Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book (Classic Reprint)

For many years I have been importuned to publish such a hymn-book as might be generally used in all our congregations throughout Great Britain and I reland. I have hitherto withstood the importunity, as I believed such a publication was needless, considering the various hymn-books which my brother and I have published within these forty years last past; so that it may be doubted whether any religious community in the world has a greater variety of them. 2. But it has been answered, Such a publication is highly needful upon this very account: for the greater part of the people, being poor, are not able to purchase so many books ;and those that have purchased them are, as it were, bewildered in the immense variety. A proper Collection of Hymns for general use, carefully made out of all these books, is therefore still wanting; and one comprised in so moderate a compass, as to be neither cumbersome nor expensive. 3. It has been replied, You have such aC ollection already, (entitled Hymns andS piritual Songs )which I extracted several years ago from a variety of hymn-books. But it is objected, This is in the other extreme: it is far too small. It does not, it cannot, in so narrow a compass, contain variety enough ;not so much as we want, among whom, singing make3 so considerable a part of the public service. AY hat we want is, aC ollection not too large, that it may be cheap and portable; nor too small, that it may contain a sufficient variety for all ordinary occasions. 4. Such aH ymn-B ook you have now before you. It is not so large as to he either cumbersome or expensive; and it is large enough to contain such a variety of hymns as will not soon be worn threadbare. It is large enough to contain all the important truths of our most holy religion, whether speculative or practical; yea, to illustrate them all, and to prove them both byS cripture and reason; and t
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
Country USA
Manufacturer Forgotten Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2012-05-26

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Forgotten Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2012-05-26

Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book (Classic Reprint)

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