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CHRIST IN SONG

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 6, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 10.

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“CHRIST IN SONG.”

By S. H. Lane

FOR several weeks the REVIEW has advertised “Christ in Song,” and spoken very highly of the work; nevertheless none too highly; for it is a book of real merit. It has in it nearly 750 hymns, with music. There are many pieces entirely new, which, in this book, appear in print for the first time. These pieces of music are not of that type which soon wear out. In some books there are pieces that take well for a time. They are set to a melody that seems so sweet that one is ready to declare that he will never tire hearing it; but in a short time they fall into disuse, and, I may add, into neglect. Then, too, there are others that seemingly improve with age; such as, “Nearer My God to Thee,” “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” and “Rock of Ages,” etc. Some pieces of the new music in this book are worth many times the price of the book, and a large number of the old hymns are of that class which do not wear out.
“Christ in Song” is now used in Battle Creek College, and one of the professors says that it meets with general approval. It can be used to good advantage in all our tent services and Sabbath-schools. The 15-cent edition is especially adapted for tent services. This edition contains 96 pages and 178 hymns; yet the whole edition is preferable, and can be purchased for 35 cents. Both the 15-cent and the 35-cent editions are bound in flexible cloth. They are bound with wire staples, which pass through the entire book, so that the cover will not get loose, nor come off, nor the leaves come out unless they are torn out.
We can commend this book very highly. If something new is desired, it can be found in this book. The great mass of ordinary singers will desire the old-fashioned pieces, and they, too, can be found in this book; so that all classes may be pleased, and being pleased, may be reached, and through being reached, the sermons usually following these hymns of praise will also be effective.
I trust that all the readers of the REVIEW, desiring hymns, will send on their orders for “Christ in Song.” Address your tract society, or the Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.
S. H. LANE.