Introduction 9 _Chapter I._ Let’s Sing 13 1. They Sang with the Marine Band 2. Song of the Chaplain’s Wife 3. Our Popular Processional Hymn 4. Heard Lauder’s Song and Wesley’s Hymn 5. The Hymn with Exclamation Points _Chapter II._ Morning Melodies 25 1. The Morning Call 2. Morning Hymn on an Ocean Voyage 3. Morning Songs Fill the Day with Music 4. Hymn Suggested by a “Blaze of Leafage” _Chapter III._ Sunset Songs 32 1. Nature Gave the Perfect Touch 2. The Bells of Trinity 3. Singing Soldiers 4. Hymn Discussion at Oyster Bay _Chapter IV._ Serenading the Soul With Song 39 1. That Was Yesterday! 2. Song of the Hidden Singer 3. Americans Sang with the Japanese Lady 4. Northfield’s Festival of Sacred Music _Chapter V._ Hymns of Comfort 47 1. God’s Angels in Charge 2. Singing Welshmen at Oxford 3. Singing Amid Suffering 4. Songs of a Sorrowing Nation _Chapter VI._ Occasions To Remember 58 1. “Abide With Me” in a Submarine 2. Wheel Chair Singers 3. Sang the Hymn from Memory 4. Hymn Expressed the Hearer’s Feelings 5. Hymn of the Homesick American 6. His Ordination Hymn 7. Soldiers Sang at Their General’s Funeral _Chapter VII._ Hymns That Changed Lives 71 1. When Catherine Booth Made the Great Decision 2. His Song and Experience in a Coal Mine 3. Decision of the “Incorrigible” 4. The Hymn That Wrought a Miracle _Chapter VIII._ Songs of Childhood and Youth 80 1. Song of the Child in the Shelter 2. What the Scouts Sang 3. “Jesus Bids Us Shine” 4. Men Loved the Kiddies’ Hymn _Chapter IX._ Sang in Their Own Tongues 87 1. Chinese and Americans Sang a Negro Spiritual 2. Christmas Carols in Two Tongues 3. “Everybody Knows ‘Holy Night’” 4. Unifying Influence Of Song at Eastertide _Chapter X._ Patriotic Music in War and Peace 93 1. Surprise for American Soldiers 2. “America the Beautiful” Heard at Arlington 3. An American Home on Invasion Day 4. “Our God is Marching On!” 5. “The Star-Spangled Banner” at War’s End 6. Kipling’s “Recessional” _Chapter XI._ Thanksgiving in Song 105 1. Two Statesmen Sang “America” 2. Gunner Led the Song Of Praise 3. Minister Thrilled by Singing of Philadelphia Laymen 4. “We Love the Place” 5. Memorable Rendering of the Doxology _Chapter XII._ Carols at Christmastide 115