Excerpt from Hymns of Praise and Prayer Third of a century has elapsed since the publication of the Hymns for the Christian Church and Home. If during that time nothing had occurred to affect the value of the volume except a gradual enrichment of our religious literature by new hymns, the publi cation of a supplement would have satisfied every need but, in passing through a generation remarkable for rapid change, Christian piety itself, notwithstanding its essential permanence, has insensibly modified its complexion; and, in its truest moments, resorts to other centres of meditation, and speaks in other tones, than those which were natural to our fathers. Hence, in justice to the exigencies of a fresh time, it is not enough to add what is absent; it is requisite also to withdraw something that is present, in manuals of an earlier date; and, in attempting a complete re-cast of the materials at disposal for the lyrical part of public worship, I hope to provide better for a real continuity of religious life, than by any less extensive change. 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.