A number of books that detail the stories or circumstances behind the writing of some of our popular hymns have been published over the years. But this work traces the development of the English hymn from the early period of the Christian Church up until our present century by means of biographical ... (more)

Here is a collection of ten biographical sketches spanning a timescale of 450 years from John Rogers in the 1500s to Fred Mitchell in the 1950s. In her inimitable style, Faith Cook draws the reader deeply into each story. Moving through time, this little book will encourage the reader by showing aga... (more)