“literary sacrilege—sacrilege against the dead in that which was best and noblest of them”

Her vehement view that unauthorised changes to hymns violate the author's sacred intent · Conversation (as recorded by William Alexander)

• Art
• Integrity
• Respect

“You see what I wanted to say is just so and so, not something else.”

Her firm stance against well-meaning editorial alterations to her hymns · Conversation (as recorded by William Alexander)

• Art
• Integrity
• Principle