Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, BY A. S. BARNES & BURR, In the Clerk's Office of the. District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. BV 459 .27 1873a PREFACE. THIS book is meant to accompany a volume of larger size bearing the same name, containing these hymns set to appropriate music, in the exact order of arrangement here employed. The object of its issue is merely to meet the convenience of those who desire a more portable form. The compiler has designed the "Songs for the Sanctuary" for use not only in the House of God, but in the Social Meetings of Christians, and even in the Family; to be a book, if God and His people shall honor it so far, familiar in the Home as well as in the Church; which children with their parents shall love and study; and by which all shall be aided and taught to take part more joyfully in the worship of the Redeemer. It needs only to be observed, that, although for symmetry and convenience no separation as to arrangement or numbering has been adopted, to distinguish between Hymns and what are technically called Psalms, yet the best versions of these latter have been carefully and lovingly sought from every source, so that each of the old songs of inspired authors might, if possible, have its representative here. An additional Index of Texts of Scripture will be found in the larger volume. CHAS. S. ROBINSON. BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 1, 1865. |