James Reeves

Mar 4, 2025 | mdpi.com | James Reeves |James Bryant

1. Introduction: Desiring CommunionThy saints are comforted I know,  And love thy house of pray’r;I therefore go where others go,  But find no comfort there. William Cowper, “The Contrite Heart”(Cowper 1967, pp. 438–39)William Cowper’s (1731–1800) “The Contrite Heart”, one of 67 hymns he contributed to John Newton’s (1725–1807) Olney Hymns collection in 1779, offers an interesting take on Christian community.