CHAPTER XII THE LATER GERMAN HYMNODY 137 I THE RISING STANDARD OF LITERARY VALUES. II THE GOLDEN AGE OF GERMAN HYMNODY. III THE PIETISTIC HYMN-WRITERS. IV GERMAN REFORMED HYMNODY. V TRANSITION TO RATIONALISTIC HYMNS. VI RATIONALISM IN HYMNODY. VII HYMNS OF RENEWED RELIGIOUS LIFE. VIII HYMNS OF PIETISTIC TYPE. CHAPTER XIII METRICAL PSALMODY 148 I CALVIN’S CONCEPTION OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING. II CALVIN’S FOLLOWERS MORE EXTREME. III MAROT’S SUCCESSFUL VERSIONS. IV DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENEVAN PSALTER. V ENGLISH PSALM VERSIONS BEFORE STERNHOLD. VI VERSION OF STERNHOLD AND HOPKINS. VII THE SCOTCH VERSION. VIII ROUS’ VERSION. IX TATE AND BRADY’S “NEW VERSION.” X AMERICAN PSALMODY. XI THE VALUE OF THE PSALM VERSIONS. CHAPTER XIV THE ENGLISH HYMN BEFORE WATTS 158 I THE EARLIEST ENGLISH HYMN. II ENGLISH HYMNODY SUBMERGED BY REFORMED PSALMODY. III ENGLISH LITERARY IDEALS UNFAVORABLE TO HYMN-WRITING. IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNIC OF WRITING SINGING HYMNS. V THE IDEAL OF THE SINGING HYMN REALIZED. CHAPTER XV ISAAC WATTS AND HIS PERIOD 168 I THE HYMNIC NEED OF THE TIME. II THE LIFE OF WATTS. III WATTS AS A HYMN-WRITER. IV WATTS’ ARGUMENT FOR THE HYMN. V WATTS’ INSISTENCE ON PRACTICABILITY. VI THE INESTIMABLE VALUE OF WATTS’ HYMNS. VII CONTEMPORARIES OF WATTS. CHAPTER XVI THE WESLEYS AND THEIR ERA 180 I THE INFLUENCE OF WATTS ON THE WESLEYS. II THE HOME OF THE WESLEYS. III THE MORAVIAN INFLUENCE. IV JOHN WESLEY. V CHARLES WESLEY. VI CHARLES WESLEY’S HYMNS QUITE SUBJECTIVE. VII WATTS AND CHARLES WESLEY. VIII ISSUES OF THE WESLEYAN HYMNS. IX THE METHODIST TUNES. X INFLUENCES OPPOSING THE WESLEYAN HYMNS. XI OTHER METHODIST HYMN-WRITERS. XII CALVINISTIC-METHODIST HYMN-WRITERS. XIII BAPTIST HYMN-WRITERS. CHAPTER XVII HYMNS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 193 I RISE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH. II EARLY COLLECTIONS OF EVANGELICAL HYMNS. III EVANGELICAL HYMN-WRITERS. IV HYMN-WRITERS OF THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL. V CONTEMPORARY HYMN-WRITERS. VI MINOR HYMN-WRITERS. VII THE HYMNS OF THE OXFORD MOVEMENT.