Chapter IV

[1]The vagaries of credit for writing given hymns is illustrated in
the appearance of the intensely Calvinistic Toplady’s name as the
writer of Charles Wesley’s intensely Arminian “Blow ye the
trumpet, blow.”

[2]Those who care to make a fuller study of the revision of hymns than
the following discussion affords are referred to the full
treatment of the subject, and to the abundant cases cited, by
Professor Edwards A. Park, D.D., of Andover Theological Seminary,
in _Hymns and Choirs_, issued in 1860 by Drs. Austin Phelps,
Edwards A. Park, and Daniel L. Furber. The lapse of years has in
no way diminished the value of this volume. It is unfortunately
out of print and inaccessible to the average pastor, outside of
public libraries.