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Title: The Story of the Hymns and Tunes

Author: Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

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THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND TUNES

by

THERON BROWN and HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH

_Multae terricolis linguae, coelestibus una._

_Ten thousand, thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one._

New York, 1906

[Frontispiece: Thomas Ken]

CONTENTS.

PREFACE, v

INTRODUCTION, ix

1. HYMNS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP, 1

2. SOME HYMNS OF GREAT WITNESSES, 53

3. HYMNS OF CHRISTIAN DEVOTION AND EXPERIENCE, 100

4. MISSIONARY HYMNS, 165

5. HYMNS OF SUFFERING AND TRUST, 190

6. CHRISTIAN BALLADS, 237

7. OLD REVIVAL HYMNS, 262

8. SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMNS, 293

9. PATRIOTIC HYMNS, 321

10. SAILOR'S HYMNS, 353

11. HYMNS OF WALES, 378

12. FIELD HYMNS, 409

13. HYMNS, FESTIVAL AND OCCASIONAL, 458

14. HYMNS OF HOPE AND CONSOLATION, 509

INDEXES OF NAMES, TUNES, AND HYMNS, 543

LIST OF PORTRAITS.

THOMAS KEN, Front