Excerpt from A Book of Hymns and Tunes: For the Sunday-School, the Congregation, and the HomeThe Tunes are such as seemed, from their familiarity, or their easy melody, or their congregational character, best suited for the purpose intended. Most of the good congregational tunes will be found here, both because it is desirable that the children should early learn these tunes, that they may afterwards sing them in the congregation, and because the book is thereby rendered available for congregational use, for which also a considerable number of the Hymns are fitted.The association of Hymns with Tunes is so much a matter of personal taste or accident, that no arrangement can be made which will not disturb some associa tions. I have endeavored to unite them by something more than an arbitrary relation, so as to justify that permanent union which is desirable.The Hymns are followed by a selection of Psalms, (in Dr. Noyes's version, ) arranged for alternate reading. I intended to add a series of Scripture Lessons, selected from the various parts of the Bible, but have concluded to reserve them for a separate volume.To the children on the new chapel, this book, prepared first of all for them, ' is affectionately dedicated, by their Pastor. He hopes that they will learn to love its Music and its Hymns, to sing them In school, at church, and at home to know them by heart and to cherish the true thoughts and holy feelings which they express. And often 111 coming years may these words and melodies, associated with happy hours, sacred resolutions, and dear friends come up in their memories to comfort and to strengthen them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.