A HYMN BOOK, COMPILED FOR THE CHURCH OF St. John the Apostle and Grangelist, LONGSIGHT. "O sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. "For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.-Psalm xlvii. 6-7. SECOND EDITION. MANCHESTER: ALBERT MEGSON, 107, MARKET STREET. Danny 1472. My object in compiling this Hymn Book has been simply to bring together in one Collection those Psalms and Hymns, ancient and modern, where the most beautiful thoughts seemed to me to be clothed in the most reverential language. With this view I have drawn from all sources; and I thankfully express my obligation to those from whose Collections I have ventured to borrow. There are several other Hymns which might have been included, but I purposely limited myself. Where the Hymns are so numerous, they can never be sung sufficiently often for the Congregation to be familiar with them. We always speak of a HYMN Book, aud therefore I have omitted the title of Psalms, and arranged such of the metrical versions of the Psalms as I have introduced under the general title of Hymns. JAMES AUGUSTUS ATKINSON. LONGSIGHT RECTORY, |