" Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and one another in Psaling and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, singing Coloss, ii. 16. DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, } ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the eleventh day of Decem(0) ber, in the thirty-eighth year of the Independence of the United L.S.) States of America, PETER Wilson, on behalf of the Minister, El ders, and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the city of New York, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words and bgures following, to wit: The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America. Selected at the request of the General Synod. By John H. Livingston, D. D. S. T. P. “ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto the Lord.”_Coloss. iii. 16. In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, entitled, 6 An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and hooks, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,” and also to an act, entitled, An Act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein' mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." THERON RUDD, ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS in North America, held at Albany, June, 1812. A REVISION of the Psalms and Hymas now in use in the Dutch Church, having been requested and refer. red to the General Synod, by the Particular Synod of New-York; and it being desirable that our selection of Psalms and Hymns should be improved and enlarged: Resolved, That the Synod request the Rev. Dr. LivINGSTON to make a selection of Psalms and Hymns agreeably to the views expressed upon this subject; and they appoint the Rev. James V. C. Romeyn, James S. Cannon, Peter Steddiford and John Schureman, a committee to whom Dr. Livingston will submit the selection; but for the greater security in a work of such importance, it is resolved, that after it is adopted by the committee, it shall be reported to the General Synod and obtain their ultimate approbation before it be published. Mre távon M Tanterogton Acts and proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, held at an extraordinary session, a New-Fork, Octaters 1813. TAE committee, io: włom: Prosessor Livingston was requested to submit his selection of Psalms and Hymns, reported: That he had åccomplished te work assigned him; that they have examined the same, and judge it to be a judicious and excellent selection; that they accordingly recommend it to the General Synod for their ultimate approbation, and suggest the propriety of having it immediately published and introduced into all our Churches, The General Synod having received the report of the committee appointed upon the subject of the Psalms and Hymns, and having inspected the selection made by the Rev. Professor Livingston, agreeably to the request of the General Synod in their last session, do express their high satisfaction and decided approbation of the same. It is therefore resolved, That this selection be forthwith published and introduced into public worship in all our Churches. And the General Synod recommend the same to all famities and individuals within their communion, to be adopted instead of the book which has hitherto been in use. It is further resolved, that the Catechism, Articles of Faith, and what has formerly been published with the book of Psalms and Hymns, be also added to the new edition ;-and that the copyright of the book be secured for the express and sole benefit of such students as may attend our theological lectures, and may need pecuniary assistance. Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. Livingston be requested to superintend the publication of the first Edition of the new Psalm Book, and when published that he affix his name: thereto. A TABLE TO FIND, ANY PSALM, OR PART OF A PSALM, BY THE FIRST LINE. LMIGHTY ruler of the skies 2:2 Fools ip their hearts believe, &c. 28 87 Are sinners now so senseless growo 29 Froin foes that round us rise 104 32 Father, I sing thy wondrous grace 119 Amid thy wrath remember love 72 For ever shall my song record 149 G Again, my tongue thy silence, &c. 188 Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame 56 Awake, my soul, with fervent, &c. 189 God of my life, look gently down 74 Arise, O king of grace, arise 228 God is our refuge in distress 84 Awake, ye saints to praise, &c. 2.32 Great is the Lord our God 87 All ye that love the Lord, rejoice 256 God counts the sorrows, &c. 101 Great God, indulge my, &c. 108 39 Great God, attend to my, &c. 109 Behold! the morning sun 40 God of my childhood, &c. 122 Blest is the man, for ever blest 60 Great God, whose universal sway 123 Blest is the nation where the Lord 62 God, my supporter, and my hope 126 Behold the love, the gen'rous love 67 Great Shepherd of thine Israel 136 Behold the blest Redeemer comes 70 GreatGod attend, while Zion sings 141 Blest is the man whose bowels move 78 God in his earthly temple lays 145 Behold ! O God, what cruel foes 135 God, from his cloudy cistern, pours 176 Blest are the souls that hear, &c. 151 Give thanks to God, &c. Before Jehovab's awful throne 168 God of eternal love Behold! the stately cedars stand 178 Give thanks to God; he, &c. Behold the sure foundation stone 200 God of my mercy and my praise 190 Blest are the undetil'd in heart 202 Great is the Lord, his works, &c. 193 Behold thy waiting servant, Lord 20%|Great is the Lord, exalted high 231 Blest are the sons of peace 230|Give thanks to God, most high 233 By Babel's stream the captive, &c. 235 Give to our God immortal praise 235 Children in years and, &c. 64 How long, O Lord, &c. Come, sound his praise abroad 162 How fast their guilty sorrows, &c. 31 Come, let our souls address, &c. 163 How many Ebenezers stand 60 Consider all my sorrows, Lord 211 How pleasing is thy voice 111 How Jong, eternal God, how long 128 David rejoic'd in God, his strength 45 How awful is thy chast'ning rod 132 Deep in our hearts let us record 117 How pleasant, how divinely fair 140 Ilear what the Lord in vision said 151 Early, my God, without delay 107 He, that hath made his refugeGod 156 184 |