Chapter III: Part IV: English Hymnody

The Dawn of Hymnody in England 209
Isaac Watts, Father of English Hymnody 215
Doddridge: Preacher, Teacher, and Hymnist 221
Wesley, The Sweet Bard of Methodism 225
A Great Hymn that Grew out of a Quarrel 233
The Bird of a Single Song 239
England's First Woman Hymnist 245
A Slave-trader Who Wrote Christian Lyrics 249
An Afflicted Poet Who Glorified God 253
An Irish Poet and His Hymns 259
The Hymn Legacy of an English Editor 263
Heber, Missionary Bishop and Hymnist 269
An Invalid Who Blessed the World 275
How Hymns Helped Build a Church 279
A Famous Hymn by a Proselyte of Rome 285
Henry Francis Lyte and His Swan Song 291
Sarah Adams and the Rise of Women Hymn-writers 297
A Hymn Written in a Stage-coach 301
An Archbishop's Wife Who Wrote Hymns 305
Bonar, the Sweet Singer of Scotland 311
Two Famous Translators of Ancient Hymns 317
Baring-Gould and His Noted Hymn 323
Frances Ridley Havergal, the Consecration Poet 327
A Unitarian Who Gloried in the Cross 333
A Model Hymn by a Model Minister 337
Matheson and His Song in the Night 341