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THE

PSALMS AND HYMNS,

WITH THE

CATECHISM,

CONFESSION OF FAITH, AND LITURGY,

OF THE

REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH

IN

NORTH AMERICA.

SELECTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE GENERAL SYNOD.

BY JOHN H. LIVINGSTON, D. D. S. T. P.

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and
edmonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, singing
with grace in your hearts unto the Lord."-Col. iii. 16.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

THE

ADDITIONAL HYMNS,

AND THE

CANONS OF THE SYNOD OF DORDRECHT,
WITH A NEW AND COPIOUS, INDEX.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY G. W. MENTZ & SON,

No. 53, NORTH THIRD STREET.

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Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1832, by Isaac L. KIP, (on behalf of the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church,) in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN........PHILADELPHIA.

PRINTED BY J. C. CLARK.

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31 0 28 Bieber

ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North
America, held at Albany, June, 1812.

A REVISION of the Psalms and Hymns now in use in the Dutch Church, having been requested and referred to the General Synod,, by the Particular Synod of New York; and it being desirable that our selection of Psalms and Hymns should be improved and enlarged:

Resolved, That the Synod request the Rev. Dr. Livingston to make a selection of Psalms and Hymns agreeably to the views expressed upon this subject; and they appoint the Rev. James V. C. Romeyn, James S. Cannon, Peter Steddiford, and John Schureman, a committee to whom Dr. Livingston will submit the selection; but for the greater security in a work of such importance, it is resolved, that after it is adopted by the committee, it shall be reported to the General Synod, and obtain their ultimate approbation before it be published.

Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, held at an extraordinary session, at New York, October, 1813.

The committee to whom Professor Livingston was requested to submit his selection of Psalms and Hymns, reported: That he had accomplished the work assigned him; that they have examined the same, and judge it to be a judicious and excellent selection; that they accordingly recommend it to the General Synod for their ultimate approbation, and suggest the propriety of having it immediately published and introduced into all our Churches.

The General Synod having received the report of the Committee appointed upon the subject of the Psalms and Hymns, and having inspected the selection made by the Rev. Professor Livingston, agreeably to the request of the General Synod in their last session, do express their high satisfaction and decided approbation of the same. It is therefore Resolved, That this selection be forthwith published and introduced into public worship in all our Churches. And the General Synod recommend the same to all families and individuals within their communion, to be adopted instead of the book which has hitherto been in use. It is further Resolved, That the Catechism, Articles of Faith, and what has formerly been published with the book of Psalms and Hymns, be also added to the new edition;-and that the copyright of the book be secured for the express and sole benefit of such students as may attend our theological lectures, and may need pecuniary assistance.

Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. Livingston be requested to superintend the publication of the first edition of the new Psalm Book, and when published that he affix his name thereto.

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EXTRACTS

From the Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America.

SESSION, JUNE, 1830.

Resolved, That the Rev. Thomas De Witt, D. D., William M'Murray D. D., Isaac Ferris, and the elders Peter D. Vroom, Jr., and John D. Keese, be a committee to select from the different collections now published Hymns on a variety of subjects, to constitute the second Book of Hymns, to be added to those now in use in all future editions of our Psalm and Hymr Book, and that said committee report such selection to the next General Synod for their approbation.

SESSION, JUNE, 1831.

The committee appointed by the last General Synod, reported a selection of Hymns. Whereupon the following resolutions were adopted.

1. Resolved, That the said additional hymns reported by the Committee appointed by the General Synod in 1830, be accepted, ordered to be published as a second Book of Hymns, and authorized to be used by the churches in the same manner as the Psalms and Hymns now in use.

2. Resolved, That all future editions of the Psalm Book shall contain the Additional Hymns, together with the Canons of the Church, as soon as the Board of Direction of the Corporation shall be able to make the necessary arrangements with the Publisher.

3 Resolved, That a separate edition of the Additional Hymns be pubfished.

4. Resolved, That the Board of Direction of the Corporation be directed to take out separate copyrights for each of the books, and authorize their publication; and that they superintend the publication of the first edition of each book.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The Subscribers, having entered into a contract with the Board of Corporation of the Reformed Dutch Church of North America, for publishing the Psalms and Hymns of said Church, have procured two sets of Stereotype Plates;—one of a large size,, and the other of a small size suitable for the Pocket. They now pledge themselves to keep a constant supply of the above Books, in various kinds of bindings, at reduced prices.

GEO. W. MENTZ & SON.

A TABLE

TO FIND ANY PSALM, OR PART OF A PSALM,

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Arise, my gracious God

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Amid thy wrath remember love...
As pants the hart for cooling, &c. .
A word in season, spoke with power
Are all the foes of Zion fools
Among the assemblies of the great 138
And will the God of grace
139
Among the princes, earthly gods 144
Again, my tongue thy silence, &c.
Awake, my soul, with fervent, &c.
Arise, O king of grace, arise
Awake, ye saints, to praise, &c.
All ye that love the Lord, rejoice.. 256
B

72

78

97

98

188

189

228

232

39

40

60

G Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame. God of my life, look gently down God is our refuge in distress Great is the Lord our God God counts the sorrows, &c. ...... 101 Great God, indulge my, &c. 103 Great God, attend to my, &c. ..... 109 God of my childhood, &c. Great God, whose universal sway 123 God, my supporter, and my hope 126 Great Shepherd of thine Israel.. 136 Great God attend, while Zion sings 141 God in his earthly temple lays 145 God, from his cloudy cistern, pours 176 Give thanks to God, &c.

56

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Behold! the lofty sky

Behold! the morning sun.........
Blest is the man, for ever blest
Blest is the nation where the Lord
Behold the love, the generous love
Behold the blest Redeemer comes. 76
Blest is the man whose bowels move 78
Behold! O God, what cruel foes... 135
Blest are the souls that hear, &c... 151
Before Jehovah's awful throne 168
Behold! the stately cedars stand.. 178
Behold the sure foundation stone. 200
Blest are the undefil'd in heart .... 202
Behold thy waiting servant, Lord. 208
Blest are the sons of peace
By Babel's stream the captive, &c.

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Give thanks to God; he, &c. ...... 184 God of my mercy and my praise 190 Great is the Lord, his works, &c. .. 193 Great is the Lord, exalted high... 231 Give thanks to God, most high .... 233 Give to our God immortal praise.. 235 H

How long, O Lord, &c.

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How long, eternal God, how long. 128 How awful is thy chast'ning rod.. 132 How pleasant, how divinely fair 140 162 Hear what the Lord in vision said 151 163 He, that hath made his refuge God 156 .211 He reigns; the Lord, &c. 164 Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face 171 Happy is he that fears the Lord ... 193 How shall the young secure, &c. .. 204 How did my heart rejoice to hear. 220 Had not the Lord, may Israel say. 221 Happy the city, where their sons..246 I

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