(RELIGION) John Reist A Collection of Hymns Designed for the

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(RELIGION.) John Reist. A Collection of Hymns, Designed for the Use of the Church of Christ. 224 pages. 16mo, contemporary calf, minor wear; foxing; early owner's pencil inscription on from pastedown. Buffalo, NY: A.W. Wilgus, 1847

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First edition of the first hymnal of the Reformed Mennonite Church, with the text of 197 hymns. The first American English-language hymnal of the main body of Mennonites ("A Selection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs") was published the same year in Harrisonburg, VA; priority is undetermined. See Bender, "Hymnology of the North American Mennonites." 5 in OCLC, and none at auction since 1920. Not in Severance, Buffalo Imprints to 1850; or the McMurtrie supplement.