BY 445 애키 1?34 Copyright, 1895, BY THE AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION. Copyright, 1896, BY THE AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION. University Press: PREFACE. HIS book is an abridged edition of the hymn and tune book of the same name published by the American Unitarian Association. As in the earlier volume, while a wide range of spiritual thought and feeling is covered, specially full provision is made of hymns of faith in the Eternal Goodness, joy and hope, consecration, and love to God and man. In some instances, one or two words have been changed to adapt the hymn to the needs of our worship. Other alterations are designated by a dagger after the author's name. On the other hand, a great many original readings are here restored; and a few hymns have been recently changed by their authors. The large number of hymns in unusual metres is owing to the fact that many beautiful tunes have been composed in these metres, enabling hymns before unprovided with music to be used in public worship. As a general rule, these metres are placed first in each section, followed by long, common, and short metres. By arrangement with the owner of the copyright, a large number of pages of "Hymns of the Church Universal" have been duplicated and incorporated with this book. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Prof. J. Estlin Carpenter, Rev. W. Garrett Horder, Rev. John Hunter, and Rev. A. W. Oxford, for help received from their collections of hymns; to the authors who have kindly permitted me to include their hymns; and to Messrs. D. Appleton and Co., Messrs. E. P. Dutton and Co., Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Co., and Messrs. A. D. F. Randolph and Co., for their permission to use copyrighted material. MARY WILDER TILESTON. PREFACE BY THE EDITOR OF THE MUSIC. N this collection of hymn-tunes it has been the aim of the Editor to include, so far as possible, old tunes whose associations or musical value warrant their retention; when a new or unfamiliar tune is given, a more familiar one of the same metre has, if practicable, been put on the opposite page. There will be found a number of English tunes, which, although new to most of our congregations, have been tested by years of use in other branches of the Christian Church. As many of them have not been named by their composers, names are here given them for convenience in use, designated by an asterisk in the Index of Tunes and in the Index of Metres. There are also a number of German Chorales which have been sung in the churches of Germany for the last two or three hundred years. Acknowledgment is gratefully made to Henry S. Cutler, Mus. D., for "All Saints" (Cutler); to the Oliver Ditson Co. for "Bethany;" to Mr. J. Remington Fairlamb for "Vicaria;" to Mr. John W. Tufts for "Adoration" and "I Look to Thee;" to Mr. Samuel A. Ward for "Materna;" and to the Outlook Co. for the tune of "Armstrong," by Mr. George W. Chadwick. ARTHUR FOOTE. |