To Rev. Min Cushing

With the land regards of his Betative & friend Leur's G. Bay

Jan. 1.1875

SINGERS AND SONGS

OF

THE LIBERAL FAITH.

"God sent his singers upon Earth
With songs of sadness and of mirth,
That they might touch the hearts of men,
And bring them back to heaven again."

LONGFELLOW.

"A good hymn is a more valuable contribution to Christian Literature than vast tomes of theology; for it will sing to the ages after the tomes are mouldering on the shelves."

SEARS.

OF THE

Liberal Faith;

BEING SELECTIONS OF HYMNS AND OTHER
SACRED POEMS OF THE LIBERAL

CHURCH IN AMERICA,

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE WRITERS, AND WITH
HISTORICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES.