Edwin A. Bedell Church Hymnary

Annotation

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In the preparation of a Hymn Book combined with appropriate Tunes, each page must be complete in itself, and the Hymns of a single Metre. This exi geney has compelled, at times, the omission of some stanzas that otherwise would have been retained; and, in some few instances, of a good Hymn, also, for which no appropriate place could be found. But, in every such case, it will be seen, it is thought, that an equal or superior production, on the same tepic, has been inserted. The versions and paraphrases of the Psalms, for the same reason, are intermingled with the Hymns; but their character is sufficiently indicated by the headings; and their places by the Index of Scripture Texts.