Music has been an integral part of Christian worship since the church’s earliest days. Gathering the time-tested songs from a variety of traditions, this collection adds depth and breadth to your library of hymns. These volumes feature lyrics and musical notation for thousands of hymns from Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Anglican, and other traditions. Tap into a trove of musical tradition with the work of hymn writers such as Edward Caswall, John and Charles Wesley, and A.J. Gordon, as well as ancient verses from the early church.

Joseph Irons saw singing as “one of the most delightful exercises in which the saints of God can be engaged.” He compiled this collection of 611 hymns, “expressing in rhymes the grand doctrines” preached from the pulpit. A valuable addition to a church historian’s library, this volume captures the spirit of church life in England in the nineteenth century.