Excerpt from Praise and Thanks: A Hymn Book for the Young People's Christian Union of the Universalist Church<br><br>We count ourselves happy in this opportunity of publicly expressing our thanks to the following friends for assistance cheer fully and generously rendered: to Mr. Leo R. Lewis, to Whose super vision has been submitted all contributions of original music; to Mr. Flint M. Bissell for information as to authorship of hymns; to Rev. Messrs. E. J. Felt, C. R. Tenney, L. E. Pease and L. Weston Attwood, for introductory services and prayers for cordial permission accorded us by Rev. Drs. Edwin P. Parker and J. E. Rankin and Rev. Theo dore C. Williams, for use of their compositions. We appreciate also the interest of our young people evidenced in their preparation and contribution of music and words for the completion of the book.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.