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PARTLY COLLECTED, AND PARTLY ORIGINAL,

DESIGNED AS A

SUPPLEMENT

ΤΟ

DR. WATTS' PSALMS AND HYMNS.

BY

WILLIAM BENGO COLLYER, D. D.

Ααλόνίες ἑαυτοῖς Ψαλμοῖς, καὶ Ὕμνοις, καὶ ΩΔΑΙΣ πνευματ
τικαῖς· ᾄδουλες καὶ ψάλλοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

PAUL.

Assembled men, to the deep organ join
The long-resounding voice, oft breaking clear,
At solemn pauses, through the swelling base;
And, as each mingling flame increases each,
In one united ardour rise to heaven!

THOMSON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR;

PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOS-
TER ROW, AND CADELL AND DAVIES, STRAND; SOLD ALSO BY T. CONDER,
BUCKLERSBURY, MRS. HARDING, PECKHAM; AND ALL OTHER BOOK-

SELLERS.

1812.

J. 6. BARNARD, SKINNER STREET, LONDON.

BV

459

1064 1812

PREFACE.

THE following volume of Hymns is submitted to the Public, in consequence of the earnest representations of very many to whose judgment I cannot but pay deference, that it is a desirable work as a supplement to the inimitable productions of Dr. Watts. I had at first intended to prepare for my own congregation a selection of hymns, and to present to them some original compositions which they had sung after the discussion of particular subjects, and which they had condescended to approve: but when it was suggested to me, that the work might appear with more advantage as a general publication, and when some congregations had enforced private judgment, by promising to adopt these compositions, I enlarged my original plan, and endeavoured to render the volume worthy the place it professes to occupy, as an appendage to psalms and hymns which have

the suffrage of the great and the good of every denomination. In making this statement, my intention is candidly to develop the principles upon which this work was undertaken; and totally to disclaim those imputations of rivalry which may, and probably will, be urged against me. Many have contributed, and contributed well, to the enlargement of the praises of Zion; and while I rejoice in their success, I feel persuaded, from a knowledge of their character, that they will not be displeased with me for casting my mite into the treasury. It remains only that I should explain my plan, and attempt to meet some objections which appear to lie against it.

As to my plan. I have been swayed by the following considerations:

1. I have attempted to give a greater compass to this part of our devotional exercises, both as to the number of the hymns, and the variety of the metres, than has yet been effected. The hymns consist of nearly one thousand

2. I have endeavoured to blend dignity and simplicity in the compositions. I wished to produce a volume that might be indeed supplementary to Dr. Watts. For this purdose, I consulted more than eighty volumes of the English pcets, before I examined collections and original compositions, as hymns. Nearly four hundred of these hymns have

either been extracted from larger poetical compositions, or are not used as hymnsthese, at least as to use, will be new. I have also been favoured with a variety of (in my estimation) very superior pieces, which have never before been published. These are arranged under the head ORIGINALS.

3. I have wished to introduce a greater variety of hymns on particular texts-on specific subjects-and on public occasions, than has hitherto been attempted. This is the first use of a supplement.

4. My reason for arranging the hymns under the title of their respective authors, rather than according to the subject, was-that every man has his peculiar style of composition; and I meant to present to the public, in one volume, the beauties and uses of many. In the prosecution of my plan, it has happened to me, as it must to all finite beings, that I have partly succeeded and partly failed. After having acted upon the principle which I had proposed to myself, I discovered that I had overlooked certain beautiful effusions, which I could not consent to omit; and these are superadded, under the title of ADDITIONAL, from the various authors who had been examined; the volume having been partly printed off, I could not do otherwise than thus class them, although it destroyed the original arrangement in part, without

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