t PREFACE. M 2125 1885 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 In selecting and arranging the music, an effort has been made to avoid, on Although the book has been prepared primarily for Sunday Schools, much It contains all the music needed for the Canticles, Sentences, Responses, and 53-56 57-160 ..161-168 .12-13 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS.. 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. 3.-GENERAL EXERCISES, including REVIEW OF THE LESSON, CATE- 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. on page "Give out the 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. 66 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. FUNERALS, 38, 98, 101, 107. ORDINATIONS AND CONSECRATIONS, 99, 100. 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. THE LORD'S DAY, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, OTHER HOLY DAYS, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74. NATIONAL OCCASIONS, 106. MORNING, 108, 109, 110. EVENING, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116. 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, etc. CLOSING SCHOOL, 119, 121, 123, 128, 130, etc. 7, 11, 13, 14, 28, 29, 34, 36, 43, 45, 46, 52, 53, 55. OPENING SERVICES. The School responds: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Leader.-Praise ye the Lord. III. After the singing of the Hymn, the Leader reads the portion of Scripture appointed for the Sunday School Lesson for the day, and the teachers and scholars follow the reading with their Bibles open before them. IV. At the end of the Lesson all rise, and the Leader says: The Lord be with you. The School. And with thy spirit. All kneel down and the Leader continues: OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give Thee humble thanks, that Thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of Thy grace, and faith in Thee: Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. Read here the Collect for the Day. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. |