Me” — A German Girl Led in Singing “A Mighty Fortress” — What a Blind Soldier Wanted to Hear — Blind and Lonely, But Still Singing — Transfigured by Matheson’s Hymn — “ Through Cheerful Years My Guide ” — “Through Every Day” for A Thousand Days — “ Sank in Blissful Dreams Away ” — Hymns in Hospital — Patients Listened to “Precious Name” — Church Bells Reminded Her Of an Old Hymn
6. 6.CHAPTER III Hymns Mothers Loved — The Old Brown Book — “ My Mother’s Song ” — The Note of Assurance in the Old Hymns — Canadian Railroad Men Sang In Memory of Mother — Heard Mother’s Hymn in a Mission — Voices Husky With Emotion — Wanted to Hear the Hymns That Mother Loved Best — Saluted Her Favorite Hymn — Sang the Nicene Creed — Singing While Sleeping — “ Peace, Perfect Peace ” — A Mother Answered with a Hymn — Mother Held Her Place in Their Hearts
7. 7.CHAPTER IV When Preachers Sing — A Minister Requested His Favorite Hymn — Marching Song of Veteran Ministers — Ready for Another Day’s Work — When a Bishop Sang at the Ordination Service — “ Thou My Daily Task Shall Give ” — “ All My Help From Thee I Bring ” — Bishops Sang Their Special Hymn — “ Land Me Safe on Canaan’s Side ” — Ministers Sang Their Hope
8. 8.CHAPTER V Songs of Soldiers — A Memory of Pickett’s Brigade — The Song of the Defeated — A Chorus of Ten Thousand — Marching to Music — A Soldier Saved by Song — Sunshine Came Into a Soldier’s Heart — American Soldiers Greeted Christmas — Soldiers and Sankey’s Hymns — Marching Men — “ Six Further On ” — “ Sing It Again, Laddie ” — A Violinist in the Trenches
9. 9.CHAPTER VI Heard Within Prison Walls — Prisoners Sang “The Glory Song” — The Hymn of the Prisoner — A Condemned Man Wanted “Face to Face” Sung — Hymns Selected by Prisoners — Judge and Criminals Listened To “The Holy City”
10. 10.CHAPTER VII The Music of Submerged Lives — A Cripple Stood on Crutches — Song of the Man with the Wooden Leg — Sung for the Scrub Woman — What the Washerwoman Sang — Before Worship — When Lumberjacks Sang “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” — “ Pass It On ”
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII Songs of Salvation — Saved by Sankey’s Singing — Hymns from the Bowery Mission — Singing of Christ, She Accepted Him — God Was the Seeker — A Song at Midnight — Handed a Copy of Her Own Hymn — “ Throw Out the Lifeline ” — In a Newspaper — “Jesus of Nazareth” Made an Extraordinary Impression — “ One Sweetly Solemn Thought ”
12. 12.CHAPTER IX “ The Old Rugged Cross ” — All Wanted the Same Song — Gospel Music in the Lumber Camps — The Cross Remains — “ Rock of Ages ” — Henry Drummond’s Hymn on His Last Sunday — The Only Word for Discord and Distress — What Frances Wanted Sung
13. 13.CHAPTER X Hymns of Youth — The Influence of the Sunday School — Glad He Learned the Hymn in Sunday School — “ Sing, Muzzer, Sing ” — Children Sang of the Love of Jesus — A Youthful Daniel — Jazz and Sacred Music — Spiritual Experience in Song — Evening Prayer of Young Campers — Acknowledging God’s Claims — “ Can the Lord Depend on You? ” — Young America Made Music — Hymns Used at the Dedication of a College Chapel
14. 14.CHAPTER XI Hymns as Prayers — Hymns Are Prayers — The Constant Companion of the Pilgrim Journey — “ Lead, Kindly Light ” — An Eventide Prayer — “ Through the Long Night Watches ” — “ Why, That’s For Me ” — The Satisfying Consciousness of God’s Presence — Not Alone
15. 15.CHAPTER XII Songs of the Negroes — The Value of Negro Spirituals — Finding the Soul of the Song — How the Negroes Sing — Black Uncle’s Song Made a Minister — A Negro Family Sang at John Brown’s Funeral
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII Christmas and Easter Melodies — An Incarnation Hymn that Fires the Imagination — The Joy of Christmas — Nurses Sang Carols — “ Silent Night ” — “ O Little Town of Bethlehem ” — Carols Sung by Children — Easter Morning in America’s Bethlehem — Hymn Writers Tell of Heaven — Salvation Army Music on Easter Morning — Sung by and for Sankey
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV Funeral Music — Hymn of Martyred President Sung by the Nation — President Wilson’s Favorite Hymn — Bells Played Hymns When Taft Was Buried — Comforted by His Own Hymn — Tennyson’s Hymn at His Funeral — Text Selected by Miss Havergal for Her Tombstone — When Parepa Sang at Annie’s Funeral — Each Member of the Family Sang a Verse — Played Her Father’s Favorite Hymn at a Memorial Service — Songs at a Missionary’s Grave — Hallelujah Chorus and Doxology at the Funeral Service
18. 18.CHAPTER XV Hymns on Patriotic Occasions — America, the Beautiful — A Praise Service — Sung on Memorial Day in France — “America” After the Battle — “ Salute America! ” — “ Now Thank We All Our God ” — A Singing Legislature — The Doxology on Armistice Day
19. 19.FOOTNOTES
20. 20.INDEX OF HYMNS
21. 21.Transcriber’s Notes

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