PREFACE.

This little handbook of services and addresses has been arranged for use in the Religious School of Congregation Rodeph Shalom. It has been used from week to week for some months past, the services and addresses having first appeared in leaflet form.

The four services are arranged for the four Sundays of the month. If the month has five Sundays, the fourth service is read on the fifth Sunday. The four services are arranged in Biblical language, as far as possible, and aim to impress the children with ideas on (1) Love; (2) Duty; (3) Blessing and Curse; (4) Israel. At the close of the service an address, or Supplementary Service, is read by the person in charge of the meeting.

The portions assigned to Teachers and Pupils can be disposed of in another manner, if others see fit to make use of this little handbook. School Directors may take the place of Teachers, and Teachers may take the place of the Pupils and vice versa. The writer’s aim is to keep interest awakened and to give the children a part of the service. The Supplementary Service may be read, paragraph by paragraph, by the children of the advanced classes, when they are sufficiently familiar with the text. The musical settings of the Hymns at the end of the book have been carefully selected and include some so-called traditional melodies such as Jigdal, En Kelohenu, ’Hanukkah, etc.

The book may prove of some use in families desiring to hold a brief weekly service in the home. The father could take the place of the Superintendent, the mother, of the Teacher, the children, of the Pupils. We hope that this booklet may serve to develop religious and ethical sentiments in the children using it.

J. Leonard Levy
Pittsburgh, December 31st, 1902.

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

The first edition of five thousand copies being exhausted, I have issued this second edition because of a constant demand for extra copies of this book. I have added Services 12-20, and a number of hymns. I hope that the little volume may be as useful as the letters received from scores of Rabbis, teachers and parents assure me the first edition has been.

J. Leonard Levy
Pittsburgh, August 7th, 1904.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

In this little hymnal I have selected but a few tuneful melodies from the large number of collections of hymns consulted. Thousands upon thousands of hymns were carefully considered, with the foregoing result. I hope that, in due time, the melodies will be learned and that congregational singing may be an established feature in the congregation for whose children this work has, primarily, been written and arranged.

Wherever possible I obtained permission of authors and publishers to use words and settings. In this connection I beg to record my grateful appreciation of the courtesy extended, among others, by Mrs. T. C. Williams, Mrs. Frances E. Foote, Rev. Dr. Minot J. Savage, Professor Felix Adler, Rev. Dr. A.P. Putnam, Professor Mauritz Leefson, Rev. Dr. C.W. Wendte, Rev. Dr. B.A. Elzas, Mr. George H. Ellis, and the publishers of “Songs and Singers of the Liberal Faith,” “Jubilate Deo,” “Amore Dei,” “The University Hymn Book,” “Songs of the Church Universal,” “A Book of Song and Service,” etc. If I have omitted the names of any of those whose work has proved so serviceable to me in preparing this modest hymnal, I trust they will pardon the oversight while accepting the assurance of my gratitude.

In the arrangement of the tunes I was fortunate enough to have the valuable assistance of Mr. W.K. Steiner, who gave me the benefit of his extensive musical knowledge. In most cases he re-arranged the musical settings, and the beautiful harmonization, which will be found to be a characteristic of this little collection, is almost altogether his work. In company with all who will make frequent use of these hymns, I desire to thank him for his generous and able assistance. In conclusion I wish to thank the members and children of Congregation Rodeph Shalom, without whose generous and loyal help this modest volume would, probably, never have been published.

J. Leonard Levy.
Pittsburg, Pa.

[HYMNS]

John Quincy Adams, “God’s Omnipresence,” 178
Felix Adler, “The City of the Light,” 152
Ancient Ritual, “En Kelohenu,” 234
Anonymous, “Lift Up Your Hearts!,” 122
Anonymous, “Aspiration,” 134
Anonymous, “Our Wills Be One,” 136
Anonymous, “In God’s Presence,” 140
Anonymous, “As Pass the Days,” 146
Anonymous, “A Purpose in Life,” 148
Anonymous, “Life’s Work,” 154
Anonymous, “On Our Way Rejoicing,” 210
Anonymous, “Be Up and Doing!,” 214
Anonymous, “Peace,” 239
Bernard Barton, “It Is In Thy Heart,” 200
Thomas R. Birks, “Nature’s Hymn,” 196
Horatius Bonar, “The Good Life,” 132
Jane Borthwick, “United,” 192
John White Chadwick, “Another Year,” 162
Deut 6:4, “Sch’ma,” 228
William Drennan, “The Universal Lord,” 168
William Hamilton Drummond, “The True Fast,” 204
John Ellerton, “Recessional,” 112
John Ellerton, “A Sabbath Benediction,” 166
John Ellerton, “The Day of Rest,” 202
Frederick William Faber, “The Indwelling God,” 212
Eliza Lee Follen, “Nature’s Tribute,” 118
Eliza Lee Follen, “We Never Part From Thee,” 244
Gustav Gottheil (trans.), “Constant Praise,” 247
Thomas Gray, “Parting,” 184
Percy Greg, “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” 190
Reginald Heber, “God’s Omnipotence,” 158
Wiliam Edward Hickson, “God Will Save!,” 220
Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Living Altars,” 116
Edward Augustus Horton, “Words,” 243
Isaiah 6:3, “Ko-dosh,” 230
Henry S. Jacobs, “The Sabbath Day,” 240
John Johns, “Brotherhood,” 246
William Kethe, “Come to Prayer!,” 236
Emma Lazarus, “Remember,” 241
Joseph Leonard Levy, “A Prayer,” 208
Joseph Leonard Levy, “Onward!,” 216
Joseph Leonard Levy, “Trustfulness,” 222
Joseph Leonard Levy, “The Passover,” 226
Joseph Leonard Levy (trans.), “Adon Olam,” 126
Joseph Leonard Levy (trans.), “Our Creed,” 206
James Russell Lowell, “The Choice,” 144
James Russell Lowell, “True Freedom,” 186
Norman Macleod, “Do the Right!,” 138
Richard Mant, “The Lord of Hosts,” 238
Caroline A. Mason, “Another Day,” 128
Penina Moïse, “The Constant Hope,” 164
Penina Moïse, “Our Everlasting Friend,” 174
Penina Moïse, “Be It So!,” 182
Penina Moïse, “Hanukkah Hymn,” 232
James Montgomery, “A Wise Heart,” 172
James Montgomery, “Our Light and Salvation,” 194
James Montgomery, “Praise,” 198
James Montgomery, “In Sorrow’s Hour,” 218
James Montgomery, “Praise the Lord,” 242
John M. Neale, “Keep Me Ever,” 150
Adelaide Anne Procter, “One by One,” 237
Minot J. Savage, “Battle,” 142
Minot J. Savage, “The Still Small Voice,” 170
Samuel Francis Smith, “America,” 224
Emily Taylor, “The Wish of Faith,” 110
Jane Taylor, “A Child’s Prayer,” 160
John Taylor, “The Accepted Offering,” 188
Augustus Montague Toplady, “The Supreme Good,” 180
Jones Very, “Harvest,” 176
Anna L. Waring, “God is My Shepherd,” 245
Isaac Watts, “The Guardian God,” 124
John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Seed,” 114
John Greenleaf Whittier, “A Harvest Song,” 120
John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Eternal Right,” 130
John Greenleaf Whittier, “Through Clouds to Light,” 156