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rather than to collective worship, or to praising the Lord" secretly among the faith­ful," rather than" in the congregation;" but none, it is hoped, which will not minister " to exhortation, edification, or comfort:" and for these objects they humbly invoke the blessing of God upon their work.

The Committee offer respectful thanks to the authors and publishers concerned, for permission courteously given to use hymns in which they have a copyright. A list of these, as far as known, is given below. If they have in any instance failed to seek for permission where they ought to have done so, such omission has been entirely un­intentional, and they trust this apology for it will be accepted.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln; the Very Rev. the Dean of West­minster; the Right Hon. and Rev. the Earl Nelson; the Rev. Sir H. W. Baker, Bart.; the Rev. Sir G. Prevost, Bart.; the Rev. W. J. Hall, M.A., and the Rev. W. Josiah Irons, D.D., Prebendaries of St Paul's; the Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D., Canon of Ely; the Rev. Horatius Bonar, D.D.; the( late) Rev. J. S. Monsell, LL.D.; the Rev. W. M. Punshon, LL.D.; the Rev. Messrs J. Ellerton, M.A., J. M. Fuller, M.A., Arthur Tozer­Russell, M. A., the Rev. S. J. Stone, M.A., the Rev. H. Twells, M. A., the Rev. Ed. Cas­wall, and the Rev. E. E. Jenkins, M.A.; Sir Charles Reed; Richard Massie, Esq.; Gran­ville R. Ryder, Esq.; Thomas Montgomery Foster, Esq.; T. Stamford Raffles, Esq.; George Rawson, Esq.: Miss C. Winkworth; Mrs Lynch; and H. L. L., the Authors or representatives of the Authors of hymns; and Messrs Murray, Longmans, Nisbet, Rivingtons, Masters, Hayes, Novello, Daldy, Isbister& Co., and the Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and the Committee of the Religious Tract Society, the Publishers of the several volumes from which hymns have been selected.

PART I.

SECTION I. Exhorting Sinners to return to God II. Describing, 1. The Pleasantness of Religion 2. The Goodness of God

6. Hell

III. Praying for a Blessing

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SECTION I. Describing Formal Religion II. Inward Religion

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SECTION I. Praying for Repentance

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PART III.

II. For Mourners convinced of Sin III. For Persons convinced of Backsliding IV. For Backsliders recovered.

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SECTION I. For Believers Rejoicing II.

Fighting Praying Watching Working

Suffering

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