This Manual is not intended to discourage or depreciate the efforts of choirs; or in any way to disparage their claims to sympathy and support. Indeed, it is by no neans certain that a good choir is not indispensable to congregational singing; only the distinction between choir singing and the duty of personal worship should be clearly and conscientiously maintained. Our fault has been in merging the worship of the congregation in the performances of choirs. A choir has no more right to offer all the thanksgivings and praises, than they have to offer all the prayers. It will be seen that the melody, or part to be sung by the congregation, is written on a separate staff, over the harmony. The choir will soon readily sing their parts from the organ score. In the SECOND PART, it will be seen that an effort has been made to bring all the Selections of Psalms and Hymns, most commonly used, before the worshipper, associated with appropriate music. So far as it can be done, words and melodies should be associated. We have much to contend with, in any labor to promote congregational singing, on account of the sad lack of association between words and melodies in our Ritual. Excepting "the old Gloria in Excelsis" there is hardly a fragment of our service that has its own music. It will also be remarked, that where there are no more than four Psalms and Hymn»: of a given metre, they are placed together under their appropriate tunes. This Manual contains nearly one-third of the Psalms, and about the same propor tion of the Hymns, together with suitable music. Excepting two of the hymns, every metre has been provided for, and these were neglected, because they are manifestly adapted to anthem treatment. In all other respects, it is hoped that this Manual will prove complete, and as use ful as could be reasonably expected from a pioneer work of this kind. It is commended to the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church, with the fervent prayer, that it may help unseal our lips, so that priest, chorister and worshipper together, as with one voice, may praise GOD "in the beauty of holiness." INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. IT is assumed in this work, that one Chant is enough for the Canticles of Morning or Evening Prayer. Thus, at Morning Prayer, after the Versicles, let the Chant for Venite be carefully played before it is sung. It may then be used at the close of the Psalter,—or after each Psalin of the Psalter, and also for the second Canticle, the Congregation, each time, after the Venite, joining in the Chant, when the first chord of it is firmly taken. It is a good and common practice to hold the first-note of the melody a few seconds before the remainder of the chord is taken, by way of "premonitory," that all may be in readiness. If the Canticles, Glorias, and Te Deum are all sung reverently and heartily, there will be no danger of monotony, because few Chants are used. All fantastic and extempore preludes to Chants should be avoided. The Canticles should be chanted vigorously, and without hurry or confusion of words. The words that fall on cadence noted, should not be drawn out longer than words in the recitatives, while the reciting parts should, in no instance, be sung more rapidly than the time of grave and impressive reading. The punctuation should be observed, and care taken to keep the lungs well filled while chanting, for the sake of a clear and distinct articulation, as also for musical intonation. Many of the Tunes are restored to the metrical form in which they were composed; i. e., the first and last notes of each line or bar, are semibreves, while the intermediate notes are written in minims. If sung with reference to this notation, taken in moderate (not andante) time, such tunes as Old Hundred, and St. Ann's, will be well and vigorously sustained. Unhappily, as they are commonly sung, they are heavy and monotonous to the last degree. If interludes are permited at all, in the use of these Chorals, they should be very short and choral-ic. It is better to introduce the Interlude only before the GLORIA PATRI. The importance of Congregational Rehearsal cannot be too strongly insisted upon, if possible, under the direction of the Clergyman. This Manual will be found very useful for Parish and Sunday Schools, and also for Seminaries where music is pursued as a branch of study. 2. 3. And a great | King a- | -bove all gods. VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO. Psalm xcv. O COME, let us sing un- | -to the | Lord; | . sal- | -vation. Let us come before his presence | with thanks- |-giving; | 7. (For he is the Lord our God; || And we are the people of his pasture, and the | sheep of | his 9. (For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; || And with righteousness to judge the world, and the | peo--ple | with his | truth. GLORIA PATRI-below. AFTER THE FIRST LESSON. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS-(pp. 26, 27.) JUBILATE DEO. Psalm c. . Serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his | pre--sence | with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord | he is | God: | It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, | and the | sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his | courts with | praise; I Be thankful unto him, and | speak · good | of · his | Name. As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ev--er | shall be, || -men. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is | ev--er- | -lasting; And his truth endureth from gene- | -ration to | gen--e- | -ration. And to the | Ho--ly Ghost; {World with--out. end. MELODY. AFTER THE FIRST LESSON. CANTATE DOMINO. Psalm xcviii. O SING unto the | Lord a new | song; || For | he hath done | marvel--lous | things. 1. 2. 3. The Lord declared | his sal- | vation; 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. His righteousness hath he openly shewed | in the | sight of the | heathez. Praise the Lord up- | on the | harp; [ Sing to the harp with a | psalm · of | thanks- | giving. O show yourselves joyful be- |-fore the | Lord · the | King. The round world, and | they. that | dwell there- |-in. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together be-|-fore the Lord; I For he cometh to | judge the earth. 10. With righteousness shall he | judge the | world, | And the | peo--ple | with '— -equity. GLORIA PATRI-below. AFTER THE SECOND LESSON. DEUS MISEREATUR. And show us the light of his countenance, and be | mer--ci- | -ful · un- --to us: Psalm lxvii. 3. Let the people praise | thee, O God; I Yea, let all the peo--ple | praise thee. O let the nations rejoice | and be glad; 4. For thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the | na--tions | up--on | earth. 5. Let the people praise | thee, O | God; | Yea, let | all the | peo--ple | praise thee. 8. Glory be to the Father, and to the | Son, | And to the | Ho--ly | Ghost; || | 9. {As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev--er | shall be, || Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our sal- | -vation. | God; And a great | King · a- | -bove · all | gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth; | (The sea is his, | and · he | made it ; 1. JO COME, let us sing un- -to the Lord; | 2. 3. For the Lord is a great 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. also. And his hands pre- | -pared the | dry = | land. And we are the people of his pasture, and the | sheep of | his SO worship the Lord in the beauty of | holiness; And with righteousness to judge the world, and the | peo--ple | with his | truth. GLORIA PATRI-below. And to the | Ho--ly | Ghost; (As it was in the beginning, is now, and | ev--er | shall be, || World with--out end. | A -men. ORGAN. b 10.00 |