The Story of Our Hymns

About this eBook

Author

Ryden, Ernest Edwin

Credits

E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Hymns -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33998

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33998

Release Date

September 29, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Story of Our Hymns — To the Sweet Memory of Our Bonnie Boy Richard Edward Ryden Who at the Age of Ten Years Went Home to Sing with the Angels.
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.PART I Early Christian Hymnody — The Angelic Hymn — THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHANTS — The Oldest Christian Hymn — GREEK AND SYRIAC HYMNS — An Ambrosian Advent Hymn — THE RISE OF LATIN HYMNODY — A Prophetic Easter Hymn — AN ANCIENT SINGER WHO GLORIFIED THE CROSS — A Tribute to the Dying Saviour — THE GOLDEN AGE OF LATIN HYMNODY
5. 5.PART II German Hymnody — The Battle Hymn of the Reformation — MARTIN LUTHER, FATHER OF EVANGELICAL HYMNODY — A Metrical Gloria in Excelsis — THE HYMN-WRITERS OF THE REFORMATION — A Beautiful Confirmation Hymn — HYMNODY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PERIOD — A Masterpiece of Hymnody — 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 — Rinkart’s Hymn of Praise — THE LUTHERAN TE DEUM — A Joyous Christmas Carol — PAUL GERHARDT, PRINCE OF LUTHERAN HYMNISTS — A Glorious Paean of Praise — JOACHIM NEANDER, THE PAUL GERHARDT OF THE CALVINISTS — A Hymn Classic by Scheffler — A ROMAN MYSTIC AND HYMN-WRITER — A Gem among Pietistic Hymns — HYMN-WRITERS OF THE PIETIST SCHOOL — A Hymn of Longing for Christ — THE WÜRTTEMBERG HYMN-WRITERS — A Noble Hymn of Worship — HOW A GREAT ORGANIST INSPIRED TWO HYMNISTS — A Hymn on the Mystical Union — GERHARD TERSTEEGEN, HYMN-WRITER AND MYSTIC — Following a Heavenly Leader — ZINZENDORF AND MORAVIAN HYMNODY — A Glorious Hymn of Adoration — TWO FAMOUS HYMNS AND SOME LEGENDS — A Classical Harvest Hymn — HYMNODY IN THE AGE OF RATIONALISM — A Picture of a Christian Home — HYMNS OF THE SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE
6. 6.PART III Scandinavian Hymnody — A Hymn in Luther’s Style — THE SWEDISH REFORMERS AND THEIR HYMNS — A Model Hymn of Invocation — A HYMN-BOOK THAT FAILED — Wallin’s Sublime Morning Hymn — DAVID’S HARP IN THE NORTHLAND — A Vision of Christ’s Triumph — THE GOLDEN AGE OF SWEDISH HYMNODY — A Longing for Home — THE FANNY CROSBY OF SWEDEN AND THE PIETISTS — Kingo’s Sunrise Hymn — KINGO, THE POET OF EASTER-TIDE — The Great White Host — BRORSON, THE POET OF CHRISTMAS — A Prayer to the Holy Spirit — GRUNDTVIG, THE POET OF WHITSUNTIDE — A Norwegian Miserere — LANDSTAD, A BARD OF THE FROZEN FJORDS
7. 7.PART IV ENGLISH HYMNODY — Ken’s Immortal Evening Hymn — THE DAWN OF HYMNODY IN ENGLAND — The Pearl of English Hymnody — ISAAC WATTS, FATHER OF ENGLISH HYMNODY — Seeking the Heavenly Prize — DODDRIDGE: PREACHER, TEACHER AND HYMNIST — A Hymn of the Ages — WESLEY, THE SWEET BARD OF METHODISM — Another Hymn of the Ages — A GREAT HYMN THAT GREW OUT OF A QUARREL — The Coronation Hymn — THE BIRD OF A SINGLE SONG — In Praise of the Word of God — ENGLAND’S FIRST WOMAN HYMNIST — The Name above All Names — A SLAVE-TRADER WHO WROTE CHRISTIAN LYRICS — A Hymn on God’s Providence — AN AFFLICTED POET WHO GLORIFIED GOD — A Hymn of Gracious Invitation — AN IRISH POET AND HIS HYMNS — A Beautiful Lyric on Prayer — THE HYMN LEGACY OF AN ENGLISH EDITOR — A Sublime Hymn of Adoration — HEBER, MISSIONARY BISHOP AND HYMNIST — A Hymn That Wins Souls — AN INVALID WHO BLESSED THE WORLD — The Sun That Ne’er Goes Down — HOW HYMNS HELPED BUILD A CHURCH — The Hymn of a Perplexed Soul — A FAMOUS HYMN BY A PROSELYTE OF ROME — A Hymn Written in the Shadows — HENRY FRANCIS LYTE AND HIS SWAN SONG — A Woman’s Gift to the Church — SARAH ADAMS AND THE RISE OF WOMEN HYMN-WRITERS — That Sweet Story of Old — A HYMN WRITTEN IN A STAGE-COACH — Redemption’s Story in a Hymn — AN ARCHBISHOP’S WIFE WHO WROTE HYMNS — The Voice of Jesus — BONAR, THE SWEET SINGER OF SCOTLAND — The Dayspring from on High — TWO FAMOUS TRANSLATORS OF ANCIENT HYMNS — A Great Marching Song — BARING-GOULD AND HIS NOTED HYMN — A Rapturous Hymn of Adoration — FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL, THE CONSECRATION POET — “THINE FOR EVER” — The Emblem That Survives — A UNITARIAN WHO GLORIED IN THE CROSS — A Hymn That Opens Hearts — A MODEL HYMN BY A MODEL MINISTER — A Blind Man’s Hymn of Faith — MATHESON AND HIS SONG IN THE NIGHT
8. 8.PART V AMERICAN HYMNODY — The First American Hymn — THE BEGINNINGS OF HYMNODY IN AMERICA — The Hymn of a Wounded Spirit — AMERICA’S FIRST WOMAN HYMNIST — A Triumphant Missionary Hymn — THOMAS HASTINGS, POET AND MUSICIAN — Key’s Hymn of Praise — FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, PATRIOT AND HYMNIST — Bryant’s Home Mission Hymn — AMERICA’S FIRST POET AND HIS HYMNS — An Exquisite Baptismal Hymn — THE HYMN-WRITER OF THE MUHLENBERGS — The Way, the Truth, and the Life — THE LYRICS OF BISHOP DOANE — The Quaker Poet’s Prayer — THE QUAKER POET AS A HYMN-WRITER — Palmer’s Famous Hymn — AMERICA’S GREATEST HYMN AND ITS AUTHOR — A Hopeful Missionary Lyric — SAMUEL SMITH, A PATRIOTIC HYMN-WRITER — A Pearl among Christmas Carols — TWO FAMOUS CHRISTMAS HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHOR — Mrs. Stowe’s Hymn Masterpiece — HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AND HER HYMNS — Bishop Coxe’s Missionary Hymn — A HYMN WRITTEN ON TWO SHORES — The Hymn of a Consecrated Woman — A HYMN THAT GREW OUT OF SUFFERING — A Hymn of the Sea — A FAMOUS HYMN WRITTEN FOR SAILORS — A Rally Hymn of the Church — A TRAGEDY THAT INSPIRED A GREAT HYMN — A Hymn of Spiritual Yearning — ANNA WARNER AND HER BEAUTIFUL HYMNS — A Famous Christmas Carol — PHILLIPS BROOKS AND HIS CAROLS — The Story that Never Grows Old — WOMEN WHO WROTE HYMNS FOR CHILDREN — A Hymn of Sweet Consolation — FANNY CROSBY, AMERICA’S BLIND POET — The Call of the Gospel Song — ONE OF AMERICA’S EARLIEST GOSPEL SINGERS — Chautauqua Vesper Hymn — THE LYRIST OF CHAUTAUQUA — In His Footsteps — GLADDEN’S HYMN OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE — A Hymn of the City — A HYMN WITH A MODERN MESSAGE — A Gripping Hymn by a Girl — A LUTHERAN PSALMIST OF TODAY — A Song of Victory — SURVEY OF AMERICAN LUTHERAN HYMNODY
9. 9.INDEX OF NOTABLE HYMNS ESPECIALLY PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME
10. 10.ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF HYMNS AND SOURCES
11. 11.AUTHORS’ AND GENERAL INDEX
12. 12.BIBLIOGRAPHY

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