The Metres of the Originals are retained in every case where a departure from them, is not specified. Their own thrilling minor MELODIES ought to accompany them.
[1]The principle adopted in the preparation of this Work may be aptly expressed, with slight modifications, in the language of a late Translator of Horace: “I [have endeavoured] to give not only the exact sense, but also the manner, the spirit, and [generally] the numbers of the original; while I have also aimed at giving [the] performance the freedom and ease of native compositions in [the English] language.”—Preface to “Arundines Devae;” by a Scotch Physician: Edin.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF CONTENTS.
[I. Jesus] page 1-10. [II. The Soul] 10-24. [III. The Church] 24-27. [IV. Death] 27-29. [V. Judgement] 29-31. [VI. Heaven] 31-35.
·.· It has been endeavoured in the following pages so to develop and unite these several Themes as to present the unity of Anthems, as it were, in an Anthem.
FAVOURITE WELSH HYMNS.
JESUS.
PRELUDE.
I would sing Thy love, my Saviour,