Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Religion / The Singing Church: The Hymns It Wrote and Sang / Braille

The Singing Church: The Hymns It Wrote and Sang ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

583,668 braille cells · 590 embossed pages at 40×25 · 438 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠠⠙⠥⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠠⠝⠁⠗⠗⠕⠺⠀⠠⠙⠑⠋⠊⠝⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠠⠇⠊⠞⠑⠗⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀⠎⠏⠊⠞⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠎⠑⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠎
⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠎⠥⠗⠑⠇⠽⠀⠑⠝⠞⠊⠞⠇⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠓⠽⠍⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠙⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠀⠇⠊⠞⠑⠗⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠍⠕⠎⠞⠀⠧⠊⠞⠁⠇
⠀⠎⠑⠝⠎⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠉⠗⠊⠞⠊⠉⠎⠀
⠺⠓⠕⠀⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠀⠥⠏⠕⠝⠀⠊⠞⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠥⠝⠙⠊⠎⠛⠥⠊⠎⠑⠙⠀
⠊⠝⠙⠊⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠝⠉⠑⠂⠀⠊⠋⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠎⠉⠕⠗⠝⠲⠀⠠⠏⠁⠗⠞⠇⠽
⠀⠀⠙⠥⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠝⠀⠥⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀⠇⠁⠉⠅⠀⠕⠋⠀⠎⠽⠍⠏⠁⠞⠓⠽⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠥⠎⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠊⠞⠂⠀⠏⠁⠗⠞⠇⠽⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠝⠀⠀⠁⠉⠁⠙⠑⠍⠊⠉⠀
⠊⠙⠑⠁⠀⠕⠋⠀⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠇⠊⠞⠑⠗⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠗⠑⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠊⠎⠂⠀
⠑⠍⠏⠓⠁⠎⠊⠵⠊⠝⠛⠀⠋⠕⠗⠍⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠀⠗⠓⠑⠞⠕⠗⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀
⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠑⠎⠞⠂⠀⠏⠁⠗⠞⠇⠽⠀⠃⠑⠉⠁⠥⠎⠑⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠁⠇⠀⠊⠎⠀
⠑⠍⠕⠞⠊⠕⠝⠁⠇⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠀⠍⠁⠊⠝⠇⠽⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠇⠇⠑⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠂⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠎⠑⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠕⠗⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠃⠇⠊⠝⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠗⠀
⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠑⠎⠞⠎⠀⠀⠊⠝⠧⠕⠇⠧⠑⠙⠲⠀⠠⠊⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀
⠞⠗⠥⠞⠓⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠊⠝⠎⠊⠎⠞⠑⠝⠉⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀⠇⠊⠞⠑⠗⠁⠗⠽
⠀⠀⠉⠗⠊⠞⠊⠉⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠋⠑⠺⠀⠓⠽⠍⠝⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀
⠁⠗⠑⠀⠛⠕⠕⠙⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠁⠀⠇⠊⠞⠑⠗⠁⠗⠽⠀⠏⠕⠊⠝⠞⠀⠀⠕⠋⠀⠧⠊⠑⠺⠂
⠀⠠⠍⠕⠝⠞⠛⠕⠍⠑⠗⠽⠄⠎⠀⠎⠞⠁⠞⠑⠍⠑⠝⠞⠀⠍⠁⠽⠀⠛⠊⠧⠑⠀⠁⠀
⠎⠥⠋⠋⠊⠉⠊⠑⠝⠞⠀⠗⠑⠁⠎⠕⠝⠒⠀⠦⠠⠕⠥⠗⠀⠀⠛⠕⠕⠙⠀⠏⠕⠑⠞⠎⠀
⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠎⠑⠇⠙⠕⠍⠀⠃⠑⠑⠝⠀⠠⠉⠓⠗⠊⠎⠞⠊⠁⠝⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠕⠥⠗⠀
⠛⠕⠕⠙⠀⠠⠉⠓⠗⠊⠎⠞⠊⠁⠝⠎⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠀⠎⠑⠇⠙⠕⠍⠀⠃⠑⠑⠝⠀⠛⠕⠕⠙⠀
⠏⠕⠑⠞⠎⠲⠴⠼⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠙⠥⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠠⠋⠁⠊⠇⠥⠗⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠠⠗⠑⠁⠇⠊⠵⠑⠀⠠⠇⠊⠍⠊⠞⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠠⠓⠽⠍⠝⠎⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠀⠃⠑⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀⠗⠑⠁⠎⠕⠝⠀⠊⠎⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠎⠥⠉⠓

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.