Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Sacred Melodies for Sabbath Schools and Families
A considerable portion of the following Sacred Melodies for children have been for sometime before the public, and have won to themselves no little popularity amongst the young folks for whom they were originally selected. Five hundred thousand copies of the Hymn book with which they were accompanied have been sold, telling a pretty fair tale of the degree of acceptance they have met with. This success has induced me to go over the whole work again, removing from it several pieces that were not of much value, putting others in their place, and adding many more which I trust will be found not only of equal merit with the sweetest and the best in the original collection but equally popular with the children.
It may be, that some may not be pleased that a few pieces with which they had become familiar are omitted, and others may regret that one or two of somewhat inferior character are retained. As to the first, I think it will be found, that in every instance of such omission, a better has been substituted, and as to the last, I found they had become such favourites in some quarters, that it would seriously have damaged the work in their estimation, had they been left out.
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