Hymns and Sacred Songs, Designed for the Use of the Children of the Latter-day Saints

Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret S. S. Union; Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. Hardcover. Good. 254pp. Vigesimo-quarto [12.5 cm] Finely pebbled black cloth over boards with decorative blind ruled borders on the backstrip and boards. Titled in gilt ("S.S Hymn Book") on the backstrip. Cloth at spine ends a bit frayed. Underlying boards peeking through at the corners. Endpapers cracked along the hinges. Two contemporary owners' names and brief notations in pencil on the front pastedown. From the Preface-

"In making this collection of hymns the aim has been to select those which, when sung, will have the effect to elevate the thoughts and to inspire with noble desires the minds of the children, and also make the home and the Sunday School more attractive.