"In the Hymns which [the editors] have retained..., they have...made
such alterations as...principles required.... In many instances..., the
Hymns are essentially different from what they originally were.... As it
would be useless, and indeed almost impracticable, to specify all
the changes which have been made on the originals, the Editors
leave the Hymns ... without reference to their respective Authors" -- [3]A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship (Exeter : P. Hedgeland, 1812), p. vi.
[1] Candy Gunther Brown,
"Singing Pilgrims..." in Sing them over again to me: Hymns and Hymnbooks in America, ed. by Mark A. Noll and Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer (University of Alabama Press, 2006), p. 200.
[2]Hymn Studies: an Illustrated and Annotated Edition of the Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Charles S. Nutter. 4th ed. (N.Y. : Eaton & Mains ; Cincinnati : Jennings & Pye, 1900, c1884), p. 193.
Appearing in over 2000 hymnbooks, published by said denominations from 1747 to 2011. See "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling". Hymnary.org. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
