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ISHOP HEBER'S HYMNS are treasured as Sacred Household Words wherever the English language is spoken; not so much hitherto as a collection, but from their merit as separate Hymns; they are all favourites, and each has established its own claim to being so regarded without reference to their author or to each other's excellence.

No poet perhaps has commanded a more universal adoption of his sacred verse than Reginald Heber, and yet few poets are known less by a collection of their most popular productions; they would appear to be a valued possession of Christendom, yet scarcely