THE

Church Psalter and Hymn Book,

COMPRISING

THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID,

TOGETHER WITH THE CANTICLES,

POINTED FOR CHANTING;

510 METRICAL HYMNS, SIX SANCTUSES, AND NINE RESPONSES TO THE COMMANDMENTS:

THE WHOLE

UNITED TO APPROPRIATE CHANTS AND TUNES,

FOR THE USE OF

CONGREGATIONS AND FAMILIES.

BY THE

REV. WILLIAM MERCER, M.A.,

INCUMBENT OF ST. GEORGE'S, SHEFFIELD.

ALL THE HARMONIES HAVE BEEN REVISED BY

JOHN GOSS, ESQ.,

COMPOSER TO HER MAJESTY'S CHAPELS ROTAL, AND ORGANIST OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON.

Dedicated, by Express Permission, to

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT,

TO THE MOST REVEREND THE LORD ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY AND YORK, AND TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THE LORD BISHOPS OF LONDON, DURHAM, WINCHESTER, PETERBOROUGH, ST. DAVID'S, CHICHESTER, LICHFIELD, ELY, ST. ASAPH, MANCHESTER, HEREFORD, NORWICH, LLANDAFF, BATH AND WELLS, CARLISLE, RIPON, BANGOR, ROCHESTER, AND WORCESTER.

HYMN BOOK AND CANTICLES.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21, BERNERS STREET; CRAMER, BEALE, AND CHAPPELL, 201, REGENT STREET.

1861.