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ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The General Synod having received the report of the committee appointed upon the subject of the Psalms and Hymns, and having inspected the selection made by the Rev. Professor Livingston, agreeably to the request of the General Synod in their last session, do express their high satisfaction and decided approbation of the same. It is therefore resolved, That this selection be forthwith published and introduced into public worship in all our Churches. And the General Synod recommend the same to all families and individuals within their communion, to be adopted instead of the book which has hitherto been in use. It is further resolved, that the Catechism, Articles of Faith, and what has formerly been published with the book of Psalms and Hymns, be also added to the new edition; — and that the copyright of the book be secured for the express and sole benefit of such students as may attend our theological lectures, and may need pecuniary assistance.

Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. Livingston be requested to superintend the publication of the first Edition of the new Psalm Book, and when published that he affix his name thereto.

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TABLE OF PSALM FIRST LINES
         A-H

A
ALMIGHTY ruler of the skies	22
Almighty God, appear and save	26
Are sinners now so senseless grown	29
Arise, my gracious God	32
Amid thy wrath remember love	72
As pants the hart for cooling, &c.	78
A word in season spoke with pow'r	97
Are all the foes of Zion fools	98
Among th' assemblies of the great	138
And will the God of grace	139
Among the princes, earthly gods	144
Again, my tongue thy silence, &c.	188
Awake, my soul, with fervent, &c.	189
Arise, O king of grace, arise	228
Awake, ye saints to praise, &c.	232
All ye that love the Lord, rejoice	256
B
Behold! the lofty sky	39
Behold! the morning sun	40
Blest is the man, for ever blest	60
Blest is the nation where the Lord	62
Behold the love, the gen'rous love	67
Behold the blest Redeemer comes	76
Blest is the man whose bowels move	78
Behold! O God, what cruel foes	135
Blest are the souls that hear, &c.	151
Before Jehovah's awful throne	168
Behold! the stately cedars stand	178
Behold the sure foundation stone	200
Blest are the undefil'd in heart	202
Behold thy waiting servant, Lord	208
Blest are the sons of peace	230
By Babel's stream the captive &c.	235
C
Children in years and, &c.	64
Come, sounde his praise abroad	162
Come, let our souls address, &c.	163
Consider all my sorrows, Lord	211
D
David rejoic'd in God, his strength	45
Deep in our hearts let us record	117
E
Early, my God, without delay	107
Exalt the Lord our God	167
F
Fools in their hearts believe, &c.	28
Far as thy name is known	87
From foes that round us rise	104
Father, I sing thy wondrous grace	119
For ever shall my song record	149
From age to age exalt his name	184
From all that dwell below, &c.	198
Father, I bless thy gentle hand	214
Firm and unmov'd are they	222
For ever blessed be the Lord	246
G
Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame	56
God of my life, look gently down	74
God is our refuge in distress	84
Great is the Lord our God	87
God counts the sorrows, &c.	101
Great God, indulge my, &c.	108
Great God, attend to my, &c.	109
God of my childhood, &c.	122
Great God, whose universal sway	123
God, my supporter, and my hope	126
Great Shepherd of thine Israel	136
Great God attend, while Zion sings	141
God in his earthly temple lays	145
God, from his cloudy cistern, pours	176
Give thanks to God, &c.	180
God of eternal love	183
Give thanks to God; he, &c.	184
God of my mercy and my praise	190
Great is the Lord, his works, &c.	193
Great is the Lord, exalted high	231
Give thanks to God, most high	233
Give to our God immortal praise	235
H
How long, O Lord, &c.	27
How fast their guilty sorrows, &c.	31
How many Ebenezers stand	60
How pleasing is thy voice	111
How long, eternal God, how long	128
How awful is thy chast'ning rod	132
How pleasant, how divinely fair	140
Hear what the Lord in vision said	151
He, that hath made his refuge God	156
He reigns; the Lord, &c.	164