VI pianissimo, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo, crescendo, diminuendo, swell, inverted nwell, dol dolce, Aff affetuoso, Len starcato, very soft. a little soft. middle-neither loud nor soft. This mark is also applicable to those hymns or passages which now have no mark. a little loud. very loud. increasing, louder and louder. used at the beginning of a line, to The marks for musical expression have been prefixed, in general, with reference to the tunes named. The same psalm or hymn, sung to a different tune, might often require some variation of the expression. After all which can be done, directions for musical expression must be merely hints, by which the general character of the expression to be given is indicated. The various kinds and degrees of the emotions to be expressed, requiring a corresponding variation of the manner of performance, are so numerous, and so complicated in their nature, that only a ready susceptibility of emotion, joined to good taste and judgment, and careful attention to the subject, can secure a correct manner of singing. In the index to the first lines, as well as in that to the subjects, the psalms and hymns are brought together without distinc tion, and the reference is uniformly to the page. In the latter index, the different subjects are not inserted under words arbitrarily selected, and placed in alphabetical order, but under the principal and subordinate topics of the arrangement in the book, thus bring. ing all the psalms and hymns on the same or kindred topics near each other in the index, so as to be easily found. This is believed to be the most convenient plan for such an index. With these remarks and explanations, this work, on which the compilers have bestowed much time and labor, and in which they have found much pleasure, is now given to the churches for their use. Boston, August, 1831. LOWELL MASON, INDEX OF FIRST LINES. ABOVE these heavens' created rounds.. All hail the great Immanuel's name.. Along the banks where Babel's current Am I a soldier of the cross.. Page. Watts. 95 Wrangham. 114 .Dobell's Coll. 435 ..Pratt's Coll. 454 448 Barbauld. 449 .Epis. Coll. 276 .Steele. 381 Watts. 321 Steele. 420 Epie. Coll. 278 ...Scott. 477 ..Duncan. 315 .Pratt's Coll. 199 ... 473 .Methodist Coll. 259 Wrangham, 198 .Watts. 245 .Pratt's Coll. 359 Wrangham. 72 ..Pratt's Coll. 355 ..Pratt's Coll. 370 ....Steele. 533 ....Logan. 512 .Pratt's Coll. 456 ..Epis. Coll. 531 Watts, 563 .Steele. 98 ...Watts. 47 .Pratt's Coll. 468 flows......Barlow. 229 Amid the splendors of thy state... Amid thy wrath remember love.... Among th' assemblies of the great. Among the princes, earthly gods.. And am I born to die?..... .. Watts. 419 ...Beddome. 403 .Pratt's Coll. 369 ..Pratt's Coll. 266 .Watts. 97 ..Watts. 145 ..... Watts. 152 ....Lutheran Coll. 519 And are we now brought near to God.........Pratt's Coll. 442 And are we wretches yet alive...... ...Watts. 372 .......Kelly. 421 Doddridge, 391 Heginbotham, 322 ..Steele, 390 ..Strele. 301 wilt'?........Newton, 405 Watts, 518 And now another week begins... And shall I sit alone?....... Page. And now, my soul, another year......Montgomery's Coll. 550 And shall not Jesus hear?.... Another six days' work is done........... Beddome. 401 Doddridge. 332 ..Watts. 57 62 ..Bratt. St. Coll. 424 Arm of the Lord, awake, awake....... F. Burder's Coll. 471 ...Beddome. 470 As pants the hart for cooling streams......Tate and Brady. 101 Attend, O earth, when God declares......Tate and Brady. 39 Awake, my soul, and with the sun... Awake, our souls,-away, our fears.... ...Watts. 444 ....Kenn. 555 ...Barlow. 192 .Needham. 261 ...Scott. 449 Doddridge. 551 BE Joyful in God, all ye lands of the Behold how the Lord.... Behold, my soul, the narrow bound.... Behold the glories of the Lamb...... .Watts. 120 Tate and Brady. 119 Watts. 813 Behold the King of Zion rise... Behold the Saviour of mankind. Behold the sure foundation stone... Behold the throne of grace..... Behold thy waiting servant, Lord... Behold us, Lord, with humble fear.. Behold what condescending love..... Behold what pity touched the heart.. Behold what wondrous grace...... Behold where in a mortal form.... Beneath our feet, and o'er our head. Bestow, O Lord, upon our youth... Bless, O my soul, the living God.. Bless our God, his grace confessing.. Bless'd Jesus, while in mortal flesh.. Blest are the humble souls that see.. Blest are the sons of peace....... Blest are the souls, who hear and know.. Blest are the undefiled in heart... Blest be the dear uniting love....... Blest be the everlasting God...... Blest be the Lord,-the God of love...... Blest be the Lord, who heard my prayer. Blest Comforter divine....... Blest day, when our ascended Lord.. Blest is the man, who shuns the place.... Page. .Pratt's Coll. 348 Blest is the man, whom thou, O Lord....Tate and Brady. 166 Blest is the man, whose softening heart... .....Barbauld. 538 Blest is the man, whose tender care.. Blest Jesus,-when my soaring thoughts.....Heginbotham. 329 Blest morning, whose first dawning rays. Blest who with generous pity glows..... Blest work-the youthful mind to win.. Bread of heaven, on thee we feed.... Breathe, Holy Spirit, from above... Bright and joyful is the morn...... Bright King of glory, dreadful God.. Bright Source of everlasting love.... Brightness of the Father's glory..... CAN sinners hope for heaven..... Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish.. Children of the heavenly King... Children, to your Creator, God.... Christ and his cross are all our theme.. Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day. Our........Pratt's Coll. 811 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day. Sons of men Pratt's Coll. 812 Page. Cleanse me, O Lord-and cheer my soul........... Watte. 113 ...Watts. 357 ...Hart. 342 .... Watts. 343 .Pratt's Coll. 417 ..Pratt's Coll. 539 Come, humble souls, ye mourners, come.....Heginbotham. 430 Come, O my soul, in sacred lays........ Come, O thou King of all thy saints......... Come, Sacred Spirit, from above...... Come, said Jesus' sacred voice.... .. Watts. 297 ..... Watts. 168 .Steele. 458 Watts. 209 ...Steele. 435 Crown his head with endless blessings........Pratt's Coll. 202 DAUGHTER of Zion, awake from thy..Fitzgerald's Coll. 576 Day of Judgment, day of wonders.... Montgomery. 474 Watts, 296 ....Steele. 498 Dear Jesus, when, when shall it be............Doddridge. 371 Dear Lord, accept a sinful heart..... ...Cowper. 433 Dear Lord, and will thy pardoning love.....Dobell's Coll. 834 Dear Refuge of my weary soul.. Dear Saviour, we are thine..... Dear Saviour, when my thoughts recall.. Deep are the wounds which sin hath made.. Depth of mercy, can there be.. ..Steele. 497 .Doddridge. 409 .Steele. 875 ..Steele, 306 |