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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... individual belief : Anthony Gilby , one of the translators who worked on the Geneva Bible , saw them as personal testimony and record of religious experience — ' whereas al other scriptures do teach us what God saith unto us , these ...
... individual belief : Anthony Gilby , one of the translators who worked on the Geneva Bible , saw them as personal testimony and record of religious experience — ' whereas al other scriptures do teach us what God saith unto us , these ...
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... individual believer . He applies the image of fire , from Acts 2 , to the individual condition : Moreover , let thy heavenly Fire ( Enflamed from above ) Burn up in us each vaine desire , And warme our hearts with love . In this ...
... individual believer . He applies the image of fire , from Acts 2 , to the individual condition : Moreover , let thy heavenly Fire ( Enflamed from above ) Burn up in us each vaine desire , And warme our hearts with love . In this ...
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... individual not only impresses the events on the mind of the reader ( who is now in the place of a fellow - onlooker ) but also discovers ( literally and metaphorically ) ' where he stands ' . He is a watcher , but at the same time a ...
... individual not only impresses the events on the mind of the reader ( who is now in the place of a fellow - onlooker ) but also discovers ( literally and metaphorically ) ' where he stands ' . He is a watcher , but at the same time a ...
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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 |
Urheberrecht | |
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