The great hymns of the Church
Subtitle: their origin and authorship
Publisher: Hart & Company
Published: 1890
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Preface iii; title: Introduction xiii; title: The Service of Song in the Temple — Its great power — Jonathan Edwards' views in this connection — The great masters, such as Dryden, failures as hymnists. Why? Some of the essentials that enter into a great hymn — Faultless in style — Transparent simplicity- — Evangelical in colour and character — Reverent in tone — Objective in character — Dealing with the great externals of religion - Should not aim at voicing ecstatic moods — Didactic hymns most used in former days — The Church needs to know more about her hymns before she can sing with the spirit and understanding.; title: I. Te Deum — The great historical hymn 9; title: One of the earliest hymns after those of the Holy Scriptures introduced into the Church — Its origin — Illustration of its power in the case of Thomas Olivers — Early corrupted — Specimen of corruption — Great occasions on which it was sung — Scriptural style of the language — The objective character of its teaching.; title: II. Art Thou Weary — The Old Greek Hymn 20; title: King's account of the present state of the monastery of St. Sabas where it originated — Evangelical in its character — Responsive in its music like the twenty-fourth and other psalms.; title: III. Dies Irae — The Great Judgment Hymn 28; title: High testimonies in its behalf — Instances of great labor and pains spent on the part of translators — Purity of its teaching — Beautiful illustration of its power in the case of Sir Walter Scott.; title: IV. Come, Holy Spirit, Our Souls Inspire; or, Veni Creator 48; title: The first great Hymn on the Holy Ghost — Copy of the original from the Romanum Psaltereum — The first occasion of its use known 898 A.D. — The model after which other hymns of like character were formed — Its remarkable history.; title: V. Jerusalem the Golden 52; title: The original consisted of three thousand lines, — Dr. J. M. Neale's great work — His fourteen years of inhibition more than redeemed by this translation — The author, Bernard of Morlaix — Monastery of Cluny — The permanency of truth — Some lovely forms of consecration in the Homan Catholic Church.; title: VI. Ein Feste Burg — The Great Reformation Hymn 61; title: The probable origin of this hymn — Diet of Worms — Luther's retirement to the Monastery of Erfurth, 1505, A.D. — His visit to Rome — Emancipation through the word : The Just shall live by faith! — His encounter with Tetzel on the subject of indulgences — The burning of the Pope's bull — The Diet of Worms, and the origin of this hymn — "Sing on, my little maid!" — Gustavus Adolphus and his 30,000 troops at the battle of Leipzig animated by this song — Some of the great German master's of sacred song.; title: VII. Jerusalem my Happy Home 71; title: The origin obscure — Rev. David Dickson — The hymn a a great favorite among the common people — An affecting illustration of its power tried by Augustine's definition of a hymn, i.e., "praise in a song to God," it is wanting — It is rather a poem on the material glories of heaven than a hymn of praise to God.; title: VIII. All Praise to Thee, my God, this night — The great Evening Hymn 80; title: The model of the English hymn — The morning hymns of the Latins — The origin of this hymn — Dr. Ken, the author — His biography — The power of this song — Beautiful illustration — His burial at Frome in the early mom when the sun was rising, while his own anthem was sung : "Awake, my soul, and with the sun."; title: IX. Rock of Ages cleft for Me — The Greatest Hymn in the Language 89; title: The author is Augustus Toplady — His conversion — Consecration and study for the Church — His ministry in the vicarage of Broad Hembury surrounded by the laceworkers — Description of his appearance while preaching — A bitter controversialist — Some remarkable instances of the power of this hymn.; title: X. Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing — Charles Wesley's First Great Hymn 98; title: Written on the first anniversary of his conversion — He with his brother John, it is said, wrote seven thousand in all — The remarkable origin of this hymn — The glorious enthusiasm of the Wesleys — The low spiritual state of the Churches in the British Isles in the earlier period of the Wesleys — What they had to endure! — A Salvation Army girl 1 — Similar was the enthusiasm of the Wesleys — The enduring character of their works.; title: XI. Jesus, Lover of my Soul — Charles Wesley's Great Hymn 107; title: Biographical sketch — The fertility of his muse — Seven thousand hymns from the Wesleys — The genesis of some of them — The genesis of this — Illustrations of the power of this hymn.; title: XII. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah — The Great Welsh Hymn, by William Williams 115; title: The times of William Williams the Author — His conversion — His poetic gift — Great labors — His fearless proclamation of Gospel truth in face of much opposition — Illustrations of the powers of this hymn.; title: XIII. Jesus shall Heion where're the Sun, etc. — Watt's Great Missionary Hymn 122; title: Issac Watts, the father of English hymnody — His first attempt at hymn making, sixty-fifth paraphrase — Sung on the occasion of a missionary meeting in Figi, when five thousand exchanged heathenism for Christianity — Napoleon's opinion of Christ, and the future of his reign — The growing progress of the gospel in the world through each successive century — His grave and lovely record.; title: XIV. Hail to the Lord's Anointed — Montgomery's Great Missionary Hymn 131; title: Biographical sketch — Conversion — He casts his lot in with the Moravian brethren at Fulneck — His success as a litterateur — Retires with a pension of two hundred pounds sterling a year — Personal description of Montgomery — The genesis of this great hymn — Written as a peroration to a speech at a missionary meeting in the city of Liverpool, England — The surpassing excellence of the hymn.; title: XV. There is a Fountain Filled with Blood — The great Gospel Hymn 141; title: Biographical sketch — The early loss of his mother — gave a color to all his future — His desultory life for some years — His familiarity with John Newton — His insanity — His many attempts on one night to take away his life, but the knife, the rope, the soporific all failed — His remorse on coming to consciousness — His restless spirit at length found peace in Rom. iii. 24 — Hence the hymn : There is a fountain, etc; title: XVI. All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name — The Great Coronation Hymn 152; title: Rev. Edward Perronet, the author — He leaves the English Church and becomes a Methodist — The grandeur of the theme of this hymn, said to be the most rousing in the English language — Henry Ward Beecher on this theme! — Its great literary excellence, and strongly objective character — A beautiful illustration of its power on the savage breast — The obscure origin of the hymn! — Perronet's kitchen.; title: XVII. Just as I Am, Without One Plea — The Great Hymn for Anxious Inquirers, by Charlotte Elliot. 160; title: Biographical sketch of the authoress — Her long estrangement from Christ — Seeking more light — Her delicate health and fine perceptions — The genesis of this hymn — Dr. Malan's great service in helping her into light — The hymn floating about anonymously for years — Her assuming the editorship of the Christian Remembrancer and her great success.; title: XVIII. The Hour of My Departure's Come — The Great Death-bed Hymn 167; title: Biographical sketch of the author, M. Bruce — His ode to the cuckoo — The great literary fraud of which he was the victim — The sad fate of Logan, his usurper — Not in mine innocence I trust! Who can? — The personal appearance of M. Bruce — Interesting illustration of the power of this great hymn.; title: XIX. 'Twas on That Night When Doomed, Etc. — The Great Scotch Communion Hymn 176; title: The vehicle of the purest devotion for one hundred years in the Presbyterian Churches. — The quality which age imparts — The author, Dr. John, Morrison, minister of Canisbay, Scotland — His grave — His ministry — The origin of this hymn — The sixty-seven paraphrases of Scripture — Have never yet received the formal sanction of the General Assembly — Simply tolerated.; title: XX. Sun of My Soul, Thou Saviour Dear — The second greatest in the language 184; title: Rev. J. Keble, the Author — The great leader of sacred song in the Church of Englaud — Leader also of the Oxford movement — The genesis of this hymn — Its great popularity — A favorite with the Cree Indiaus of the North-West — Specimen of their translation of this hymn — The silent influence of hymns.; title: XXI. Abide with Me 191; title: The Author, Henry Lyte — His ministry in Lower Bunham, England — Victim of consumption — Goes South — Gathers his loving flock for the last time around him, before setting out on his travels with the presentment that he should never see them again — Dispenses to them the Holy Communion — Spends the remainder of the day in writing "Abide with me."; title: XXII. Jesus, I My Cross have Taken — Henry Lyte's Great Consecration Hymn 197; title: Biographical sketch — early life full of promise — The genesis of this hymn — Henry Ward Beecher's version — Namely a wealthy man's daughter disowned and expelled because taking Christian ground in a Dissenting Church — Dr. Hatfield's account of the genesis — A beautiful illustration of the power of this hymn.; title: XXIII. Lead, Kindly Light — Cardinal Newman's Wonderful Hymn 20J; title: Biographical sketch — His early life — Personal appearance — Resemblance to Benjamin Disraeli, his close companion — His career in Oxford — One of the leaders of what is called the Oxford or High Church movement — His growing dissatisfaction with the English Church — His looking towards Rome — Throws up his charge of St. Mary's in 1843. Travels — Gets becalmed at Palermo — Waiting for an orange boat, he writes this famous hymn — Joins the Roman Catholic Church — His great influence and spotless life — His power as a preacher — Sermons are striking.; title: XXIV. My Faith Looks up to Thee — Ray Palmer's Great Hymn 212; title: An extensive author, but known chiefly through this hymn — This written in his twenty-second year as the spontaneous expression of his own experience — Lay hiden in his note book for years — Dr. Mason's prediction concerning it — Instances of its great power in the way of quickening and refreshing souls — The case of Mrs. Layyath, a Syrian woman — Beautiful illustration of certain young soldiers adopting it as their creed on the night before going into battle.; title: XXV. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say — Horatius Bonar's Great Hymn 213; title: An extensive author — His Night of Weeping, etc., have reached a circulation amounting to nearly one million! — The genesis of this hymn — Its wonderful history — Henry Ward Beecher and the two street arabs listening to the choir practising this hymn the night on which he died — Its use in the English Church, and the use of English, even Roman Catholic hymns, with Presbyterians — Union at the top but divergence at the bottom. A pen and ink sketch of Horatius Bonar — His youth and old age — His last lines.; title: XXVI. Holy, Holy, Holy — The greatest hymn on the Trinity in the language 229; title: The author Reginald Heber ; the author also of the hymn " From Greenland's Icy Monntains" — His career in India, short but brilliant — Hymns to the Trinity were much in request in the earlier ages of the Church — The dying martyr Blandina, the venerable Bede, etc. — The power of such hymns in sustaining the soul in trouble — What was the genesis of this hymn? — The melancholy close of this servant of God — Drowned in the bath! — His sun went down while it was yet day.; title: XXVII. From Greenland's Icy Mountains — Heber's Great Missionary Hymn 236; title: Its remarkable genesis — His brilliant ministry at Hodnet — His leaving for the coral strand, bearing the honors of the Church on his breast and the love of God in his soul — The lofty forms of the Hebers, the Careys, the Martyns and the Marshes. — Dr. Duff in the General Assembly pleading for India in 1867, and fainting with the effort — What a change from 1796, when the question of sending a missionary to the heathen was negatived by forty-four to fifty-eight!; title: XXVIII. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing! — The Great Christmas Hymn 242; title: The great popularity of this hymn — How did it make its way into all the hymnals of the English Church? — Good specimen of the narrative or ballad order — This is the style for reaching the common heart of humanity — Hence the use that has been made of such in the dissemination of doctrine true and false all through the history of the Church, especially in the times of the Reformation.