Principally for chorus (SATB); keyboard acc. optional.
"It is the purpose of this work to furnish suitable tunes for the hymns in 'The Sabbath hymn book,' and to bring the hymns and tunes together, so that both may be easily seen at the same opening of the volume.": p. [iii].
Preface signed: Lowell Mason, Edwards A. Park, and Austin Phelps.
"Preface" [including a short history of church music and an evaluation of the contemporary situation]: p. iii-x.