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i Norwtrttsratttatttc this wnvk is designed as supplementory to the KENTUCKY HARMONY, the
i Apiimr tins ,iw,-rings.; made it a coznplcat system in itstll`. by laying down tltc rudimcnts nr Music in fuii_ °
Thcisc therefore, who muy not feel disposed to purchase both hooks, may, by purchasing either, have all the rules
rl necessarv tu their qttalilicacinn.
t The an h·>r’s principle design in nFftrin;g his Supplement is, that his methodist friends may bc furnished with a
suitable anal proper arrangement of such tunes as may seem to him best calculated to animate and enliven them,
’ and all nth r zealousvchttstians, in their acts of devotion; and while they sing with the spirit, let them learn to sing
with the understanding also, .
Having spent the morning of life in the modest circles of the musical assenthlics, I have thcnght proper to re.
[ire from thnqq planting and d ltqlttfttl scenes <>i`yt>uthful pleasure, and spend the meridian in preparing my [a€i,ic’ ,
ncquirements for the inspection ufa wisc and generous public. However lightly my labours may he cstettmtd by the
Sicred musicians of the present dttvg there is still one source from which l derive consolation; that is, the purity
of mv intention l atn now passing from the Nleritlian toward the Shades oi Night, and must confess that the ·
path- ( though it appears to he a little tinctured with the robcs ofmortality, ] is fulllcf pleasantness and peace. l
}·— \Vhen lretlect on the many delightful assemblies with whom I have been permitted to mingle my voice in
· singing the praises nf mv Rerleemvr l cannot be suEciently thankful. Those Meditations specdily bring into
view the sweat langttage ofthe poet when addressing himself to God ; ‘,'l`o spend one day with thee on earth,
exceeds a thmtsanrl rlztvs of tnirth." O that the world could realize the language of this excellent Poet Is
my prayer for Cln·ist.’s sake. , t
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