Collection ID
PBK.003695
Type
Printed Book
Date
1909
Geography
Montrose, Pennsylvania United States
Language
English
Medium
Printed on Paper
Dimensions
7.8 × 5.2 × 0.5 in. (19.8 × 13.2 × 1.2 cm)
Exhibit Location
Not on View

This is the first hymn book to include the fourth stanza as seen in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Edwin Othello Excell’s arrangement of “Amazing Grace” in this songbook is likely the most familiar version of the song today. It is written in four-part harmony.

Published in 1909 by the Montrose Christian Literature Society, Montrose, Pennsylvania. Privately purchased in 2020 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

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