Many folks are providing a great service for us by posting the full text out of print (and public domain) books. I have found some great stuff for downloading lately that I wanted to share with you all.
1. Louis Benson’s “Studies In Hymns First Series” click here
2. Louis Benson’s “Studies In Hymns Second Series” click here
3. Parts of the Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley click here
4. John Dobell’s Hymns click here
5. George Matheson (writer of O Love That Will Not Let Me Go) “Sacred Songs” click here
6. Ralph Erskine’s “Gospel Sonnets” (Not a hymnbook, but one of my favorite poetic works by the great “Marrow Man”) click here
Thank you! Did you know that the classic Dictionary of Hymnology by John Julian is currently being proofread for Project Gutenberg? It’s a big project, but I would imagine that part 1 of 6 will be done by the end of the year! (Oh, I should mention that the CCEL, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, is sponsoring the proofreading)
That’s awesome! I am thankful to have a copy of Julian’s but it cost me $100 and they are hard to find. Let me know when they post a link to it. Grace and peace, Kevin