hymnal

Several poets in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and, to some extent, the nineteenth centuries wrote devotional poems that were set to music and included in hymnals. These poems had to meet the rigors of meter and prosody demanded of classic hymn structure.

Such information is reserved for the final section of the anthology, an appendix that records concise information on each hymn: source(s), editions, appearance in modern hymnals, biblical background, identity and origins of the melody, commentary on background information, and finally, a listing of significant literature on the hymn.

In addition to a complete index of the songs, there are also separate indexes for songs translated from German or Polish, "a little index of brand new songs" that were most probably composed by Komensky himself, and also a separate index of older songs which the editors and publishers of previous Brethren hymnals did not include.

informed congregational songs found their way into hymnals, books, and

For example, The Fellowship Hymn Book, with his permission, changed the phrase "one in hope and doctrine" to "one in hope and purpose." However, Baring-Gould's original words are used in most modern hymnals.

In the late eighteenth century the Philadelphia Baptist Association had issued Samuel Jones and Burgiss Allison's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1790), and independent compilers had brought out a variety of hymnals (some of them quite successful), but The Psalmist was unique as the first book to receive the endorsement of a national Baptist body.

Documenting the many paths English Christians took to get to heaven during nine decades that saw an explosion of mass print culture and unprecedented expansion of literacy, Lewis presents a selection of the sermons, devotional manuals, hymnals, spiritual autobiographies, religious pamphlets, and periodical essays that integrated Christian experience with the production and consumption of printed matter.

A closer examination, however, reveals the strong influence by the leading Pietist hymnals, Geistreiches Gesang-Buch and Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch, compiled and published by Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (1670-1739).

However, on a much smaller scale, a troupe of worship leader-musicians has been prompting fellow Presbyterians to let go of their inhibitions to give Glory to God, as they dedicate hymnals bearing that title.

IF YOU'RE A CHURCHGOER WHO BELIEVES that Sunday worship would not be the same without your most cherished hymns, you may not sing hallelujah at the thought of new hymnals. After all, the old music is still going strong.

His works survive in hymnals, and his lyrics are faithful to Catholic doctrine.