[LUTHERAN] A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship

A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship; Published by Order of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio. Zanesville: Printed at the Lutheran Standard Office, 1845. [10163]

"John Younkman's Book, Bought in Canton Stark County Ohio, March A.D. 1846" in blue ink inside the front cover. Full brown leather, worn & stained, joints cracked, small chip bottom of backstrip, black leather spine title label, 15.5 x 9.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 inches). vi., 368, [2], [2 - half title page], [1}-79 pp., complete. Fair. Full leather.

The first hymnal of the Ohio Synod (Das Deutsche Ev. Ministerium in Ohio und den nachbarten Staaten), which was formed in 1818. The Synod was an offshoot of the Pennsylvania Ministerium, and merged in 1930 with the Iowa and Buffalo synods to form the American Lutheran Church.

With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.