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Excerpt from American Sunday School Psalmody: Or Hymns and Music, for the Use of Sunday-Schools and Teachers Meetings; With a Manual of Instruction The following Manual embraces those principles of musical education which have been established by actual experience, in the instruction of about five thousand pupils. In its arrangement it is strictly inductive and practical. To those who may have objections to the use of sacred words in the lessons for practice, it is proper to remark, that, while an inconsiderate use of sacred words is at all times to be avoided, they are adopted in the practical lessons of the present work after due deliberation; and, it is thought, for good reasons. The manual is designed primarily for Sunday-schools. The lessons are so constructed that children who have learned to sing by rote, may, by an ordinary singer, be taught in one hour to sing a hymn scientifically. Now, in learning the music, the poetry need not, and should not be sung, but the sounds should be uttered with the names of the notes, fa, sol, la, or do, re, mi, &c. The hymns, therefore, need only be used for devotional purposes. The teacher is here reminded, that it is incumbent upon him at all times, whatever may be the character of the songs or hymns sung, to make the pupils understand fully the meaning of the words before they are suffered to sing them. In adopting this course it is believed that, not only Sunday-schools, but common schools, and singing-schools, may make a beneficial use of sacred words, even in their lessons. In the selection of hymns it was impossible to meet the wants of children without admitting hymns expressive of deep piety, and a high degree of devotional feeling. Such hymns are generally written in language suitable for mature minds; and this suggested the propriety of adapting the book not only to Sunday-schools, but also to Bible classes, teachers' meetings, morning and evening prayer meetings, family worship, and to Christian worship generally, both social and private. This, so far as was practicable, has been done; and it is believed that the selection will be found to answer all these purposes. 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.
