Ans. 1. By choosing such hymns as are proper for the occasion.
2. By not singing too much at once; seldom more than five or six verses.
3. By suiting the tune to the words.
4. By often stopping short, when the words are given out, and asking the people: "Now, do you know what you said last? Did you speak no more than you felt?"
5. In all our congregations let the people learn to sing, and use our own Hymn and Tune Books.
6. Exhort every person in the congregation to sing.
CHAPTER XX.
OTHER MEETINGS OF THE CHURCH
I. PRAYER MEETINGS
Ques. What directions are given concerning our prayer meetings?
Ans. Let the pastor hold prayer-meetings, weekly, in every church where it is practicable; and when he cannot himself attend, let him engage local preachers, exhorters, class-leaders, and others, to hold them.