"Conversation on Saving Faith for the Young," translated and arranged by a committee at Berlin (now Kitchener,) Ontario, in 1856.
This work became the basis on which the Minister's Manual was compiled and issued from Mennonite Publishing Company, Elkhart, Indiana, in 1890. Still later an edition of the original was published in 1921 by John W. Weaver, Union Grove, Pennsylvania.
"An Address to the Young," by Christian Burkholder, of New Holland, Pennsylvania. In 1857 printed in English at Berlin (now Kitchener) Ontario.
The Canadian Edition of "Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs" with German Appendix was arranged by a committee of that country in the year 1758.
"The Musical Advocate and Singers' Friend," published at Singers Glen, Virginia, by Joseph Funk and Sons. This periodical was issued monthly for some years, the first number appearing in July, 1859.
"This journal was discontinued during the Civil War, but after the cessation of hostilities, it was re-
gaged for hours in tireless singing, while in some cases soldiers took the Harmonia Sacra along with them to camp, where the weary hours were whiled away in sacred song.
Those who were children and young people of those early days are now the old people of today. In keeping with the noble sentiment created in early life, it is a custom well preserved in many of these communities for having old people's song services as an annual occasion in most all churches regardless of denominational lines.
