Tillinghast & Knight. The Old Baptist Hymn Book (1842)

Tillinghast, J.; Knight, R. The Old Baptist Hymn Book. Providence: (S. W. Potter, Printer, Pawtucket, R. I.), 1842. First Edition. [8523] Full calf with black calf title label, gilt lines to spine, 4 3/4 x 6 inches. 304 pp., complete, pages with light foxing, tight. Very good. Hardcover. Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, K1881 & T1782. The only edition published; WorldCat with 8 locations."...we have, with much labor, compiled the following hymns, for the use of the Old Baptist Churches in worshiping Almighty God...We have inserted a number of original hymns, to be used at the laying on of hands, composed by elder Richard Knight..." - Preface, by Tillinghast.Elder John Tillinghast (1812-1878), b. & d. at West Greenwich, Rhode Island. He was converted at the age of sixteen, began preaching at age twenty-one, and ordained pastor of the West Greenwich Baptist church in 1840, and remained in that office until his death. He was considered to be "studious and industrious...an energetic,