For the hymns chosen for this manual the freest range of selection has been taken. The imperfections of this little manual may perhaps be excused by reason of the haste necessary in preparing it for a special need. None will be more sensible of them than its compilers. It will have served its end if it prompt to a similar work undertaken in ampler leisure. Committee on the (R. HEBER NEWTON, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE Editors of this volume acknowledge gratefully the cordial consent of the publishers and writers who have allowed the use of the material making up so large a part of this compilation. They desire especially to thank Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company for consent to use the hymns drawn for the most part from sources identified with the name of their House. They also have found invaluable assistance in "The Sacred Books of the East," edited under the supervision of the late Professor Max Müller, and represented in this country by Mr. Henry Frowde. They thank Mr. Schermerhorn and Mr. Conway for the matter taken from their collections in the same field; the prayers were found in widely scattered sources, for which the editors make a general but not less earnest acknowledgment. |