Excerpt from The English Hymnal The english hymnal is a collection of the best hymns in the English language, and is Offered as a humble companion to the Book Of Common Prayer for use in the Church. It is not a party-book, express ing this or that phase of negation or excess, but an attempt to combine in one volume the worthiest expressions of all that lies within the Christian Creed, from those ancient Fathers who were the earliest hymn-writers down to contemporary exponents of modern aspirations and ideals. 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.