Excerpt from The Hartford Seminary Record, Vol. 4: Issued Under the Auspices of the Faculty of Hartford Theological Seminary; Published Bi-Monthly; October, 1893, to August, 1894 The only prominent exception to the use of Scriptural lan guage is the hymns, which are freely chosen from all branches of hymnody. The tunes for these hymns are selected with equal freedom, the one aim being to secure truly harmonious settings for the words, settings that shall have a decided and helpful musical value. The mechanical ordering of the services was as simple as possible. A somewhat complete mimeographed Copy of each service was put in' the hands of each participant. The pass ages to be read by the leader alone were not usually given in full. Often the hymns and tunes were simply referred to by number and name in the hymn-book regularly in use. There were absolutely no formal or mechanical directions given by the leader. Each service was so fully set forth in the printed leaf lets that it moved steadily forward without interruption or awkwardness. The successive exercises were made to follow one another promptly, but without haste. The tunes were not played over before singing; a simple chord being sufficient as a basis for starting. Most of the tunes were sung in unison. The hymns were of course not read in advance. 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.