An imitation of the Psalms of David; carefully suited to the Christian worship
Subtitle: being an improvement of the former versions of the Psalms. : Allowed by the General Assembly, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, to be used in churches and private families. : [Two lines of Scripture text]
Contributors: Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly; Whiting, Backus & Whiting; Arthur Billings Hunt Collection (Columbia University. Libraries)
Publisher: Printed and published by Whiting, Backus & Whiting; sold by them at the Albany Book-store, and at their stores in Schenectady, Utica and Canandaigua.
Published: 1804
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: English Paraphrases; English Hymns; Bible
Other titles: Bible. Psalms. English. Watts. 1804.
Work titles: Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament
Notes: Without music.

Joel Barlow's revision of Isaac Watts' metrical version. Cf. Benson, L. The American revisions of Watts's Psalms (Philadelphia, 1903).

Includes indexes, p. [345-353], 1st count and p. [207-216], 2nd count.

Rare Book copy: Imperfect; p. 1-4,3rd count, wanting; p. [9], 2nd count and p. 5-8, 3rd count, mutilated.

Rare Book copy: From the library of Miss Julia Leiper, with an inscription "from her friend Mr. Laurent" on rear endpaper. Several other names on endpapers: Elizabeth Crosley, Susanne Crosley, Miss Ann Crosley, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. G. Leiper, Mrs. Taylor, Miss Jane Leiper, Miss Ann Leiper, and Miss Mary Gray.

"Hymns and spiritual songs. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on divine subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By I Watts, D.D. [Five lines of quotations] Albany: Printed and published by Whiting, Backus & Whiting; sold by them at the Albany Book-store, and at their stores in Schenectady, Utica and Canadaigua. 1804."--296, [10] p., 2nd count, with separate title page (not in Shaw & Shoemaker), register not continuous.

Gift; Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. & Madeleine Berol; 1966.