Compiled by Dr. Henry D. Sewall, one of the laymen who founded the First Congregational Society of New York, now All Souls Church, which was organized in 1819. Commonly called “the New York Collection.” It contains 504 psalms and hymns arranged in three sections in alphabetical order of first lines. There are no musical directions except that the metre of each hymn is indicated. The Collection is chiefly notable for the inclusion, without the author’s name, of five original hymns by William Cullen Bryant, a member of the congregation, who had written them at the instance of Miss Sedgwick.
The fourth edition, 1845, made some substitutions and added 146 hymns to the original number.
9. A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, for social and private worship—Andover, 1821; 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1824; 11th ed., Boston, 1832.
Edited by Jonathan Peele Dabney (1793-1868), a graduate of Harvard who had studied for the ministry but was never ordained. The book was smaller, cheaper and better arranged than Sewall’s [(8)], and had considerable use. It contains 385 hymns, and 21 “Ascriptions and Occasional Pieces,” these last including Henry Ware’s Easter hymn, “Lift your glad voices,” and Heber’s “From Greenland’s icy mountains.” There are no musical instructions beyond indication of metres.
10. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship, compiled by a committee of the West Parish in Boston—Boston; printed by John B. Russell, 1823.
This book was a successor to [No. 1]. No preface; no copyright; no indication of the identity of the compilers. It contains 320 psalms and hymns by Tate and Brady, Watts, Doddridge, Barbauld, Steele and others. No hymn by Charles Wesley, but it has John Wesley’s “Lo, God is here,” attributed to “Salisbury Coll.” Also 6 communion hymns; 5 for Christmas, including Tate’s “While shepherds watched their flocks by night,” attributed to Dr. Patrick; Milton’s “Nor war nor battle’s sound,” altered by Dr. Gardiner; and Sir Walter Scott’s “When Israel of the Lord beloved”.
Note:—The American Unitarian Association does not own a copy, but there is one at the Congregational Library, 16 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
11. A Selection from Tate and Brady’s Version of the Psalms: with Hymns by various authors—For the use of the church in Brattle Square, Boston. Boston: Richardson & Lord, 1825.
Compiled by a committee of that church. The church used the Bay Psalm Book until 1753; then Tate and Brady’s New Version of the Psalms, with an appendix of hymns selected by a committee. In 1808 another committee published another appendix, entitled A Second Part of Hymns. The book issued in 1825, by a committee the membership of which is unknown, is a revision and enlargement of the original Tate and Brady and the appendices. It contains 150 psalms and 363 hymns. No musical directions save indications of metres.
12. Sacred Poetry and Music reconciled, or a Collection of Hymns original and compiled—by Samuel Willard, D.D., A.A.S. Boston: L. C. Bowles, 1830.