The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
ORIGIN OF RHAPSODY
Hymns Were Sung by Christians Early the Second
Century-GrOwth of Church Music

ler Of hymns Some OF his best known
ones are. % FOR a thousand tongues 10
sing" BLOW ye the trumpet. blow
Rejoice, the Lord Is King Eternal
beam Of Light Divine" and Jesus lover
Of my soul"
Toplady. Of the Calvinistic Methodistsy
vas the author OF Rock Of Ages" N
the Methodist Hyrnnal Of 1919 there wers
5si hymns OF the Wesleys'. mostly by
Charles: 8 Of Watts: s. OF Montg0m@
ery's; 2 OF Steeles. and 10 OF C0Wperz 81
have been unable 10 procure an esrlieG
edition OF the Methodist HymnaI than
that OF Is4s-
The Episcopal Hymnal first published
tn ISIS. containing 2l2 hymns. has been
enlarged from time 10 time until II has
reached about 7e0 odd numbers The
original edition was printed IN large type.r
so that old eyes could read II without.
the aid OF glasses While new hymns
have been added. some Old ones have
been emitted 10 the regret or some The
Psalms in meter were originally printed
IN the BOOK or Common Prayer. but IN
recent editions these have been omitted,
and about sixty selected ones. mainly by
Tate and Brady. have been incorporated
in the hymnaL
The Episcopal Hymnal has 81 OF Dr.
Watts hymns. IS OF Charles Wesleysf
/ IS OF Dodderige-s. and II each OF New
tons. Hebers and Steele's. Nearer. ny
God. 10 thee Is. perhaps, the hymn
most widely known and used. Lead
kindly light is well known but haS
been put upon the index expurgatorsous-
Only part Of the original ABIDE sitir
me has been published, but enough to
81 the longing or the distressed soul
Similar supplications are embraced IN
son Of my soul. thou Savior dear" The
hymn that embraces true piety. as well
as true theology. is that by St Francis
Xavier, written on his departure for India
IS missionary. beginning:
Ny God ! love tbse not becuss
hore for heaven thsrsS-:
Nor YET herzuse = I lore To-
J rrust foreser die.
Many hymns in various languages have
( been founded on St Bernard's '.Jesu dull
els memeoria;' Jesus. the very thoughe
OF thee
} Wesley's Jesus. thy blood and right
eOusness is a translation from Zinzen-
dOrf- David Dickson wrote % mother
dear jerusalem" which is a variations
and amDlihcation % the English original,
I beginning Jerusalem my happy home
written in the time Of Elizabeth.
A celebrated hymn. which belongs 10
the first medieval period. IS the VENTS
creator splritus, Come. Holy Ghost. our
souls inspire" Tbe earliest recorded oc-
casion OF its use is that OF & translation,
A d. SsS OF the relics OF St Marcelluz.
mentioned in the annals Of the Benedictins
order Il has since been constantly sung
throughout Western Christendon. as part
OF the appointed Offices in the coronauon
of kings and the conservation and ordi~
nation OF bishops ard priests. z1d AZ
synods- II vas composed BY Charles
toe Bald. That grand hymn. the Ta
Deum. was composed by S.. Ambrose.i
The Benedicite Is found in The songs OF
the three Holy Children. in the Apocryphak
and in the SeptaGgint version OF Daniel
IN the Church OF England. the rubric pre-
scribes & 70 be sung or said az morning
service during Lent The rubric OF RS
Episcopal church IN this country gives
the minister e discretionary alternative
70 the Te Deum; but the custom in recent
years has been 20 conform 70 the Eng
lish rule In the midst OF the vespers %
a Catholic church once. there burst upon.
my ear Unexpectedly and thriIlinEly ths
Adeste Fideles. % come al ve faithfuI'r
In al Of the collections have examined,
ind but Two hymns rneritiug the name
OF poems. one by Joseph Addison. ''Ths,
spacious armament on high. and ths
other, the Dies Irse.~ by Thomas Os
Celano. twelfth century That day OF
wrath, that dreadful day"
Lowell Mason may be regarded a. tha
father OF American musical hyunOdy
His tunes were mainly simple. and thaz
IS ths present trend in our churches
There IS no music 50 church-like as tbs
IGregOrisn tones In my practice, 7 founf
the difficulty OF using them arose from
the different measures IN the csdences-
To overcome this difficulty. rearranged
the principal tones 10 conform 10 the
English form OF chants. and then found
no difficulty In getting my boys 10 sing
them 7 used them sometimes as single
and sometimes as double chants and
sometimes antiphOnally. always in Uni-
son
In respect 70 pointing. there is consid-
cradle variation After training nv bows
IN Hutchins. 7 found trouble iu changing
70 Tucker. and SIN more difHcult in
changing 20 the Trinity PsaIter In the
churches hymnOdy constitutes an I'm
pdftant part OF the service. AMI choirs
are more or less independent bodies and
VIII brook no attempt 70 control on the
pert OF the pulpit To some extent this
spirit Of Independence exists In the Epis-
copaI church, especially In voluntary.
choirs
TIE caron OF the Episcopal church
directs the minister not only 10 suppress
all light and unseemly music. but gives
authority 20 direct what tunes shall b
sung. This Is as il should BE-. as th8
Music Is part 81 the worship. The DIR.
Guilty OF the minister in performing his
part sriseS io many cases from his ignOv-.
ance Of music. I have myself been en-.
barrassed az choir practice by the minis
ter beating the wrong time. with the
right motive.
The GuiiIOtine.
The guillotine consists simply of iva
upright posts, surmounted by a cross,
beam and grocved FOR the purpose %