hymnist

Historical Examples of hymnist

• He was no hymnist, though he did now and then venture into sacred metre.

  The Story of the Hymns and Tunes

  Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

• Ephraem was the greatest teacher of his time in the Syrian Church, and her most prolific and able hymnist.

  Music in the History of the Western Church

  Edward Dickinson

• As in a thousand other partnerships of hymnist and musician, Dr. Rankin was fortunate in his composer.

  The Story of the Hymns and Tunes

  Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

• The greatest Lutheran hymnist of the seventeenth century, and perhaps of all time, was Paul Gerhardt.

  The Story of Our Hymns

  Ernest Edwin Ryden

• Next to Gerhardt, there is no German hymnist whose name is so frequently found in hymn-books today as that of Schmolck.

  The Story of Our Hymns

  Ernest Edwin Ryden