Washington Gladden
[Footnote A: "The Great Poets and their Theology.">[
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY:
"RELIGION AND POETRY."
By Washington Gladden
POEMS OF THE HIGHER LIFE:
THE DIVINE ELEMENT—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit)
PRAYER AND ASPIRATION
FAITH: HOPE: LOVE: SERVICE
SABBATH: WORSHIP: CREED
SELECTIONS FROM "PARADISE LOST"
HUMAN EXPERIENCE
DEATH: IMMORTALITY: HEAVEN
SELECTIONS FROM "THE DIVINE COMEDY"
INDEX: AUTHORS AND TITLES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
JOHN MILTON Photogravure from an engraving.
THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE One of Heinrich Hoffmann's wonderful scenes in the life of Christ: the earnest, wise-faced Boy, and the eager or doubtful but thoughtful Scribes and Doctors of the Law, are graphically depicted.
ISAAC WATTS
From a contemporary engraving.