THE

SUNDAY SCHOOL

HYMN BOOK:

COMPILED FOR THE

LEEDS SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION,

AND ARRANGED FOR USE IN

I. THE GENERAL SCHOOL;

II. ITS JUNIOR CLASSES; AND

III.-ITS TEACHERS' MEETINGS.

LEEDS:

CHARLES GOODALL, 169, WOODHOUSE-LANT.

147. d. 206.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The HYMN BOOK of the LEEDS SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION was first published in 1833; and though the arrangements under which it was originally issued had the effect of localizing its circulation, the Schools adopting it have required a supply of thirty-eight thousand copies.

The present Executive of the Union, encouraged by such a proof of public approbation, and believing that the time had arrived for a complete revision and re-construction of their Hymn Book, again appointed the Editor who had, twenty-five years before, been honoured with the confidence of their predecessors; and he willingly resumed this congenial duty because of the opportunity thus afforded for showing unabated attachment to his brethren and their mutual work.

Enlargement of the book being thought undesirable, it became needful, in order to make room for many beautiful, appropriate, and popular compositions of recent years, that a very considerable number of the former Hymns should be omitted. In making such exclusion, the Editor sought the advice of two experienced and judicious friends-a Superintendent and a Teacherwhose valuable aid in this department he gladly acknowledges. He has also had much pleasure in adopting some excellent suggestions received from a SubCommittee of the Union

Since the Leeds S-Hymn Book first appeared, the limits of Sunday School duty have been widely extended; and now, under the same superintendence, are often gathered both infant and adult scholars, among whom, either collectively or in classes, many Teachers are called to alternate their labours.

This consideration led the Editor to separate from the rest the Hymns for the little ones; a division which has enabled him to descend to the level of infant minde