Excerpt from Book of Hymns and Tunes: Comprising the Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God, Approved by the General Assembly of 1866, Arranged With Appropriate Tunes, and an Appendix, Prepared by the Presbyterian Committee of Publication, by Authority of the Assembly of 1873 That the churches of Christ are indebted to the labours of the Rev. Dr. Watts for a large portion of the valuable evangelical and lyric poetry in the English language, is a proposition which few will be disposed to doubt. To that sweet singer in Israel, millions now in glory, and millions still on the earth, have been, and are yet, under lasting obligations for the spiritual edification which they have derived from his incomparable Psalms and Hymns. It is probably no exaggeration to say, that the inspirations of his pious muse will continue to direct and to animate the souls of men, until the devotions of the church militant shall be superseded by the exalted harmony of the upper temple. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.