



Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and Charles Coulston









                       HYMNS FROM THE MORNINGLAND




                                  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