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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...And the voice to heaven is sent, Sancte Spiritus be with me.--H. C. Deakiu. The anthem was arranged thus: --" Chorus--Sing, 0 heavens; and be joyful, 0 earth; break forth into singing, O mountains; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. Solo, plaintive--But Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Duett, for two Trebles--Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Chorus--Behold, I have graven thee on the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." It was sung with much eclat, his brother Jacob says, on the other side of the globe. The author's modesty would not allow him to introduce it even to his friends at Zion Chapel. He was a diligent musical copyist. The day of cheap editions had not arrived; new music was an expensive luxury, and the student of limited means could only obtain it at the cost of severe mechanical toil. Some of young Pitman's manuscript hooks, filling hundreds of pages, still exist, and they are models of neatness and accuracy. At the age of 17 Mr Pitman was able to take charge of the organ in the Conigree Chapel, Trowbridge, for a few weeks, during the absence of the regular organist. After his removal to Bath, he took lessons on the organ, of Mr George Field; but his practice of music abated when he became a Methodist at Barton-on-Humber. Thinking that our Lord would not have wasted his time, when on earth, by sitting down to a piano, he gave away a 50 instrument which he had purchased at Hull. It was sent to his brother Jacob, who had left the Tavistock British School, married, and settled at North Nibley, where his...
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