The great hymns of the church : their origin and authorship

The great hymns of the church : their origin and authorship

Author: Morrison, Duncan, 1843-

Year: 1890

CONTENTS. Preface iii Introduction xiii 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. I. Te Deum — The great historical hymn 9 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. II. Art Thou Weary — The Old Greek Hymn 20 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 psal