Acknowledgment is made to those who have freely granted the use of copyright hymns and tunes; especially to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for the hymns of Dr. Holmes and Mr. Whittier; the Rev. Robert Lowry, D. D., for No. 255; and Messrs. E. P. Dutton and Co. and Mr. Lewis H. Redner, for No. 76. As far as possible the hymns are printed as their authors wrote them. When any changes have been adopted, the fact has invariably been noted beneath the hymn. The dates set to the tunes are the dates of first publication. The date set to the hymn is the earliest date obtainable, ordinarily that of its composition, in some cases necessarily that of its first publication. Where two dates are given they indicate that of the original form of the hymn, and that of the author's revised text used in this book. NOTE GEO. M. BOYNTON, The abbreviation "publ." indicates that the date of writing is unknown, and that the date of publication is posthumous. The letter c (circa) before a date is used where exact certainty is unobtainable. Where dates, either of hymns or tunes, are altogether wanting, the dates of the author's or composer's birth and death are given in parentheses, e. g. (1816–1893), or when living, that of his birth only, e. g. (1838- ), or the date of death, when that alone is known e. g. ( -1850). |