Lyra Britannica: A Collection of British Hymns, Printed From the Genuine Texts With Biographical Sketches of the Hymn Writers (Classic Reprint)

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 ...