CONTAINING THE ORIGINAL HYMNS' OMITTED IN THE LAST EDITION. Whoso offereth praise, glorifieth me. Psalm 1 23. the nations be glad, and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people - BOSTON : No. 4, CORNHILL. PREFACE. In the year worship ; and might be made New edition of the Collection of Hymns for the use oy the Universal Church being required, by the entire sale all the copies of the former impression, it may be proper to give a short account of the work. a the year 1792, “ the First Universal Church in ston, Massachusetts, attendant on the ministry of their Nected elder, Mr. John MURRAY, having taken into kderation the impracticability of adapting JAMES and IN RELLY'S Hymns to all the purposes of social Ship ; and conceiving that many valuable additions 2t be made from the writings of many eminent penmen, almost every persuasion in the christian world, were sed to appoint a committee for the revision of Rel Hymns, and the selection of other composition." In selection were many excellent hymns, marked original, » written by one of the committee, Mr. GEORGE HARDS, now minister of the Universal Church at rtsmouth, New-Hampshire. 1802, this first Collection being out of print, and Durch conceiving that a more extensive selection was Pisary, appointed a committee to select and arrange us for a new book ; and a copy-right continuing on vormer collection, “ they considered it a subject of LY's Hymns, ar this selection RICHARDS, Portsmou necessary, al hyning for a new bo the former |