adore; Live near his heart, upon his bosom lean; Obey his voice, and all his will esteem. The third line of the last verse certainly echoes the thought of Charles Wesley's hymn Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine, with the line "Eternally held in Thy heart". Another example from William Gadsby illustrates the Calvinistic flavour of this book. Hymn number 530 describes election in Calvinistic language. 1 ELECTION is a truth divine, As absolute as free; Works ne'er can make the blessing mine; 'Tis God's own wise decree. 5 Nor law, nor death, nor hell, nor sin, Can alter his decree; The elect eternal life shall win, And all God's glory see. Availability The hymnal is currently available in these editions : "Buckram" (standard pew edition), 936p., ; Large print version, 636p., ; Large print (leather), 936p., ,; leather binding and India paper, 895 pp.; hardback, 895 pp.; and a Kivar edition, 473 pp. The hymn book is used by the Gospel Standard Strict Baptists in England and the United States and a few Old School or Primitive Baptist churches in the United States. Many of the Strict Baptists use the Companion Tune Book, a musical score of 1011 hymn tunes designed as a companion to Gadsby's hymn book. The hymn book was never widely used in churches outside the United Kingdom, but there is some renewed interest in it among Reformed Baptists as devotional poetry. Gadsby also published Nazarene's Songs, containing about 250 of his own hymns. See also List of English-language hymnals by denomination References External links Gospel Standard Trust Publications Gadsby's Hymns With Indexes Selection of Hymns for Public Worship 1814 non-fiction books 1814 in Christianity 1814 in music Baptist Christianity in England