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Excerpt from Catholic Hymns and Canticles: Together With a Complete Sodality Manual The object of Sodalities and Confraternities being to encourage pious youth Of both sexes in the practice of Christian virtue, and the frequentation of the Holy Sacraments, by uniting them in associations which afford them devout exercises to be performed in common, nothing could be more desirable than a practical manual of rules, prayers, and hymns, adapted to their capacities and needs. At the suggestion of many eminent and devoted clergymen, the author has endeavored to do something toward supplying such a manual in the present little book. It has been composed so as to suit any of the Sodalities or Con fraternities now existing in this country. The second part, containing the hymns, will also be found useful for schools, catechism classes, and masses for children. Whilst the author would not presume to exclude any pious custom hitherto in use in Confraternities already formed, he believes that the few general rules laid down in this manual, Will prove amply sufficient for regulating, and ren dering the exercises of such associations both attractive and edifying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.