Our Hymn Writers traces the development of the English hymn from the early period of the Christian Church up until our present century by means of biographical sketches of a number of our best-known writers. The Apostle Paul urged his Ephesian readers to encourage one another with 'psalms, hymns and spiritual songs'. This book reviews the whole sweep of hymn-writing down the centuries. Raise your heart in thankfulness to God for the men and women who have brought us these great hymns.