Word: hymning
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...spare, grim-faced, with lank grey locks falling over his high forehead and gold teeth glinting between thin lips. That morning Mr. Conway had announced that Willard F. Aurand, the choirmaster, would not be present for the evening services. But Choirmaster Aurand was there. He arose and announced a hymn. Savagely Mr. Conway wheeled about. Out shot his black-clothed arm; his gaunt hand struck Choirmaster Aurand a sharp blow. Across the rostrum, over the chancel rail tumbled the choirmaster, to the floor five feet below...
North Dakota. Tall, thick-set Republican William Langer took his oath in Bismarck's Atalexius Hospital where he lay ill with influenza. Mrs. Minnie Craig, elected Speaker of the House, led the inaugural audience in singing the State hymn...
...English & Irish bell ringers. Chicagoans inside & outside the chapel last week heard Carilloneur Lefévere, imported from Manhattan's Rockefeller-built Riverside Baptist Church, play "Now Thank We All Our God," a spot of counterpoint by Handel, "Annie Laurie," a Welsh folksong arid an ancient hymn from the Low Countries, home of the carillon...
...morning services consisted of prayers, scriptures, and perhaps only a hymn, the matter would merit no objection. As it is, however, the anthems and responses which the choir sings three times a week, and the important part it plays in the Sunday services demand conditions which will do justice to the singing. To make a capella anthem really effective, it is necessary to sing in a hall which has enough resonance to assist in sustaining every note, and which does not necessitate a continual effort on the part of the choir. As long as the carpet and ceiling remain...
...York Times has translated the German National Hymn to mean, "Germany United" or as "the nation above its component states." Which is correct...