Certificate It was voted by both Houses of the General Convention, held in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen: That the New Hymnal, as reported by the Joint Commission on the Revision of the Hymnal, be authorized and approved for use in this Church. That the Commission be continued with authority to perfect the details of its work and to complete, for the benefit of the Church Pension Fund, musical editions of the New Hymnal. That the publication of the Hymnal be committed to the Trustees of the Church Pension Fund for the benefit of that Fund. Attest: GEORGE FRANCIS NELSON, Secretary of the House of Bishops. HENRY ANSTICE, Secretary of the House of Deputies. It is hereby certified that this edition of the Hymnal having been compared with, and corrected by, the standard book as the General Convention has directed, is permitted to be published accordingly. On behalf of the Commission empowered to superintend the publication of the Hymnal. CORTLANDT WHITEHEAD, Chairman. iii CANON 46 OF THE MUSIC OF THE CHURCH It shall be the duty of every Minister to appoint for use in his Congregation hymns or anthems from those authorized by the Rubric, and, with such assistance as he may see fit to employ from persons skilled in music, to give order concerning the tunes to be sung in his Church. It shall be his especial duty to suppress all light and unseemly music, and all irreverence in the performance. Preface THE General Convention of the year 1913 entrusted to a Commission the revision of the Hymnal. The General Convention of 1916, accepting a book then submitted, referred it back to the Commission with instructions to perfect it and give it to the Church. In its effort to obey this command, the Commission now presents this book. Some hymns which were in the former collection have been omitted because it was discovered by careful inquiry that they were seldom if ever used. One of the principles of the revision was to make the new book as compact as excellence and variety would permit. Some old hymns which are perhaps below the general standard are retained because they have the affection of a considerable number of people. The hymns added find a place either because they are great religious verse, or because they express the experience and aspiration of our time. These are hymns intended to voice our yearning for larger social service, for deeper patriotism, for a more eager obligation to the winning and maintaining of a free world, for a higher enthusiasm towards the unity and extension of Christianity. This Hymnal of 1918 cannot escape the marks of the Great War,-its tragedy, its sympathy, its loving sacrifice, its gratitude because God has given us the victory for the right and the true. The hymns have been arranged as nearly as possible in the Prayer Book order, with the hope that people will recognize that they have a companion for the Book of Common Prayer in a Book of Common Praise. The Commission has tried to retain and to add such hymns as express reality in the religious life. At the same time there has been generous thought for a wide diversity of temperament and training. From stern simplicity to exuberant emotion, the ways in which men would praise God are manifold. Accordingly there are hymns of objective adoration, august and distant, side by side with hymns which unburden the singer's heart and tell what God has done for him alone. The members of the Commission charged with the task of selecting the music of the hymns have tried first of all to select music which congregations as well as choristers can sing. The number of sentimental and weak melodies has been reduced. It is hoped that the many fine new tunes will so far win their way that such inferior music as is retained will lose its attraction. By such additions as certain Plainsong settings and tunes for adult male voices, the effort is made to appeal to various temperaments and abilities. 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 Frank Damrosch, Jr. Walter Henry Hall Peter Christian Lutkin Note "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 Brownlie 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 i. 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; the Plainsong numbers harmonized by the Rev. Winfred Douglas; and the Hymns for Men's Voices arranged by Wallace Goodrich. |