PARTLY COLLECTED, AND PARTLY ORIGINAL, DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT ΤΟ DR. WATTS' PSALMS AND HYMNS. BY WILLIAM BENGO COLLYER, D. D. Λαλῶνίες ἑαυτοῖς Ψαλμοῖς, καὶ Ὕμνοις, καὶ ΩΔΑΙΣ πνευματικαῖς· δονίες Assembled men, to the deep organ join THOMSON. PAUL. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PREFACE. THE following volume of Hymns is submitted to the public, in consequence of the earnest representations of very many to whose judgment I cannot but pay deference, that it is a desirable work as a supplement to the inimitable productions of Dr. Watts. I had at first intended to prepare for my own congregation a selection of hymns, and to present to them some original compositions which they had sung after the discussion of particular subjects, and which they had condescended to approve: but when it was suggested to me, that the work might appear with more advantage as a general publication, and when some congregations had enforced private judgment, by promising to adopt these compositions, I enlarged my original plan, and endeavoured to render the volume worthy the place it professes to occupy, as an appendage to psalms and hymns which have the suffrage of the great and the good of every denomination. In making this statement, my intention is candidly to develop the principles upon which this work was undertaken; and totally to disclaim |