PSALMS, HYMNS, & SPIRITUAL SONGS; FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST; COMPILED BY JOHN R. BEARD, D.D., AND JAMES C. STREET. London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, and Co. Containing 704 Hymns, neatly and strongly bound in cloth, price 4s. If had of S. S. LAING, Lower Broughton, Manchester, to the value of not less than £1, price 2s. 6d. each, carriage paid. IF the compilers have secured their aims the volume will be found-1. Compre hensively scriptural; so as to comprise the great and enduring sources of spiritual life which are presented in the Bible, and supply hymns suitable to the various themes the Christian minister has to handle.-2. Purely scriptural; so as to be free from all encouragement to the worship of Christ, while fostering towards him love and reverence, and recognising as the sole proper object of adoration his Father and our Father, his God and our God.-3. Correspondent to the human soul, in furnishing to its several faculties the nutriment and exercise they need, so as to be a complete manual of practical devotion.-4. Suitable for the public services of the Christian Church in the subject, style, and brevity of the compositions of which it consists.-5. Catholic in origin and spirit, without trenching on the prerogatives of authorship, in presenting anonymously many of the best hymns of all ages and all branches of the one common Church of the Lord.-6. Specially adapted to the present times, in supplying the wants, encouraging the aspirations, and aiding the efforts of the home missionary enterprise. SCRIPTURAL SERVICE BOOK: A SERVICE BOOK, CONSISTING OF PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE, CHANTS AND ANTHEMS, AS PARTS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP In the Church of Christ. BY JOHN R. BEARD, D.D. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., STATIONERS' HALL COURT. MDCCOLXI 100.c. 51. |