Hymn As Literature 1924

1924. The hymn as the most ancient type of literature and as a most pervasive and powerful kind of poetry has not had its just dues from the critics. They have not so much frowned upon the hymn as they have given it a sort of deferential toleration, exempting it from its liabilities as well as its rights in the realm of letters. Contents: the hymn; hymns ancient and medieval; native English hymn; English psalmody; Isaac Watts; period of the Wesleys; Bishop Heber and the romantic revival; the 19th century; import of the hymn book.