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Title: Hymns for Christian Devotion
Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination
Author: J.G. Adams
E.H. Chapin
Release Date: January 29, 2007 [EBook #20476]
Language: English
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HYMNS
FOR
CHRISTIAN DEVOTION;
ESPECIALLY
ADAPTED TO
THE UNIVERSALIST DENOMINATION
BY J. G. ADAMS AND E. H. CHAPIN.
TWENTY-SECOND EDITION.

BOSTON:
ABEL TOMPKINS.
1853.
PREFACE.
In presenting this work to the public, the compilers would say, that they
do not intend it as a rival of any other Hymn Book already in existence;
but, if advancement in the light of other good works be allowable, as an
improvement on them all. Although evidently designed in one sense for
a denomination, they have also intended that it shall answer in some
measure the demands of a liberal and progressive Christianity--a
Christianity, under whatever name or pretension found, that would
diffuse Christ's spirit and do his works of truth and love among men.
We have sought to give variety in these Hymns; to have the number
ample enough; and while cautious in reference to their literary
character, to select those of a devotional tendency, rather than those
chiefly commendable for their poetical excellence. We have intended
also to pay due respect to the old Hymns so justly familiar with those of
every age among our worshippers, while we have not been unmindful
of the new claimants of public favor.
It will be perceived that there is a greater variety of Hymns on several
topics than in most other Hymn Books now in use among us; especially
in reference to the philanthropic nature of our religion, and the peculiar
indications of this nature in the present age. In the department of the
book entitled "Triumph of Christianity," faithfulness in representing
this great truth is designed. In all instances where the authorship of a
hymn could be ascertained, it has been given. Of a few hymns, however,
taken from a copy of the new Cambridge Unitarian Hymn Book, kindly
handed us in sheets, it was not known whether they were original or not.
They appear in this book, therefore, in company with quite a number of
original ones, without any special mark thus to designate them.
To the friends who have so kindly aided us, by suggestions or
contributions, we return our sincere thanks; and to the Christian public
do we now humbly dedicate this work, invoking the blessing of God
upon its use, and praying that it may be welcomed by many souls
seeking the aids and blessings of Christian devotion.

J. G. Adams,

E. H. Chapin.
_ Boston, August 1, 1846._
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by
ABEL
TOMPKINS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of
Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE A. CURTIS, BOSTON.
GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS
HYMNS.
Introduction and Close of Worship,
1 to 100
Character, Attributes and Providence of God,
101 to 148
General Praise,
149 to 167
Religion of Nature,
168 to 183
The Scriptures,