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TO BE SUNG AT CAMP MEETINGS, DURING REVIVALS OF RELIGION, AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS.

"O Lord, I will praise thee."-Isaiah.

"Is any merry? let him sing Psalms."-James. "I will sing with the spirit, and with the under. standing also."-Paul.

Philadelphia:

PUBLISHED BY W. A. LEARY & CO.

158 NORTH SECOND STREET, TEN DOORS BELOW NEW, AND FOR SALE BY ALL THE METHODIST BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth day of May, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1830, JOHN CLARKE, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

"The Camp-Meeting Chorister; or, a Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Pious of all Denominations. To be sung at Camp-Meetings, during revivals of religion, and on other occasions. "O Lord, I will praise thee."-Isaiah.

"Is any merry? let him sing Psalms."-James. "I will sing with the spirit, and with the understanding also."-Paul."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encourage. ment of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned"-and also to the Act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act entitled, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

D. CALDWELL,
Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

PREFACE.

THIS selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songe was first compiled about three years ago. It has passed rapidly through several large editions; and BO favourably has it been received. that it was not without difficulty its publisher could meet the demand for it. In consequence of this, he has now prepared a new edition, at the old price, contain. ing upwards of one third more than any former one, on new and smaller type, and revised and prepared with considerable attention, so as to meet the wants and wishes of all denominations, but more especially of those for whom it was origănally compiled. The publisher's aim has been to make this volume contain as choice a selection as any work of the class extant He has consulted a vast variety of compilations, many of which are not known in this country. He has also received from his friends most of the popular Hymns used at camp meetings, prayer meetings, at revivals of religion, and in the religious community generally.

This edition contains all the hymns in the last the additional ones being placed under the miscellaneous head at the end.

In the opinion of some, the compiler should have omitted many hymns which are still retained. This, he believes, would not be strictly just. Hymns, like all other things, are valued according

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