ACCORDING TO THE USE

OF THE

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH

IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

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IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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By the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in General Convention, held in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, it was resolved that this Hymnal be authorized for use, and that no other Hymns shall be allowed in the public worship of this Church, except such as are now ordinarily bound up with the Book of Common Prayer.

It is hereby certified that this is a true and accurate edition of the Hymnal thus adopted.

THOMAS M. CLARK, Bishop of Rhode Island
GREGORY T. BEDELL, Assistant Bishop of Ohio.
A. CLEVELAND COXE, Bishop of Western New York.
FREDERICK D. HUNTINGTON, Bishop of Central New York.
M. A. De WOLFE HOWE, Rector of St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia.
HENRY E. PIERREPONT, Deputy from the Diocese of Long Island.

BALTIMORE, MD., October, 1871. Resolved: That this Hymnal shall not be bound up with the Book of Common Prayer, until order to that effect shall be taken by the General Convention.

Resolved: That this Hymnal, when finally corrected by the Committee
thereon, shall be free to be printed and published by all responsible publish-
ers, who shall obtain a license to that effect from the Trustees of the Fund
for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergymen, and of aged,
infirm, and disabled Clergymen, and who shall assure to such Trustees a
payment, zo be applied for the uses of said fund, equivalent to ten per cent.
upon the retail selling price: and that the copyright of the Hymnal shall
vest in said Trustees.
From the Journal.

Attest:
B. B. SMITII, Bishop of Kentucky, and Presiding in the House of Bishops.
HENRY C. POTTER, Secretary of the House of Bishops.

HOUSE OF DEPUTIES.

Concurred in by the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.
Attest:

JAMES CRAIK, President.
WILLIAN STEVENS PERRY, Secretary. ,

“It shall be the duty of every Minister, with such assistance as he can obtain from persons skilled in music, to give order concerning the tunes to be sung at any time in his church, and especially, it shall be his duty to suppress all light and unseemly music, and all indecency and irreverence in the performance, by zuhich vain and ungodly persons profane the service of the Sanctuary."

TABLE OF SUBJECTS.

HYMN.

1- 15 16- 27 23- 29

I. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

ADVENT
CHRISTMAS
END OF THE YEAR
NEW YEAR
CIRCUMCISION
EPIPHANY
Ash WEDNESDAY AND LENT..
PALM SUNDAY AND PASSION WEEK
GOOD FRIDAY
EASTER EVEN..
EASTER...
ASCENSION
WHITSUNTIDE .
TRINITY SUNDAY.
THE LORD'S DAY
EMBER DAYS.
ROGATION DAYS.
OTHER HOLY DAYS

30- 31 32- 33 34- 47 48- 71 72-81 82- 89 90- 97 98-112 113-124 125-137 138-146 147-169 170-171 172-174 175-182

II. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS... 111. THE CHURCH ....