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Bios of hymn book compilers

Discussion in 'Music Ministry' started by rlvaughn, Oct 22, 2016.

  1. rlvaughn

    rlvaughn Well-Known Member
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    Good read! I've been searching for a long time for one of Lloyd's Hymnbooks, but I can't find any at all. I can't reply at work, so I can only reply here at home, where my time is limited, but rest assured I do read your posts ;). I actually stumbled across your list of Old Hymnbooks on another forum and ordered a few on Amazon to add to my collection.

    I now also have:
    1868 Christian Hymnbook by A. Cambell -- VERY good book
    1827 Young Christian's Compainion by Gustavus F. Davis
    1887 Goble Hymnbook D.H Goble -- Also have the newly printed one from the Primitive Baptist Library in Illinois
    1819 A Selection of More Than Three Hundred Hymns by James W. Winchell (Old enough that James Madison was still alive)

    Your research is extremely helpful, I was an American History minor in college, so I can respect the amount of digging you've had to do. At least I can guarantee that these Old Hymns will be preserved for my children (whenever I find a wife) and grandchildren. Better for these pieces of history to be carefully cared for on my bookshelf than sitting away in a warehouse!
     
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    Hi, Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin,

    I'm certainly glad you have received some benefit from these posts -- and glad that you are interested in old hymn books. Warren Steel and Steven Sabol try to keep an update on a few of these books on their Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music: Resources. The information on Primitive Hymns is in Chapter 1.

    Primitive Hymns can be ordered from Primitive Hymns Corporation, and the last price they had was $12.75 plus postage. You might need to contact them for a current price, but it sounds like they will ship and bill.

    Primitive Hymns Corporation
    Box 92
    Rocky Mount, NC 27802-0092

    Both Lloyd's and Mercer's hymn books are now available through Amazon from print on demand publishers. This is the only source I am aware of for Mercer's book, but Lloyd's book is much cheaper from the Primitive Hymns Corporation (and hardback).

    The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs, and Sacred Poems
    The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns, and Sacred Poems

    I've made a few changes in the Mercer/Lloyd piece, but I haven't tried to change it on Blogger because I've been having problems when I do edits, with Blogger automatically and arbitrarily just changing font sizes and I don't have time for that grief right now. I got information from a Primitive Baptist in south Georgia that the 700 hymn version of the Lloyd book will no longer be printed. I changed the last sentence of the first paragraph to: "The Primitive Hymns remains in use for song services of churches 175 years after it was first published." Its corresponding footnote (now fn 1) reads:

    1. It is mostly used in Primitive Baptist churches, but this author is aware of its use in a few unaffiliated Baptist churches in north Alabama and north Georgia. The majority version of this hymn book contains 705 hymns. This is a revision of the 1900 edition, which had left out “There was a Romish lady, brought up in popery.” “The Romish Lady” was later reinstated and five other hymns added. The minority version contains 700 hymns and is the same as the books published from 1845 to 1893. In the 1900s the family published the main edition of 705 hymns, as well as the older edition with 700 hymns in 1946 and 1963 for those who preferred it. After the formation of the Primitive Hymns Corporation, the Alabaha River Primitive Baptist Association arranged for a printing of the 700 hymn edition in 1975. (See Benjamin Lloyd’s Hymn Book, Cauthen, pp. 86-87.) The 700 hymn edition was reprinted at least as late as 2002, but is no longer available.
     
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