Excerpt from Lyra Germanica: The Christian Life, Translated From the German Many hymns rightly forming part of a German hymn-book, which in a great meafure takes the place in Germany of the Book of Common Prayer in England, have for obvious reafons been excluded from this compilation, and the Editors have thus been enabled to limit the number to two hundred, believing, at the fame time, that none have been omitted which are eflential to the pur pofe in view. 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.