LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
| W. H. M. H. A. | Rev. W. H. M. H. AITKEN, M.A., General Superintendent of the Church Parochial Mission Society, and Canon Residentiary of Norwich. |
| H. L. B. | Rev. H. LEIGH BENNETT, M.A., Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, and sometime Rector of Thrybergh, Yorkshire. |
| L. F. B. | Rev. L. P. BENSON, D.D, Editor of the authorised Hymnals, &c., of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and other works. |
| J. T. B. | Rev. J. T. BINGLEY, L.R.A.M., F.G.O., sometime Precentor of Worksop Abbey Church. |
| F. M. B. | Rev. F. M. BIRD, MA, Professor of Rhetoric and Christian Evidences, Lehigh University, United States of America. |
| W. J. B. | W. J. BIRKBECK, MA., of Magdalen College, Oxford. |
| J. B. | Rev. JAMES BONAR, M.A, Greenock, Joint Editor of the Scottish Free Church Hymn Book and of the Home and School Hymnal. |
| W. T. B. | WILLIAM T. BROOKE, Walthamstow, London. |
| J. B. | Rev. JOHN BROWNLIE, Minister of the Presbyterian United Free Church, Portpatrick, and Author of Hymns of the Greek Church, Translated, with Introduction and Notes, and other works. |
| D. B. | Rev. DAWSON BURNS, D.D, Secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance. |
| J. D. C. | J. D. CHAMBERS, M.A, F.S.A. (Late), Recorder of New Sarum; Editor and Translator; The Psalter, or Seven Ordinary Hours . . . of Sarum; and The Hymns, &c.; Lauda Syon, &c. |
| Wm. C. | WILLIAM COOKE, M.A, F.S.A. (Late), Hon. Canon of Chester Cathedral; Joint Editor of The Church Hymnal and of The Hymnary. |
| G. A. C. | GEORGE ARTHUR CRAWFORD, M.A. (Late). |
| T. G. C. | Rev. T. G. CRIPPEN, Librarian at the Congregational Hall, Farringdon Street, London, and Author of Ancient Hymns and Poems Translated from the Latin, and other works. |
| J. D. | Rev. JAMES DAVIDSON, B.A., Vicar of St. Paul's, Bristol; Author of Proper Psalms for Certain Days, &c. |
| J. L. D. | Rev. J. LEWIS DAVIES, Rector of Llaneigrad, N. Wales. |
| V. D. D. | Rev. VALENTINE D. DAVIS, B.A., Sometime Minister of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Liverpool; Editor of the Inquirer. |
| J. C. E. | J. C. EARLE, B.A., Oxford (Late). |
| F. J. F. | Rev. F. J. FALDING, D.D. (Late), Principal of the Congregational United College, Bradford. |
| E. C. S. G. | The Right Rev. EDGAR C. S. GIBSON, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester. |
| A. E. G. | Rev. A. E. GREGORY, D.D., Principal of the Wesleyan Children's Home and Orphanage; Author of the Fernley Lecture: The Hymn-Book of the Modern Church, &c.; and Editor of The Preacher's Magazine. |
| A. B. G. | Rev. A. B. GROSART, D.D., LL.D. (Late), Editor of The Fuller Worthies' Library; The Chertsey Worthies Library; The Works of Spenser, &c, and Author of Three Centuries of Hymns, &c. |
| M. C. H. | M. C. HAZARD, Ph.D., Editor of the Congregational Publication Society, Boston, U.S.A. |
| J. A. H. | Rev. J. ALEXANDER HEWITT, D.C.L., Rector of Worcester, South Africa, and Author of The Dutch Hymnal for Use in the Province of South Africa, &c. |
| T. H. | Rev. THOMAS HELMORE, M.A. (Late), Priest in Ordinary of H.M. Chapels Royal; Musical Editor of the Hymnal Noted. |
| W. G. H. | Rev. W. GARRETT HORDER, Editor of Congregational Hymns; The Poets' Bible, &c.; and Author of The Hymn Lover, &c. |
| J. J. | Rev. JOHN JULIAN, D.D., the Editor. |
| J. M. | Rev. JAMES MEARNS, M.A., Vicar of Rushden, Buntingford, Assistant Editor. |
| J. T. M. | Rev. J. T. MUELLER, Diaconus and Historiographer of the Brethren's Unity, Herrnhut, Germany. |
| W. R. M. | Rev. W. RIGBY MURRAY, M.A., Manchester, Editor of Church Praise; School Praise; and The Revised Psalter. |
| C. L. N. | Rev. C. L. NOYES, D.D., Joint Editor of The Pilgrim Hymnal, Boston, U.S.A., &c. |
| J. H. O. | Rev. J. H. OVERTON, D.D. (Late), Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, and Rector of Epworth; Author of The English Church in the Eighteenth Century; Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln, &c. |
| P. S. | Rev. PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D. (Late), New York. |
| W. A. S. | Rev. W. A. SHOULTS, B.D. (Late), of St. John's College, Cambridge. |
| W. S. | Rev. WILLIAM SMITH, Rector of Catwick, Hull. |
| G. J. S. | GEORGE JOHN STEVENSON, M.A. (Late), Author of The Methodist Hymn Book, illustrated with Biography, History, &c.; Hymns and Hymn Writers of every Age and Nation. |
| W. R. S. | Rev. W. R. STEVENSON, M. A. (Late), Editor of The Baptist Hymnal; The School Hymnal, &c. |
| W. G. T. | Rev. W. GLANFFRWD THOMAS (Late), Vicar of St. Asaph; sometime Vicar Choral of St. Asaph's Cathedral. |
| R. T. | The Ven. ROBINSON THORNTON, D.D., F.R.Hist.S. (Late), Vicar of St. John's, Notting Hill, London, and Archdeacon of Middlesex; Boyle Lecturer, &c. |
| F. E. W. | Rev. F. E. WARREN, B.D., F.S.A., Rector of Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds; Author of The Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church; and Editor of The Leofric Missal. |
| S. W. | SUSANNAH WINKWORTH (Late), Translator of Theologia Germanica. |
| John Sarum. | The Right Rev. JOHN WORDSWORTH, D.D., Lord Bishop of Salisbury. |
| D. S. W. | Rev. DIGBY S. WRANGHAM, MA. (Late), Vicar of Barrington, Yorkshire; Editor and Translator of The Liturgical Poetry of Adam of St. Victor; and Author of Lyra Regis, &c. |
| C. H. H. W. | Rev. CHARLES H. H. WRIGHT, D.D., Ph.D., Bampton Lectnrer, Oxford, 1878; Donnellan Lecturer, Dublin, 1880–81; and Examiner in Hebrew, in the University of London. |
| V., Y. | THE EDITOR, assisted by Various Contributors. |