Culture smiles at this unclassic hymnody of long ago, but its history should disarm criticism.
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Now the Priest, far from objecting to this interruption, worked it into his solemn hymnody, albeit with a jarring change of rhythm:
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Certain passages in the classics, and many an elaborate mathematical formula, long retained for him an association with the cadences of revivalist hymnody.
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As Rector of St. James church, Lancaster, Pa., he interested himself in the improvement of ecclesiastical hymnody, and did much good reforming work.
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With impartiality he passed from strains of popular hymnody to the familiar ditties of the music hall, lavishing on each an excess of sentiment.
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After a short silence, Sister Hymnody offered a provocatory in plaintone, though her sweet bell-like voice quavered.
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He is Australasian editor for a Dictionary of World Hymnody, soon to be published jointly in Great Britain and America.