PREFACE
CHAPTER I THE HYMN
Sweet Spirit comfort me!
CHAPTER II HYMNS ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
CHAPTER III THE NATIVE ENGLISH HYMN
CHAPTER IV ENGLISH PSALMODY
CHAPTER V ISAAC WATTS
CHAPTER VI THE PERIOD OF THE WESLEYS
CHAPTER VII BISHOP HEBER AND THE ROMANTIC REVIVAL
Saviour Divine
Be wholly thine.
Shall o’er me roll,
A ransomed soul.
CHAPTER VIII THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER IX THE IMPORT OF THE HYMN-BOOK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX