The Wesleyan Harp: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes, suitable for Social Worship

Merrill, A. D.; Brown, W. C. The Wesleyan Harp: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes, suitable for Social Worship. Boston: Published by the Compilers, 1834. First Edition. [11010] Teal cloth with floral pattern, brown leather title label to spine, scuffed and worn, corner tips and spine ends frayed, tight. Old cloth repair to both end paper hinges, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. 213, [3] pp., smudges, foxing. Good. Hardcover. The music is in two or three parts, with round notes. Abraham Dow Merrill (1796-1878), b. & d. at Salem, New Hampshire. Metcalf has his middle name as "Down." He was converted at a revival meeting in 1820, and by 1822 joined the New Hampshire Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, wherein he was for forty years active in the ministry. He was known "as a revivalist, an indefatigable worker, and a sweet singer in Israel." - Metcalf, American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music (1925). William Cowper Brown (1801-1870), b. Newburyport, Massachusetts; d. Chelsea, Massac