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Christian Psalmody;

THE

COMPRISING

BOOK OF PSALMS,

ARRANGED IN SUITABLE PORTIONS,

AND

Congregational Hymns,

I. On subjects suggested by the events, songs,
types,. prophecies, &c. of the Old Testament.
II. On the history, doctrines and duties of the
New Testament, arranged in the order of the
successive seasons and Sundays of the Liturgical
Year.

III. For miscellaneous occasions.

From the Apostolical prayers and

IV.
doxologies.

O come let us sing unto the Lord. Ps. xcv. 1.
Sing ye praises with understanding.
cxlvii. 7.

Ps.

I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with
the understanding also. 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

Teaching and admonishing one another in
Psalms and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs; sing-
ing, with grace in your hearts, to the Lord.
Col. iii. 16.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

In the very small, though judicious Selection, which has long been used in our Parish Church, sixty-seven Psalms are entirely omitted, and many important portions of others. A larger Selection has long been desired, by which the edification of the congregation, in the exercise of an interesting and animating part of devotion, might be promoted; and in which might be found suitable portions on those various subjects of religious praise, thanksgiving, and meditation, which are suggested by the Services of the Church in successive periods of life, and seasons of the year-by the discourses of the ministeror by the various special occasions which frequently occur. A reprint of the former Selection both of Psalms and Hymns has for some time been necessary, to supply numerous families, and new members of the Congregation. It has, therefore, been thought expedient, under such circumstances, to prepare an enlarged Selection, on a plan sufficiently comprehensive to provide for all the wants of congregational worship.

If the present compilation answers this end, and is acceptable and useful to the Congregations by whom it is used, the Compiler will be amply rewarded for the thought and labour of many /ears. The work has been long in preparation, nd long expected. The delay was unavoidable, less some part of the plan had been abanned; and the size of the book, which is a incipal subject of regret, would have been much ater, had not a most careful selection been

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