Excerpt from Hymns for Schools: With Appropriate Selections From Scripture, and Tunes Suited to the Metres of the Hymns The tickled ears no heart - felt raptures raise Nae unison hae they with our Creator's praise. I now commit my little book to the judgment of intelligent and pious teachers. To what extent singing is an exercise in our public and private schools I know not; but sure I am that, wherever introduced, its influence must be of the most happy character. For myself, I would not continue my school a day without it. As an introduction to the duties of the day, nothing can be more chas tening to the feelings, more animating to the spirits, more incentive to the faithful and consci entious discharge of duty, than singing an appro priate sacred song, replete with sentiments of piety, benevolence, and practical righteousness; impressing upon the heart, in the higher language of poetry. Our duties. To God, to each other, and6 preface. 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.