Wesley, John. A Collection of Hymns, For the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Principally from the collection of The Rev. John Wesley, A. M. With a Supplement. New-York: G. Lane & P. P. Sanford, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 200 Mulberry-st. | J. Collard, Printer, 1842. [12401]
Small pocket hymnal, 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches, full brown leather with a black leather title label to the spine, gilt titles & lines to spine, some edge-wear with a small chip near the bottom of the spine, joints very good with no cracks. Lacks the front free end papers (blanks), 623 pp., some old light stains in the text. Good. Hardcover.
697 hymns, words only, metre noted, each with a suggested tune name. Also, a Bible text index and index of first lines.
The ministers recommending this hymnal are Robert R. Roberts, Joshua Soule, Elijah Hedding, James O. Andrew, Beverly Waugh, and Thomas A. Morris.
"In presenting this revised Hymnbook to you for your use, we humbly trust that we are putting into your hands one of the choicest selections of evangelical hymns, suitable for private devotion, as well as for family, social, and public worship, by which you will be much aided in the performance of these important parts of divine service." - p. 4.
