Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church   By: John [Translator] Brownlie

HYMNS FROM THE MORNINGLAND

BEING TRANSLATIONS, CENTOS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THE SERVICE BOOKS OF THE HOLY EASTERN CHURCH

WITH INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BROWNLIE, D.D.

Author of " Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church Hymnary " " Hymns of the Greek Church ," " Hymns from the Greek Office Books " " Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church " &c., &c.

(SIXTH SERIES)

PAISLEY: ALEXANDER GARDNER Publisher by Appointment to the late Queen Victoria 1911

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LMD.

PRINTED BY ALEXANDER GARDNER, PAISLEY.

PREFACE

This sixth series of hymns from the Greek Offices is sent forth in the hope that some of the flowers that bloom in the gardens of the East, in which our Lord prayed and His Apostles tilled, may serve to beautify the homes of the faithful in Western lands. Cut flowers lose their beauty and freshness soon, but not infrequently their perfume remains; and roots transplanted do not always continue to put forth leaves and blossoms in that richness which adorns them in their native soil; but if in the case of the culled flowers, which are here presented, some of their perfume may chance to linger, it will probably serve to suggest their original attractiveness. That they may, in some capacity, be used to adorn the worship of Christ in our sterner clime, is the earnest prayer of the translator.

J. B.

Trinity Manse, Portpatrick, July, 1911 .

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