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PREFACE.

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THE

HE main object of this Book is to provide a collection of suitable Services

and Hymns for the Sunday School.

The materials used are the same as those found in the Book of Common
Prayer and the Church Hymnal, so that the young people may become accus-
tomed to a responsive worship, and may learn to love the Church's hymns and
prayers.

In selecting and arranging the music, an effort has been made to avoid, on
the one hand, such difficult pieces as require a body of trained voices, and, on
the other, the light and frivolous compositions which are devoid of religious
character. The melodies here found, while readily learned, give dignified expres-
sion to the sentiments of the sacred songs.

Although the book has been prepared primarily for Sunday Schools, much
of it will be found equally suitable for congregations.

It contains all the music needed for the Canticles, Sentences, Responses, and
Hymns ordinarily used at Morning and Evening Prayer, and may thus become
a helpful supplement to other music books.

EASTER, 1885.

GEO. W. SHINN,

EDWIN COAN.

CONTENTS.

PAGES

52

53-56

57-160

..161-168

1. OPENING SERVICES..

2. CLOSING SERVICES..

PAGES

5-11 6. OFFERTORY SENTENCES.

.12-13 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS..

3. SERVICES FOR SPECIAL SEASONS....14-22 8. HYMNS.....

4. THE CANTICLES...

5. THE CHORAL USES..

.23-35 9. INDEX OF FIRST LINES, COMPOS-

.36-56

ERS, ETC......

Copyright, 1885, by T. WHITTAKER.

Electrotyped by SMITH & MCDOUGAL, 82 Beekman St., New York.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE ESTATE OF

REV. CHARLES HUTCHINS

MAY 24, 1939

EXPLANATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.

I. As one aim of the Sunday School is to train the young to habits of devotion, the Opening and Closing Services should be regarded as important features, and therefore should never be conducted in a slovenly manner.

II. Although there is no one usage that can be adopted in all schools, it is found best in some places to have an organ voluntary precede the opening of the school, and then as the Rector, wearing his surplice, enters, teachers and scholars rise, and kneel with him in silent prayer.

III. A Programme should be adopted, and should be known to, or in view of, all. The following may serve as a suggestion :

1.-OPENING SERVICE, lasting from 10 to 15 minutes.
2.-CLASS WORK, 30 to 40 minutes.

3.-GENERAL EXERCISES, including REVIEW OF THE LESSON, CATE-
CHISM, ETC., 10 minutes.

4. CLOSING SERVICE, 5 minutes.

IV. Occasional rehearsals of music should be appointed before or after school, or on some week day, so that both teachers and scholars may become familiar with the chants and hymns. In some schools where there is the ability, the Opening and Closing Services can be made almost entirely musical, and in most places an occasional musical service will be found very pleasing. Suitable music will be found in the Choral Uses.

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V. Announce the service as "Service No. Hymns by numbers and first lines. When a Chant is used, refer to the page. Always give time to find the places. When the book is used in congregations, and where the Church Hymnal is used, give also the Hymnal number of the hymn.

VI. It saves confusion and secures attention if each singer is provided with a copy of the book.

VII. While the hymns noted below are particularly appropriate to certain seasons, their use need not be confined, in all cases, to those seasons. Thus, an Easter Hymn is in place for nearly any Sunday, and so is a Trinity hymn.

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Many good hymns like some of those under the headings "Catechism," Baptism," and "Other Holy Days," in the Church Hymnal, are but seldom used, because they are incorrectly supposed to belong to those occasions only. The editors have omitted all division titles in grouping the hymns in this book, and have simply indicated in the lists below what are best for times and seasons.

APPROPRIATE HYMNS FOR CERTAIN SEASONS.

ADVENT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

CHRISTMAS, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
EPIPHANY, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

FUNERALS, 38, 98, 101, 107.

ORDINATIONS AND CONSECRATIONS, 99, 100.
MISSIONS, 14, 16, 18, 102, 103, 123, 128, 137.

LENT, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, THANKSGIVING, 104, 105,

30, 98.

EASTER, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.
ASCENSION, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.
WHITSUN-TIDE, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51.
TRINITY, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.

THE LORD'S DAY, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
65, 66, 67.

OTHER HOLY DAYS, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74.
THE CHURCH, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80.
THE LORD'S SUPPER, 24, 81, 130, 145.
BAPTISM, 82, 88, 89, 90, 91.
CONFIRMATION, 96, 97, 131, 140.

NATIONAL OCCASIONS, 106.

MORNING, 108, 109, 110.

EVENING, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116.
HOLY SCRIPTURES, 117, 123, 127.
OPENING SCHOOL, 109, 125, 126, 128, 129, 132,

133, 136, 137, 139, 140, etc.

CLOSING SCHOOL, 119, 121, 123, 128, 130, etc.
PROCESSIONAL HYMNS:-For the Seasons, 1, 4,

7, 11, 13, 14, 28, 29, 34, 36, 43, 45, 46, 52, 53, 55.
General, 58, 62, 68, 74, 76, 80, 83, 94, 102,
103, 104, 105, 107, 132, 133, 134, 135,
136, 138, 142, 146, 147, 149, 151.