8/. 450 •15. Copyright, 1883, BY THE UNIVersalist Publishing House. PREFACE. THE compiler of this book is altogether persuaded of the excellent quality of the Hymns and Tunes it contains. His chief care has been to cull from the abounding supply, and to discern and choose the best among much that is good. Every line of each hymn has been read repeatedly, and every word considered. Words and music have not been thrown together when the mechanical requirement of metre was obtained, but hymns and tunes have been wedded because of adaptation and fitness. While avoiding the thin and meaningless, caution has been exercised to exclude unnatural, unsingable mysteries, which, therefore, by some are deemed "classic." The subtle, indefinable power of some tunes, which, viewed mechanically, would be called simple, establishes the rank of such, and assures their continuance in favor. Several of the best of the "Gospel Hymns," popularly known as "Moody and Sankey" music, have been inserted, and large expense incurred to obtain permission of copyright owners. In the preparation of this book, the compiler has had the very valuable co-operation of Mrs. Mitchell, whose taste and judgment have been consulted throughout, and to whose musical skill are due several arrangements herein. It is believed that the compilation will commend itself to all of Christian Faith, and to all who, clearly or dimly, are possessed of the Christian Hope. "We faintly hear, we dimly see, In differing phrase we pray; BOSTON, December, 1882. STANFORD MITCHELL. University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge. GOOD-WILL SONGS. Let all the World. Elvey. 9:4 1. Let all the world in ev-ery corner sing My God and King! The heavens are not too high, His praise may thither fly; The earth is not too low, His praises there may treas CHORUS. ures to thy gates- rejoice! A rise and shine in youth im - mor- tal, Thy light is come, thy King ap- pears: Be 2 9: -yond the centuries' swing- ing por-tal Breaks a new dawn, th'e-ter-nal years. Lift up thy Voice. 2 And shall his flock with strife be riven? Shall envious lines his church divide, When he, the Lord of earth and heaven, Stands at the door to claim his bride? 3 Lift up the gates! bring forth oblations! One crown'd with thorns a message brings, | His word a sword to smite the nations, His name the Christ, the King of kings. 4 He comes! let all the earth accept him; The path in human form he trod Before him spreads a royal realm; The light of life, the Son of God! [By perm. J. Church & Co.] Mary A. Lathbury. |