Excerpt from Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal
The Editor deems it necessary to state that a work, bearing a similar title to this, was issued by the Publishers nearly three years ago. It is at their request that he has undertaken to remodel that book, with a view to the requirements of his own, and other congregations. Accordingly, many hymns have been removed and others substituted in their place, suited to the various occasions and seasons of the Church, sermons for charitable and missionary objects, days of national thanksgiving and humiliation, &c. Some which were curtailed have been lengthened, and others have been corrected, where necessary, by collation with their originals, wherever practicable. A copious Index of Subjects has also been drawn up.
The book is for Church and Home use. The hymns have not, however, been separated on this account, as clergymen differ so much in the choice of hymns for public worship. That which one might regard as applicable only to the retirement of the closet, another might select as suitable to the subject of his sermon, or to the special circumstances of his congregation at a particular time. There will be no real difficulty in distinguishing, after consulting the Index of Subjects. From this it will be seen that they embrace every condition of humanity, and every variety of Christian experience. The Editor believes that they will be found to be in harmony with the teaching of Holy Scripture and the Articles of the Church. A collection of nearly six hundred psalms and hymns may surely be regarded as sufficient for every purpose. Some may deem it too long; but this is a fault (if it be one), on the right side, as it affords ample range, while the size is not inconvenient, nor the price high.
As to the arrangement: - it will be observed that in the editions of this work without music, the Psalms are given first by themselves, and then the Hymns in alphabetical and numerical order. This arrangement was, of course, impracticable in the present book, unless the tunes had been frequently repeated.
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