The Hymnal of the Church REVISED AND ENLARGED AS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO With Music EDITED BY THE REV. JAMES H. DARLINGTON, D.D. RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH, BEDFORD AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. NEW YORK THOMAS WHITTAKER 2 AND 3 BIBLE HOUSE FROM THE ESTATE OF COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THOMAS WHITTAKER. Yea, let all the people praise thee. WHILE the musical editions of the Hymnal now it has seemed to the editor and to many actively en of the Church that an edition of much smaller size generally but one tune to a hymn, and with a select pler character and smaller compass, would be gladly who believe in congregational singing. The English the smaller edition of "Hymns Ancient and Modern with all classes, but of great service in spreading a best Church music among both rural and city pop very cheap in price, and so found in the homes and as well as the rich, its music was not at all cheap or that the Church in this country needed such a bo would contain the best American, as well as Engl taken from Italian, French, or German sources. ΟΙ posite one of all tribes and languages," and the mus the praises of its people heavenward must be drawn of all nations. It must be thoroughly Catholic in its of musical composition. Moreover, the aged like old tunes, the young lik must be some of each, but no familiar hymn should from the tune to which it is indissolubly joined in The tune may be used to other words if need be, without the expected tune. The small size will allow the book in the pew placing the prayer-book. It will be more easily car ters. It will last longer without breaking in the ba slip inside an overcoat pocket. It will be more gen day-schools. As probably many of our smaller and mission ch impossible for financial reasons to supply themselv vice books, it will be seen that this book contains selection of chants to be sung with the Morning and and Occasional Anthems |