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NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS FOR THE USE OF
BAPTIST CHURCHES.

BY

BARON STOW AND S. F. SMITH.

WITH A

SUPPLEMENT;

BY RICHARD FULLER,

PASTOR OF THE SEVENTH BAPTIST CHURCH, BALTIMORE, MD.
AND

J. B. JETER,

PASTOR OF THE FIRST Baptist church, RICHMOND, VA,

PHILADELPHIA:

AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY,

118 ARCH STREET.

BOSTON: GOULD AND LINCOLN.

59 WASHINGTON STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

NOTE.

The stereotype plates of this "Pew Edition," (of which there have been two sets,) having, by constant use, become much worn, and, in many cases, imperfect, the publishers have felt justified in procuring, at great expense, a set of ELEGANT ELECTROTYPE PLATES, giving an impression nearly equal to copper-plate engraving. They have also procured a material enlargement of the "SCRIPTURE INDEX," and the addition of a new "INDEX OF FIRST LINES OF EACH VERSE IN THE BOOK," the great convenience of which will be felt by those who not unfrequently have occasion to quote or refer to some particular verse or hymn containing the same, and can recall only a line or two of that single stanza.

BOSTON, April 1, 1854.

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PREFATORY NOTE.

THE Board of Directors of the American Baptist Publication and Sunday School Society, induced by the numerous and urgent calls which, for a long time, have been made from various sections of the country, for a new collection of Hymns, that should be adapted to the wants of the churches generally, resolved, in the year 1841, to take immediate measures for the accomplishment of this object. With this view, a committee, consisting of Rev. W. T. Brantly, D. D., of South Carolina, Rev. J. L. Dagg, of Alabama, Rev. R. B. C. Howell, of Tennessee, Rev. S. W. Lynd, D. D., of Ohio, Rev. J. B. Taylor, of Virginia, Rev. S. P. Hill, of Maryland, Rev. G. B. Ide and R. W. Griswold, of Pennsylvania, and Rev. W. R. Williams, D. D., of New York, was appointed to prepare and superintend the proposed selection. It was, however, subsequently ascertained that a similar work had been undertaken by Messrs. Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, Publishers, of Boston; and that Rev. B. Stow and Rev. S. F. Smith, whose services they had engaged, had already commenced their labor. From the well-known ability of these gentlemen, there seemed good reason to expect a valuable collection, and one that would fully meet the end which the Board contemplated. In order, therefore, to avoid the unnecessary multiplication of Hymn Books, it was deemed expedient, by the Board, to unite, if possible, with the abovenamed Publishers. Accordingly, the manuscript of Messrs. Stow and Smith having been examined, and found quite satisfactory, arrangements were made to have the sheets, as they were issued from the press, submitted to the committee of the Board, with the understanding, that, if, after such alterations and improvements as might be suggested, it should meet their approval, the Board would adopt it as their own. This approval having been obtained, the Board voted, unanimously, to adopt and publish the work, and have negotiated with Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, to that effect.

Signed by order and on behalf of the Board.
J. M. PECK,

PHILADELPHIA, May 18, 1843.

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