Myers. The Zion Songster: Camp Meeting & Revival Hymnal

Myers, Peter D. [compiler]. The Zion Songster: A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, generally sung at Camp and Prayer Meetings, and in Revivals of Religion. New York: Collins, Brother & Co., 1843. Revised and Corrected by the Compiler. [10070] Full leather binding, lacks spine title label, 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches, front joint cracked, back board detached. Extra engraved title page showing singing angels with harp. 319 pp., text complete, some foxing, text block tight. Fair. 313 selections, words only.A strong point of interest in this hymnal is the inclusion of Amazing Grace with six verses, pp. 257-258. The compiler, Peter D. Myers, remains obscure. It appears that he was Methodist and a supporter of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He published several editions of this Songster, as well as a book on the depravity of man. With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.