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TI'E 
 
 
 CANTICLES ARRANGED FOR CHANTING, 
 
 WITH \ PREFAdE, 
 
 BY JOHN, BISHOP OF FREDEEICTON, 
 
 " They sang together by course, giving thanks unto the Lord." — Ezra, iii. It, 
 " Whuso offereth praise, glorifieih me." — Ps. I. 23. 
 Trajer shall be made ever unto Him, and daily shall He be praised."— P«. Ix.xii. 15, 
 
 New ftRU-vs-wKK: J. siMTso.v, rui.srtit to rut <n:ZKys Most e-vcelleM' majisty ; 1831 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 It 18 superfluous to attciin)t the defence of ChanlLng. That which 
 has Holy Scripture for its Joundatson— the practice of the Christian 
 Church for its warrant — and holy men, sucn as our own liichard 
 Hooker, for its defenders — can need neither praise nor support from 
 me. But for the benefit of those who love to do God's work in the 
 manner recommended by the Church, (objectors I leave to tliemselves,) 
 the loUowing rules are given. 
 
 St. Augustine records how deeply he was moved by the solemn 
 and united chanting of the congregation in the Church of Milan, 
 in which, as it appears, the whole body of people — thousands of 
 men, women and ch'ldren— joined at once. The only thing that 
 seems to resemble tnis is the Psalm-singing, by the assembled 
 thousands of children, on special occasions, in St. Paul's Catlie- 
 dral, London ; which, however, must be inferior to it, because the 
 whole congregation do not join with the children. Our Church would 
 have us chant, if possible, like the Church at Milan, of old. 
 
 The propriety of chanting will be seen if we consider — Ist. That it 
 seems to be suited to the peculiar structure of our great manual of 
 devotion — the Psalms. It is well known to all who understand the 
 nature of Hebrew poetry, that it does not consist of metre or rhyme, but 
 that its force lies in paraUelis-m, expressing with a brevity and strength, 
 which all metrical versions fail to render accurately, the sublime sen- 
 tences of inspiration. This paratlelisrti (as has been ably shewn by 
 Bishop Lowth) is of several kinds. When the clauses of the sei ence 
 express the same idea, with a slight increase of intensity in the latter 
 member of the sentence, it is called Hi/nonimuut, as— 
 To bind their kings in chains : 
 And tlieir nobles with links of iron. — Ps. cxlix. 
 
 When the clauses of the sentence are in opposition it is called Anti- 
 thetic, as — 
 
 Such ns are blessed of flod shall possess the land : 
 
 And ilu'v that arc cursed of him, shall be rooted out.— Ps. x.vxvii. 
 
 And when the members of the sentence rise by steps, each one going 
 beyond the other, it is called Gradational, as in Psalm i. verse 1 — 
 
 Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel 
 of the ungodly, 
 
 Nor ito id in the way of sinners, 
 
 And hath not tat in the seat of the scornful : 
 every member of the sentence augmenting and amplifying the original 
 idea. These are the chief kinds of parallelism ; and it is obvious, that 
 the sententious force of the original is never so ill expressed as when 
 it is spun out into a wordy metrical paraphrase, and that the sim- 
 ple construction, antithetic form, and measured decisive tones of the 
 simplest kind of chants, are most in harmony with the spirit of the 
 divine original. 
 
 2. There is also something peculiarly melodious, plaintive, and sym- 
 pathetic in a chant, sung by a multitude, and not drawled out by a few 
 performers, to the exclusion cf the mass of worshippers. 
 
 3. Our own Church has alwavs retained this good custom from the 
 time of the Reform-tion : the first Chant Book, properly Anglican, 
 having been published by Marbeck, who narrowly escaped being burnt 
 at the stake for his Protestantism, and having been sanctioned by A rch- 
 bishop Cranmer. 
 
 The opponents of the Church in the days of Cromwell were as averse 
 to chanting as they were to the liturgy ; and Bishop Hall, in his " Hard 
 Measure, records, with many lamentations, the violence v.-ith which 
 they cast out all these antichristian abominations, as they were then 
 termed. 
 
 Chanting may be called the tuneful pronunciation of the songs of the 
 Holy Psalmist. It is not bare reading ; because the Psalms are not 
 meant to be read as the Lessons are read, by the Minister alone ; but 
 aj holy songs, they should be sung by the Minister and people in 
 course, ioyeiher, one answering the other ; or, if it be deemed more 
 edifying, all together. Neither is chanting Psalm-singing, the singhig 
 
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ofPsalms or Hymns, in metre, implving wliM all metre requires, a 
 eeparate nolo for each separate syllable, and the same sung ov«r again 
 unvaried to each verse ; whereas chanting varies according to the 
 length of the verse, and the sound should always yield to the sense ol 
 the passage. It is often urged as an obiection against chanting, that 
 it is so difficult, that only persons skilled in music can perform it. 
 This is a very sound and valid objection. But against what ? JNot 
 against chanting, but against the usual manner of chanting. When the 
 leading notes of the chant are so high that the mass ol the congrega; 
 tion cannot reach them, or the music so learned that the " simple (oik 
 cannot understand it, or when it is drawled along at such a length 
 that one loses one's breath in following it, or gabbled so fast that no 
 one can understand a word of it, or where the orRsnist plays so loucl 
 ftnd learnedly that men stand in doubt which is tlie chant and which 
 the accompaniment; I do not wonder that those who wish to be edi- 
 fied object to chanting— so do I, to such chanting. But let the 
 chant be simple and casv, the reciting note not too high, the melody 
 crave but easily caught, and often sung, the words neither drawled 
 nor Rabbled, but uttered freely, distinctly, and cheerfully, with a 
 measured, march-like cadence, such as befits the words to be pnng; 
 and let the people all join with one accord, and no part of public -vor- 
 ship i« more edifying. Every one who can read, and who can discern 
 the difference between one note and another, can chant, il he chooses 
 to take the trouble to learn. And which is the more Scriptural, con- 
 cra-'ational, edifying method, where the people stand listlessly before 
 the clerLTyman, us if they had nothing to do, and as if the Minister 
 were one who discharged all their duty for them, or when with 
 rlad heart and cheerful voice they all sound out together the praises 
 rf the Lord, the Minister only leading the way ? There are, 1 am 
 afraid, tome whole congregations so dreadtuUy ill-educated that not 
 one of them can sing a note of any kind. Where this is the case, pro- 
 bablv many such persons cai.not even read ; but surely we are not to 
 feek'instruction from those who have had no educatum whatever. 1 
 would not be understood to affirm that the Psalms may never be read. 
 Far from il. But I maintain, that the true lorce and spirit ot the 
 T'salm^ and thp cheerfMln.'.ss of our sprvice. are best aitniiipd by fhnr 
 b..in;»un2. But i. (inv cannni sing, or pn.-lcf l'> road, let ihcin have 
 ilicii- c-'.i'iit'i". 
 
 I have already said (and it cannot be repeated loo often) that m 
 chattting the sound must give way to the sense. In ordinary singing, 
 the musical notes are divided into bars, which contain a certain num- 
 ber of notes, two, three, four or more in one bar, neither more nor less, 
 or notes equal to that emount, and the bame repeated to the end of 
 what is to be sung, except where tl;e time charges. So in 1 salm- 
 singing, the metre being the same in every verse, the same or similar 
 syllabf'js are sung to similar notes, in measured and equal time. Hence, 
 if we begin with a long-metre, or short metre tune, we must go on to Uie 
 end as we began. But in the Psalms, every verse varies xn length ; con- 
 sequently a strict observance of tirnc is not only useless, but injurious : 
 for the duration of sound must be regulated by the sense, not by the 
 music In chanting we dispense with time altogether. The procew 
 is much sin.pler, and more within the reach of unpractised ears. 
 
 A chant may be first divided into two parts, as every verse is di- 
 vided by a colon in our Prayor Books =— , ^, , , t i .. 
 
 " We praise Thee, O God : we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 
 Each of these two parts consists of a beginning, a middle, and an end ; 
 in other words, is divided into three parts ;— there is first, the prevail- 
 ing or reciting note, which usually begins the chant, then come the 
 intermediate notes, and then the final note, before the colon i .ajler tho 
 colon the prevailing or reciting note ' ' " "" ' '"" 
 
 follow, and then the final "''"•■■ '" 
 
 ,..,^ IS repeated, the intermediate notes 
 
 Thus in the instance just cited, the words 
 
 '• We 'praise Thee " properly belong to the reciting note ; the syllable 
 "O" to the intermediate, (the reciting note is repeated at tJie word 
 
 ' Thee ' 
 
 and the word 
 
 iwco in most of the ordinary chants) ; 
 the final note. In the second part of the chant Uie words v 
 knowledge" belong to the reciting or leading note ; '' Iheo 
 
 'God" to 
 ' we ac- 
 knowledge" belong to the reciting or leading note ; •• lueo to be 
 the " to the intermediate notes ; and " Lord " to the final note, lie 
 general time will be fast enough if it be somewhat slower than the 
 slowest ordinary ret. ling, though even then it may appear to be taster. 
 But to lengthen out each word into semibrcves. or double that time, 
 is at once wearisome and ridiculous. • t i 
 
 Here is the difference between sacred and secular music. In that 
 kind of secular music which is fashionable now a days, the words are 
 of no consequence whatever, it is the ear only wnich it is intended to 
 i.lrasc Who ever dreain.s of listening to the words which are suns f 
 The .vllal.lr., do, re, mi, fs, would -.inswcr the siin'- \'W\»w, \"\- .« 
 
•oon as ever the performer begin*, every body (In polit* MRietjr) talks 
 as loud oa he'can, and while there i» not mucli chance of hearing ilie 
 music, there is none at all of attending to the words. But in truth tlie 
 wordi are very often so ill chosen, and so full of absurd flattery and 
 aflbcted sentiment, that no one believes them, and therefore no one 
 listens to them. Far otherwise is it with the blessed and holy songs 
 of Zion ; tliey are the words of God Almighty, and are all ; ue, and 
 deep, and perfect ; in them we find the noblest poetry, the most manly 
 B-jntiments, the truest wisdom, the deepest tenderness, and the most 
 musical expression ; they flow on as the course of a river, and we lose 
 ourselves in tliem as in the unfathomable sea. All we want is music 
 noble enough to suit them, and hearts that beat in tune to the words 
 we utter — hearts diat love to do " angel's work," and think it no wea- 
 riness, no shame, no disiionor to magnify the Lord day by day, and 
 rejoice in the hallelujahs of Heaven. 
 
 Chants may be divided into three classes, bad, good, and betf. The 
 bad are those florid double chants, to which there are several insuper- 
 able objections. 1. Tliey are uncongregational. No one ever yet 
 heard, and no one ever will hear a mass of people singing a rapid 
 double chant. The music does not fit the words, nor the voices. 
 Double chants will always be sung by the few. to the exclusion of the 
 many ; whereas we want the multitude to sing, not two or three priests, 
 or hair a dozen women. God's praises belong to all, and are not the 
 exclusi <-e property of any. 2. They are none of them of any antiquity, 
 nor composecf by the best masters, nor in the purest limes. No dou- 
 ble chant dates before 1700, when our style of Church music (accor- 
 ding to Dr. Crotch) was fast going to decay. If we are to have music 
 at all, let it be good music. If we sing imperfectly, it is better to sing 
 good music badly than bad music badly. In the former case our 
 voices may improve, in the latter our taste becomes corrupted. 
 
 The second class of chants contains many good, but some very in- 
 ferior chants. Some were composed by our finest English masters — 
 men of diorough education, refinement, and genius. They will be 
 found in the 60 chants published by the Society tor Promoting Church- 
 Music, a copy of which will be supplied to every clergyman wlio takes 
 an interest m the subject. Another little collection of G4 I'hunls of the 
 6ame character ia also published by Mr.Ollivicr, .'J9, Pall Mali, London. 
 
 The heat nl' all i-hanir^, h^iv.vvi'r, a:-f tin.- C/.iiii h 'lour.i. ).iTaii£i' ihi-y 
 
 are suited to the greatest number of voices, and tlterefure most fiued 
 for the multitude. These have been published in a harmonized and 
 modern form, by Mr. Novello, Dean Street, Soho, London, to whtim 
 we are indebted for the cheap publication of so much excellent music, 
 and in a purer and more correct way by Rev. T. Hellmore, Mr. No- 
 vello being also the publisher. It would be useless to pretend to be 
 ignorant that many persons object to the Gregorian tones. It ought 
 to be known, then, tliat this mode of chanting was not invented by 
 Bishop Gregory, nor is it known who was the mventor. Dr. Burney, 
 in his elaborate history of Music, thinks that they came to us from the 
 Greeks, (and certainly that seems very probable,) but be this as it may, 
 it is certain they were in use two centuries belbre Bishop Gregory'* 
 time, in tlie Church of Milan, and Bislwp Gregory being a musician, 
 added to their number. But this mode of chanting was the only mode 
 known to Archbishop Cranmer, and cur lleformera, and it continued 
 in constant use till the 18th century. So that besides tlie ridiculoua 
 absurdity of Popery being wrapped up in the notes E. G. B. D. or in 
 any others, it is evident tliat the only Book of Music ever sanctioned 
 by Archbishop Crnnmer, (Marbeck's Service Book) contains the sys- 
 tem in full force. It may however be fairly admitted that the extreme 
 siiiiplicity of these chants makes them sound poor and meagre, if only 
 suiif; by a few voices, and that they are intended for a multttude. So 
 that in many cases, with our miserable education, they cannot be sung 
 with any eflect. But the first tone, (commonly known os Tallis's chant,) 
 and tlie 3rd, dlh, and 6th, are certainly unobjectionable, and may please 
 even the most modern taste. 
 
 I now proceed to the division of the words, which is very important, 
 in order to cliant correctly and reverently. 
 
 The chief difficulty in c^ianting arises from the inequality of the syl- 
 lables which are to be sung. Were all the Psalms and Canticles com- 
 posed of such words as " and speak good of His Name," there would 
 be no difficulty whatever. But a variety of difficulties occur, which 
 I will now mention, and endeavour, as far as I am eble. to remove. 
 The first question is, how far the leading or isciling note should go ; 
 liien, to how many syllables the intermediate notes should be sung. 
 Olid whether the finaf note should include only one syllable or more. 
 The " Veiiite," which I lake in illustration, because it is so often »ung. 
 
 l.i.-seiit^, pi'u 
 
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 Jiffi^ ulties 35 a:iv of the P*uhiij 
 
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 Tlicre is, then, no Jifficulty in cliaiuiiig audi passages aiw 
 O come let us worship | and laii down : 
 
 111 his hands are all the cornsrs | of ilie earth : 
 Unto whom I aware | in my wrath : 
 
 proved me | and saw my works. 
 
 Hero in the former half of tiie chant the ear naturally carries the lead- 
 ing note to the end of the words " worship," " corners." and " sun re," 
 und m tlie latter half of the chant, to the word "iiie."' Probably most 
 rhoirs, who chant at all, sing such words much in the sarae' way. 
 Hut tlie question is, what is to be done when a word of two syllables, 
 (as "unto") comes just in the way of the reciting note, or a word of 
 three, syllables, as " teinptaHon," or still worse, a word of four svl- 
 lables, as " ijeneration," or even five syllables, as 'Umnqinatkm";" 
 or where words of two, three,, and four syllables conelude'n verse, as 
 ' htetsed," ''salvation," " u-ildemcss," "prosperity." Sometimes 
 also words ot three syllables occur inconveniently in the intermediate 
 notes, as " marvellous," '^ redetmvd," •' visited^" " injinilej" words 
 ulso which may be pronounced as one syllable or two are awkward 
 Buchas «;)«fo^," "ACTm-wf," " ,V<w,'" and occasionally only two 
 Hliort syllables compose the half of the chant, as " O Christ," *' praise 
 T/ire." The length of the rei-scB is also incoirvenient. 
 
 Now it mu,st be observed at the outset, thatthece drflici.Kies. whatever 
 be their amount, are greatly increased by two faults wliich may easily 
 be remedied. The first is, thehavin(j no regular system to work upon, 
 so that the chances are. that in various Churclics the words are sung 
 diH'ereiitly ; and the second is, the J'orgcttivq, that chunlinq is nut 
 metrical sinying, but melodious reading. If we know how' to read 
 correctly and steadily, and to read all together, we shall have mas- 
 tered one of the difficulties of chanting; ancT the best preliminary ex- 
 ercise for a choir would be, to make them read slowly and distinctly 
 erery syllable of the Psalm to be sung, marking the pauses ; and then 
 let tlicm read it musically. Bad reading is the parent of bad chant- 
 iiiL'. "Even in things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, 
 unless there be a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known 
 what la piped or harped (" * .Secondly, wo ought to have a sy.stema- 
 
 " 1 Cli". .\iv. ». 
 
 tic way of proceeding, and not leave it all to chance. Exceptions 
 '"ere will be always to general rules, and difficulties in every system, 
 which can only be overcoine by perseverance, judgment, and taste ; 
 still no one doubts the utility o4 a crammar, because no grammar 
 rules are sufficient to remove difficulties of construction. TEven to 
 it is in chanting. 1 know of no system so easy and so generally use- 
 lu' as that on which I have proceeded, in the arrangement of the Can- 
 ticles, viz. w/iere all or most of the words are of one syllable, let 
 three syllables come after the reeitrng note to the colon at the end of 
 the first half of the chant, nnd five after the reciting note, at the latter 
 half of tlie clmnt. Tiiis is the first general rule, which simplifies the 
 matter at the beginning. But it will be said, we have a number of 
 verses, where the words are of more than one syllable. 2. Let the re- 
 citing note always (vhere it is possible) be brought to the end of a 
 ti'ord, luid not made to pause at the first syllable of another word, 
 otherwise it spoils the sense and produces bud reading. Who would 
 read thus — 
 
 O come let us sing nn- 
 
 In his hand are all the cor- 
 
 If ye will heay his voice har- 
 
 Wlien thou hodat overcome the sliarp- 
 and others whreh are positively irreverent and ludicrous. If no good 
 render would so read, let no chanter do the like. This difficulty then 
 will be surmounted by can-ying on the words of two syllables, as 
 ''unto," "crriicrs," ''harden," "sharpness," to the next note, 
 and then singing them as two short syllables on one note, just as one 
 wonld read them. Occasionally it is almost impossible to prevent a 
 pause in the middle of a word of four or more syllables, as "genera- 
 tion," " imagination." We must then get through the difficulty a* 
 smoothly as we can, taking care to let the reciting note end at the syl- 
 lable wliere the ear nnd eye suggest the most natural division. 
 Wherever then, two syllables are found in the accompanying scheme 
 to be included within one spece, the meaning is, either tiiat they are 
 to be sung as two short syllables, as " worship," " unto," or as one 
 short and onj long, as "depart," "redeem-" " remis-" " dimiin-" 
 " .f/«(rr-" just, in fact, a.s one would |)ronouiice them. I prefer, liow- 
 cvcr, to sing the syllables of all woidsi at tlic close ot a chant to 
 
t^pnrate notfiB, as it pre«erve§ uniformity, nml prevent* ontistant clinn- 
 Ring of arcfntB and time ; and nniliing is more oflensive to llie ear 
 than luirrying ovpr witli great rapidity two or llireo syllablefc at tlio 
 end ot a verse, witli a sudden full stop. Whereoidy two words of one 
 •ylluble, as " Praiite thee," occur in tlie lust half of a chant, there must 
 necessarily be a run of five notes on the first word. It is awkward but I 
 know of no way of avoiding it, but by an alteration of the chant. Where 
 words which may be pronounced as one or two syllables occur, as 
 //mvent," ''pmeer," they should generally be pronounced as one 
 •yllable, especially at the end of a verse. 
 
 The following additional rules may also be of some service : 
 
 Ist., and above all, let the sense regulate the sound : 
 
 2nd. Do not make a sudden pajse at the end of the reciting note, 
 but merely take breath. " ' 
 
 3rd. Avoid false accents where it is possible, as lengthening short 
 words such as " the," "it," &c., and laying a stress on the first Bvlla- 
 blesofwords, as "salvation;' "wm-thip," "ungodly," " counsel." i,c. 
 
 4lli. Choose easy single chants, in which the reciting note is not too 
 Jiigh, and sing them often, and let all who are disrosed to assist, and 
 can sing by note, have copies of them. 
 
 5th. Let the chanting bo clieerful, not like the prolonged notes of 
 secular music, for mere effect. 
 
 tramedand of good quality, anclhave confidence in themselves, the or- 
 gan may even occasionally cease, and be heard again where fulness of 
 tone and cheerfulness are required, or where the voices want sustain- 
 ing In this way the plaintive and joyful parts of the Psalms would 
 nnd a suitable musical expression. 
 
 A few words may be added on the Psahnody of the Church. Alas' 
 what can be more deplorable than our present mode of singing Psalms ? 
 When we remember that when Psalm-singing was first introduced, 
 whole congregations (somecmes of five thousand people) joined in the 
 ancient simple melodies of our Protestant forefathers ; when we recol- 
 lect that our first masters of music disdained not to compose such 
 
 Dloriou* strains, and that the Knglish Church posscsse. a full share of 
 them what a dismal si^ht it is to sen congregation a(\rr rongrpgatitm 
 with folded arms, yawning over the Psalms, which a few per/ortners 
 sing to music, altered, as it is, generally/ for the wo-te, in the Boston 
 books, (as indeed the To Deum has been altered,) /or the trorse. 
 
 i Ufcell and Croft and Nares and Hayes would scarcely recognize 
 their offspring, and certainly would not acknowledge them, and would 
 be very sorry to find their tunes in the company they are, plsced side 
 by side with llie mosl wretched trash. There is one part of this busi- 
 ness more deplorable than the rest, that those who can sing, and sing 
 well m the congregation, never sing at all, whereas the efforts of the 
 choir shmild he secmided, especially by good leading voices, and the 
 effect of a whole coneregation singing is indescribably affecting and 
 delightful. Lven bad voices then sound well, when heard in the ge- 
 neral sound. Every one must feel the truth of this remark who heard 
 the clergy all chant with the choir at my last Visitation, yet the clergv 
 were but fifty in number : how much more thrilling the effect had the 
 singers been a thousand, and there is no reason why five hundred or a 
 thousand voices might not chant and sing together. 
 
 The simple direction for Psolm-singing is, choose good sterling 
 tunes, and Ping them often, reasonably fast, and without more than 
 one symph.my, (if there be an organ) and that short, and endeavour to 
 get all who can to join. 1 have sent to the Clergy a copy of 55 Psalm 
 Tunes published by Ollivier. 50, Pall Mall, London, antf any number 
 can be procured for 6d. sterling each. 
 
 I trust this attempt to in.prove our performance of Divine Worslii.) 
 will be received in the spirit in which it is ofTercd, and the freedom 
 ot the advice will be pardoned. 
 
 Let me not be misunderstood on one point. It may be thought bv 
 Bome. that these are all matters of form, and that as the heart is every 
 thing, ir matters not how we sing, or whether we sing at all 
 
 IJi.doubtedly "the heart is everything," if by tho^ expression be 
 meant, that the entire man, body, and soul, and spirit, will, under- 
 standing and aiTeciions, are to be given to God ; but we are told bv 
 the Isalmistto "give praise with the best member that we have,'' 
 that IS tiie tongue; and I suppose we are not to give praise with the 
 best member in the worst manner. The question then is, what is the 
 best, the most reverent, tliankful, acceptable mannerofworship. Surely 
 that winch unites the gr.>at09t number of worshipper^, an.i leads iheni 
 
.0 forget thrm..We.in e'.Jlf^llJrt*'!^;.?'^;:^'^^^^ 'J^- 
 of " ipirit," when we engage in no part of the work. 
 
 i"l gaW,tiontaour God which .itteth on the throne, and tothe Lan.b. 
 And " Q that it may be to on earth. Amen. 
 
 Fredericton, February 12th, 1851. 
 
 The following Chantt can be recommeij.led ai rartim.larly «"y ""^ 
 
 i. neady J™.ame with' iho 7th\oac,) Jone. ; ftUo the Cxr.«i Chai.t. 
 «ajor and minor, which i. very .ultaDle for the Tc Deun.. 
 
 Tlic followinR PstthnTunoB can. t bo sung too (>ften:-Co«mno« 
 Akl;Tlr,„ Ht Aiin'd Bedford, St. Davids, Irish, St. James, 
 LonX7New'^tv!agi:s.^Nou1^^^^^ 
 nvernool Manchester. Long metre-Morning and Evemnff Eymn. 
 
 SdJfunireS. Angels. Cur^y o-j^^-^: t^MrrirS^s p": 
 
 Winchester New. Short •'"'l^^-M"""' X"^"^""' ^'•JJj%''- ^^, 
 
 culiar .TU-tre, as Psalm U!)-lIanover ; «» P«»l'" ^J-O'd U3. H 
 solemn occB»ions-Burford, St. Mary's, Windsor. 
 
O como let UR ling 
 
 Let us come before Ilia presencp 
 
 with 
 
 Por tho. Lord 
 
 Ill His liaiid are nil tlio coniur.i.. 
 
 The Hca is His, and 
 
 O come, let us worehip 
 
 For ho is the 
 
 To day if ye will hear his voice 
 harden 
 
 When your fBil.rs 
 
 Forty years long was I grieved 
 with tliis cue- 
 
 Viito whom 1 aware 
 
 Glory be to t he Father, — tind . . . 
 
 j4s it was in the liiyinnini/, is 
 7WU-, and 
 
 Christ our passover is sacri- 
 
 Not with the old leaven, nor with 
 
 the leaven of malice and 
 
 Christ being raised from the dead.. 
 
 For in that He died. He died 
 
 Likewise reckon ye also your 
 
 selves to he dead indeed 
 
 Christ is risen 
 
 For since by 
 
 For as in 
 
 iiluip Le io the Father, and 
 
 Wf it was in the begitinini/, is I 
 
 now, and S 
 
 ficed 
 
 wick- 
 
 dieth 
 unto 
 
 from 
 
 man 
 
 Adam 
 
 to 
 
 fvcr 
 
 unto 
 
 the 
 
 Lord 
 
 thanks- 
 
 piv- 
 
 ing 
 
 is a 
 
 of 
 
 Ho 
 
 and 
 
 great 
 tho 
 
 nia le 
 
 <}o<l 
 earth 
 
 it 
 down 
 
 Lord 
 
 our 
 
 God 
 
 not 
 
 your 
 
 hearts 
 
 tempt- 
 
 ed 
 
 me 
 
 ratioM 
 
 and 
 
 said 
 
 in 
 
 my 
 the 
 
 wrath 
 Hon 
 
 ever 
 
 shall 
 
 be 
 
 v>:nite. 
 
 Slot us heartily rejoiro in 
 the strength* 
 
 and shew ourselves 
 
 and a great ,... 
 
 and the slrengih of the 
 
 and His hai.cis 
 
 and kneel before , 
 
 ami we are the people of > 
 
 His uasture 5 
 
 as in the provocation, and 
 as in the day of teuiplation 
 
 proved 
 
 ( it is a ))i'ople that do err 
 I in their hearts, for tlicy 
 
 iliat they should not 
 
 and 
 
 world 
 
 of 
 
 our 
 
 sal 
 
 va- 
 
 glad 
 
 in 
 
 Him 
 
 with 
 
 King 
 
 hills 
 
 prcpa- 
 
 tho 
 
 a- 
 is 
 
 red 
 Lord 
 
 bovc 
 His 
 the 
 our 
 
 all 
 al- 
 ii ry 
 ma- 
 
 and the 
 
 sheep 
 
 of 
 
 His 
 
 in 
 
 tho 
 
 wil- 
 
 der- 
 
 me 
 
 and 
 
 saw 
 
 my 
 
 have 
 
 not 
 
 known 
 
 my 
 
 enter 
 to 
 
 in- 
 the 
 
 to 
 Ho- 
 
 my 
 
 with- 
 
 out 
 
 rn d. 
 
 A- 
 
 FOR EASTER DAY. 
 
 for 
 
 us : 
 
 ed- 
 
 ness : 
 
 ilO 
 
 more : 
 
 E'U 
 
 once : 
 
 to 
 
 sin : 
 
 the 
 
 ilead : 
 
 came 
 
 death : 
 
 all 
 
 die : 
 
 the 
 
 Son : 
 
 shall 
 
 le : 
 
 therefore 
 
 but with the unleavened 
 
 bread of 
 
 (loalli hath no more 
 
 but in that He liveth, He . .. 
 
 but alive unto God through 
 
 and become the first 
 
 by man came also the llcsur 
 
 even so in C'lirist shall 
 
 ^and 
 
 world 
 
 let 
 
 us 
 
 kce;j 
 
 the 
 
 siucer- 
 
 i- 
 
 <y 
 
 and 
 
 domin- 
 
 ion 
 
 0- 
 
 ver 
 
 liv- 
 
 oth 
 
 un- 
 
 to 
 
 Je- 
 
 sua 
 
 Christ 
 
 our 
 
 fruits 
 
 of 
 
 them 
 
 that 
 
 rec- 
 
 tion 
 
 of 
 
 the 
 
 all 
 
 be 
 
 mode 
 
 a- 
 
 to 
 
 the 
 
 Ho- 
 
 '!/ 
 
 with- 
 
 out 
 
 rrid , 
 
 A- 
 
 tion. 
 
 Psnlnia. 
 
 gods. 
 
 so. 
 
 land. 
 
 ker. 
 
 hand. 
 
 ncBS. 
 works. 
 
 ways. 
 
 rest. 
 (ihott, 
 
 men. 
 
 feast. 
 
 truth. 
 
 Him. 
 God. 
 
 Lord. 
 
 slept. 
 
 dead. 
 
 live. 
 
 Ohost, 
 
 men. 
 
10 
 
 T£ DEUM. 
 
 We praise , 
 
 All tlie earth dotli 
 
 To ihee all aiigel') 
 
 To iheo Clierubin and 
 
 Holy 
 
 Heaven and earth are lull uf the. . 
 
 Tht'. glorious company of the 
 
 The goodly fellowship of 
 
 Tlie noble army 
 
 Tlie holy Cluirch throughout . . . . 
 
 The 
 
 Thine honor- 
 
 Also the 
 
 Thou art the King 
 
 Thou art the ever- 
 
 When thou tookest upon thed to . . 
 
 V aen thou hadst overcowe the. . 
 
 Thou :::ttest at the right 
 
 We believe that 
 
 We therefore pray t'lc, help 
 
 Make thorn to be numbei 'rd 
 
 O Lord, save 
 
 Gov- 
 
 Doy 
 
 And we 
 
 Vouch- 
 
 ( ) Lord have mercy 
 
 < ) Ijord let thy mere', lii^hspn . . . . 
 O l.ijid in lhe< have 
 
 Thee 
 wur- 
 
 erv 
 Ker- 
 Holy 
 Ma- 
 
 A- 
 
 tb.e 
 
 of 
 
 all 
 
 a- 
 Ho- 
 
 of 
 
 last- 
 deli V- 
 
 sharpness 
 
 hand 
 Thou 
 
 thy 
 witii 
 
 thy 
 
 worship 
 
 safe 
 
 up- 
 
 up 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 God : 
 
 ship 
 
 Thee : 
 
 a- 
 
 loud : 
 
 a- 
 
 pliin : 
 
 Ho- 
 
 ly : 
 
 )es- 
 
 ty : 
 
 pos- 
 
 ties : 
 
 I'ropli- 
 
 ets : 
 
 Mar- 
 
 tyrs : 
 
 tl.e 
 
 world : 
 
 Fa- 
 
 ther : 
 
 ble 
 
 true : 
 
 i.y 
 
 Ghost : 
 
 Glo- 
 
 ry : 
 
 iiig 
 
 Son : 
 
 er 
 
 man : 
 
 of 
 
 death : 
 
 of 
 
 God : 
 
 sb lit 
 
 come : 
 
 ser- 
 
 vants : 
 
 tliv 
 
 Saints : 
 
 ^eo- 
 
 pie : 
 
 ern 
 
 them : 
 
 bv 
 
 day : 
 
 thy 
 
 Name . 
 
 O 
 
 Lord . 
 
 on 
 
 ns 
 
 on 
 
 us 
 
 Irnst- 
 
 ed : 
 
 'v\c acknowledge. 
 
 the 
 
 the heav'ns, and 
 
 con- 
 
 Lord 
 
 of 
 
 praise 
 
 praise , 
 
 praise 
 
 doth , 
 
 of an 
 
 and 
 
 O 
 
 of 
 
 thou didst not 
 
 thou didstopentUe kingdom } 
 
 of heaven J 
 
 in the 
 
 to 
 
 whom thou hast redeemed .. 
 
 in 
 
 and 
 
 and lift 
 
 we 
 
 ever 
 
 to keep us 
 
 h-we 
 
 as) 
 
 let UK- , , 
 
 Thee 
 Fa- 
 all 
 lin- 
 God 
 
 infi- 
 
 abhor 
 
 to 
 Glory 
 
 with 
 Glory 
 bless 
 them 
 mng- 
 world 
 
 this 
 mer 
 
 our 
 never 
 
 to 
 
 be 
 
 ther 
 
 eve.-- 
 
 thf^ 
 
 pow'rs 
 
 iial- 
 
 ly 
 
 o{- 
 
 Sa- 
 
 — 
 
 ihy 
 
 . 
 
 z 
 
 ac- 
 
 know- 
 
 nite 
 
 Ma- 
 
 — 
 
 on- 
 
 — 
 
 Com- 
 
 
 
 the^ 
 
 the 
 
 Vir- 
 
 all 
 
 be- 
 
 of 
 
 tha 
 
 — 
 
 be 
 
 Ay 
 
 pre- 
 
 e- 
 
 ver- 
 
 thine 
 
 her- 
 
 up 
 
 for 
 
 ni- 
 
 »y 
 
 with- 
 
 out 
 
 day 
 
 with- 
 
 cy 
 
 up 
 
 lrn-(l. 
 
 IS 
 
 b,- 
 
 rem- 
 
 the 
 
 Lord. 
 
 laf.1- 
 
 mg. 
 
 there- 
 
 m. 
 
 do 
 
 cry. 
 
 ba 
 
 oth. 
 
 Glo- 
 
 ry- 
 
 — 
 
 Thee. 
 
 — 
 
 Thee. 
 
 — 
 
 Thee. 
 
 ledge 
 
 Thee. 
 
 jes- 
 
 ty- 
 
 ly 
 
 Son. 
 
 for- 
 
 ter. 
 
 — 
 
 Christ 
 
 Fa- 
 
 ther. 
 
 gin's 
 
 womb 
 
 liev- 
 
 ers. 
 
 Fa- 
 
 ther. 
 
 our 
 
 Judge. 
 
 nioua 
 
 blood. 
 
 las:- 
 
 nig. 
 
 1- 
 
 tage. 
 
 e- 
 
 ver. 
 
 — 
 
 Thee. 
 
 — 
 
 end. 
 
 out 
 
 fain. 
 
 on 
 
 U.S. 
 
 n; 
 
 The^ 
 
 fiinnd 
 
 e.V 
 
11 
 
 JUBILATE DEO. 
 
 ing. 
 in. 
 cry. 
 otli. 
 
 ers. 
 
 tlipr. 
 Judge 
 blood 
 
 ing, 
 
 tag.-. 
 
 ver. 
 The.'. 
 
 Olid. 
 
 bin. 
 
 U.S. 
 
 The.» 
 
 e.V 
 
 O be joyful in the Lord . 
 Be ye sure that the Lord 
 
 O go your way into his gates with 
 
 ^ tnank.sgiving, and into His 
 
 li''or tl"3 Lord is gracious, His 
 
 mercy is , 
 
 (■lory ie to the Father, and ... * 
 
 W* it was in the beginninij, is 
 
 nmo, and ^ 
 
 Blessed he the Lord God of 
 
 And hatli raised up a mighty salva- 
 As He spake by the mouth oi'Hi.s 
 That we should be saved from our 
 To perform the mercy promised 
 
 to our 
 
 To perform the oath which He 
 
 swore to our forefather 
 
 That we being delivered out of the 
 
 aanii of our t 
 
 In holines.s and righteousness. ..... 
 
 And thou child shalt be called the } 
 
 Prophet f 
 
 To give knowledge of salvation unto 
 Through the tender mercy 
 
 To give lifeht to them that sit in 
 
 dflrknes.s and in the 
 Ol"!!/ hr In thr Fnlhrr, n„d f.r', ' 
 
 all 
 He 
 
 courts 
 
 ever- 
 
 to 
 ever 
 
 Is- 
 tion 
 Holy 
 
 e- 
 
 fore- 
 
 A- 
 
 e- 
 be- 
 of 
 His 
 of 
 
 shadow 
 
 y« 
 
 lands : 
 
 is 
 
 God : 
 
 with 
 
 praise : 
 
 last- 
 
 ing : 
 
 the 
 
 Son : 
 
 skull 
 
 be : 
 
 ra- 
 
 for 
 
 Proph- 
 
 ue- 
 
 fa- 
 bra- 
 
 nc- 
 fore 
 
 the 
 peo- 
 our 
 
 glad- > 
 iieas and come before His S 
 it is He that hath made us 
 and not we ourselves, 
 are His people and tiie 
 
 be thankful unto Him nnd . . 
 
 and His truth endureth? 
 from generation j 
 
 ; us^ 
 
 we > 
 
 lie -> 
 
 and ., 
 
 world 
 
 BENEDICTUS. 
 
 el ; 
 
 us ; 
 ets : 
 mies : 
 
 thers : 
 
 ham : 
 
 mies : 
 Him : 
 Highest 
 pie : 
 God : 
 
 for He hatli visited and . . 
 
 in the house of 
 
 which have been 
 
 and from the hands 
 
 and to remember His . . . 
 that 
 
 of ! death : 
 
 might 
 
 all 
 
 for thou shalt go before tli 
 
 face of the Lord 
 
 for the 
 
 whereby the day spring 
 
 from on f 
 
 and to guide our feet 
 
 Uie> 
 
 redeem- 
 
 His 
 
 since 
 
 of 
 
 ho- 
 
 serve 
 
 the 
 
 to 
 
 remis- 
 
 high 
 
 into 
 
 cd 
 
 ser- 
 
 the 
 
 them 
 
 ly 
 
 He 
 
 Him 
 
 days 
 pre- 
 sion 
 
 hath 
 
 the 
 
 pre- 
 
 iencfl 
 
 with 
 
 a 
 
 sheep 
 
 of 
 
 His 
 
 pas- 
 
 speak 
 
 good 
 
 of 
 
 His 
 
 to 
 
 ge- 
 
 ne- 
 
 ra- 
 
 to 
 
 t/ie 
 
 n,j. 
 
 Iv 
 
 tvith- 
 
 out 
 
 end. 
 
 A- 
 
 His 
 
 vant 
 
 world 
 
 that 
 
 peo- 
 ba- 
 be- 
 hate 
 
 co- 
 
 ve- 
 
 would 
 
 give 
 
 with- 
 
 out 
 
 of 
 
 our 
 
 pare 
 
 His 
 
 of 
 
 our 
 
 visit- 
 
 ed 
 
 WHV 
 
 01 
 
 song, 
 ture. 
 
 Name. 
 
 tion. 
 Ohotl. 
 men. 
 
 plP. 
 vid. 
 gan. 
 
 UB. 
 
 nant. 
 
 us. 
 
 fear, 
 life, 
 ways, 
 sins, 
 lis. 
 
 peace. 
 
12 
 
 My soul doth magni 
 
 For he hath I ^^.^ 
 
 For behold ■"":"i 
 
 For He that is mighty liatli 
 
 And His mercy is ou them 
 
 hath shewed strength 
 
 He 
 
 He hath put down the mighty 
 
 He halh tilled the hui.gvy --•--■- • ■ 
 He remembering His mercy hath / 
 
 holpen his servant -■;•••' 
 
 Glory be to the Father, and, ^c. 
 
 O sing unto the Lord -■-■■•■■,, 
 With His own right hand, and ? 
 
 with His - - - 5 I 
 
 The Lord declared His - - - ' 
 
 He hath remembered His mercy ? 
 and truth towards the house ot \ 
 Shew yoursel vesjoy ful unto the Lorcl 
 
 Praise the Lord ' ' ' ' 
 
 With trumpets -■■•.■•■';',; ,', ' " 
 Let the sea make a uoise, and alltbat 
 Let the floods clap their bands and f 
 let the hills be joyful together ^ 
 Withrightcousiu'ss -shall Ho -^- • - 
 (Hon/ be to the Father, and, flc 
 
 ho- 
 6 al- 
 ls- 
 all 
 
 upon 
 also 
 
 there- 
 
 belbre 
 
 judge 
 
 MAGNIFICAT. 
 
 fy 
 
 re- 
 'rom 
 lagni- 
 
 the 
 gard- 
 henrc- 
 fied 
 
 that 
 
 fear 
 
 with 
 
 His 
 
 from 
 
 their 
 
 with 
 
 good 
 
 Is- 
 
 ra- 
 
 Lord : 
 
 ed : 
 
 forth : 
 
 me : 
 
 Him : 
 
 arm : 
 
 seat : 
 
 things 
 
 el : 
 
 and my spirit hath rejoiced.. 
 
 the lowliness 
 
 all generations 
 
 land 
 
 (throughout V"a'\ 
 
 JHe hath scattered the > 
 
 proud in the imagi- 3 
 
 and hath exalted 
 
 and the rich he bath . -,----■ 
 ad he promised to our lore- / 
 fathers Abraham and... S 
 
 CANTATE DOMINO. 
 
 new 
 
 ra- 
 
 >o 
 
 the 
 
 and 
 
 in 
 
 the 
 
 song 
 arm 
 
 tion 
 
 el : 
 
 lands : 
 
 harp : 
 
 shawms 
 
 is : 
 
 Lord ; 
 world : 
 
 For He 
 
 ihatli he gotten him- 
 
 ilHis righteousness hath He ? 
 = \ openly shewed in the - - S 
 and all the ends of the/ 
 world have seen the - - - > 
 
 
 smg, - - : " ■ 
 
 sing to the harp with a - - 
 O shew yoursel vcs.ioylul 
 the rounll world and - - • 
 
 for He - 
 
 and the 
 
 in 
 of 
 shall 
 Ho- 
 all 
 
 na- 
 
 the 
 sent 
 
 his 
 
 hath 
 self 
 
 sight 
 
 ealva- 
 
 God 
 His 
 call 
 
 ly 
 
 tion 
 
 hum- 
 emp- 
 
 seed 
 
 done 
 the 
 
 of 
 
 tion 
 
 re- 
 psalm 
 before 
 
 ihey 
 
 joice 
 
 of 
 
 the 
 
 that 
 
 coinelh 
 
 to 
 
 people 
 
 with 
 
 
 my 
 
 hand- 
 
 me 
 
 is 
 
 ne- 
 
 of 
 
 ble 
 
 ty 
 
 for 
 
 marvel- 
 vie- 
 
 the 
 
 of 
 
 and 
 thanks- 
 Lord 
 dwell 
 
 judge 
 
 Sa- 
 in aid- 
 bless- 
 
 His 
 ra- 
 
 their 
 
 and 
 a- 
 
 ev- 
 
 lous 
 to- 
 
 hea- 
 
 our 
 
 give 
 
 giv- 
 
 thc 
 
 there- 
 
 the 
 
 ([Ui- 
 
 viour. 
 
 en. 
 
 ed. 
 Name, 
 lions. 
 
 hearts. 
 
 meek, 
 way. 
 
 or. 
 
 tilings. 
 
 ry- 
 
 then. 
 
 God. 
 
 thanks, 
 ing. 
 King- 
 in. 
 
 earth. 
 
 'y^ 
 
13 
 
 Lord now Icttest thou thy servant 
 
 For mine 
 
 Which tliou hast - 
 
 To bi! a light to lighten - - 
 
 Glory to ike Father, and, &c. 
 
 depart 
 eyes 
 pre- 
 the 
 
 NUNC DIMITTIS. 
 
 in 
 
 peace : 
 
 have 
 
 seen : 
 
 pa- 
 
 red : 
 
 Gen- 
 
 tilea : 
 
 ac 
 
 have 
 
 before the 
 
 and to be the glory of thy - 
 
 cord- 
 
 ing 
 
 to 
 
 thy 
 
 seen 
 
 thy 
 
 sal- 
 
 va- 
 
 face 
 
 of 
 
 all 
 
 peo- 
 
 peo- 
 
 pie 
 
 Is- 
 
 ra- 
 
 The repetition of the vvordi is generally preferred to a long run on the syllable " thy." 
 
 word. 
 
 tion. 
 
 pie. 
 
 el. 
 
 God be merciful unto us, 
 
 That thy way may be k.iown 
 
 Let the people praise 
 
 O let the nations rejoice 
 
 Let the people praise 
 
 Then shall the earth bring forth - - 
 
 God ■■■■■ 
 
 Glory be to the Father, and, *f. 
 
 and 
 
 up- 
 Thee 
 
 and 
 
 Thee 
 her 
 shall 
 
 DEUS MISEREATUR. 
 
 blest 
 
 us : 
 
 on 
 
 earth : 
 
 
 
 God : 
 
 be 
 
 glad : 
 
 
 
 God : 
 
 111- 
 
 crease : 
 
 bless 
 
 us : 
 
 and shew us the light of His 
 
 thy saving heallh 
 let all 
 
 '} 
 
 countenance, and be 
 
 yea, .>... «.. 
 
 for thou shalt judge the folk > 
 
 righteously, & govern the ^ 
 
 yea, let all ■ 
 
 '&,God, even our ownGod shall 
 and all the ends 
 
 nerci- 
 
 ful 
 
 un- 
 
 to 
 
 a- 
 the 
 
 mong 
 peo- 
 
 all 
 pie 
 
 na- 
 praise 
 
 na- 
 
 tions 
 
 up- 
 
 on 
 
 the 
 give 
 of the 
 
 peo- 
 
 us 
 
 world 
 
 ple 
 His 
 shall 
 
 praise 
 
 bless- 
 
 fear 
 
 tlOPS. 
 
 Thee. 
 
 earth. 
 
 Thee, 
 ing. 
 Him. 
 
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