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The Singing Church

Subtitle: The Hymns It Wrote and Sang

Edmund S. (Edmund Simon) Lorenz

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1. THE SINGING CHURCH 2. PREFACE 3. INTRODUCTION 4. PART I THE CHARACTER OF THE HYMN 5. Chapter I WHAT IS A HYMN?6. III. THE CHRISTIAN HYMN MUST BE DISTINCTLY RELIGIOUS 7. IV. SCRIPTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE HYMN 8. V. THE HYMN MUST BE FITTED FOR MASS SINGING 9. VI. PRACTICABILITY FOR ACTUAL USE 10. Chapter II THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF HYMNS I. THE IMPULSE TO WRITE HYMNS 11. II. PURPOSE IN WRITING HYMNS 12. III. PURPOSE OF THE USER OF HYMNS 13. IV. PURPOSES SERVED BY SINGING HYMNS 14. V. REASONS FOR THE MINISTER’S APPRECIATION OF HYMNS 15. VI. STRANGE INDIFFERENCE TO HYMNS 16. Chapter III THE LITERARY ASPECT OF HYMNS I. WHAT MAKES THE HYMN LITERATURE?17. II. OBJECTIONS TO RECOGNIZING ITS LITERARY CHARACTER 18. Chapter IV THE EMENDATION OF HYMNS 19. Chapter V THE CONTENT OF THE HYMN 20. Chapter VI THE GOSPEL HYMN 21. PART II HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYMNS 22. Chapter VII APOSTOLIC ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT 23. Chapter VIII THE POST-APOSTOLIC HYMN 24. Chapter IX THE GREEK HYMNODY 25. Chapter X THE LATIN HYMNODY 26. Chapter XI LUTHER AND THE GERMAN HYMN 27. Chapter XII THE LATER GERMAN HYMNODY 28. Chapter XIII METRICAL PSALMODY 29. Chapter XIV THE ENGLISH HYMN BEFORE WATTS 30. Chapter XV ISAAC WATTS AND HIS PERIOD 31. Chapter XVI THE WESLEYS AND THEIR ERA 32. Chapter XVII HYMNS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 33. Chapter XVIII AMERICAN HYMNODY 34. PART III PRACTICAL HYMNOLOGY 35. Chapter XIX THE STUDY OF HYMNS 36. Chapter XX THE PRACTICAL USE OF HYMNS 37. Chapter XXI THE SELECTION OF HYMNS 38. Chapter XXI THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND TREATMENT OF HYMNS 39. EPILOGUE 40. REFERENCES AND NOTES 41. CHAPTER I 42. CHAPTER III 43. CHAPTER V 44. CHAPTER X 45. CHAPTER XIV 46. CHAPTER XVI 47. CHAPTER XX 48. CHAPTER XXII GENERAL INDEX 49. INDEX OF HYMNS 50. THE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZ 51. THE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZ 52. Transcriber’s Notes

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