'Some passages require not any considerable change from the common, either In movement or quantity; but either a peculiar distinctness of utterance, or some peculiar distinction in the tone or modulation of voice. This expression, or rather these varieties of expression, are denoted by the letter d. This symbol is, indeed, not so much to indicate the particular manner of performance, as to arrest attention, and notify that some peculiar manner is required. Where it is applied, however, whether to passages marked as quotations, or to such as express abhorrence, scorn, indignation, or any other passion or feeling, the judicious performer will, in general, readily perceive the requisite expression.

"If a psalm or hymn begins without any symbol of expression, it is to be considered as common, until some symbol is applied. When any symbol is applied, that is to be considered as being continued, until some other occurs. The short dash (-) after any other symbol, denotes the passage to be in all respects

common.

"The general character of each psalm or hymn, as before intimated, is intended to be designated by the tune, or tunes, to which it is referred; and in applying the symbols of expression, each passage of the psalm or hymn has been considered relatively to the prevailing character of the whole, and to the bearings of the several passages. Hence, some passages are marked differently from what they would have been, had the psalm or hymn to which they belong, been of a different prevailing character, or the passages with which they stand connected, required different kinds of expression.

In some

"In the Punctuation, regard has been had to musical expression. instances, therefore, different points or pauses are inserted, from what would have been used, had the grammatical construction, only, been regarded. The dash is intended to denote an expressive suspension. In order to good expression, a distinct and judicious observance of the pauses, is absolutely necessary.

"In reference to persons, the relative who is preferred to that, because it is better for musical sound. For the same reason, in reference to things, that is preferred to which."

"It only remains for the Compiler and Editor humbly to commend the work, in its several parts and forms, to the candour of the religious public-with the devout hope, that it will promote their improvement and delight in the high praises of GOD; and above all, to the favour of HIM, who is 'fearful in praises,' and whose approbation is the highest meed—with the fervent prayer, that, under his gracious blessing, it may contribute to the advancement of his great salvation, and to the glory of his adorable NAME.”

To these sentiments of a revered and beloved parent, I would humbly and cordially subscribe.

Amherst College, Jan. 20, 1834.

SAMUEL M. WORCESTER.

A TABLE,

TO FIND ANY PSALM OR HYMN BY THE FIRST LINE.

ACCORDING to thy.

A charge to keep I have.......... 705 Behold thy waiting................ |

...

311 379 542

Adore and tremble...
Alas! and did my..
Alas! what hourly..
All glory to the................... 493
All hail the power................ 521
All mortal vanities.
304
All ye who feel...
689

354

664 Behold the wretch..
241
Behold! what wondrous.......... 322
Behold, where in a mortal......... 669
Being of beings, God of............ 692
Beneath our feet, and o'er......... 760
Bestow, dear Lord, upon.......... 608
Bless, O my soul, the living.......
Blessed are the sons...
Bless'd be the everlasting....
Bless'd be the Father............. 491
Bless'd morning, whose........... 418
Bless'd with the joys...........

All ye who love the.................... 287
Almighty Ruler................

206

568 305

450

Amidst thy wrath..

110 Blest are the humble...

344

Among th' assemblies.
Among the princes.....
And are we wretches.
And is the gospel...
And let this feeble.......................
And must this body..
And now the scales.

....

And will the God of...

And will the great..........

594 | Blest is the nation..

100

Angels! from the realms.....

Angels, roll the rock.......

Are all the foes of Zion..........

135

Bread of heaven! on.

740

Asleep in Jesus, blessed.......... 759 As new-born babes... 365 706 Assembled at thy great............ 734 By whom was David.................................. 552 At every motion of our............ 678 CAN creatures to perfection....... | Attend, my soul... 507 Can sinners hope for.............. 678 Children in years.. 102 Children of God, awake!............................ 735 Children of the heavenly Christ and his cross.

Come, thou condescending....
Come, thou Fount....

628

From age to age exalt.............

216

556

230

From deep distress....

257

702

722

Come, thou long-expected Jesus... 602 Come to Calvary's holy mountain.. 689 Come, tune, ye saints... 519 Come, we that love the Lord...... 391 Come, ye sinners, poor and wretch. 686 Come, ye weary sinners...................... 688 Come, ye weary souls............. 577 Command thy blessing........................ 737 | Consider all my sorrows.......... 243 DARK was the night and... 661 Daughter of Zion, awake from thy. 770 Daughter of Zion, from the dust... 727 Daughters of Zion, come.......... 327 David rejoiced in God.. 84 Day of judgment, day of wonders! 653 Dear as thou wert, and................................ 757 757 Dearest of all the names.. 460

419

From every earthly...
From Greenland's icy.
From heaven the shining......... 433
From thee, my God.
From whence these............... 516
From year to year in.............. 742
Full of trembling.
714
GENTILES by nature, we........ 350
Gently, Lord, O gently.
Give me the wings of............. 456
Give thanks to God, he....
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Give thanks to God, invoke....... 212
Give thanks to God most.
264
Give thanks to God the........... 263
Give to our God immortal......... 266
Give to the Father.........

710

216

494 Give to the Lord, ye sons. sons......................... 94 Glorious things of thee are. are........ 616 Glory to God on high.

|
524
Glory to God the Father's......... 491
Glory to God the Trinity.......... 492
Glory to God who walks.......... 409
Glory to thee, my God............
God..................................... 631
God in his earthly..
God in the gospel of............................
God is a Spirit just....
God is gone up on high.
God is the refuge of....

180

675

361

665

121

Dear Jesus, when, when shall it be 541
Dear Lord, and shall thy Spirit.......... 531
Dear Lord, behold our sore distress 468
Dear Saviour, we are thine............ 699 |
Death cannot make our souls afraid 403
Death may dissolve my body now. 306
Death, 'tis a melancholy day...... 404]
Deceived by subtle snares of hell.. 346 |
Deep in our hearts let us record... 155
Deep in the dust....
355
Descend from heaven............. 387
Did Christ o'er sinners................ .... 660
Descend, Holy Spirit.. ......................... 540
Didst thou, dear Jesus. ....... 550
Dismiss us with thy..
587
Do we not know that............. 354
Down headlong from.............. 433
Dread Sovereign, let my.......... 378
EARLY, my God, without....... 142
Earthly joys no longer............ 704
Encompassed with clouds......... 538 God the eternal, awful................................
292 | God who in various.

God moves in a mysterious........ 5-18
God my supporter and...
God of eternal love...
God of my childhood..
God of my life.
God of my mercy..
God of the morning.
God of the seas.

Eternal God, enthroned......................... 642 Good is the Lord, the...................................
Eternal Lord, from land.
Go, preach my gospel......................................
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Eternal source of every
593 Go to dark Gethsemane..
Eternal Sovereign of.............. 461
461
Eternal Spirit, God of.........
673
Eternal Spirit, we confess......... 453
Eternal Wisdom, thee.....
506
201

161

215

158

112

220

332

416

390

316

148

357 669

98

52

Page.
Hail, hail, sweet cherub.......
771
Hail, mighty Jesus................ 579
Hail the day that saw............. 518
Hail, thou once despised.. ...... 525
Hail to the Lord's anointed....... 728
Happy is he who fears............ 225
Happy soul, thy days........................... 756
756||
Happy the church, thou........... 412
Happy the city where....................................... 275
Happy the heart...
397
Happy the man to whom........................
Happy the man whose..........................
Hark! from the tombs............ 412
Hark! that shout of......
Hark! the glad sound............. 512
Hark! the herald angels say...... 518
Hark! the herald angels sing.... 509
Hark! the Redeemer............. 326
Hark! the song of Jubilee......... 729
Hark! the voice of love........... 613
Hark! what mean those holy...... 657
Hark! what mean those lamen.... 720
Hasten, O sinner, to be wise...... 681
Heal us, Emmanuel, here....
Hear me, O God, nor.
Hear, O sinner, mercy............ 687
Hear what God the Lord.......... 617
617
Hear what the Lord in.............................. 182
Hear what the Lord the........... 605
605
Hear what the voice...
301 |
Heaven has confirmed the........ 643
Heavenly Spirit, may...
736

Page.

260

597

748

How pleasant 'tis to see.
How pleased and blest............ 250
How precious is the book.......... 674
How rich are thy.................. 481
How rich thy bounty.
How rich by gifts................
How sad our state by nature....... 428
How shall I my Saviour........... 556
How shall I praise..
470
How shall my soul find.................................. 694
How shall the sons.
336
How shall the young.

236

482 697

How short and hasty.............. 393
766 | How soft the words.
608
How strong thine arm............. 313
How sweet and awful....................................
How sweet, how heavenly.
How sweetly along the,........................、.. 635
How sweetly flowed the.......... 659
How sweet the name of........... 670
How sweet to leave the.....
How swift the torrent rolls.....
How vain are all things.
How vain is all beneath.
How will my heart.......

553
203

745

749

402

677

680

How wondrous great........................................ 427 I ASKED the Lord that I.......... 540 I cannot bear thine absence................. 445 If God succeed not, all............ 254 If God to build the house.......... 254 If human kindness meets......... 663 If 'tis sweet to mingle. 745 I give immortal praise............. 494 761 I hate the tempter... 464

...

517 I know that my Redeemer..... 525 I lift my banner, saith............. 67 I lift my soul to God...................................... 418 I'll bless the Lord..

376

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560

307

90

103

I'll praise my Maker.............. 279
I'll speak the honours................................... 119
I long to behold him...................................... 753
I love the Lord, he................ 229
188 I love the windows...

I love thy kingdom, Lord.........................
I'm not ashamed to..

458

742

345 692

He comes! he comes! the............ 762 He comes! the conqueror.. He dies! the friend... He lives-the great... Help, Lord, for men of.......................... Hence from my soul... Here, at thy cross.. Here, at thy table, Lord........... 611 He reigns, the Lord, the........... 198 Here let us see thy face........... 739 He who hath made his. He who on earth as man................. 600 High as the heavens.............. 444 High in the heavens.............. 106 In all my Lord's appointed..... High on a hill of dazzling............... 384 In all my vast concerns........... 270 His master taken from............ 598 In anger, Lord, rebuke................................ Holy Ghost, dispel our.......................... 672 Indulgent Sovereign... Honour and happiness. .......... 572 | Infinite grief! amazing.. Honour to the Almighty. 493 In Gabriel's hand a mighty.... Hosanna, &c... ....495-6 In God's own house.... Hosanna to our..... 428 In Judah, God of old...................................... 166 Hosanna to the Prince.... 420 In sin by blinded passions......... 531 Hosanna to the royal... ....... 301 Inspirer and hearer of............. 631 Hosanna with a cheerful.... 378 In sweet exalted strains........... 594 House of our God, with............. 639 In the floods of tribulation........ 712 How are thy glories... 490 In themselves as weak as......... 590 How are thy servants... 565 In thine own ways... 308 How awful is thy............ 168 In this world of sin and........... 642 297 Into thy hand, O God............. 649 In vain our fancy strives.......... 755 757 In vain the wealthy......

I sing my Saviour's............... 444 Israel in ancient days.............. 508 Is there ambition in my............ 258 Is this the kind return............ 419 68 It is the Lord, enthroned.......... 550 69 It is the Lord, our Saviour......... 205 528 1 waited patient for the............ 113

How oft have sin and Satan....... 362 I was a grovelling creature........ 544

How pleasant, how divinely.

.....

175| I will extol thee, Lord..

95

Page.
191

Lift up to God the...
Light of life, seraphic...
Like sheep we went.
Listen, ye hills, ye.

Lord, dismiss us with.

Page.

766

747

364

592

762

739

302

738

Lord, hast thou cast......................................... 140
Lord, how divine thy............. 480
Lord, how secure and..
408
Lord, how secure my................................. 350
Lord, I am thine, but.............. 75
Lord, I am vile.
133

562

764

316

Lord, I can suffer...........................................
Lord, I esteem thy..

59

238

485

JEHOVAH reigns, he.........................
Jehovah reigns, his throne........ 471
Jehovah speaks, let Israel................ 335
Jerusalem, my happy home................ 752 |
Jesus, and shall it ever be......... 536 Lo! he comes, the King............................... 652
Jesus, at thy command....
559 Lo! he comes, with..
Jesus, full of all compassion....... 578 Long as I live I'll bless................................ 276
Jesus, harmonious name.......... 671 Long have I sat beneath........... 469
Jesus, I know, has died for........ 544 Look down, O Lord, with......... 578
Jesus, immortal King, arise........ 723 Look up, my soul, with........... 622
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Jesus, I my cross have.............................. 700 Look up to yonder world.......... 716
Jesus, in thee our eyes............ 366 Lo! on a narrow neck of.......... 641
Jesus invites his saints........................ 475 | Lord, at thy table..
Jesus is gone above the......... 477 | Lord, at thy temple.
Jesus, lover of my soul.................................... 559
Jesus, my all to heaven........... 693
Jesus, my Lord, how rich................. 625
Jesus, our Lord, ascend........... 222
Jesus shall reign where'er......... 159
Jesus, the man of constant......... 298
Jesus, thy blood and..
Jesus, to thy dear wounds..
Jesus, we bless thy..
Jesus, we bow before...
Jesus, we lift our souls..
Jesus, whose blood so freely....... 554
Jesus, with all thy saints............................ 391
Join all the glorious names........ 372
Join all the names of love......... 371
Joy is a fruit that will.
547
Joy to the world the............... 200
Judge me, O Lord, and.................................. 92
Judges, who rule the world........ 139
Just are thy ways, and.......
77
KEEP silence, all created.......... 506
Kind is the speech.
328
Kindred in Christ, for............. 627
LADEN with guiít and............ 446
Lamb of God, whose.............. 739
Let all our tongues be one......... 479
Let all the earth their............. 197
Let all the heathen writers........ 238
Let children hear the.............. 169
Let everlasting glories...
452
Let every creature join............ 285
Let every mortal ear.............. 294
Let every tongue thy.............. 277
Let God arise in alt....
Let God the Father and.
Let God the Father live....

Lord, if thine eye....................................... 187
Lord, if thou dost not...
Lord, I have made thy.................................. 239
Lord, in the morning.
58
Lord, I will bless thee............. 102
Lord, I would spread..
Lord of all worlds...
Lord of life, all praise.....
Lord of the worlds above.......... 177
Lord, send thy word........................................ 619
Lord, thou hast called............. 178
Lord, thou hast heard....
232
Lord, thou hast searched............................ 268
Lord, thou hast seen........................................ 77
Lord, thou wilt hear.......................................... 57
Lord, 'tis a pleasant............... 191
Lord, we adore thy bounteous..... 486
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Lord, we adore thy vast........... 441
vast...
389
Lord, we are blind.
Lord, we come before thee........ 585
Lord, we confess our...
348
Lord, we have heard...................................... 117
Lord, what a feeble piece......... 188
Lord, what a heaven of........... 383
Lord, what a thoughtless.......... 102
Lord, what a wretched............ 405
Lord, what is man..
Lord, what our ears.
323 | Lord, what was man.

Let the wild leopards............
Let those who bear the.............................
Let us adore th' eternal............ 476
Let us awake our joys............. 522 Many woes had Christ............ 515
205 May I remember, Lord............ 711
Let Zion in her King............................. 121 | Men of God, go take............... 730