fortissimo, crescendo, swell, inverted swell, dol Aff dolce, affetuoso, Len storcato, very soft. 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 distine 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.... Again, indulgent Lord, return.... 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 Epis. 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 ... Watts. 419 .....Beddome. 403 ..Pratt's Coll. 369 .Pratt's Coll. 266 ..Watts. 97 ..Watts. 145 ...Watts. 152 ..Lutheran Coll. 519 .Watts. 372 And are we now brought near to God.........Pratt's Coll. 442 And are we wretches yet alive...... And art thou, gracious Master, gone?. And art thou with us, gracious Lord.. And can mine eyes without a tear?.. And can my heart aspire so high?.. And dost thou say, 'Ask what thou wilt'?. Page. And now, my soul, another year......Montgomery's Coll. 550 And now another week begins...... And shall I sit alone ?.... And shall not Jesus hear?.... And why do our admiring eyes.. .Beddome. 401 ... Watts. 145 ....Watts. 57 ....Slinn. 470 .... Wrangham. 53 Arise, ye people, and adore..........Spirit of the Psalms. 109 As pants the hart for cooling streams......Tate and Brady. 101 Awake, our souls,-away, our fears.... Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes.... Awake, ye saints, to praise your King.. ...Watts. 444 Needham, 261 ....Scott. 449 Watts. 417 .Doddridge. 551 Awaked from sin's delusive sleep.................More. 378 BE Joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth.....Epis. Coll. 569 Watts. 120 Be thou, O God, exalted high......Tate and Brady. 119 Before Jehovah's awful throne.. Before the heavens were spread abroad... Bebold how the Lord.... Behold, my soul, the narrow bound.. Behold, the blind their sight receive.. Watts. 176 Watte. 313 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 thou, O God of Israel. ...Epis. Coll. 496 Blest Comforter divine.... .Pratt's Coll. 348 Blest day, when our ascended Lord.. .Pratt's Coll. 341 Blest is the man, forever blest..... Watts. 90 Blest is the man, who shuns the place..... Watts. 37 Blest is the man, whom thou, O Lord....Tate and Brady. 166 ..Barbauld, 538 ........ Watts. 310 ..Pratt's Coll. 100 ..Pratt's Coll. 504 ..Pratt's Coll. 442 ..Pratt's Coll. 348 Blest is the man, whose softening heart.. Montgomery. 290 Watts. 293 Cleanse me, O Lord-and cheer my soul... Page. Watts. 113. ..Pratt's Coll. 326 .. Watts. 406 Come, all ye servants of the Lord....Spirit of the Psalms. 118 Watts. 343 Come, let us join our friends above.. Watts. 167 Watts, 326 ...Leed's Coll. 430 Come, let us join our souls to God.....Montgomery's Coll. 415 Come, let us join with sweet accord.....De Come, let us lift our joyful eyes.... Courcy's Coll. 447 ...Steele. 359 ...Steele. 458 Watts. 209 Crown his head with endless blessings........Pratt's Coll. 202 DAUGHTER of Zion, awake from thy..Fitzgerald's Coll. 576 .Montgomery. 474 Day of judgment, day of wonders........ Dear Father, to thy mercy-seat.. Dear Jesus, when, when shall it be........ Dear Lord, accept a sinful heart....... Dear Refuge of my weary soul... Watts. 296 .Doddridge. 371 Dear Lord, and will thy pardoning love.....Dobell's Coll. 334 Dear Saviour, we are thine..... ...Steele. 497 .....Doddridge. 409 ...Steele. 375 .Steele, 306 Dear Saviour, when my thoughts recall... Deep in our hearts let us record.... Defend me, Lord, from shame......... .Tate and Brady. 89 |