A collection of hymns as they are sung at St, Marys Chapel humbly inscribed to the Right Hon'ble Lady Glenorchy.
Glenorchy, Willielma Campbell,Viscountess,1741-1786
Steuart, James,1715-1772,former owner.StEdNL
Mathieson, Muir,former owner.StEdNL
St. Marys Chapel (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Edinburgh : Printed for and sold by Robert Ross at his Musick Shop back of the fountain well where may be had all kinds of musick and musical instruments at the London prices,
[between 1770 and 1771?]
Influenced by friends who were Calvinistic Methodists, Willielma Campbell, Viscountess Glenorchy (1741-1786) added Methodist principles to her native Presbyterianism in 1765. In 1770, she reopened St Mary's Chapel in Niddry's Wynd in Edinburgh, where she invited Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Wesleyans to preach in turn. The experiment in interdenominational cooperation was unsuccessful, and probably short-lived. The hymnbook is a testament to its existence.
Contains sixteen hymns including an early appearance of Wesley's Advent hymn "Lo He comes with Clouds Descending". This was first published to be sung to the present tune "Helmsley" in 1763.
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Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown "Steuart of Allanton". Ownership label on the verso of the front free endpaper "Muir Mathieson / his book / October 1935.". Matheson (1911-1975) was a Scottish director of films.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Scotland Edinburgh.