It’s hard for us to keep in mind, I think, just what kind of education in the church and in schoolwork many of the greatest English hymn writers had. Let’s take Frances Havergal, the author of our Hymn of the Week. Many of her fellows in the art were ministers with a classical education. Others were the sons and daughters of ministers, and though wom…
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