Mooh, I have quite a few old ones too. Take a suggestion? I xeroxed all the tables of contents and put the xeroxes in a binder. Makes it easy to find a piece.... handle the fragile books less, and go right to the one I want. Or look up extra verses.

It took me a long time to hear enough of them to know which hymn writers' work I would like, then I started looking for their pieces to try out. And little by little, I have had tapes come my way with melodies to learn to go with the ones I might not have otherwise caught. Found a lovely Fanny Crosby with the former trick, RESCUE THE PERISHING, and learned it note by note. Found another by hearing it-- it has looked so boring in the book-- WHISPERING HOPE. And GOD LEADS US ALONG-- heard it once and made it mine, could not rest till I had found it in several of my books. BAMMMM!

Dive deep.... enjoy.... don't forget to post what you can, checking first and nabbing off Cyber Hymnnal when you can to skip unnecessary typing. Lucky you-- have fun!

Oh and have you caught the Gaither Homecoming Hour on cable TV yet? Swear it's a heavenly song circle.

~Susan