Excerpt from A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: Chiefly Adapted for Public Worship The Editors invite atten tion to the arrangement by which the present volume is chiefly distinguished, end which appears to them to render the work as complete as its nature will admit of, embracing as it does, let, The best versions of the Psalms which have yet been produced; 2ndly. A series of Hymns adapted to the Festivals of the Church, and other occasions of periodical recur rence; and 3rdly. A collection of Hymns embodying the great truths of Christianity, and applicable to Most all the usual topics of pulpit instruction. In forming and arranging this third divi sion, one object has been to fumish that numerous class. Whose reading is necessarily limited, with a compendious outline of Christian Doctrine, Practice. Experience. And How. This will account for the insertion of a. Few in this Part. Scarcely admissible in Public Worship. But almost necessary to complete the chain of mlivimn truth which without them would have seemed defective. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.