A NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF DR. WATTS'S DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS, BY THE REV. JAMES G. C. FUSSELL, M.A. LONDON: W. H. DALTON, COCKSPUR STREET. 1852. Sixpence, or 25 for Ten Shillings. 147.α.91. PREFACE. persons FEW have shewn the same power of writing hymns for children as Dr. Watts. In some respects, however, his hymns are open to serious objection. They teach the child to use expressions with regard to others, which seem to encourage censoriousness; and they put words into his mouth, both in praise and dispraise of himself, to which his own conscience cannot be supposed to bear witness; and in which his true position and character as a Christian child, if he be such, is by no means sufficiently realized. The knowledge that this has, in some instances, prevented the use of these hymns, Song 21 Against Evil Company 22 Against Pride in Clothes 23 Obedience to Parents 24 The Child's Complaint 25 A Morning Song 26 An Evening Song 27 A Song for the Lord's day Morning 28 A Song for the Lord's day Evening 29 Morning Hymn 47 49 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 DIVINE SONGS. SONG I. A GENERAL SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD. 1 How glorious is our heavenly King, 2 How great His power is, none can tell, 3 Angels that stand before the Lord, But they perform His heavenly word, |