The Hymn Question (Reply to Wilfred G. Rottschafer)

The essay on Hymns, to which we now direct our attention, is signed Wilfred G. Rottschafer. Let us get before our eye a brief outline of this essay also. - Introduction. The essayist promises in his introduction that as he proceeds he will give himself to a careful study of the matter, and by a method he calls analogy -- a method that includes a definition of terms -- arrive at right conclusions. He will thereupon consider with his readers the objections raised against the introduction of...