respects he has had the advantage of his Colleague's judgment; and, throughout, he, and also the Congregation generally, have been indebted to his other Co-adjutor, for valuable aid and suggestions, during a careful review of the Collection in different stages of it. Thus closing his long-continued and interesting engagement, he commends the Hymn Book to the Divine blessing. BRISTOL, Aug. 2. 1831. ARRANGEMENT OF THE HYMNS. THE following general Classification will aid in the selection of subjects. The same hymn, however, is sometimes capable of arrangement under different heads; and in such cases, a reference to the Alphabetical Index of Subjects, at the end of the volume, may be found expedient. BOOK I. HYMNS OF GENERAL HOMAGE, AND ON BOOK II. RESPECTING THE WORKS, THE ATTRIBUTES, SECT. 1. The Works and Natural Providence of God.... 2. The Attributes of God 3. God's Universal Government and Relation to the Righteous See also Book IV. Sect. 7. BOOK III. RESPECTING THE BLESSINGS OF THE SECT. 1. Excellency of Revelation in general, Hymns 1-38 39-62 63-96 97-122 and of the Gospel in particular. 123-138 2. Character, Work, and Death of Christ... 3. The Resurrection, Exaltation, and 139-166 167-179 SECT. 4. Promises of Divine Mercy by Christ Jesus See also Nos. 90-95. Hymns 180-194 5. Human Mortality, and the Gospel BOOK IV. RESPECTING THE DUTIES AND THE TRIALS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. SECT. 1. General Views of the Religious Cha racter and its Blessedness 2. Social Duties.. 3. Personal Duties..... 227-256 257-275 276-305 4. Penitential Sorrow and Reflection. 306-326 5. Supplication for Divine Aid in the 6. Devotion in General ... See also Book I. and Book II. 327-348 349-372 7. Gratitude and Confiding Hope..... 373-412 See also Book II. Sect. 2 and 3. 8. Affliction, Old Age, and Death.... 413-461 See also No. 77-79, and Book III. Sect. 5. BOOK V. OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS 462-482 DOXOLOGIES AND CONCLUDING HYMNS.. I-XII. Hymns exclusively adapted to the LORD'S 163-166 SUPPER... |