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A COLLECTION OF

PSALMS AND HYMNS

FOR

PUBLIC WORSHIP:

CONTAINING

DR. WATTS'S VERSIFICATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, ENTIRE,
A LARGE PORTION OF DR. WATTS'S HYMNS, AND

PSALMS AND HYMNS BY OTHER AUTHORS,

SELECTED AND ORIGINAL.

Presbyterian Church in the 4.5. A,

PHILADELPHIA:

in

PUBLISHED BY PERKINS AND PURVFwhich

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, by

PERKINS & PURVES, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court
of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Stereotyped by

S. DOUGLAS WYETH, No. 7 Pear St. Philadelphia.

Printed by

L. ASHMEAD.

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PREFACE.

THE versification of the Psalms by Dr. Watts, to which he gave the title, descriptive of its character, The Psalms of David imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship—a work which has rendered his memory dear to a large portion of the church—is presented, in this volume, entire, and without alteration, except in the few instances of national allusion inappropriate to our country. Versifications by Dwight, Montgomery, and others, of the Psalms omitted by Dr. Watts, and of a few besides, have been inserted.

Of Dr. Watts's Hymns, nearly two hundred are to be found in this collection; the design has been to omit only those which are rarely used in public worship. Those standard productions of Doddridge, Cowper, Charles Wesley, Newton, Mrs. Steele, and others, which are precious to every pious heart, have also been carefully retained. For the remainder of the selection, a laborious examination has been made of a large number of Hymn-Books, and other volumes of religious poetry, British and American, with a view to meeting, as fully as possible, the demands of worshiping assemblies, particularly in reference to special occasions. The hymns which have been written for this collection are designated as original.

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