610. Our Father, who art in heaven
The Lord’s Prayer, as found in Matthew 6:9-13.
The prayer which Christ taught the disciples is in its comprehensiveness a pattern of prayer and may well be used in the prayers of the church.
MUSIC. The musical setting is from a Gregorian Chant. In singing it, the following general directions for chanting may be found useful:
1. Chants consist of two distinct divisions, one portion is recited, the other portion is sung.
2. The words from the beginning of each line up to the accented word, which is printed in italics, are called the Recitation, and should be sung smoothly, without undue haste, and observing stops (,) as in good reading. The Recitation may be of any length. The note on which it is sung is called the Reciting note.
3. On reaching the accented word and beginning with it, sing in strict time. If there is no syllable after that which is accented, as, for example, in “Thy Kingdom come,” the accented syllable is held for the time value of one whole measure.