Buck, William C. The Baptist Hymn Book: Original and Selected. In two Parts. The first part is intended especially for public worship, and is judiciously arranged under appropriate heads, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental. With an Index, a Table of Contents, and a Table of Scripture References. The second part is intended for social worship, and is similarly arranged, &c. Published for the use of the Southern and Western Baptist Churches. Revised and Enlarged. Louisville, [KY]: Printed by Monsarrat & Co., 1847. [8625]
Leather binding, front board crudely resewn to book, lacks the back board & front blanks. 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches. [i]-xxv, [1]-598, 603-674, 679-680 [detached]. Defective: lacking pp. 599-602, 675-678, 681-682. Fair. leather bound .
Words only, no music.
"In his roles as pastor of Louisville's East Baptist Church and editor of the Baptist Banner and Western Pioneer, William C. Buck (1790-1872) was influential among Baptists in the West. He titled his 1842 collection The Baptist Hymn Book, hoping that it would have national appeal. Buck knew the field. Acknowledging the popularity in the South and West of the books by Miller and Dupuy, he criticized their selection and editing of material. He also mentions the collections of Rippon and Winchell, but he complained that the hymns they contained were too long and that they did not supply enough material for social worship.
"The Baptist Hymn Book is a large collection, designed to serve preachers by providing for any occasion or subject. As with many of its predecessors, its 1,079 texts are divided into two sections...A second edition was published two years later. In its preface, Buck reported that he had sold 10,000 copies of the first printing, mostly in the Mississippi Valley, and that this new edition was stereotyped into two sizes...This edition made corrections and added texts to the second part of the book. Among the new items in the book were a few by Buck himself." - Music & Richardson, "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story", p. 198.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.