Produced by Stephen Hutcheson HYMNS FROM THE GREEK OFFICE BOOKS HYMNS FROM THE GREEK OFFICE BOOKS TOGETHER WITH CENTOS AND SUGGESTIONS RENDERED BY THE Rev. JOHN BROWNLIE AUTHOR OF _"The Hymns and Hymn-Writers of the Church Hymnary"; "Hymns from East and West"; "Hymns of the Greek Church"; "Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church"; &c._ PAISLEY: ALEXANDER GARDNER Publisher by Appointment to the late Queen Victoria MCMIV LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LMD. PRINTED BY ALEXANDER GARDNER, PAISLEY. {TE ; EKKLESIA ; TOU ; CHRISTOU ;} {EN ; SKOTIKO ; ETHNEI ;} {KAI ; PASI ; TOUS ; YMNOUS ; TOU ;} {SION ; AGAPOSIN ;} {ANATITHEMI ;} PREFACE The renderings contained in this volume are chosen from a quantity of material, much of which had to be set aside as, for various reasons, unsuitable. But, as can be understood, in process of reading, thoughts linked themselves to the memory, and echoes of music, much of it surpassingly sweet, lingered, and from those echoes and thoughts the Centos and Suggestions have been formed. The phrases containing the thoughts, and the echoes repeating the music, have been woven together to form the fabric which is shewn here. This volume is presented because the author believes that the hymnody of the West must find much of its finest enrichment in the praise literature of the Church of the East. It would be presumptuous to think that these renderings and suggestions are at all a worthy expression of the noble and richly varied praise of the Eastern Church; but they constitute, together with those contained in two former volumes by the present author, perhaps one-half of all the pieces which have yet appeared in English verse. All the renderings in this collection appear for the first time. If any one thinks he has reason to complain of their quality, let him try to do better. The field lies untilled for any one who will work it. J. B. Trinity Manse, Portpatrick, September 15, 1904. GREEK INDEX