Note 4 — II. OBJECTIONS TO RECOGNIZING ITS LITERARY CHARACTER
Reading edition
“In his volume, The English Lyric, Professor Felix E. Schelling virtually disposes of the hymn with the remark that ‘we may or may not “accept” certain hymns, but we do not have to read them.’ That is readily granted—unless, of course, one wishes to know them or to write just criticism about them.” Ibid.