AN EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS, AS READ IN THE LITURGY OF THE CHURCH. BY THE REV. JAMES SLADE, M.A. VICAR OF BOLTON, AND PREBENDARY OF CHESTER. S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. 1832. 277. PREFACE. work was originally intended and underfor the benefit of Sunday Schools, but y be found especially useful in families; is probable that the subject and bearmany of the Songs of Zion, as well as expressions in them, are in general but fectly understood: and it is needful that ould "sing with the spirit, and sing with nderstanding also." 1 Cor. xiv. 15. If, ore, on each Sunday, the Psalms for the e read with this explanation, before to church, it may be a means, under blessing, of exciting a better attention m, and of enabling some to derive a · advantage from this important part of Imirable Liturgy. To those families, ver, in which the reading of a portion pture is happily combined with domesship, this manual may afford a seasonlp and service. |