TABLE OF CONTENTS
William J. Hart
Introduction
9
Chapter I.
Let’s Sing
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1. They Sang with the Marine Band
2. Song of the Chaplain’s Wife
3. Our Popular Processional Hymn
4. Heard Lauder’s Song and Wesley’s Hymn
5. The Hymn with Exclamation Points
Chapter II.
Morning Melodies
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1. The Morning Call
2. Morning Hymn on an Ocean Voyage
3. Morning Songs Fill the Day with Music
4. Hymn Suggested by a “Blaze of Leafage”
Chapter III.
Sunset Songs
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1. Nature Gave the Perfect Touch
2. The Bells of Trinity
3. Singing Soldiers
4. Hymn Discussion at Oyster Bay
Chapter IV.
Serenading the Soul With Song
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1. That Was Yesterday!
2. Song of the Hidden Singer
3. Americans Sang with the Japanese Lady
4. Northfield’s Festival of Sacred Music
Chapter V.
Hymns of Comfort
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1. God’s Angels in Charge
2. Singing Welshmen at Oxford
3. Singing Amid Suffering
4. Songs of a Sorrowing Nation
Chapter VI.
Occasions To Remember
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1. “Abide With Me” in a Submarine
2. Wheel Chair Singers
3. Sang the Hymn from Memory
4. Hymn Expressed the Hearer’s Feelings
5. Hymn of the Homesick American
6. His Ordination Hymn
7. Soldiers Sang at Their General’s Funeral
Chapter VII.
Hymns That Changed Lives
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1. When Catherine Booth Made the Great Decision
2. His Song and Experience in a Coal Mine
3. Decision of the “Incorrigible”
4. The Hymn That Wrought a Miracle
Chapter VIII.
Songs of Childhood and Youth
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1. Song of the Child in the Shelter
2. What the Scouts Sang
3. “Jesus Bids Us Shine”
4. Men Loved the Kiddies’ Hymn
Chapter IX.
Sang in Their Own Tongues
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1. Chinese and Americans Sang a Negro Spiritual
2. Christmas Carols in Two Tongues
3. “Everybody Knows ‘Holy Night’”
4. Unifying Influence Of Song at Eastertide
Chapter X.
Patriotic Music in War and Peace
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1. Surprise for American Soldiers
2. “America the Beautiful” Heard at Arlington
3. An American Home on Invasion Day
4. “Our God is Marching On!”
5. “The Star-Spangled Banner” at War’s End
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