Smith & Northrup. Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs 1799 Baptist Hymnal
Smith, Joshua; Northrup, William. Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs; for the use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians: Being formerly a collection by Joshua Smith - and Others; Ninth Edition with a large addition of hymns never before published, By William Northrup, V. D. M. Norwich, [Conn.]: John Sterry, 1799. Ninth Edition. [8505] Full leather, cut marks in both boards, front joint cracked and nearly detached, 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Lacks front & rear blanks. Pencil scribbles and "Betsy Round" in pencil on the tp. Text with stains, closed tears, and edge tatters. Pp. 89-92 torn with some loss of text at bottom. 206 pp. ESTC calls for 214, [2] pp. This copy lacking the table or index. Fair. Full leather. ESTC W12039; Evans 36319. William Northrup (1760-1812), was a Baptist minister in Rhode Island."The progenitor of Divine Hymns, Joshua Smith (1760-1795), was a lay preacher affiliated with Baptist congregations in Caanan and Brentwood, New Hampshire. This book went through at