Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Lyra Britannica: A Collection of British Hymns, Printed From the Genuine Texts With Biographical Sketches of the Hymn Writers
The zeal of the Christian Fathers was manifested in their love of the Divine harmonies. Many hymns of the Latin Church are still treasured as the noblest be quests of the times wherein they were written. During the middle ages, when the Church seemed to have sunk into a profound slumber, the occasional aspiration of sacred number's proved almost the only sign that the light had not been finally extinguished. Long before the era of Reformation, congregational praise-giving had ceased; yet the hymns used in the choral services testi fied, to the learned at least, as to the heartfelt worship which alone is acceptable to God.
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