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Excerpt from Hymns and Songs for Bands of Hope: Enlarged Edition, Containing Over Two Hundred Pieces The greatest care has been taken to select Hymns and Songs of the most suitable character, and special attention has been devoted to their literary and musical merits. The First Edition was issued in 1881, under the able editorship of Mr. Frederic Smith, assisted by Mr. W. Harding Bonner. Popular favour was accorded to the book from the first, and more than copies of the original Edition were sold. After nearly a quarter of a century the Committee felt that it would be desirable to add to the collection some of the excellent Hymns and Songs which have appeared since the book was originally published. The work of revision was placed in the hands of a sub-committee, consisting of Mr. Lionel Mundy (chairman of Committee), Rev. Carey Bonner (secretary, Sunday School Union), Messrs. Rowland Hill, Arthur Newton, Herbert West, Charles Wakely (secretary), and Judson Bonner (trade Manager). Some of the original pieces have been omitted in favour of others likely to be more popular. 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.