The Victorian Hymn: An Overview

Various Denominations Attittude toward Hymns

• High versus Low Church
• The Plymouth Brethren
• The Disappearance of Hell from Revival Hymns in the 1870s

The Hymn as a Literary Form

• Introduction
• Rhetoric and Structure
• Relations to Secular Poetry

Political and Social Contexts

• The Importance of Hymns
• Gender Matters
• Class and Society

Individual Authors

• Anonymous, "Jerusalem, my happy home"
• Anonymous, "Lord! may the inward grace abound"
• William Cowper, "Old Testament Gospel"
• Joseph Griggs, "Behold! a Stranger's at the door!"
• Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic
• William Montague Toplady, "Rock of Ages; other mentions and Fairbairn's criticism.
• William Montague Toplady, "Deathless principle, arise! (second example)
• John Newton, Olney Hymns
• Isaac Watts, "Captain and Conqueror"
• Isaac Watts, "Go, worship at Immanuel's feet"
• Isaac Watts, "There is a land of pure delight"
• William Williams, "Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah!"

Bibliography: E-Texts

• A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists by John Wesley (HTML at CCEL)

Last modified 23 December 2004