the faith and hope and praise of many generations in many lands cannot be laid aside for the products of ephemeral fancy. No one parish will care to use all the tunes, but out of the book every parish will find a sufficient number for all its needs, which it can sing with enthusiasm. As with the words, so with the music, the Commission has endeavoured to provide a book which will make our Communion a singing Church. The prayer which goes up with the finishing of the book is that, in spite of its limitations and imperfections, it may bring the Church into greater joy, as the people sing these hymns of the ages to the grateful honour of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost.

Cortlandt Whitehead
G. Mott Williams
Thomas F. Davies
William F. Faber
James W. Ashton
Charles Lewis Slattery

Frank Damrosch, Jr.
Winfred Douglas
Morris Earle
Roland S. Morris
Robert C. Pruyn
Miles Farrow

Walter Henry Hall
Horatio Parker
T. Tertius Noble
Monell Sayre

Peter Christian Lutkin
Wallace Goodrich

Mote

"Amen" is printed only with those hymns which are prayer, praise, or otherwise addressed to God. Nevertheless, the necessary music for "Amen" has been supplied throughout, for the use of those who desire it.

The dates throughout this book are arranged as follows, both for the Hymns and the Tunes. A single date, without a hyphen, is the earliest obtainable for the given Hymn or Tune: whether of composition, or of first publication. When such a date is wanting, the dates of the author's or composer's birth and death are given, separated by a hyphen. A date followed by a hyphen is that of birth; preceded by a hyphen, or by the letter d., that of death. The letter c. (circa), indicates an approximate date. When no composer is known, the place and date of publication are given when possible.

Acknowledgments

WE are indebted to a number of authors for permission to use their work: the Rev. Henry Burton, D.D., for "O Maker of the sea and sky," Mr. Eugene Stock for his sister's hymn, "Let the song go round the earth," the Rev. John Browniie for "The King shall come when morning dawns" and "Let Thy Blood in mercy poured," the Rev. Frederick Edwards for "God of the nations, Who hast led," the Rev. Washington Gladden, D.D., for "O Master, let me walk with Thee," the Rev. Canon Henry Scott Holland, D.D., for "Judge eternal, throned in splendour," Mr. Rudyard Kipling for his "Recessional" and "The Children's Hymn," the Rev. Edward P. Parker, D.D., for "Master, no offering," Rev. Denis Wortman, D.D., for “ God of the prophets, bless the prophets' sons," Mr. Athelstan Riley for Ye watchers, and ye holy ones," the Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D., for "Our Father, Thy dear Name doth show," the Rev. Frank Mason North and The Continent for "Where cross the crowded ways of life," the Rev. William Pierson Merrill for "Rise up, O men of God," the Rev. Louis F. Benson, D.D., for "O Thou whose feet have climbed life's hill" and many other favours, the Yattendon Hymnal for the translation "Ah, holy Jesus," to the Proprietors of the English Hymnal for their rights in the same hymn, “Father, Who on man doth shower,” and “I bind unto myself today."

Our thanks are also due to the following owners of copyright for permission to use the copyright Tunes, which are marked by asterisks in the Alphabetical Index of Tunes.

The representatives of the Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, the Rev. J. H. Hopkins, Jr., Edward Horsman, Professor J. K. Paine, Mus. Doc., S. A. Ward, Professor G. W. Warren, Mus. Doc., A. H. Messiter, Mus. Doc.; all of whom are deceased.

The H. W. Gray Company; Novello & Company, Ltd.; G. Schirmer, Inc.; Biglow and Main; the Trustees of Hymns Ancient and Modern; W. W. Rousseau; G. C. Crook; the Rev. Winfred Douglas, Mus. Doc.; John Erskine; J. H. Gower, Mus. Doc.; Professor Walter Henry Hall; Dean P. C. Lutkin, Mus. Doc.; T. Tertius Noble, M.A.; the Rev. J. Baden-Powell; Professor Horatio Parker, Mus. Doc.; H. J. Storer; G. E. Stubbs, Mus. Doc.; and J. B. Whitehead.

Every effort has been made to ascertain the owners of copyright. If, notwithstanding, some have not been found, acknowledgment will be made as soon as possible after notification.

We further offer our thanks for gracious permissions to the Proprietors of the English Hymnal; the Trustees of Hymns Ancient and Modern; the Rev. J. BadenPowell; Mr. Eugene Stock; and Mr. G. E. Stubbs (for Garrett's "Advent").

The Indexes have been compiled by Miss Caroline C. Cronise, and the Plainsong numbers harmonized by the Rev. Winfred Douglas.