Excerpt from Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Adapted to Private and Public Worship, Selected From Various Authors The Editor has consulted all the authors and' collections to which he could gain ao cess; and from not less than six thousand pages, has compiled the materials of this volume, (with the exception of a few hymns never before printed) - the main design of which is, to supply the many demands in our bounds with a choice collection of hymns and spiritual songs. They are arranged under particular heads, and the page is made to agree with the num ber of each hymn, which will greatly facili tate the finding of any particular one, suited to any given subject. 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.