PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I A True Hymn

II Hymns of the Bible and the Early Church

III Early Modern Hymns I. Sixteenth Century

III Early Modern Hymns II. Seventeenth Century

IV Eighteenth-century Hymns I. The School of Watts

IV Eighteenth-century Hymns II. Hymns of the Methodist Revival

IV Eighteenth-century Hymns III. The Olney Hymns

IV Eighteenth-century Hymns IV. Addison, Toplady, and Others

V Nineteenth-century Hymns I. Anglican Hymns

V Nineteenth-century Hymns II. Free Church Hymns

V Nineteenth-century Hymns III. Roman Catholic Hymns

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

FOOTNOTES

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF HYMNS AND VERSES

Transcriber's Notes

BRIEF STUDIES OF HYMNS AND HYMN-WRITERS

THE THIRTY-FOURTH FERNLEY LECTURE

BY
ARTHUR E. GREGORY, D.D.
PRINCIPAL OF THE CHILDREN’S HOME AND ORPHANAGE EDITOR OF ‘BOOKS FOR BIBLE STUDENTS,’ ETC.

London
CHARLES H. KELLY
2, CASTLE ST., CITY ROAD; AND 26, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1904