Although most of the poetry and hymns from the Apostolic father is no longer with us, what has been preserved is given here in a beautiful form translated faithfully from the original Greek. The translator is a gifted poet that was awarded high honours for his work on this and other projects. Leaving the task to translate such vivid and real poetry from such a time as we have not seen before could only be handled by a true poet at heart. These hymns will bring you to a time and place where the gospel was being preached boldly and will embolden you to take on the evangelical call to spread the word of our saviour Jesus Christ.

Includes general hymns; hymns for feasts, seasons and saints' days; office hymns for the liturgical year; an enlarged eucharistic section; responsorial psalms and a new English folk mass setting.

"No attempt has been made to present a critical study of Frances Jane Crosby, but simply to retell the life of the Sightless Singer as she, herself, told it to me on various occasions when visiting my home" - p. 11.

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