A funeral hymn
By: composed by that eminent servant of the most high God, the late Reverend and Renowned George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon, &c., &c. ; Who departed this life in full assurance of a better, on Lord's Day, the thirtieth of September, 1770 ... at Newbury-Port, in New-England.--This hymn was designed to have been sung over his corpse, by the orphans belonging to his tabernacle in London, had this great, pious, and learned man died there
Contributors: Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 42188
Publisher: Printed and sold by D. and R. Fowle, Portsmouth.
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Portsmouth, N.H.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry
Notes: Hymn in twelve numbered stanzas; first line: Ah! lovely appearance of death!

Followed by three other elegiac poems on Whitefield.

"Though the title of this hymn states that the author was George Whitefield, it was first printed in the first series of Charles Wesley's funeral hymns."--Sabin. Bibliotheca Americana, entry 102643.

Text in three columns.

Bristol B3289

Shipton & Mooney 42188

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.