Mercer, Jesse. The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns, and Sacred Poems

Mercer, Jesse. The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns, and Sacred Poems; being chiefly A Collection. Philadelphia: Published for the Proprietor: For Sale by J. J. Woodward, Philadelphia; and Collins & Hannay, New-York, 1830. Fifth Edition, Revised. [8627] Sometime rebound in green library cloth, white ink call numbers on spine, rest plain, a few small blotches to the binding, 5 1/4 x 3 inches, tight. Library blind stamp on the title page & 1 p. of text, a few other incidental markings, no other library matter. 540 clean pp., collated and complete. Very good. Hardcover. A Southern hymnal of great interest. William Walker mentions the Cluster of Spiritual Songs as a source on the title page of his shaped-note tune book, Southern Harmony."The most significant collection south of Virginia was The Cluster of Spiritual Songs by Georgia pastor Jessie Mercer (1769-1841). At first a small collection of purely local interest, this book grew both in size and influence. The third edi