Excerpt from A Selection of Hymns From the Best Authors: Intended to Be an Appendix to Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns I am not fo vain as to fuppofe, that thefe materi als Would not have appeared to greater advantage, if they had paffed through Other hands, but I can fay with t'ruth, I have done my heft - And when I have looked around, and feen the men who were mofi fitted for this work, buhly and honorably err gaged, in writing and printing on foch fubjeeis, as the fpirit ofthe times makes it neceifary to difcufs, or in preaching very frequently; bleflings to the churches over which they prefide, and to the Villa ges all around them ahope has been indulged, that ltowould not be thought prefumptuous even in aju pror brother, were he (borrowing a fimilitudel to walk abroad and gather up the_g'olden ears which have long lain fcattered in the eldspf piety and ge runs, that fo a fheaf of gratitude might be prefemed by an affectionate pafior, to his. Afl'eeiionaie 136013 i. 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.