Part V: AMERICAN HYMNODY

The Beginning of Hymnody in America 347 America's First Woman Hymnist 353 Thomas Hastings, Poet and Musician 359 Francis Scott Key, Patriot and Hymnist 363 America's First Poet and His Hymns 367 The Hymn-writer of the Muhlenbergs 371 The Lyrics of Bishop Doane 375 The Quaker Poet as a Hymn-writer 379 America's Greatest Hymn and Its Author 383 Samuel Smith, a Patriotic Hymn-writer 389 Two Famous Christmas Hymns and Their Author 395 Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Hymns 399 A Hymn Written on Two Shores 407 A Hymn That Grew out of Suffering 411 A Famous Hymn Written for Sailors 415 A Tragedy That Inspired a Great Hymn 419 Anna Warner and Her Beautiful Hymns 423 Phillips Brooks and His Carols 427 Women Who Wrote Hymns for Children 431 Fanny Crosby, America's Blind Poet 435 One of America's Earliest Gospel Singers 441 The Lyrist of Chautauqua 445 Gladden's Hymn of Christian Service 449 A Hymn with a Modern Message 453 A Lutheran Psalmist of Today 457 Survey of American Lutheran Hymnody 463 Index of Notable Hymns 471 Alphabetical Index of Hymns and Sources 477 Authors' and General Index 493 Bibliography 503