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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

HIS book has been prepared for those who are looking for a collection of hymns fit for children to use, set to tunes which are, musically, of an order higher than is often found in Sunday-School hymn-books, and yet not above the ability and comprehension of young people.

The number of entirely new tunes in "Hosanna" is large enough to provide variety, and the tunes which are more or less known are of the very best.

The editor is under special obligation to S. M. Bixby for permission to use a number of tunes from "Evangel Songs"; as well as to the following gentlemen for the privilege of using the tunes owned by them: Rev. Robt. Lowry, D. D., Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. D., George F. Le Jeune, J. W. Walton, Geo. W. Warren, L. H. Redner, A. Gore Mitchell, and Rev. R. De W. Mallary, D.D.

Special attention is called to the large number of hymns appropriate to Christmas and other festival services, and to the richness of the book in hymns of praise and prayer. A study of the Index of Subjects will commend the book to thoughtful superintendents, as much as its musical merit will find favor with musicianly pianists and organists in the schools.

THE "AMEN."

The regular use of the "Amen" at the close of hymns is growing in favor. The editor recommends that the "Choral Amen" be uniformly used, and offers the following suggestion as to the selection of the form appropriate for each tune. (Of course, a general rule like this is not to be accepted as inflexible.)

THE ARRANGEMENT

of the hymns and tunes is a departure from the usual one. The majority of those in the first third of the book are intended for the younger children, and for the primary classes. The remainder contains such as, both on account of the sentiment of the hymns and the difficulty of the tunes, are more appropriate for older pupils and classes; and it will be found on a careful examination of "Hosanna," that there are no less than eighty hymns which properly may find a place in the mid-week service or in the Christian Endeavor or Epworth League meeting. A. T. S.

NEW YORK, August, 1898.

Aspiration, 64.

Benediction, 189, 190.

Bible, 18, 24, 93, 127.

Church, the, 194, 195.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Closing, 111, 124, 186.

Consecration, 41, 120, 121, 125.

Courage, 25, 87, 102, 104, 131, 140, 154, 162,

172.

Death (of a scholar), 192.

Doxology, 193.

Evening, 136, 177, 184.

God, 45, 79, 82, 89.

Heaven, 23, 36, 56, 99, 103, 106, 164, 176, 197.

Holy Spirit, 155, 159.

Invitation, 30, 35, 76, 84.

Jesus Christ, Birth, 17, 46, 53, 58, 68, 71, 73, Morning, 13, 38, 147, 149.

101, 105, 108, 110, 132, 142, 148, 153, 169,

170, 174, 178.

Crucified, 141.

Death, 42.

Guide, 78, 90, 139, 199.

Intercessor, 180.

Invitation of, 100.

Life, 44.

Lord, 1, 80, 88.

Name, 32.

Preserver, 81, 83, 129, 133.

Redeemer, 70, 117, 145.

Resurrection, 85, 123, 134, 135, 137.

Second Coming, 91, 143.

National, 152, 183, 187.

Opening, 1, 7, 113, 149.

Pilgrimage, 21, 22, 33, 47, 54, 181, 182, 200. Praise, 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 27, 36, 40, 45, 49, 50, 59, 60, 61, 66, 82, 89, 97, 112, 118, 119, 128, 138, 139, 147, 166, 171, 191.

Prayer, 2, 11, 26, 38, 51, 55, 86, 122, 163, 165, 168.

Rejoicing, 60, 62.

1. Je-sus, tender Shepherd, hear me; Bless Thy lit-tle lamb to-night: Thro' the darkness be Thou near me, Keep me safe till morning light. 2. All this day Thy hand has led me, And I thank Thee for Thy care; Thou hast cloth'd me, warm'd and fed me, Listen to my eve-ning prayer! 3. Let my sins be all for - given; Bless the friends I love so well; Take me, when I die, to heaven, Happy there with Thee to dwell.