Chapter I: 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, Frontispiece
OLIVER HOLDEN, Opp. page 14
JOSEPH HAYDN, " 30
CHARLES WESLEY, " 46
MARTIN LUTHER, " 62
LADY HUNTINGDON, " 94
AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY, " 126
THOMAS HASTINGS, " 142
FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL, " 158
REGINALD HEBER, " 174
GEORGE JAMES WEBB, " 190
JOHN WESLEY, " 206
JOHN B. DYKES, " 222
ELLEN M.H. GATES, " 254
JAMES MONTGOMERY, " 286
FANNY J. CROSBY, " 302
SAMUEL F. SMITH, " 334
WILLIAM B. BRADBURY, " 366
ISAAC WATTS, " 398
GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL, " 414
PHILIP DODDRIDGE, " 446
LOWELL MASON, " 478
CARL VON WEBER, " 494
HORATIUS BONAR, " 526