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    ^6 The Publi sh ers' Circular May i, 188...

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    HYMNOLOGY. ! ; t d J irected * When J 3 ...

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    ^6 The Publi Sh Ers' Circular May I, 188...

    ^ 6 The Publi sh ers' Circular May i , 1888 I

    Hymnology. ! ; T D J Irected * When J 3 ...

    HYMNOLOGY . When so much attention of late has been

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    with terest other , it is and cert similar ainly no top t sur ics p rising literar to y fi in nd - l t that tnat an an effort enort has Has recently recentlv been been made mad * to fr . de ^^

    -1 Of or on termine 1887 !»» the / relative . i tne n like editors editors merits manner ot Of of th the thft hymns e popu Sunda Siti . . yrrfnn lar In impression the at n + spring Home TTmyi _

    j I l lists issued of , the inv hundred itation to h their r w eaders hich y in to their send estimation stood highest ymns . To this appeal it a —ppears nearl —— — three * thousand five hundred

    I persons jTJT responded - y j » . -. w and unuuu the result Uju XX V in the -U . U 1 J form . L 4 . A Cv . 1 ^ o Tract j f a nea b t pamphlet , ( published the by the , Religious

    I s e lected Society ouuiety as being ; ) containing containing best tne wit hundred nundred h some hymns hvmns sliht I ac awwuni count of <_ n tneir their writers writers , , now now lies lies before before g

    | j - ordinaril us . It would y acquain scarcel ted y be with , difficu the lt subjec for anyone t to guess gwcoo which wxii ^ ii jub are the me iiymns hymns mos most t likel liKely v t to o

    come out at the head of the list . A bout the j babl selec y tion be little b y far dispute the majori and U 11 U ty there h will larger

    pro-I constituency «/ —— — , w o ven > 'uj ^ ture w , . to thin a k IIIU would ^ jH XC have * X tiv 31 . I mad iimue e a a very very similar similar return return . . It It is is not not , asserted assertfid .

    II I I I lutel be as hundred little the y the editors h doubt ymns best in are that wisel our to languag the y be remar maj regarded e ority , k , that t th represent as these abso can - , ¦ tnose tnat

    l I | ; f cibly Christian the s , general are and most that tenour they truly of indicate loved their preference by very British for- .

    Hymnology. ! ; T D J Irected * When J 3 ...

    For the benefit of those who have not seen H the hletwe may mention that the first H

    3 hymn 215 pamp votes on the . Then list is come ' Rock ' Abide of A with ges , ' Me with ' H

    am am * , Jesu . ^ eac « , ach Love h of of which which r of M received received y Soul , about about ' and o 3 ' . Just 00 UUU 0 votes votes as , I . . H H

    : , . , The subject of hymnology is exceedingl , y H than intere the sting ordinary —much student more interesting is at first inclined indeed H

    to credit . Even at the very outset we are I confronted with the intricate question , What H

    constitutes a hymn ? St . Augustine ' s declaration was that it must be ' praise—the praise of God H

    —and this in the form of song , ' and perhaps this is the best definition we could have . The H

    ¦ very earnest essence outpouring of a hymn of a is heart its simp rep licit lete y— with the ¦ adoration «/ % «&^ b and t thanksg t i iving . Raise k it intellectu-

    ^ JV V ^ ^ u ^ ^ k JV ^ v ^ - & ^ m ^ ^ y ^ ^ _ ^ ^^ a ^_ ^ r ^ n r ~ r " ^^^ ^^ * *^ ^ ' ¦ 'S ' ^ ' ^^ «^ rw ^*^^ ^^ . *^ *^ ^>* ^ - ^ ^> ™ ^^^^ ^^^ ~^ ^^ »*^ ^^^^^ h all —an y— d g thoug ift it h with from the a hi literary gher p point ower of of view poetry it I I

    is superior—it is no longer a hymn . This will I account for the fact that many of the most I

    beautiful contributions to our storehouse of I brated religiou poets s song , but have by the en w lowl ritten y , and not obscure by cele- , I I ¦ monks k >& \ and rm country Jfc i »» w pastors t ¦ ¦ i schoolmasters ¦ » r ¦¦ and »¦

    toilers ^^^—r ^^ ^ r r in ^ ~ m the ^ f" *^ ^^ ^ - ^ humbler ^>» ^ ^^ v m ^ r ^ s * walks rr >^ ^^ ^ - ^ ^* ^<* , v of ^^ - ' ^ - »» " intellectual ^ - ^ ^^ «^ ™ ™ ' »»^ *^** ^ ^ ^^ *^^ life w ^ " ^ " . f I ^^^^ h which It A ^ has jk ^ k >^^> w «^ very p m **^ ossesses ^^ p »^ ^*»* t ^ p trul ^ m ^ w ^ ^** ^^ y a * been m * h ^ ^ ymnology w ^^~ said ^ em * ^ -- ^ ¦ ^^ ^^ that hk ^ have - * ^^ in ^ t * f v ^ p- — no the ^* - < hb * country ^ - ^ . ^ great «^ ^* - ^ w- ^ ^ pr I I ^^^ h

    poets shared in its construction . In our I Henry own . ^ . M . land Kirke , with White the exception the f mind - of r fails b Cowper to recal ¦ ¦ and ¦« l I I

    any ~ ~ ^^^ instance . M . W ~ 1 ~ - | - ~ ~ ^ p of . p < ¦ V an » ^ < fc eminent ^ ^ p > r , «^ . « - - « pppp- . ^ poet . — . ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^^ who . p . ^ f-w ^^ . f-v especiall -v ^ - ^ >^ - ^ p > -v — y ^ I excelled in Ph this pWb form Pk of composition ¦ » i . SpenserI

    Milton ^ bpP * ^ pppp * ' ^ . ^ p ^ hto ^ b ^ t ^ , p * and ^ ^ b ^ p # ^ bV ^ bfcplfc ^ W ^^ 4 ^ ordswo ^^ ^ ^ «^ ^ np-r . P ^ ^ p ^ rt ^ ppf- ^ PP » h ^«> r » Pnppr * - ^ wer - " ^ ~ - »* ^ ppp e ^»^ - ^» *— PF esse - ^ pp ^ fp-F nt - ^ PpT ^— ia ^ *^— ' l - ^ pW l y , « > I ^^> religio relio-iou us s noe poets ts . and and iit t is is impossible imnossible to to read read a a I I

    line of their works , without being struck by I the ^ p * Jpl 4 b ^¦ ptr ^ reverence hW ^ I ^ fT V ^ p ^ pir prip ^ ^ p ^ pT rfL ^ k ^ PpfT ^>> f- * and ^_ ^ pT p ^ ^ fc ^ p ^^ ka deep T ^ B ~ h - ^ pappT Vw '' feeling ^» b > ^ p ^ ^ Ppp ^ ^ p .. ^ p ^^ ppp > ^ Ph * a ^ B ^^ they ^ Bp ^ K p ^ B ^^^ « disp "iin h . ^ ¦ ^ ¦ y- ^ lay W ^_ w . p ^ I i ^^ H

    Yet all the service Milton rendered in this I the direction Nativity PaF pp » , if w which ^ e except » ¦¦ can PBjPb the scarcel PIPB magnificent ipf W be I I ppi I ppft consi ¦ Ode ~~ dered to I I

    a ^ ppT ^ b « h ^ ^ hppr * ymn * p 1 p ^ ^ ^ i ^ f ^ , was p ^ h ^ p' W , H versif V * ^* ^ p" . W ^ f *^ ^> p y > ^ ppp ing * ' ^ . f ^ 0 ^ b V * ih a ^ p |^ ^ BTW f e w -- ^ bp * f ^ pppp y of t h e ^* p- v ^ P ^ pp- p salms ^ m ^ ^ B ^ ^^ ^ B ^ ^ pp , ^ I while Wordsworth » PW PP wrote W J & PL PP # PFP some » -ta » « h PB » earnest ~ FJ «» PF PT stanzas F ^^^ PpV ^ P . ^ PPB PPPPi . pg m fj ¦ Brf ' I V _ V W P >^«^ ^ FP ^ ^ p ^ » » ^** P ^ P * ^ "PF * b ^^ V V ^— ' ^^ PF * ^ ^ » ^^^ ^ ' ^* ' ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ PpF ^*^ ^ .

    entitled ' The Labourer ' s Noon Day Hymn . ' I Unfortunatel 1 we have not space to enter ]

    at any ^ PPF » F * ^ dPV ^ B * leng ^ WF- ^ Pb ^ P * ^ kPF ^ th ^ pV ^ pW ^ Lf ** ^ into PF ^ PbPF" pP ^ y « , M the » ^ FjT ^ rise Pfc ^ ^^ V » ^ PPPf of " ^» ^ h . ^ » ymnology fT PP ^ PF' W ^ ^* ^ ^ F ^ - ^ PF ^ ^ F" ^^^ . ^ . ^ ^ The ^ « ar ^ p ^ ^ PP > | H I e ^ PP ^ arlies % * FV ^ pV ^ L ^ ^ fep ^ **^ t ^^ ^ h bV A ymns W ^ ^ JhV * m > P ^ P < P ^ with ?? ^ ^ FF' A JP ^ which V W PPP & ^ — ^ PPF * ^ ^ ¦ we V ^ p ^ f are 4 UF ^^ h ^ tpp ^ P acquainte ^ PPFV ^ P- ' ^*^ 1 ^ ^ VW 4 Pb P ^«^ ^ PF > ¦^ PPPF' d ^ TB I H

    are those of the Old Testament __ . Some of I t ^ pf hese PK J » - ^ bppF P ^ ppf 1 ^ ppff' ^ h « K , ^ ave ^ p ^ W ^ B ^ b r ^ p ^ een ^ B ^ ^ pfP ^ pP *> pfb 1 s *^^ u ^ pf- ^ ccessfu ^ pf >^ ^ p ^ ^ b ^ P ^ ppf * ^ ppppV ^ b ^^ f « pp ^ ll Ph ^ y W rendered *«¦ ^ pppT ^ «» ^ p ^^ ^^ p * P ^^ ^ p" ^^ ^ ^ in PPk pp ^ ft , ppf .

    | surmountabl I I ^ ppPFBP ) piPk ^ P . «^ lish PPPV . ^^_ f ^^ F ^ B > pFp ^ fpjb ^ PPF metre *^ hF *^ f ( T ^ pppP «^ P > e ^ B ^ F * difficulties , ^ BpF ^ P > *¦« but . ¦> ^ B | P ^ ^ PPpF ^ P * ^ P the ^ ^ PF ? PPV" ~ 1 * pj ~ | T majority in iPP ^ ^ P ^ ^ p ^ versification V " ^ PkpF * ^ V ^ Bp B ~| f ^ P ^ ^» ^ P ^ present ^ BPFF PP > . ^ PPF * ^ PP- " ^ ^ PP > ^ PF > . V in PPF In ^ Fta ^ PPPi - ^^ I I ] ' ^ *^

    o th f h e Isaiah — forme r ^* fw jp * f ^ pp ^ r ' class How — ~ i s ** r v v , beauteous prNppp Dr ^ f'Vp . t ^ pf Watts b ~ f * ^ ppfpm p ^^ ' are fv . p ^ vers their ion of feet m ¦¦ t he ^ ' wi » » «^ ^ l p g ^ l fb ^^ ^ ^ Bp , ^^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^^ , ^ p * ^ ^ ^*^ ^ ^ . , ^ ^^ ^* ,

    recur to most readers . Turning next to Syrian hy ¦ mns PPPP th PP 1 FPP ese . ^ PPF are numerous rf » PPFIPV but

    compara ^ ^* W ^ P" ** ^ P . t ive P . . , ly . little ^ ^ p ^ ^ BaaT ^ Ff ^ . known .- ^ pppP very V ^ , ^ ^^ W in * K ^ fe ^ this ^ « ' ^ K *» ^ ppa ^ ' ^ T country —^ ¦ * W*—T , M a * -F ^ » a V . - ^ ^^ - The ' — ^ ^ PF ^^ ^ father pk ^ F ^ pr < pif- ^ K a ^ ^ aap «^ of ^ uar -aa ^ v S — — yria -m >^ ka Jfc ^ F ^ pT n . ^ a ^ s T ~ i . n a . T ) T cred ^ ppp ** ^ fc ¦ ^ bpf * T Tfc poetry - ^ ^^ f- ^ . ^ r - ^ a > « l ^ « was w V ¦¦ V-Fvr * i ^ pr St ^ p ^ a' ^ bf 1 . m ^ E ~^^~ p W- ^ « hraem ^ - *^ ^ ^* ^ ph ^ *^ ^¦ t ^ , V

    who lived about the middle of the fourth cen ^ p ^ p * ^ p ^ a > ^ H « h tury ^ ar ^_ - ¦ rfk V . V atfpb A ^ plPb ¦ translation ^^ ^ flh *» JI * p « rfp ^ r _ T Jfc ^ . i ^ f % pp > JpV ^ p . ^ aVp alb . of ¦ ^ i- ^ many . ^ JpV . m % - /^ pp ^ ppVB W of \^ ^ h ^ his p & ^ ppIpi . p ^ v ^ -fT h «» ^ ymns « a ^ «^ # v a ^ rf . * n j-

    was published some years ago by Dr . Burgess and ¦¦ I Mr atf . ¦¦¦ * Morris . Contempora 4 with St .

    ^ - "W ^ p hraem ^ ^> w ^ «» ¦ V ¦ was " ^>^ ^^ p ^ aip St ^ P ^ aF V . Gregory ^ p ,, ^^ ^ - ^ f « p ^ ^ % ^ ^ pff * 4 ^ «^ p « x » - _ f * N ^^« r . Bpb azianzen ^ , fVp 1 ry ^ p _ •/ w v v a ^ vp * ^ , the v - ^^ ^ v earlies mil f 4 PPb pa ^ t writer of 1 Greek h ppvpa ymns . Following pf h

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    Cosmas , Bishop of Maiuma ; and St . Theodore , of ^ f ^ p . p ^ the ^ bp w ^ aa » ^ Biar Studium w ^^ ar ^ ar ^ Np ^ aai > m * m ^ 1 * ' ^^ «« Ah p ^ ( « circ ^^ ^ f- py ^ «* ^ a ¦ p' ^ pT 800 ^ pbtfa * ^ bppp * ^ p ^^ ) V . V The ^ aVBw I 0 p > pW ^^ p > r most a ^ p ^ Jpb ^«| F * ripT ^ p * prolific V ^^ pp ^ fti ^ pf- ^ p » . pppi . v ^ pr

    Studium writer of — all the , however ' Watta V , of was Greece St . Josep / as h he f of has the

    ^ Pippr ^^ v ^ p- ^ p > ^ p ^~^ p . p . ^ ^^ . v ^ H ^ v . ^ H ^ nr ^ pp . a ^ B I ^^ pr m v ^ h ^^ pV ^ p ^ ^ p ^ * . ^ Ip ^ f pl % ^ | ^ pp ^ p , ^ t ^ pv ^ uar ^ k ^^ ^ b ^ pr M ^ pp ^ pfp ^ v . a ^ ^ - ^ ipr ^ -p « ^ n ^ pv ^^^ aap been PK named pKB . He . ^ aVP > . VM . lived ^ . ^ . . . about ^ p * the . P ^ year 830 ^ p >^ . - IPfc ^ ^^ piPpt .

    A far greater debt of gratitude , however , |

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1888, page 446, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051888/page/8/