Tabernacle Hymns Number Five

I am your hymn book. Next to the Bible, I should be your most treasured book. Hold me in your hand on Sunday when you prepare to sing. Let your heart listen to what has been enshrined within me. Hear the songs and the triumphant words of the martyrs dying for a faith the same as yours. Give heed to the prayers of devout men who have found the heart of God. Follow the missionaries of the Cross on their way to the ends of the earth. Listen to the great minds of the Church as they share with you the deep mysteries of the plan and purpose of the eternal God. Sit at the feet of the musicians and poets, of the saints and the redeemed in all lands and times, of all those who have seen the hunger in the heart unsatisfied except through song. All these I have treasured for you. I am your hymn book. - Title page verso.