Author: Rufus Babcock

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-07-24

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9781333036843

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Excerpt from Manual of Christian Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Public Worship The structure of each stanza should be such that the mind shall perceive the meaning immediately. All hypothetical clauses, placed at the beginning, or other clauses containing positions or arguments having reference to some conclusion which is to follow, are to be avoided. They contain no meaning in themselves, and bring nothing before the mind ex pressive or productive of feeling, till the performer reaches the important words at the close of perhaps the second or fourth line. The only method of wading tlirou h such lines, set to music, is for the erforiner to suspend all grought and feeling, and struggle bar and patiently, till he shall come to the light. The first word should, if posslble, express something in itself, and every word should add to it. But, from a spirited clause at the beginning, the mind may derive an impulse which shall carry it through a heavy one that may follow. Clauses, how ever, which follow the main one, to qualify it, connected by a relative, are always heavy and injurious. 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.

Download or read book Manual of Christian Psalmody written by Rufus Babcock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-24 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Christian Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Public Worship The structure of each stanza should be such that the mind shall perceive the meaning immediately. All hypothetical clauses, placed at the beginning, or other clauses containing positions or arguments having reference to some conclusion which is to follow, are to be avoided. They contain no meaning in themselves, and bring nothing before the mind ex pressive or productive of feeling, till the performer reaches the important words at the close of perhaps the second or fourth line. The only method of wading tlirou h such lines, set to music, is for the erforiner to suspend all grought and feeling, and struggle bar and patiently, till he shall come to the light. The first word should, if posslble, express something in itself, and every word should add to it. But, from a spirited clause at the beginning, the mind may derive an impulse which shall carry it through a heavy one that may follow. Clauses, how ever, which follow the main one, to qualify it, connected by a relative, are always heavy and injurious. 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.