Edmund S. Lorenz

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION THE PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE HYMN

PART I THE CHARACTER OF THE HYMN

Chapter I WHAT IS A HYMN? I. DEFINITION OF THE HYMN Importance of Accurate Definition.

III. THE CHRISTIAN HYMN MUST BE DISTINCTLY RELIGIOUS Poems of Semi-religious Fancy Are Not Hymns.

IV. SCRIPTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE HYMN Hymns Based on the Scriptures.

V. THE HYMN MUST BE FITTED FOR MASS SINGING

VI. PRACTICABILITY FOR ACTUAL USE Ideas Must Be Plainly Evident.

Chapter II THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF HYMNS

I. THE IMPULSE TO WRITE HYMNS

II. PURPOSE IN WRITING HYMNS The Influence of Purpose.

III. PURPOSE OF THE USER OF HYMNS

IV. PURPOSES SERVED BY SINGING HYMNS Hymns Unite Christians in Worship and Christian Activities.

V. REASONS FOR THE MINISTER'S APPRECIATION OF HYMNS Hymns Are Evidences of the Effect of the Bible.

VI. STRANGE INDIFFERENCE TO HYMNS The Minister's indifference.

Chapter III THE LITERARY ASPECT OF HYMNS

I. WHAT MAKES THE HYMN LITERATURE? Its Character as a Transcript of Life.

II. OBJECTIONS TO RECOGNIZING ITS LITERARY CHARACTER Due to Narrow Definition of Literature.

Chapter IV THE EMENDATION OF HYMNS I. THE CHANGES IN OUR HYMNS Early Changes.

Chapter V THE CONTENT OF THE HYMN

Chapter VI THE GOSPEL HYMN

PART II HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYMNS

Chapter VII APOSTOLIC ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

Chapter VIII THE POST-APOSTOLIC HYMN The Post-Apostolic Church a Singing Church.

Chapter IX THE GREEK HYMNODY I. EARLY GREEK HYMNS

Chapter X THE LATIN HYMNODY I. THE BEGINNINGS OF LATIN HYMNODY

Chapter XI LUTHER AND THE GERMAN HYMN I. PRE-REFORMATION VERNACULAR HYMNS

Chapter XII THE LATER GERMAN HYMNODY I. THE RISING STANDARD OF LITERARY VALUES

Chapter XIII METRICAL PSALMODY I. CALVIN'S CONCEPTION OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

Chapter XIV THE ENGLISH HYMN BEFORE WATTS I. THE EARLIEST ENGLISH HYMN

Chapter XV ISAAC WATTS AND HIS PERIOD I. THE HYMNIC NEED OF THE TIME

Chapter XVI THE WESLEYS AND THEIR ERA I. THE INFLUENCE OF WATTS ON THE WESLEYS

Chapter XVII HYMNS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND I. RISE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH

Chapter XVIII AMERICAN HYMNODY I. THE TRANSITION FROM PSALMODY TO HYMNODY

PART III PRACTICAL HYMNOLOGY

Chapter XIX THE STUDY OF HYMNS I. IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF HYMNS

Chapter XX THE PRACTICAL USE OF HYMNS I. THE HYMN AS A MEANS TO AN END

Chapter XXI THE SELECTION OF HYMNS I. SELECTION SHOULD SECURE UNITY OF SERVICE

Chapter XXI THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND TREATMENT OF HYMNS I. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HYMNS

EPILOGUE

REFERENCES AND NOTES INTRODUCTION [1] Genesis 4:21, 23. [2]

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF HYMNS

THE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZ

THE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZ (2)

Transcriber's Notes

THE HYMNS IT WROTE AND SANG

By
Edmund S. Lorenz, LL.D., Mus. Doc.

AUTHOR OF
MUSIC IN WORK AND WORSHIP
PRACTICAL HYMN STUDIES
PRACTICAL CHURCH MUSIC
CHURCH MUSIC

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“Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” (Eph. 5: 18, 19.)