ON EARTH. BEING THREE HUNDRED HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL (FOR THE MOST PART OF MODERN DATE.) SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY THE REV. J. C. RYLE, B. A., CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD, RECTOR OF HELMINGHAM, SUFFOLK. "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me."-Psalm 1. 23. NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH, No. 770 BROADWAY, COR. OP NINTH STREET. 1867. PREFACE. IN sending forth a new collection of Hymns, I feel it necessary to preface the work by a few words of explanation. I am anxious that no purchaser should misunderstand the nature of its contents. The first hundred hymns in this collection have already appeared in a separate form, under the title of "Spiritual Songs."* The remaining two hundred hymns have been added to the former selection; and the whole three hundred are now sent forth (to prevent confusion) under the new title of "HYMNS FOR THE CHURCH ON EARTH." This edition was reprinted in the small form, some years ago, and the success which has attended its publication has led the American publisher to reproduce the present volume. |