Best Church Hymns
Author: first_name: Louis Fitzgerald
last_name: Benson
Language: English
Year: 1898

This 1898 book is the result of a survey of 107 hymn-books.  The thirty-two hymns are ranked in order of popularity.  The texts in this recording are said only, not sung, along with a few explanatory notes for each hymn (some footnotes, not all, here recorded).  The texts are preceded by two essays concerning hymns and their standards.  Benson (1855-1930) was an American Presbyterian minister who edited several hymnals.  - Summary by David Wales