The Singing ChurchPART I THE CHARACTER OF THE HYMNReading editionChapter navigation52 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE SINGING CHURCHPREFACEINTRODUCTIONPART I THE CHARACTER OF THE HYMNChapter I · WHAT IS A HYMN?III. THE CHRISTIAN HYMN MUST BE DISTINCTLY RELIGIOUSIV. SCRIPTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE HYMNV. THE HYMN MUST BE FITTED FOR MASS SINGINGVI. PRACTICABILITY FOR ACTUAL USEChapter II · THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF HYMNS I. THE IMPULSE TO WRITE HYMNSII. PURPOSE IN WRITING HYMNSIII. PURPOSE OF THE USER OF HYMNSIV. PURPOSES SERVED BY SINGING HYMNSV. REASONS FOR THE MINISTER’S APPRECIATION OF HYMNSVI. STRANGE INDIFFERENCE TO HYMNSChapter III · THE LITERARY ASPECT OF HYMNS I. WHAT MAKES THE HYMN LITERATURE?II. OBJECTIONS TO RECOGNIZING ITS LITERARY CHARACTERChapter IV · THE EMENDATION OF HYMNSChapter V · THE CONTENT OF THE HYMNChapter VI · THE GOSPEL HYMNPART II HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYMNSChapter VII · APOSTOLIC ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENTChapter VIII · THE POST-APOSTOLIC HYMNChapter IX · THE GREEK HYMNODYChapter X · THE LATIN HYMNODYChapter XI · LUTHER AND THE GERMAN HYMNChapter XII · THE LATER GERMAN HYMNODYChapter XIII · METRICAL PSALMODYChapter XIV · THE ENGLISH HYMN BEFORE WATTSChapter XV · ISAAC WATTS AND HIS PERIODChapter XVI · THE WESLEYS AND THEIR ERAChapter XVII · HYMNS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDChapter XVIII · AMERICAN HYMNODYPART III PRACTICAL HYMNOLOGYChapter XIX · THE STUDY OF HYMNSChapter XX · THE PRACTICAL USE OF HYMNSChapter XXI · THE SELECTION OF HYMNSChapter XXI · THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND TREATMENT OF HYMNSEPILOGUEREFERENCES AND NOTESChapter IChapter IIIChapter VChapter XChapter XIVChapter XVIChapter XXChapter XXII · GENERAL INDEXINDEX OF HYMNSTHE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZTHE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZTranscriber’s NotesPrevious chapter ←INTRODUCTIONNext chapter →Part 1 — Chapter I · WHAT IS A HYMN?All chapters and sections (52)Other sectionsTHE SINGING CHURCHPREFACEINTRODUCTIONParts1Part 1 · Chapters1Part 1 · Other sectionsIII. THE CHRISTIAN HYMN MUST BE DISTINCTLY RELIGIOUSIV. SCRIPTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE HYMNV. THE HYMN MUST BE FITTED FOR MASS SINGINGVI. PRACTICABILITY FOR ACTUAL USEPart 1 · Chapters2Part 1 · Other sectionsII. PURPOSE IN WRITING HYMNSIII. PURPOSE OF THE USER OF HYMNSIV. PURPOSES SERVED BY SINGING HYMNSV. REASONS FOR THE MINISTER’S APPRECIATION OF HYMNSVI. STRANGE INDIFFERENCE TO HYMNSPart 1 · Chapters3Part 1 · Other sectionsII. OBJECTIONS TO RECOGNIZING ITS LITERARY CHARACTERPart 1 · Chapters456Parts2Part 2 · Chapters789101112131415161718Parts3Part 3 · Chapters19202121Part 3 · Other sectionsEPILOGUEREFERENCES AND NOTESPart 3 · Chapters1351014162022Part 3 · Other sectionsINDEX OF HYMNSTHE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZTHE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZTranscriber’s Notes25◇← INTRODUCTIONChapter I WHAT IS A HYMN? →