Congregational Singing
Every member of the congregation possessing a good voice ought to join the choir, or ought at least to join in the singing of the ordinary responses at Mass, where it is customary, as well as of the hymns sung in the vernacular.
The choir ought to be scrupulous in rendering the correct responses to the singing of the Priest and not neglect them as of little importance, devoting most of their attention principally to the rendition of grand compositions.
When an English hymn is sung, let each member of the congregation look for it in his prayer-book and endeavor to join in.
It is the earnest desire of the heads of the Church that congregational singing be introduced everywhere. The children are taught it in school and in Sunday school, but, strange to say, do not, as a rule, continue the practice after they leave school, when they kneel in the congregation at large.
