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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

List of Baptist hymn books and hymnals 1826--1850

Baptist hymn books and hymnals 1826--1850
  • The Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn Book, Joseph F. Winks, Loughborough, circa 1825
  • A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, adapted to Public and Private Worship: by a Committee appointed by the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, E. S. Bailey, William B. Maxson, H. Clark, Schenectady, NY: Isaac Riggs, 1826
  • The Christian's Pocket-Companion, being a Choice Collection of Devotional Hymns, for the Use of Christians, in Public Worship and Private Devotion: especially the Baptist Denomination, Joseph C. Royce, Enfield, MA: John Howe, 1826
  • The Young Christian's Companion, Gustavus Davis, Boston, MA: True & Greene, 1826
  • A Choice Selection of Spiritual Songs, Many of Which are Entirely New, and Never before Published, James Reid, Washington, DC: Columbian Office, 1827
  • The Pilgrim’s Companion: Being a Collection of Hymns in General Use in Private Circles and Conference Meetings: with a Few Never Before Published, Jason Lothrop, Newport, NY: Jason Lothrop, 1827
  • Conference Hymns, 2nd edition, D. Greene, Providence, RI: Hutchens & Cory, 1828
  • Original Hymns, John Mann, London: Printed for the Author, 1828
  • The Dover Selection, Andrew Broaddus, Caroline, VA: Andrew Broaddus, 1828
  • The General Baptist Hymn-Book: containing upwards of seven hundred and fifty hymns, selected from more than fifty different authors, John Deacon, Loughborough, UK: J.F. Winks, 1828
  • A Supplement to the General Baptist Hymn-Book: being a collection selected from more than sixty different authors, Robert Smith, Loughborough, UK: Winks, 1828
  • A Selection of Hymns: including a Few Originals, designed to aid the Friends of Zion in their Private and Social Worship, Enoch Freeman, Exeter, NH: John C. Gerrish, 1829
  • Choice Hymns, for Social and Private Devotion and Lord's Day Schools, Jonathan Howe, Boston, MA: J. Howe, 1829
  • Hymns of Zion: being a Selection of Hymn for Social Worship, Compiled chiefly for the Use of Baptist Churches, Benjamin M. Hill, New Haven, CT: Durrie and Peck, 1829
  • A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, from the Best Authors, Designed for the Use of Conference Meetings, Private Circles, and Congregations, 8th edition, H. Miller, Cincinnati, OH: Morgan and Sanxay, 1830
  • The Baptist Conference and Prayer Meeting Hymn Book: Selected from the Best Authors and Compilers, Together with a Number never before Published, Paris M. Davis, Binghamton, NY: Davis and Comstock, 1830
  • A Selection of Hymns, for Conference Meetings, Designed for the Use of Baptist Churches, Jairus Handy, Buffalo, NY: Steele & Faxon, 1831
  • A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors: adapted to Public Worship and Social Prayer Meetings, John Courtney, Richmond, VA: T. W. White, 1831
  • A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors, adapted to Public and Private Worship, E. S. Bailey, William B. Maxson, H. Clark, Seventh Day Baptist General Conference,  Homer Village, NY: Printed at the Office of the Protestant Sentinel, 1832
  • A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Sunday Schools, William Gadsby, London: J. Gadsby, 1852 (first edition circa 1832)
  • Hymns for Christian Melody: Selected from Various Authors, Henry Hobbs, Samuel Beede, and William Burr, Boston, MA: D. Marks, 1832
  • Manual of Christian Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, Rufus Babcock, Lowell Mason, David Greene, Boston, MA: Perkins & Marvin, 1832
  • Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Selected for the use of the United Churches of Christ, commonly called Free Will Baptist, in North Carolina: and for Saints of all Denominations, Jesse Heath, Elias Hutchins, New Bern, NC: Thomas Watson, 1832
  • Hymns, J. H. Hinton, London: n.p., 1833
  • Hymns Composed on Several Subjects and on Divers Occasions: In Five Parts, Richard Davis, John Gill and J. A. Jones, London: Printed for E. Palmer, 1833
  • The Choice, in Two Parts, William Dossey, 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Stereotyped for the Comp. by John Howe, 1833
  • The Baptist Harmony, being a Selection of Choice Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Social Worship, Staunton S. Burdett, Philadelphia, PA: T. W. Ustick, 1834
  • The Lyrica: a Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, adapted to General Use, S. Williams, Pittsburgh, PA: D. M. Hogan, 1834
  • The Conference Manual: containing a Selection of Devotional Hymns for Social, Religious Meetings, Ebenezer Cummings and Edmund Worth, Concord, NH: N. E. Baptist Register Press, 1835
  • The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, William Walker, New Haven, CT: Nathan Whiting, 1835
  • The United Baptist Selection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Selected with Great Care for the Use of the Baptists in the United States by a Member of the United Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, TN: W. Hasell Hunt & Company, and C.C. Norvell, 1835
  • Hymns of Praise, a New Selection of Gospel Hymns, Combining All the Excellencies of our Spiritual Poets, with Many Originals, Edward Mote, London: J. Nichols, 1836
  • Old School Sonnets, or a Selection of Choice Hymns for the use of the Old School Baptists, James Osbourn, Baltimore, MD: John D. Toy, 1836
  • The Hymn Book of the New Connexion of General Baptists, General Baptist Association, Leicester: Hull, Harley and Company, 1836
  • Select Hymns: adapted to the Devotional Exercises of the Baptist Denomination (2nd ed.), James H. Linsley and Gustavus F. Davis, Hartford, CT: Canfield and Robins, 1837
  • The Saints' Melody: a New Selection of Upwards of One Thousand Hymns, founded upon the Doctrines of Distinguishing Grace, and Adapted to every Part of the Christian Experience and Devotion in the Ordinances of Christ, David Denham, London: Wrightman, 1837
  • A Selection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted Chiefly for Congregational Use and Social Worship, B. W. Noel, London: L. and G. Seeley, 1838 (This selection was first published in 1832 while Noel was still in the Church of England. In 1853 an appendix of "Hymns to be used at the Baptism of Believers" was added.)
  • The Baptists' Hymn Book, being a Collection of Upwards of One Thousand Hymns, John Stenson, Chelsea: Wilsher and Pite, 1838
  • A Selection of Hymns from Various Authors, new and enlarged edition, James Wells, London: Robert Banks, 1840
  • The Child's Wreath of Hymns and Songs, Mrs. C. J. Simons, Maulmaih, Burma: American Baptist Mission Press, 1840
  • Hymns for Christian Melody, Selected from Various Authors, David Marks, Dover, NH: Trustees of the Free-Will Baptist Connection, 1841
  • The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs, and Sacred Poems, Benjamin Lloyd, 1841 (3rd edition, Wetumpka, AL, 1845)
  • Zion's Songs and Hymns for Zion's Children at Zion Chapel, Waterloo Road, London, Arthur Triggs, Plymouth: W. B. Triggs, 1841
  • American Baptist Sabbath-school Hymn-book, Joseph A. Warne, Philadelphia, PA: David Clark, 1842
  • Conference Hymns for Social Worship: Selected and Original (8th ed.), David Benedict, Providence, RI: I. H. Cady, 1842
  • The Baptist Hymn Book: Original and Selected: in two parts, Wm. C. Buck, Louisville, KY: J. Eliot & Co., 1842
  • The Old Baptist Hymn Book, Richard Knight and John Tillinghast, Providence, RI: n.p., 1842
  • The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs: from the most approved authors; adapted to the various occasions of public and social meetings, Andrew Broaddus,  Richmond, VA: Smith, Drinker & Morris, 1842
  • Hymns for Social Meetings, A. D. Gillette, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1843
  • The Pilgrim's Choice, a Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, lately compiled from various authors: Designed for the use of Conference Meeting, Private Circles and Congregations, David W. Andrews, Jacksonville AL: J. F. Grant, 1843
  • The Psalmist: a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches, Baron Stow and S. F. Smith, Boston, MA: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1843
  • A Baptist Hymn-Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth, Wilson Thompson, Greenfield, IN: D. H. Goble, 1844
  • North Carolina Sonnets, James Osbourn, Baltimore, MD: James Osbourn, 1844
  • The Sacred Harp, B. F. White, 1844, (1860 by S. C. Collins, Philadelphia, PA)
  • Zion's Harp, Dover, NH: Trustees of Free Will Baptist Connection, 1844
  • The Republican Hymn Book: containing a new and original set of Hymns and Spiritual Songs (2nd Edition), Thomas Herbert, Covington, KY: At the Office of the Kentucky Intelligencer, 1845
  • The Companion: a New Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs adapted to Devotional Exercises, J. M. D. Cates, Nashville, TN: Graves & Shankland, 1846
  • The Free Will Baptist Hymn Book: Containing Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Enoch Cobb, New Bern, CT:  William G. Hall, 1846
  • Baptist Hymn Book, William C. Buck, Louisville, KY: G. H. Monsarrat, 1847
  • Christian Psalmody, a New Collection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Divine Worship, Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, New York, NY: G. B. Utter & E. G. Champlin, 1847
  • The Psalmist: a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of Baptist Churches, with a Supplement; by Richard Fuller and J. B. Jeter, Boston, MA: Gould and Lincoln, 1847
  • The Social Psalmist: a New Selection of Hymns for Conference Meetings and Family Worship, Baron Stow and Samuel F. Smith, Boston, MA: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1848
  • The Western Harp, or Hymns, Spiritual Songs, and Sacred Poems, on a variety of subjects, Peter Long, Greenville, IL: 1848
  • Conference Hymns: a New Collection of Hymns, designed especially for use in Conference and Prayer Meetings and Family Worship, John Dowling, New York, NY: Edward H. Fletcher, 1849
  • Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion: a Collection of Hymns and Music; for the use of Bethels, Chaplains of the Navy and Private Devotion of Mariners, Phineas Stow, Boston, MA: Phineas Stow, 1849
  • The Baptist Harp: a New Collection of Hymns for the closet, the family, social worship, and revivals, Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1849
  • The Manual of the Sacred Choir, a Selection of Tunes and Hymns, Eli Ball, Richmond, VA: Harrold & Murray, 1849
  • A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Baptist Congregations: intended as a supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, John Haddon, London:  J. Haddon, 1850
  • Select Hymns for Public and Private Worship, Committee of Second Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA: H. Griffith, 1850
  • The Baptist Psalmody: a selection of hymns for the worship of God, Basil Manly and B. Manly, Jr., New York, NY: Sheldon & Co., 1850

2 comments:

Eric said...

If anyone has copies of the Seventh Day Baptist Hymnals, please let me know. Interested in the 1832 and 1847 versions, but more specifically in the 1826 first edition.

R. L. Vaughn said...

Eric, you might check with Haaswurth Books. He often comes across some very rare books.

https://www.haaswurth.com/collections/hymnals-music

https://www.haaswurth.com/blogs/news/a-merril-smoak-jr-baptist-hymnal-collection