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Presbyterian Social Psalmodist

:

BEING

AN ABRIDGMENT

OF

The Presbyterian Psalmodist.

WITH

A SELECTION OF HYMNS FROM THE ASSEMBLY'S COLLECTION,

ADAPTED TO THE RESPECTIVE TUNES.

DESIGNED FOR USE IN

FAMILY WORSHIP, IN THE SOCIAL PRAYER-MEETING, AND IN THE

LECTURE-ROOM.

PHILADELPHIA:
PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION.

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in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO.

PHILADELPHIA.

Gift

PREFACE.

A BOOK which should be adapted to the exercises of social worship, in the lecture-room, the prayer-meeting, and the family, has been regarded by many as a desideratum. The preferences expressed, however, by those who felt the want, have been so various, both as to the sort of tunes to be selected and their arrangement, that it has been no easy matter to decide what would be most generally acceptable. The Board, has attempted, however, in accordance with the recommendation of the last General Assembly, “to do what in their judgment is best adapted to supply the wants of the church.”

The psalms and hymns contained in this “Social Psalmodist” are selected wholly from the Assembly's collection as now used in our churches. The tunes are from the larger book published by the Board, entitled “The Presbyterian Psalmodist.” The psalms and hymns have been arranged on pages opposite to such tunes as were suitable to be employed in singing them. In three or four instances a hymn has been inserted opposite to two tunes, either of which is well adapted to it. This was occasioned by a paucity of suitable hymns in the collection, of those particular metres. The several indices appended add much to the convenience and value of the book.

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DOXOLOGIE S.

C. M.
LET God the Father, and the Son,

And Spirit, be adored,
Where there are works to make him known,

Or saints to love the Lord.

L. M.
PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

L. M.
TO God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
De honour, praise, and glory given,
By all on earth, and all in heaven.

S. M.
YE angels round the throne,

And saints that dwell below,
Worship the Father, love the Son,
And bless the Spirit too.

H. M.
TO God the Father's throne

Perpetual honours raise;
Glory to God the Son,

To God the Spirit praise :
With all our powers, eternal King,
Thy name we sing, while faith adores.

88 & 7s.
MAY the grace of Christ our Saviour,

And the Father's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's favour,

Rest upon us from above.
Thus may we abide in union

With each other and the Lord,
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.

L. P. M.
NOW to the great and sacred Three,
The Father, Son, and Spirit, be

Eternal praise and glory given,
Through all the worlds where God is known,
By all the angels near the throne,
And all the saints in earth and heaven.

78.
SING we to our God above
Praise eternal as his love:
Praise him, all ye heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

7s.
PRAISE the name of God most high,
Praise him, all below the sky,
Praise him, all ye heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
As through countless ages past,
Evermore his praise shall last.

8s & 7s.
PRAISE the Father, earth and heaven;

Praise the Son, the Spirit praise ;
As it was, and is, be given
Glory through eternal days.

8s, 78 & 4s.
GLORY be to God the Father,

Glory to the eternal Son;
Sound aloud the Spirit's praises ;
Join the elders round the throne;

Hallelujah!
Hail the glorious Three in One.

L. C. M.
TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Be praise amid the heavenly host

And in the church below;
From whom all creatures draw their breath,
By whom redemption blessed the earth,

From whom all comforts flow.

Presbyterian Social Psalmodist

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