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205, 464, and 526. His hymns had appeared in the &quot; Gospel Magazine &quot; for 1777, and the following years.

&quot; Glory to God on high ! &quot;No. 338.

This is erroneously attributed to Boden in the &quot;New Congre gational.&quot; It is by James Allen, vide &quot;James Allen.&quot;

&quot; Ye dying sons of men.&quot; No. 513.

This hymn appeared in the &quot; Gospel Magazine &quot; for February, 1777. It is given in the &quot; New Congregational &quot; without abridgment, and with the alteration of only one word.

&quot; Bright source of everlasting love.&quot; No. 977.

This is No. 526 in the above collection. It was written to be sung after a charity sermon for the benefit of the sick poor. Two verses are omitted.

JOSEPH STRAPHAN.

&quot; Blest work, the youthful mind to win.&quot; No. 97-i.

THIS is part of hymn 523 in &quot; Rippon s Selection.&quot; The original hymn has six verses, and begins

&quot; Blest is the man whose heart expands.&quot;

It appears in an altered form in the &quot; New Congregational.&quot; There are three hymns by Straphan in &quot; Kippon s Selection.&quot;

JOHN DOBELL.

17571840. &quot; Now is the accepted time.&quot; No. 495.

THIS simple but useful hymn, given without name in the &quot; New Congregational,&quot; is No. 360 in John Dobell s Collection, where his own name is put to it, and it is given with an ad ditional verse. The full title of that collection is &quot;A New

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