there's a prefix and I'll read it the general Synod of the reformed Church in the United States at its meeting in 1911 at Canton Ohio appointed a committee to prepare a new hymnal. the committee as one of its earliest acts decided to invite the reformed Church of America to join them in the work. this invitation conveyed to their general synod synod in 1912 was accepted and the committee of three was appointed and afterwards in large to seven members. these two committees diligently working together have prepared they have no other reformed Church for use in both denominations. the complete work was submitted to both general synods 1917 was adopted by them. it has been the special aim of the hymnal and community and presenting this book to the congregation of reformed churches to provide a hymnal that would be acceptable and useful to all elements in both denominations. in the selection of tunes it has been our purpose in determining their range and degree of difficulty to prepare a hymnal for congregational singing and where desirable to suggest an alternative similar tune. tunes have been sought with pleasing yet diligent Melody with Rich harmony. attention is to also called to the chance where the scented prolonged syllables is printed in heavy type. our purpose has been to lead congregations in every way possible into a more heartfelt worship in all church services and of our general preparation in Congressional singing. the community desires to express cordial things to the following authors composed music publishers who have written without compensation kind of given us to privilege of using their hands and tunes the century company Oliver kitchen Dixon and Company Miss Alice navine Reverend Charles Hutchins Reverend Dr Lewis f Benson Reverend Dr Henry Van Dyke professor knock Reverend Dr J h Vinson C harrold en the continent the publication the Sunday School board Central publishing House FF Bullard and Reverend f w Barrett James I good Edward p Johnson Sherman Ambrose and Schmidt secretary This is a hymnal I'm going to read the songs like poems and publishing houses Central publishing house out of Cleveland Ohio 1920 prepared by the hymnal committee. format is listed as paperback but it's really not it's like well it is and it is it's a hymnal so it's sort of thick paper but it belonged to a relative of mine and it's precious but it's not you know like mint it lists the contents and they have nose first line first the first lines and it has all the cameras listed and then it's just something really cool alphabetized tunes index and chance ripples responses and doxologies and there's an alphabetical index of tunes and the methical metrical that's a thing that's just on top of the piano goes to talk to talk index of tunes and then voila index of authors we read some of the authors that worked on did their songs in here okay still Zion Lutheran Church services were all in German so this was a step forward to have a hymnal in English mendelson Bach so many the melody was used with the with the poems that they chose it's just full of them wow then list all the songs topical and in the first thing it says here oh come let us sing into on to Jehovah let us Make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation let us come before his presence with Thanksgiving let us Make a joyful noise unto him the psalms.