Sacred poetry
Subtitle: consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in publick and private
By: Selected from the best authors, with variations and additions. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D.
Contributors: Clarke, John, 1755-1798, editor; Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826, editor; Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842, editor; Wells, Thomas, 1790-1829, publisher; Hatfield, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1807-1883, former owner; Lincoln & Edmands; Arthur Billings Hunt Collection (Columbia University. Libraries)
Edition: A new edition, with additional hymns.
Publisher: Published by Thomas Wells, no. 3 Hanover-Street. Lincoln & Edmands, printers
Published: 1820
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: English Hymns; English Paraphrases; Bible
Other titles: Bible. Psalms. English. 1820.
Notes: "Variations and additions" supplied by John Clarke; cf. note on p. 266.

"The hymns from the 300th to the end, are added to this edition, and have been selected by the successor of the Rev. Author. It is hoped that they will increase the value of the collection, and will serve to cherish that spirit of genuine devotion, which the whole work is eminently adapted to promote."--p. [vi]. Although John S. Popkin succeeded Belknap as pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston, he was there only from 1799 to 1802. It seems more probable therefore that this note refers to William Ellery Channing, pastor of the Federal Street Church from 1803 to 1842.

"The characters denoting the sharp or flat key are prefixed to each psalm or hymn at my request, by the Rev. Dr. Morse, of Charlestown."--preface, p. v.

Copyright Nov. 4, 1812, by Thomas & Andrews, and West & Blake.

Includes indexes.

Burke Library copy: Imperfect: p. i-iv, lower right corner missing; copy bound in contemporary calf, badly worn; gift from the children of E.F. Hatfield.

Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 377

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