England's Antiphon

The Project Gutenberg EBook of England's Antiphon, by George MacDonaldThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: England's AntiphonAuthor: George MacDonaldRelease Date: December 3, 2003 [EBook #10375]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENGLAND'S ANTIPHON ***Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Tom Allen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.[Illustration: England's Antiphon]ENGLAND'S ANTIPHONBY GEORGE MACDONALDENGLAND'S ANTIPHON was originally published in 1868PREFACEIn this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history.This could hardly be done without reference to some of the principal phases of the religious history of the nation. To giveanything like a full history of the religious feeling of a single county, would require a large book, and—not to mentionsermons—would involve a thorough acquaintance with the hymns of the country,—a very wide subject, which I have notconsidered of sufficient importance from a literary point of view to come within the scope of the volume.But if its poetry be the cream of a people's thought, some true indications of the history of its religious feeling must befound in its religious verse, and I hope I have not altogether failed ...