The School Hymnal Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The School Hymnal: A Book of Worship for Young People This hymnal has been prepared for use in church schools, schools and colleges. Its aim is to voice the religious thought and feeling of the unfold ing life of youth. This aim has determined the scope of the collection and the character of both the words and the music. The book is a small collection of great hymns taken from the best in Christian hymnology, old and new. It contains as a basis the classical hymns which are the spiritual heritage of the Church, and in addition, many recent hymns which interpret the religious experience and the spiritual ideals of our own day. The hymns have been selected on the following principles: First, that they shall be good as literature and shall possess lyric quality. The book is a collection of religious poetry set to music. Second, that the hymns shall express those attitudes which are normal to the religion of young life. The book is rich in hymns which voice the attitudes of praise, loyalty, fidelity, heroism, good will and service, and is especially rich in hymns which express the deepening consciousness of the rule of God in his world. 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.