Perkins, Henry [compiler]. Parish Hymns. A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Private Worship. Selected and Original. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, (1843). Black Levant Morocco bordered and titled in gilt, joints cracked yet boards still attached, 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, text block tight. iv, 480 clean pp., with indices. Good. Hardcover.
"Stereotyped by S. Douglas Wyeth. I. Ashmead, Printer" on copyright page.
618 selections; words only, no music.
We find this hymnal associated with the Presbyterian church. It was attacked in print by fellow Presbyterian the Rev. Nathan S. S. Beman (who was often on the attack); Beman had a competing hymnal at the time.
The publisher, Henry Perkins, was also the compiler, and responded to Beman with Review of a Pamphlet, Entitled 'The Church Psalmist,' published by himself ca. 1844.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
