Excerpt from Lyra Sacra Americana: Or Gems From American Sacred Poetry; Selected and Arranged, With Notes and Biographical Sketches Although such an unprecedented number of hymn books and works on hymnology have been published since 1860, that this might, not inappropriately, be called the hymnological decade of the nineteenth century, yet I can make no apology for adding another to the number, as I do not think that this department of literature has even yet received the consideration and honour it deserves. When man's ...
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Excerpt from Lyra Sacra Americana: Or Gems From American Sacred Poetry; Selected and Arranged, With Notes and Biographical Sketches Although such an unprecedented number of hymn books and works on hymnology have been published since 1860, that this might, not inappropriately, be called the hymnological decade of the nineteenth century, yet I can make no apology for adding another to the number, as I do not think that this department of literature has even yet received the consideration and honour it deserves. When man's higher nature and higher wants are considered, there is no literary subject that has pre-eminence over it, if there be any that equals it in true value; for NO one 1s so sure OF A lasting as well AS loving remembrance AS the author OF A good hymn. Watts, ivesley, Doddridge, Toplady, Cowper and Lyte will live in the affections of millions, when others of far greater learning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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