Sunday School Hymnary, The

Sunday School Hymnary, The  This was the title of a very successful hymnal, published in 1905 by the Sunday School Union. It was sub-titled ‘A Twentieth Century Hymnal for Young People’. Words and music were edited by Carey Bonner*. His ‘Prefatory Notes’ stated his aims clearly:  This book is sent forth in the earnest hope that it may minister to a reverential, sincere, yet glad worship in the Sunday School. The Graded Arrangement of the Hymns for the Junior, Middle, and Senior Sections of the Scholars will, it is believed, help to this desired end  (p. iii).  This draws attention to the book’s principal feature, the division into four sections, three suited to the age range of the...