Excerpt from The Christian Lyre As the work is not designed to please scientific musicians, so much as to profit plain Christians, reference is had, chiefly, to the known popularity of What is selected. The tunes are accompanied with only a simple bass, and sometimes not even with that. In a vast multitude of cases, the religious effect of a hymn is heightened by having all sing the air only. Possessing no musical skill beyond that of ordinary plain singers, I send out my work, without pretensions, but only with the ...
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Excerpt from The Christian Lyre As the work is not designed to please scientific musicians, so much as to profit plain Christians, reference is had, chiefly, to the known popularity of What is selected. The tunes are accompanied with only a simple bass, and sometimes not even with that. In a vast multitude of cases, the religious effect of a hymn is heightened by having all sing the air only. Possessing no musical skill beyond that of ordinary plain singers, I send out my work, without pretensions, but only with the hope and prayer, that it may aid Christ's cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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