Rhinehart, W. R. The American Church Harp: containing A Choice Selection of Hymns and Tunes, comprising A Variety of Metres, well adapted to all Christian Churches, Singing Schools, and Private Families. Dayton, O.: Printed for the Author, at the Printing Establishment of the United Brethren in Christ, 1856. [8679]
Brown leather spine with title & lines in gilt, marbled boards, 18 cm (7 x 4 1/2 inches). 158 pp., complete, foxing. Very good. Hardcover.
Stanislaw 228. First published in 1848, this is the third printing. A four-shape note tunebook.
William R. Rhinehart (1800-1861), b. Virginia; d. Dayton, Ohio. Rev. Rhinehart was a minister with the United Brethren in Christ, ordained 1829. He was pastor of a church in Dayton, Ohio, editor of The Religious Telescope periodical, active in both the temperance and anti-slavery movements, and compiled two hymnals, The American Church Harp and the Hymn Book of the United Brethren in Christ.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
