CHRISTIAN HYMNS
Words and music
Evangelical Press. 1184 pages. £29.95
ISBN 1 85049 208 5
The 1977 Christian Hymns offered many besides Reformed Baptists an unrivalled collection of 18th century hymns, some fine Victoriana and not much else.
It helped to persuade a generation that whatever else hymnwriters were, they were essentially dead. CH devotees were rarely great mixers, and sometimes persuaded themselves that anything sung beyond their walls was charismatic candyfloss or liberal fungus.
