COLLECTION

OF

HY MNS

AND

A LITURGY

51
FOR THE USE OF

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHES;

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

PRAYERS

FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS.

New and Enlarged Stereotype Edition.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
MINISTERIUM OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

"I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding
also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understand-
ing also."-1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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Hymns 521-700, mick,

added to edition
entered 1814.

1834

[Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four,by F W GEISSENHAINER, JI. and WM. D. STROBEL, in trust for the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of the State of New-York and adjacent parts, in the Clerk's Office the District Court of the linited States for the Southern District of New-York.]

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BU 410 ·E85 1848

TO THE NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION.

PREFACE

By a resolution of the thirty-eighth Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of the State of New-York and adjacent parts, held in the city of NewYork, in September, 1833, the Rev. Messrs. P. F. MAYER, D.D., C. R. DEMME, D.D., F. G. MAYER, F. W. GEISSENHAINER, JR., and WM. D. STROBEL were constituted a Committee for the purpose of publishing a NEW EDITION of the Hymn Book and Liturgy, with an additional number of Hymns and Prayers. The present work has been prepared and published in accordance with the said Resolution, and it is hoped, that it will be found adapted to the wants of the Church.

New-York, August 1, 1834.

PREFACE TO THE FORMER EDITION.

THE singing of Hymns is justly considered a delightful and important part of public worship. It was in use even among the ancient heathens. Moses introduced it, by Divine command, into his religious institution; and David raised it to high perfection by his poetical talents and musical skill Our blessed Saviour has recommended this pious exercise to his followers by his own practice, and St. Paul exhorts us to "teach and admonish one another in spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord." No act of social religion is either more pleasing in itself, or more happily adapted to cherish the love of God and man, than that which is enforced by these high authorities.

The Lutheran Church in Germany is distinguished for its attachment to sacred music, and is possessed of, perhaps, the best and most numerous collections of hymns extant in the Christian world. From this source, our congregations in the United States have derived abundant supplies. The prevalence of the English language, however, makes it necessary for many members of our communion to conduct their public worship, altogether, or in part, in that language, and of