Hymns of Zion; being a Selection of Hymns for Social Worship, compiled chiefly for the use of Baptist Churches

Hill, Benjamin

Published by Durrie and Peck | Stereotyped by A. Chandler, New-Haven, 1832

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Full leather binding, strip of leather torn from front & spine, gilt lines to spine, 10 cm (4 x 2 1/4 inches), joints good. Lacks the ffep. 256 pp., foxing, tight, complete. . Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, H3795. The first edition was published in 1829; the second edition was first published in 1830.Benjamin Munro Hill (1793-1881), Pastor of the Baptist Church in New Haven at the time of this compilation. The Prefaces (first & second) which introduce this volume contain apologies by Hill for some of the crudeness of the selections, and, after saying hymns were added with reluctance, says, "But those hymns possess a great local popularity, and could not have been omitted without opposing the wishes of many valuable men." Hill was noted for his 1829 Sermon delivered before the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, entitled, The Moral Responsibility of Civil Rulers.With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS. Seller Inventory # 8656

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Title: Hymns of Zion; being a Selection of Hymns ...

Publisher: Durrie and Peck | Stereotyped by A. Chandler, New-Haven

Publication Date: 1832

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Good

Edition: Second Edition.