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H Evans

བ་ནད3;

THE

PSALMIST:

A NEW COLLECTION OF

HYMNS

FOR THE USE O F

THE BAPTIST CHURCHES.

BY

BARON STOW AND S. F. SMITH.

BOSTON:

GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN.

PHILADELPHIA: AMER. BAP. PUBLICATION AND SAB. SCHOOL SOCIETY.

NEW YORK: BARKER AND THOMPSON.

UTICA, N. Y.: BENNETT, BACKUS, AND HAWLEY.
HARTFORD : GURDON ROBINS.

Mus 491.25.1844

HARVARD COLLEGE

may

29,1922

LIBRARY

From the library of

Franklin P. Rice

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by

GOULD, KENDALL, & LINCOLN,

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

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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 above-named 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,

Corresponding Secretary Amer. Bap. Pub. and S. S. Society.

PHILADELPHIA, May 18, 1843.

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