fortissimo, crescendo, diminuendo, swell, inverted swell, dol dolce, Aff affetuose, staccato, Len lentando, very soft. a little soft. middle-neither loud nor soft. This mark is also applicable to those hymns or passages which now have no mark. a little loud. loud. very loud. increasing, louder and louder. gradually becoming slower and softer to the used at the beginning of a line, to contradict any mark of musical expression which has gone before it. In the middle of a line, or at the end, it signifies a pause, longer or shorter, according to the judginent of the performer. The marks for musical expression have been prefixed, in general, with reference to the tunes named. The same psalm or hymn, sung to a different tune, might often require some variation of the expression. After all which can be done, directions for musical expression must be merely hints, by which the general character of the expression to be given is indicated. The various kinds and degrees of the emotions to be expressed, requiring a corresponding variation of the manner of performance, are so numerous, and so complicated in their nature, that only a ready susceptibility of emotion, joined to good taste and judgment, and careful attention to the subject, can secure a correct manner of singing. In the index to the first lines, as well as in that to the subjects, the psalms and hymns are brought together without distinction, and the reference is uniformly to the page. In the latter index, the different subjects are not inserted under words arbitrarily selected, and placed in alphabetical order, but un der the principal and subordinate topics of the arrangement in the book, thus bringing all the psalms and hymns on the same or kindred topics near each other in the index, so as to be easily found. This is believed to be the most convenient plan for such an index. With these remarks and explanations, this work, on which the compilers have bestowed much time and labor, and in which they have found much pleasure, is now given to the churches for their use. Boston, August, 1831. LOWELL MASON, INDEX OF FIRST LINES. ABOVE these heavens' created rounds Again, indulgent Lord, return............. Page. ... Watts. 95 .Wrangham. 114 .....Dobell's Coll. 435 .......Pratt's Coll. 454 Again the day returns of holy rest................ Ah, how shall fallen man.... Ah, wretched, vile, ungrateful heart........ All-glorious God, what hymns of praise.... All ye that love the Lord, rejoice.... 448 .Barbauld. 419 ..Epis. Coll. 276 ..Steele. 381 Watts. 321 .Steele. 420 ..Epis. Coll. 278 Duncan. 315 .Pratt's Coll. 199 473 .Methodist Coll. 259 Wrangham. 198 Pratt's Coll. 359 ..... Watts. 245 Wrangham. 72 ..Pratt's Coll. 365 All ye, who serve the Lord with fear............... All yesterday is gone..... Almighty Father, God of grace.. Almighty Father of mankind Almighty God, eternal Lord................. Almighty Maker of my frame.... Along the banks where Babel's current ........Pratt's Coll. 370 ...Steele. 533 ...Logan. 512 .Pratt's Coll. 456 ...Epis. Coll. 531 Watts. 563 ........ .......Steele. ... Watts. 98 47 ..Pratt's Coll. 468 flows............Barlow. 229 ......Beddome. 403 Am I a soldier of the cross................ Watts. 419 ..Pratt's Coll. 369 Amid the splendors of thy state...................Pratt's Coll. 266 Amid thy wrath remember love Among th' assemblies of the great........... And are we now brought near to God. And art thou, gracious Master, gone?. And must this body die?.. And now, my soul, another year............Montgomery's Coll. 550 .Beddome. 401 And will the God of grace?. Another six days' work is done. Arise, my soul, on wings sublime......... Awake, our souls,-away, our fears... BE joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth.. Be thou, O God, exalted high. Before Jehovah's awful throne. Before the heavens were spread abroad.. Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay.. Behold his wondrous grace...... Behold how the Lord.. Behold, my soul, the narrow bound.. Behold the blind their sight receive.. Behold the glories of the Lamb Behold the heathen waits to know... Page. ... Watts. 145 ..Pratt's Coll. 474 ... Watts. 62 .Spirit of the Psalms. 109 .Pratt's Coll. 481 ..Kenn. 555 ..Scott. 449 .Doddridge. 551 ......Epis. Coll. 569 Tate and Brady. 119 Watts. 176 .Ogilvie. 243 ..Pratt's Coll. 224 Doddridge. 548 ......... Watts. 313 ..Pratt's Coll. 70 ..Watts. 68 Watts. 69 .Pratt's Coll. 302 Watts. 201 ....Newton. 407 Watts. 207 Behold us, Lord, with humble fear................. Behold what condescending love.... Blest are the souls, who hear and know.......... Blest be the Lord,-the God of love....... Blest be thou, O God of Israel........ Blest day when our ascended Lord.......... Blest is the man, who shuns the place.. Page. .Pratt's Coll. 45 ..Pratt's Coll. 298 .......Pratt's Coll. 134 ..Bratt. St. Coll. 223 Watts. 157 ..Wrangham. 133 Pratt's Coll. 341 ....... Watts. 37 Blest is the man, whom thou, O Lord.......... Tate and Brady. 166 Blest Jesus,-when my soaring thoughts.......... .... Bright and joyful is the morn Bright King of glory, dreadful God. Bright Source of everlasting love..... Brightness of the Father's glory.... Broad is the road that leads to death....... Buried in shadows of the night... ...... Watts. 100 Watts. 310 ..Pratt's Coll. 100 .Pratt's Coll. 348 ..Montgomery. 290 Watts. 293 Boden. 537 Pratt's Coll. 324 ....... Watts. 351 Pratt's Coll. 352 Cennick. 423 Watts. 335 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day. Our triumphant..Pratt's Coll. 311 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day. Sons of men......Pratt's Coll. 312 Come, blessed Spirit, source of light.... Come, Holy Ghost, come from on high ..H. F. Burder's Coll. 346 ..Watts. 406 .... Watts. 357 Come, Holy Spirit, calm each mind. ....H. F. Burder's Coll. 344 ..Rippon's Coll. 341 Come, Holy Spirit, come. With energy............................. Come, Holy Spirit, come, Let thy........ Come, let our voices join to raise... Page. ...Hart. 342 .. Watts. 343 ..Pratt's Coll. 539 ............... Watts. 167 Watts. 326 .....Leed's Coll. 430 Come, let us join with sweet accord..........De Courcy's Coll. 447 Come, let us lift our joyful eyes... Walts. 297 .......Blacklock. 270 .........Steele. 452 ... Watts. 168 ......... Watts. 422 .Hart. 361 Watts. 209 ........ Steele. 306 Dear Saviour, when my thoughts recall.. Deep are the wounds which sin hath made...... . Watts. 135 Defend me, Lord, from shame... ...................................... Tate and Brady. 89 Depth of mercy, can there be........... EARLY, my God, without delay.... Eternal God-celestial King.......... ......Lutheran Coll. 375 460 .Doddridge. 329 Watts. 124 ......Jowett's Coll. 561 Eternal God, I bless thy name................. Eternal God, our wondering souls Eternal power, Almighty God Eternal Source of every joy.. Eternal Source of joys divine.. Eternal Spirit, God of truth.... Doddridge. 549 ...Brown. 151 Doddridge. 424 ..Steele. 265 |