Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Sabbath School: A Complete Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Sabbath Schools, Families, and Social Gatherings
The present work is but the response to a demand for a suitable Singing Book for our Sabbath Schools, which has been of long standing. Most of the books at present in use are in general mere compilations from our church music books, and contain but little more than the well-known tunes in common use, and possessing, for children and youth, but little attraction. Music, to be adapted to their wants, should be more in accordance with their tastes and feelings: it should be pleasing, and, as far as practicable, joyous, to engage and secure their attention and simple, to encourage them In their efforts to learn it. The sabbath school has been carefully prepared with direct reference to this very object; and the style of its music Will be found to be in accordance with the above remarks. It contains 70 tunes, 10 chants, 157 hymns, and 13 selections of scripture for chanting, adapted to the various occasions for which they may be required. There will be found appropriate hymns, with suitable music, for Opening and Closing of the School, Commencement and Close of the Year, Funerals, Anniversaries, Celebrations, Missionary Meetings, Rural Excursions, and Festive Occasions. The tunes are by various authors, and, with but a few exceptions, are not only new, but have been composed expressly for this work. The hymns have been selected with the utmost care, from the Hymn Books of nearly all the denominations of Protestant Christians, and from those contained in the several periodicals printed for the benefit of Sab bath Schools, together with many beautiful hymns contributed by the authors. Everything of a sectarian influence or char acter has been carefully excluded, and no pains have been spared to make the work perfect, complete and unobjectionable in its variety, quantity and character. 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.
