Hill, Benjamin. Hymns of Zion...for the Use of Baptist Churches (1832)

Hill, Benjamin. Hymns of Zion; being a Selection of Hymns for Social Worship, compiled chiefly for the use of Baptist Churches. New-Haven: Durrie and Peck | Stereotyped by A. Chandler, 1832. Second Edition. [8656] Full leather binding, strip of leather torn from front & spine, gilt lines to spine, 10 cm (4 x 2 1/4 inches), joints good. Lacks the ffep. 256 pp., foxing, tight, complete. . Good. Full leather. Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, H3795. The first edition was published in 1829; the second edition was first published in 1830.Benjamin Munro Hill (1793-1881), Pastor of the Baptist Church in New Haven at the time of this compilation. The Prefaces (first & second) which introduce this volume contain apologies by Hill for some of the crudeness of the selections, and, after saying hymns were added with reluctance, says, "But those hymns possess a great local popularity, and could not have been omitted without opposing the wishes of many valuable men." Hill was noted for his 1829