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Title: Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries

Author: Ruth Ellis Messenger

Release Date: July 14, 2010 [EBook #33160]

Language: English

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THE PAPERS OF THE HYMN SOCIETY

Carl F. Price _Editor_

IX
_Christian Hymns
of the First Three Centuries_

_by_
Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.

THE HYMN SOCIETY OF AMERICA
New York City
1942

PAPERS OF THE HYMN SOCIETY

Carl F. Price, _Editor_

I. "The Hymns of John Bunyan."
By Louis F. Benson, D.D.
II. "The Religious Value of Hymns."
By William P. Merrill, D.D.
III. "The Praise of the Virgin in Early Latin Hymns."
By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
IV. "The Significance of the Old French Psalter."
By Professor Waldo Selden Pratt, L.H.D., Mus.D.
V. Hymn Festival Programs.
VI. "What Is a Hymn?"
By Carl F. Price, M.A.
VII. "An Account of the Bay Psalm Book."
By Henry Wilder Foote, D.D.
VIII. "Lowell Mason: an Appreciation of His Life and Work."
By Henry Lowell Mason.
IX. "Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries."
By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
X. Addresses at the Twentieth Anniversary of the Hymn Society of
America.
XI. Hymns of Christian Patriotism.
XII. "Luther and Congregational Song."
By Luther D. Reed, D.D., A.E.D.
XIII. "Isaac Watts and his Contribution to English Hymnody."
By Norman Victor Hope, M.A., Ph.D.
XIV. "Latin Hymns of the Middle Ages."
By Ruth Ellis Messenger, Ph.D.
XV. "Revival of Gregorian Chant, Its Influence on English Hymnody."
By J. Vincent Higginson, Mus.B., M.A.

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