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PSALMS AND HYMNS,

THE GREATER PART

ORIGINAL,

AND THE

SELECTED COMPOSITIONS

ALTERED WITH A VIEW

ΤΟ

PURITY OF DOCTRINE

AND

GENERAL USEFULNESS.

BY

W. Hurn, Vicar of Debenham.

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth, O sing praises
unto the Lord. Ps. 68. 32,

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing
and give praise. Ps. 57. 7.

IPSWICH:

2RINTED AND SOLD BY J. RAW; AND SOLD BY
J. HATCHARD, 190, PICCADILLY, AND L. B.
SEELEY, 169, FLEET-STREET, LONDON.

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THE expression of our feelings, or particu lar sentiments by singing, according to certain rules of melody, tends to increase our gratifica tion, to strengthen our principles, and to excite si milar feelings and sentiments in others. Through the attraction of Poetry and Music combined our sentiments are conveyed with increased effect, and find a more agreeable and ready ac2 cess to the heart. When many unite together and exert their melodious powers in harmony, the effect will be still greater. It seems to have been on this principle, that the ancient Greeks sung their Pæan, as they were marching to the battle; and that other nations had their war songs to encourage and strengthen them for the conflict. There are at this time songs in the English and other languages descriptive of the various pursuits to which men are attached, and suited to their depraved inclinations, niany of these being in favor of lewdness and intemperance, by which impure desires are fed, the bondage of sin strengthened, and the contagion communicated to others. The danger increases in proportion to the numbers engaged, and in places of public dissipation extends to multitudes at once. Hence wise and humane governments, anxious rather to prevent than to punish crimes, have considered it a

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