Hymns Of The Church Ancient And Modern

Author : Samuel R. Wilson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330159798
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern written by Samuel R. Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern: For the Use of All Who Love to Sing the Praises of God in Christ, in the Family, the School, or the Church It is not the intention in offering this collection of Hymns to the Church to supersede or interfere with the books used by the several denominations of Christians, but to supply a want felt by many Pastors in these various portions of the Church. There area large number of Hymns, both ancient and modern, of the highest order, some of which are found in all the Hymn Books in use, but very many of which arc not in any of those books. These hymns are eminently adapted both to excite and to express devotional feeling. And are suited alike to the Family Circle, the Prayer Meeting, the Sabbath School, and the Assemblies of the whole Congregation. It has been the object of the compiler of this volume to bring together some of the choicest of these hymns in a form suitable to general use. In addition, a Tune has been carefully selected as adapted to the style and sentiment of the Hymn to which it is appropriated. The aim has been to find tunes plain, substantial, and of an elevated character, and easily learned by the people. How far success has been attained in this very difficult part of the work, those who may use the Book will be able to judge. No doubt some changes for the better will be suggested by experience. But when once a Tune is found to be well suited to a Hymn, let it be always sung to that hymn. Thus, Tune and Hymn become identified with each other, and the result will be most happy in promoting good singing by the whole bod of worshipers in the Church. Most certainly must this so desirable a result follow if the same hymns and tunes used in the Prayer Room and tlie Church shall be sung around the fireside of Home, and in the Sabbath School. Both parents and children will then learn to speak the same language of praise, and the voices in harmony go up from all in the House of God. The hope of promoting, in some degree, this desirable end, has prompted to the undertaking this work. And should any success, by the blessing of God, be granted to the labor, this will be esteemed a sufficient reward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.