Watts & Worcester. Christian Psalmody in Four Parts (1825)

Watts, Isaac; Worcester, Samuel. Christian Psalmody in Four Parts: Comprising Dr. Watts's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watts's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony: together with Directions for Musical Expression. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong and Crocker & Brewster, 1825. Sixth Edition. [9873] Full leather, scuffed and worn with some separation of leather from the edges of the card, this has an old repair with sewn joints, the spine & joints covered with calf; the book opens stiffly. 14.8 x 9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches). (i)-viii, (9)-324, 13-156, (ix)-xxvi Index. Text complete. The odd page break between p. 324 & p. 13 does not indicate a loss of text, for the Hymn bridging those two pages is intact.  Good. Full leather. Preface date is Nov. 1814. The hymns are words only, no music.Samuel Worcester, D.D. (1770-1821), born at Hollis, New Hampshire, graduated at Dartmouth College with the highest honors in 1795. “[In 1797] he was ordained pastor of the Ch