Excerpt from The Students' Hymnal This hymnal is the outcome of an effort to bring together the best hymns and the most melodious tunes. The selection of hymns has been based upon sincerity in the expression of religious experience, depth of feeling, and poetic merit. The tunes that are chosen are believed to possess dignity, strength, musical beauty, and acceptability. The collection is rich in morning and evening hymns, in music suited to processional requirements, and in hymns and tunes which together best express the sentiments appropriate to the holy days of the Christian year. It contains the best historic hymns, familiar 'and beloved through many generations. It also includes many hymns that have arisen from modern religious feeling and aspiration, and especially those that present the vision of the future, when universal brotherhood shall prevail and wars shall cease. In the responsive readings the intention is to include those passages of the Bible which by majesty of thought and poetic form seem to be most suitable for antiphonal use. 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.