Excerpt from The Wesleyan Sacred Harp: A Collection of Choice Tunes and Hymns for Prayer, Class, and Camp Meetings, Choirs, and Congregational Singing The object we have in view in the compilation of "The Wesleyan Sacred Harp," is, to supply a denominational want which is felt and often expressed, by our preachers and people. We wish to furnish, in a convenient form for use, a book containing a sufficient variety of tunes and hymns, for Prayer, Class and Camp Meetings, and Congregational Singing. The Tunes are old, and new. We have been careful in our selections to have the soul of music in view. Many of the tunes - not altogether new - have never appeared in a work of this kind before. They will be sung with great pleasure and profit. The Hymns are chiefly from the Methodist Hymn Book. They are our choice hymns, to which we have always been obliged to flee, when penny-royals have sickened, and been cast aside. We have introduced many hymns, not found in our Hymn Book, of a decidedly popular character, which will be sung while God continues to bless men. We commit the work to God, and His children, praying that all who sing from these pages on earth, may sing the New Song in Heaven forever. 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.

Published in 1856, this is a collection of old Sacred Harp, also known as shape note, songs and hymns.

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