Hymns of Methodism in their Literary Relations

Name: Hymns of Methodism in their Literary Relations
Author: Henry Bett

Henry Bett (1876–1953) was an English Wesleyan Methodist minister and church historian, born in Lincolnshire. He taught at Handsworth College, the Methodist theological college in Birmingham, from 1923, and served as President of the Methodist Conference in 1940. His Hymns of Methodism in their Literary Relations (1913) studies Wesleyan hymnody as literature; he also wrote pioneering studies of Joachim of Fiore and Nicholas of Cusa.

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First published: 1913
Category: Hymns & Poetry
Length: 25k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 9

About this book

Henry Bett's study of Methodist hymnody and its literary character, published in 1913. Bett examines the hymns of the Wesleys and their successors, their sources, forms, and influence on English religious verse. Part history and part literary criticism, it helps readers appreciate why singing stood so near the centre of the Methodist movement.