CONTENTS

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	INTRODUCTION
I.	THE METHODIST HYMNS AND ENGLISH LITERATURE	1
II.	THE SOURCE AND DATE OF THE EARLIEST METHODIST HYMNS	6
I.	THE SCRIPTURES	16
II.	THE FATHERS, THE LITURGIES, AND THE MYSTICS	39
III.	THE POETS	71
	APPENDICES
I.	JOHN WESLEY'S TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN	110
II.	QUIETISM AND CALVINISM	112
III.	ARCHAISMS IN THE HYMNS	119
	INDEX	129