PART IV: ENGLISH HYMNODY

The Dawn of Hymnody in England 209 Isaac Watts, Father of English Hymnody 215 Doddridge: Preacher, Teacher, and Hymnist 221 Wesley, The Sweet Bard of Methodism 225 A Great Hymn that Grew out of a Quarrel 233 The Bird of a Single Song 239 England's First Woman Hymnist 245 A Slave-trader Who Wrote Christian Lyrics 249 An Afflicted Poet Who Glorified God 253 An Irish Poet and His Hymns 259 The Hymn Legacy of an English Editor 263 Heber, Missionary Bishop and Hymnist 269 An Invalid Who Blessed the World 275 How Hymns Helped Build a Church 279 A Famous Hymn by a Proselyte of Rome 285 Henry Francis Lyte and His Swan Song 291 Sarah Adams and the Rise of Women Hymn-writers 297 A Hymn Written in a Stage-coach 301 An Archbishop's Wife Who Wrote Hymns 305 Bonar, the Sweet Singer of Scotland 311 Two Famous Translators of Ancient Hymns 317 Baring-Gould and His Noted Hymn 323 Frances Ridley Havergal, the Consecration Poet 327 A Unitarian Who Gloried in the Cross 333 A Model Hymn by a Model Minister 337 Matheson and His Song in the Night 341