Chapter IV: Part V: American Hymnody

The Beginning of Hymnody in America 347
America's First Woman Hymnist 353
Thomas Hastings, Poet and Musician 359
Francis Scott Key, Patriot and Hymnist 363
America's First Poet and His Hymns 367
The Hymn-writer of the Muhlenbergs 371
The Lyrics of Bishop Doane 375
The Quaker Poet as a Hymn-writer 379
America's Greatest Hymn and Its Author 383
Samuel Smith, a Patriotic Hymn-writer 389
Two Famous Christmas Hymns and Their Author 395
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Hymns 399
A Hymn Written on Two Shores 407
A Hymn That Grew out of Suffering 411
A Famous Hymn Written for Sailors 415
A Tragedy That Inspired a Great Hymn 419
Anna Warner and Her Beautiful Hymns 423
Phillips Brooks and His Carols 427
Women Who Wrote Hymns for Children 431
Fanny Crosby, America's Blind Poet 435
One of America's Earliest Gospel Singers 441
The Lyrist of Chautauqua 445
Gladden's Hymn of Christian Service 449
A Hymn with a Modern Message 453
A Lutheran Psalmist of Today 457
Survey of American Lutheran Hymnody 463
Index of Notable Hymns 471
Alphabetical Index of Hymns and Sources 477
Authors' and General Index 493
Bibliography 503