Nat HYMNA ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE Protestant Episcopal C IN THE UNITED STATES OF AME BLIC REVISED EDITION NEW YORK JAMES POTT & CO. 12 ASTOR PLACE' ZHX PUBLIC LIBRA 65294 ASTOR, LENOX A TILDEN FOUNDATI Entered according to Act of C THE TRUSTEES OF THE FU AND OF AGED, INFIRM, A In the office of the Librarian of YORK OX AND t of Congress, in the year 1874, by FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF NS OF DECEASED CLERGYMEN, M, AND DISABLED CLERGYSTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF AMERICA, fan of Congress, at Washington. By the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of th tant Episcopal Church in the United States of Ar General Convention, held in the year of our thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, it was Resolved: That future Editions of the Hymna printed so as to conform to the revised Edition by the joint Committee on the Hymnal, and that Hymns be allowed in the public worship of the except the Hyinnal as thus revised, and such hy psalms as are now ordinarily bound up with the Common Prayer: provided that any Congregat continue to use the Editions of the Hymnal h published, until further action of the Convention. I do hereby certify that this edition of the Hymnal, having been by me compared with and by the Standard Book, as the General Conver directed, is permitted to be published accordingly. On behalf of the Trustees of the Fund for the Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergymen, and infirm, and disabled Clergymen. LLOYD W. WELLS, Secy. of the Board of T General Convention of the Protest HOUSE OF BISHOPS. BALTIMORE, MD., October Resolved: That this Hymnal shall not be bound the Book of Common Prayer, urul order to that ef be taken by the General Convention. NEW YORK, October Resolved: That this Hymnal now revised and shall be free to be printed and published by all re publishers, who shall obtain a license to that effect Trustees of the Fund for the Relief of Widows and of deceased Clergymen, and of aged, infirm, and Clergymen, and who shall assure to such Truste ment, to be applied for the uses of said fund, equi ten per cent. upon the retail selling price: and that right of the Revised Hymnal shall vest in said subject, however, to the farther order of this Con Also that the Trustees be authorized to superinten vision and publication of the revised editions of the WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, Secretary § 1. The Selections of the Psalms in Metre, a which are set forth by authority, and Anthems in of Holy Scripture, are allowed to be sung in all tions of this Church before and after Morning an Prayer, and also before and after Sermons, at the of the Minister, whose duty it shall be, by stand tions, or from time to time, to appoint such Psalms, Hymns, or Anthems as are to be sing. § 2. It shall be the duty of every Minister of th with such assistance as he may see fit to em persons skilled in music, to give order concerning to be sung at any time in his church and especia be his duty to suppress all light and unseemly all indecency and irreverence in the performance vain and ungodly persons profane the service of HENRY C. POTTER, Secretary of the House of Bis WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, Secy. of the House a Red General Convention of Protestant Episcopal Chi |