The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
q MODERN HYMNBOOK.
Poets Work in a New Edition 81
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Tho En- 8 isf sTIymnal, IA IA Of which 81 new
and rev lscd edi t1on i has Just been Issued
by Mr.. Henry Frowd 9, OF the Oxford Uni,
We rsty5 Press Will be d formidable rival 8
to the new Iynlns lent and N Ri
ern, which ii came u In " for such sharI}
criticism when i appeared in IT, re iye' i
svlsed, form last yea r. I'LL T.
v, The most striking feature OF the new
book Is it, mod ern ty. 8A M
q For instance e, II Mr.. Aubrey q 81 We're. the
mystical Irish poet, is represe ed by one y
hymn; Mr.. Laurence Housenan the aSl-8
thor OF * IAN English s Love Let
$ters',3sand 1.-THE Sensitive Plant, n has
twelve, and Mr. William Can tor, whot
wrote 1.-THE Invisible RI aymnte e. q year
or two ago, contributes two, one OF which
Immediately follows q well novn hymn nm
by John Bunyan. *
Two prominent High Churchmen Of the
present day have h elped consid erably sto !
swell the volume. AS Mr., tn elstan h Riley Az
the -known educat ionist, Ssll sSss$l MA
private chapel In his house, has q dozen
hymns under his ma me-. wv lille Rev. Percy
8Dearmer has ninet een.
,g{g The book has a. decidedly literary tone,SS III
and the II compilers II have Il shown much
8catholiclty in their tastes. He are a.
few Of tho names famous In literatu to-
be found In the index 4: sa mt lei ST. ohnson,t
Thomas Carlyle Nv iliam Cutler Bryant,,33
Thomas Moore, Oliver w endell Fl lmcs,s
}I1dmund spense /, Lord Tenny Chris.
tina Rossetti and ]. g. hitter. ST.
s Together ppenr$ the names of poets ' So
diverse IN style md ageg as the Venerab le1s
7Bede, Charles n X ngsle and R = q ys,
Kipling. Klpling IS 1presente ID, OF course
Nv the Recess ma M; without which no
anthology Or hymn book VI is comnletess3;
nowadays. ~ IN 4 Y Vi VA
B3S Canon Anger. the late master Of the
Temple, has two, and DR.. Ma clagan, the
Earchbishop Of z ork, wos lso and \ AZ Mr.
Gladstone Is credited wit one, tsO hi,3 lea 81
my blindness by the hand
All the more famoust hymns OF Charles
Wesley i; a 70 Included, ~ as are I'm ortalS
works like \ ock Of "a Res, bide VIII
Me- cad Sindly IL gl1t N carer,
God .8st % Thee s55s ts I'LL
S. Here are 3verses u from three hymns
which show the spirit that lifts thu look
Sfar nboye the level OF It's predecessors.l
The first is e from, a fine hymn for ST.
George's Day by Laurence House,
man SS$is 81 v sss
Il ID ord God OF Hosts vi thin Whose hand /
e Dom nion rests on sea and land
Ss. Before Whose words OF life or death
i, The 81 rength OF nations Is but breath
gSSS2 o King cnthroned all thrones above, b
Give strength unto the land We love D'y's
559 This Is a verse from the one hymn by
Mr.. Arthur Chris opher Benson n tho
book !: b u t3 t;iss
Lord, we are weak and wilf,ll yet
The fault is In our clouded eyes; ssh 4
III But Thou, through anguish and iregret.ss
Dost mike Thy faithless Eohild ren Vie ;S
y Through wrong, through hate. = h 10Y
Il dost approve W.
+ II The far-off victories Of love.
q This is tho second verse Of MT. Kip-.s5
sling's noble hymn; % x NJ $;s9S II
h 4 The tumult and the shouting dies.
i VI tt The captains and tho kings depazt
@ still stnnds Thine ancient sacrifice
An humble and q oontrttes heart
I Lord God OF Hosts, be with us yet u
q. a est we forgetlest we forget.
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