The Singing Church / The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
Edmund S. Lorenz
The Singing Church / The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
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THE SINGING CHURCH
Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE HYMN
The Impulse to Sing Is Constitutional in Man.
Biblical Authority for the Singing of Hymns.
The Use of Hymns in the Development of the Christian Church.
Cultural Value of Hymns.
Spiritual Value of Hymns.
The Value of Singing Hymns Too Often Overlooked.
The Need of Emphasis on Efficient Use of Hymns.
Chapter I WHAT IS A HYMN?
I. DEFINITION OF THE HYMN
Importance of Accurate Definition.
Inadequate Definition.
Definition Must Be Based on Practical Considerations.
Types of Hymns.
Definition of the Congregational Hymn.
II. THE HYMN MUST BE POETRY
To Be Poetry, It Must Be Emotional.
It Must Have Poetical Form.
It Must Be Poetic in Spirit.
The Hymn Must Have Unity.
The Poetical Element Is Contributory Only.
Poems of Semi-religious Fancy Are Not Hymns.
Mere Moralizing Will Not Serve.
Special Propaganda Is Not Admissible.
Christian Hymns Should Be Genuinely Christocentric.
Hymns Based on the Scriptures.
Use of Scriptural Forms Desirable.
Congregational Singing Is a Pronounced Christian Exercise.
Meter Essential to Mass Singing.
Ideas Must Be Plainly Evident.
Hymns May Not Be Extremely Individualistic.
Distracting Figures and Forms of Expression.
Verses Must Be Complete in Themselves.
Musical Limitations.
Outworn Hymns.
Mistaken Objections to Some Hymns.
Chapter II THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF HYMNS
The Influence of Purpose.
The Purpose Must Affect Only the Practical Aspects.
Hymns Unite Christians in Worship and Christian Activities.
Hymns Concentrate Interest and Attention.
Hymns Afford a Means of Expression for the Congregation.
Hymns Provide Help and Comfort in Dark Hours.
Hymns Afford Clear Expressions of Christian Truth.
Hymns Give Opportunity for Active Participation by All.
Hymns Provide Variety.
Hymns Create a Religious Atmosphere.
Hymns in the Home.
Hymns in Personal Work.
Hymns Are Evidences of the Effect of the Bible.
Hymns and Psalms Affected the Life of the Church.
Hymns in Personal Christian Experience.
Hymns as Stimulating the Spiritual Life of the Minister.
Hymns Approved by Paul.
Hymns in the Early Church.
Hymns Prepared the Church for Periods of Marked Progress.
The Minister’s indifference.
Indifference of the Congregation.
Chapter III THE LITERARY ASPECT OF HYMNS
Its Character as a Transcript of Life.
Its Wide Distribution.
Its Acceptance Through Many Generations.
Its Profound Influence.
Due to Narrow Definition of Literature.
Due to Failure to Realize Limitations of Hymns.
Some Critics and Their Criticism.
III. THE WRITING OF HYMNS
The Handicap of Thought and Diction.
The Handicap of Meter.
IV. THE LITERARY QUALITY NOT TO BE OVERESTIMATED
Literary Quality Not the Supreme Consideration.
Literary Quality Should Be Subconscious.
Chapter IV THE EMENDATION OF HYMNS
I. THE CHANGES IN OUR HYMNS
Early Changes.
The Abuse of the Editorial Revision.
The Return to Originals.
II. PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY INVOLVED IN THESE CHANGES
The Rights of the Original Writer.
The Limits of the Author’s Rights.
III. EFFECT OF CHANGES ON QUALITY
Loss of Original Writer’s Vision.
Biblical Precedent.
IV. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES MADE
The Omission of Verses.
Reconstructing and Rewriting Faulty Hymns.
Minor Felicitous Changes.
Chapter V THE CONTENT OF THE HYMN
I. ITS RELATION TO GOD
Thanksgiving.
Prayer for Future Blessing.
Adoration.
The Hymn of Communion.
II. RELATION TO THE SINGER
The Hymn of Emotion.
The Hymn of Inspiration.
The Hymn of Personal Experience.
The Hymn of Meditation.
The Hymn of Exhortation.
The Didactic Hymn.
The Doctrinal Hymn.
The Homiletical Hymn.
The Hymn of Propaganda.
Hymns of the Social Gospel.
Special Hymns.
The Great Hymnic Themes.
Chapter VI THE GOSPEL HYMN
Lack of Discrimination.
Wrong Assumptions of the Opposition.
Unfairness in Comparisons Made.
Criteria for Evaluation.
Gospel Hymns and the Unsaved.
Gospel Hymns and the Demands of Worship.
Gospel Hymns in the Preparatory Service.
Gospel Hymns in the Laboratory.
The Advantages of Gospel Hymns.
Discrimination in the Use of Gospel Songs.
Chapter VII APOSTOLIC ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
I. SACRED SONG IN THE NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The Rise of Sacred Song in Apostolic Times.
Apostolic Emphasis of Sacred Song.
Traces of Hymns in the Epistles.
The Hymns of the Apocalypse.
“The Odes of Solomon.”
The Failure of Apostolic Spiritual Songs to Survive.
Chapter VIII THE POST-APOSTOLIC HYMN
The Post-Apostolic Church a Singing Church.
The Earliest Surviving Hymns.
The Relation of Hymns to Psalms and Canticles.
The Hymn as Propaganda.
Chapter IX THE GREEK HYMNODY
I. EARLY GREEK HYMNS
II. THE LATER GREEK HYMNS
Chapter X THE LATIN HYMNODY
I. THE BEGINNINGS OF LATIN HYMNODY
II. EARLY LATIN HYMN WRITERS
III. GREAT LATIN HYMNS
IV. MEDIEVAL DEVOTIONAL POEMS
V. MEDIEVAL POPULAR HYMNODY
Chapter XI LUTHER AND THE GERMAN HYMN
I. PRE-REFORMATION VERNACULAR HYMNS
II. LUTHER’S RELATION TO GERMAN HYMNODY
Chapter XII THE LATER GERMAN HYMNODY
I. THE RISING STANDARD OF LITERARY VALUES
II. THE GOLDEN AGE OF GERMAN HYMNODY
III. THE PIETISTIC HYMN WRITERS
IV. GERMAN REFORMED HYMNODY
V. TRANSITION TO RATIONALISTIC HYMNS
VI. RATIONALISM IN HYMNODY
VII. HYMNS OF RENEWED RELIGIOUS LIFE
VIII. HYMNS OF PIETISTIC TYPE
Chapter XIII METRICAL PSALMODY
I. CALVIN’S CONCEPTION OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING
II. CALVIN’S FOLLOWERS MORE EXTREME
III. MAROT’S SUCCESSFUL VERSIONS
IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENEVAN PSALTER
V. ENGLISH PSALM VERSIONS BEFORE STERNHOLD
VI. VERSION OF STERNHOLD AND HOPKINS
VII. THE SCOTCH VERSION
VIII. ROUS’ VERSION
IX. TATE AND BRADY’S “NEW VERSION”
X. AMERICAN PSALMODY
XI. THE VALUE OF THE PSALM VERSIONS
Chapter XIV THE ENGLISH HYMN BEFORE WATTS
I. THE EARLIEST ENGLISH HYMN
II. ENGLISH HYMNODY SUBMERGED BY REFORMED PSALMODY
III. ENGLISH LITERARY IDEALS UNFAVORABLE TO HYMN-WRITING
IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNIC OF WRITING SINGING HYMNS
V. THE IDEAL OF THE SINGING HYMN REALIZED
Chapter XV ISAAC WATTS AND HIS PERIOD
I. THE HYMNIC NEED OF THE TIME
II. THE LIFE OF WATTS
III. WATTS AS A HYMN WRITER
IV. WATTS’ ARGUMENTS FOR THE HYMN
V. WATTS’ INSISTENCE ON PRACTICABILITY
VI. THE INESTIMABLE VALUE OF WATTS’ HYMNS
VII. CONTEMPORARIES OF WATTS
Chapter XVI THE WESLEYS AND THEIR ERA
I. THE INFLUENCE OF WATTS ON THE WESLEYS
II. THE HOME OF THE WESLEYS
III. THE MORAVIAN INFLUENCE
IV. JOHN WESLEY
V. CHARLES WESLEY
VI. CHARLES WESLEY’S HYMNS QUITE SUBJECTIVE
VII. WATTS AND CHARLES WESLEY
VIII. THE ISSUES OF THE WESLEYAN HYMNS
IX. THE METHODIST TUNES
X. INFLUENCES OPPOSING THE WESLEYAN HYMNS
XI. OTHER METHODIST HYMN WRITERS
XII. CALVINISTIC-METHODIST HYMN WRITERS
XIII. BAPTIST HYMN WRITERS
Chapter XVII HYMNS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
I. RISE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH
II. EARLY COLLECTIONS OF EVANGELICAL HYMNS
III. EVANGELICAL HYMN WRITERS
IV. HYMN WRITERS OF THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL
V. CONTEMPORARY HYMN WRITERS
VI. MINOR HYMN WRITERS
VII. THE HYMNS OF THE OXFORD MOVEMENT
Chapter XVIII AMERICAN HYMNODY
I. THE TRANSITION FROM PSALMODY TO HYMNODY
II. THE INTRODUCTION OF WATTS’ HYMNS
III. THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN HYMNODY
IV. COLLECTIONS OF AMERICAN HYMNS
V. EPISCOPAL HYMN WRITERS
VI. UNITARIAN HYMNODY
VII. LATER ORTHODOX HYMN WRITERS
Chapter XIX THE STUDY OF HYMNS
I. IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF HYMNS
II. PERSONAL ADVANTAGES OF SUCH STUDY OF HYMNS
Literary Pleasure.
Literary Culture.
Development of Emotional Nature.
III. THE PRACTICAL VALUES OF INDIVIDUAL HYMNS
Classifying Hymns by Their Nature.
Classifying Hymns by Their Fitness for Definite Purposes.
IV. THE MINUTE STUDY OF HYMNS
Analysis of the Hymn.
The Background of the Hymn.
Making a Hymnal of His Own.
Memorizing Hymns.
V. A STUDY OF METHODS OF USE
Using Hymns in Sermons.
Studying Responsiveness of the Congregation.
Studying Methods of Announcement and Securing Participation.
Studying Use of Hymnal for Specific Purposes.
VI. A STUDY OF THE TUNES
Chapter XX THE PRACTICAL USE OF HYMNS
I. THE HYMN AS A MEANS TO AN END
II. ANALYSIS OF PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF HYMNS
III. THE USE OF HYMNS FOR CREATING RELIGIOUS INTEREST
IV. THE HYMN AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHING TRUTH
V. HYMN SERMONS AND HYMN SERVICES
VI. THE USE OF HYMNS IN EMERGENCIES
Chapter XXI THE SELECTION OF HYMNS
I. SELECTION SHOULD SECURE UNITY OF SERVICE
Narrow Conception of Unity.
Broader Conception of Unity.
Unity Based on Purpose.
II. SUGGESTIVE SELECTIONS OF HYMNS
Hymns for Service on God’s Omnipotence.
Hymns for Service on God’s Love.
Hymns for a Missionary Service.
III. IMPORTANCE OF THE TUNES
Chapter XXI THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND TREATMENT OF HYMNS
I. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HYMNS
II. THE TREATMENT OF HYMNS
EPILOGUE
REFERENCES AND NOTES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXII
GENERAL INDEX
INDEX OF HYMNS
THE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZ
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THE SINGING CHURCH The Hymns It Wrote and Sang By EDMUND S. LORENZ
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