Hanby, William. The Church Harp: or latest compilation of Sacred Songs, designed for all Denominations. Dayton, O.: Printed at the Conference Office of the United Brethren in Christ, 1856. Revised Edition. [11075]
Full leather, boards blind stamped, spine in gilt, binding is worn with small wormhole top front joint, open end paper hinges, 11 x 8.5 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches). [1]-224 pp., complete. Rear free end papers tattered; old dampstain throughout. Fair. Hardcover.
"The former editions were deficient in Congregational Hymns. To meet this defect, and to enlarge the work, has been the object in revising it. The subjects are all arranged as before, and most of the old Hymns have been retained. A few excellent Hymns, adapted to public worship, have been added to each subject." - Preface.
William Hanby (1808-1840), b. Washington Co., Pa.; d. Westerville, Ohio. "Indentured as a youth; later pastor, Scioto Conference, Ohio. Publishing agent of the denomination, 1837; editor of magazine Religious Telescope. Bishop, 1845-1849. Active in Temperance and Abolition movements; established Underground Railroad in Circleville, Ohio. Trustee of Otterbein College. Author of a history of the United Brethren church, compiler of The Church Harp, 1841, Circleville, Ohio." - Ellen Jane Lorenz, Dictionary of North American Hymnology archives.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
