We may not know, we cannot tell What pains He had to bear; But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there. [Illustration: George Frederick Handel] _THE TUNES._ There is no room here to describe them all. Airs and chorals by Berthold Tours, Pinsuti, John Henry Cornell, Richard Storrs Willis, George C. Stebbins and Hubert P. Main have been adapted to the words--one or two evidently composed for them. It is a hymn that attracts tune-makers--literally so commonplace and yet so quiet and tender, with such a theme and such natural melody of line--but most of the scores indicated are choir music rather than congregational. Mr. Stebbins' composition comes nearest to being the favorite, if one judges by the extent and frequency of its use. It can be either partly or wholly choral; and the third stanza makes the refrain-- O dearly, dearly has He loved And we must love Him too, And trust in His redeeming blood, And try His works to do. "REJOICE AND BE GLAD!" This musical shout of joy, written by Dr. Horatius Bonar, scarcely needs a new song helper, as did Bishop Heber's famous hymn--not because it is better than Heber's but because It was wedded at once to a tune worthy of it. Rejoice and be glad! for our King is on high; He pleadeth for us on His throne in the sky. Rejoice and be glad! for He cometh again; He cometh in glory, the Lamb that was slain Hallelujah! Amen. The hymn was composed in 1874. _THE TUNE._ The author of the "English Melody" (as ascribed in _Gospel Hymns_) is said to have been John Jenkins Husband, born in Plymouth, Eng., about 1760. He was clerk at Surrey Chapel and composed several anthems. Came to the United States In 1809. Settled in Philadelphia, where he taught music and was clerk of St. Paul's P.E. Church. Died there in 1825. His tune, exactly suited to the hymn, is a true Christian paean. It has few equals as a rouser to a sluggish prayer-meeting--whether sung to Bonar's words or those of Rev. William Paton Mackay (1866)-- We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love, --with the refrain of similar spirit in both hymns-- Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Hallelujah! Amen, Hallelujah! Thine the glory; revive us again; --or,-- Sound His praises! tell the story of Him who was slain! Sound His praises! tell with gladness, "He liveth again." Husband's tune is supposed to have been written very early in the last century. Another tune composed by him near the same date to the words-- "We are on our journey home To the New Jerusalem," --is equally musical and animating, and with a vocal range that brings out the full strength of choir and congregation. "COME, SINNER, COME."