PREFACE.
The Editor of the following little work deems it expedient to offer a few explanatory marks, in reference to the circumstances which have called it into existence.
In 1859, he published a Psalter, entitled "A Selection of Psalms, Hymns, and Chants," upon the compilation of which he bestowed much time and trouble, in the hope that the work would pass into general circulation, and that, as the Psalms, Hymns, and Chants were sung at the Parish Church, and at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston, the congregation of those churches especially, would find the work peculiarly adapted to their requirements.
It was objected, however, that, as the music accompanied the words—thereby necessarily increasing the price—the volume was placed beyond the reach of the
