The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical StudyClarendon Press, 1997 - 552 Seiten Why do people sing hymns? Are hymns poetry? What makes a good hymn? The author discusses the nature of hymns and their particular appeal, examines the English hymn as a literary form, and systematically describes its development through four centuries, from the Reformation to the mid-twentieth century. |
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... faith , eternal Word , Whose Spirit breathes the active flame , Faith , like its finisher and Lord , Today as yesterday the same . The initial source is the metaphor from Hebrews 12 : 2 - Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ...
... faith , eternal Word , Whose Spirit breathes the active flame , Faith , like its finisher and Lord , Today as yesterday the same . The initial source is the metaphor from Hebrews 12 : 2 - Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ...
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... Faith of our Fathers ! Holy Faith ! We will be true to thee till death . ' Till death ' means ' all our lives ' ; but the underlying image is one of martyrdom ( suggested also by the ' Fathers ' ) . Faber would love to have been born in ...
... Faith of our Fathers ! Holy Faith ! We will be true to thee till death . ' Till death ' means ' all our lives ' ; but the underlying image is one of martyrdom ( suggested also by the ' Fathers ' ) . Faber would love to have been born in ...
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... faith ( ' my feeble faith ' , she called it in ' A Prayer ' ) . One hymn , beginning ' Eternal power of earth and air ' , prays for stronger faith : While Faith is with me I am blest ; It turns my darkest night to day ; But while I ...
... faith ( ' my feeble faith ' , she called it in ' A Prayer ' ) . One hymn , beginning ' Eternal power of earth and air ' , prays for stronger faith : While Faith is with me I am blest ; It turns my darkest night to day ; But while I ...
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The State of the Art | 1 |
The Singing of Hymns and the Experience of Metre | 22 |
The Whole Booke of Psalmes | 42 |
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