Excerpt from The Disciples Hymn Book: A Collection of Hymns and Chants for Public and Private Devotion OF making many Hymn Books there is no end. N o Hymn Book in fact can perfectly satisfy any one but its author; for we select hymns by our tastes rather than our judgment, and our taste in hymns is de termined frequently by early accidental associations. We cannot expect perfect contentment therefore with our collections, till each one has made his own. Meantime, this little book has been constructed on a principle of omission rather than of selection. We Wished to omit those hymns, numerous in all books, Which are seldom used. We have not aimed there fore at a variety of thought, but at a fulness of sen timent. A11 didactic hymns have been omitted, as we judge that the othee of a hymn is not to preach but to sing. Some beautiful poetry too, Which seemed rather of a meditative than a choral character, has been relue tantly but rigorously excluded. Ou the other hand. 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.