524 numbered hymns and versified psalms, plus one (unnumbered) anthem ; each piece headed by number and italicized title ; most with scriptural quote.

Includes indexes : "Part the first, Hymns"--[v]-ix ; "Part the second, suggested by or founded upon portions of the Psalms"--x-xvii ; "Part the third, Sacred lyrics"--xvii-xxiii ; "Scale of the different metres"--xxiv-xxv ; "Index"--[455]-468.

Preface : "...Some of the following pieces are, perhaps, not unsuitable to congregational singing, although a large proportion of them decidedly belong to the class of sacred poems : an important distinction, not always preserved...the result of thirty years' reflection justifies me in observing, that singing is the branch of worship...which most requires substantial reformation...Very numerous hymns...are too inferior to be perused...and sung...without painful regrets..."--[iii]-viii.

Errata-- [xxvi].

Half-calf binding of black ribbed morocco ; marbled paper covers and fore-edges ; spine bears six sets gold horizontal double rule with title : "Hymns", in gold.

Includes an "Address to the missionaries."

Undenominational.