Maynard, Thomas. Maynard's Sabbath School Echo: Eighth Edition of Maynard's Sabbath School Hymns, with an Appendix. Utica, N. Y.: Roberts, Printer, 1863. Eighth Edition. [10418]
Black cloth spine with printed paper over card, some worming to the spine, front cover somewhat loose. 11 x 7.2 cm (4 3/8 x 2 7/8 inches), 268 pp. plus 10 pp. Index. Text has light foxing. Good. Hardcover.
1863 on title page & copyright page; 1861 on front cover.
319 selections, words only; with index of first lines and subjects. This is the first edition to include an index of subjects.
Thomas Maynard was the Superintendent of the Sunday School of the First Presbyterian Church of Utica, New York. He first conceived of compiling a hymnal for children in 1848, and the first edition of his hymnal was published in 1855. He was particularly interested in presenting songs that boys would enjoy singing.
"And here we wish to remark that, in our opinion, one of the important results which have accrued from the late change in style of Sabbath School music, has been to interest the boys, and not only to interest them, but to win them to participate in the delightful exercise, so that even in the dirty alleys, where formerly only foolish or obscene songs were heard, we now hear the little, ragged urchins singing, 'I have a Father in the promised land,' or 'I want to be an angel.' Or perhaps, the mechanic at his daily toil, having caught some simple, sweet song of Jesus or Heaven from the dear little ones at home, sings it to himself to cheer his laboring hours..." - Preface.
