▁It ▁exists ▁in ▁almost ▁as ▁many ▁variations ▁and ▁ed itions ▁as ▁there ▁are ▁distinct ▁groups ▁of ▁Ex clus ive ▁Bre th ren . ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 8 ▁( and ▁again ▁ 1 8 4 0 ) ▁the ▁Central ▁T ract ▁Dep ot ▁published ▁George ▁W ig ram ' s ▁H ym ns ▁for ▁the ▁Po or ▁of ▁the ▁F lock . ▁This ▁was ▁followed ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 6 ▁by ▁his ▁H ym ns ▁and ▁Spirit ual ▁Songs ▁for ▁the ▁Little ▁F lock ▁which ▁gathered ▁together ▁h ym ns ▁from ▁diverse ▁collections ▁used ▁among ▁Bre th ren ▁and ▁on ▁which ▁all ▁subsequent ▁versions ▁are ▁based . ▁This ▁was ▁re vised ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁by ▁John ▁Nelson ▁Dar by , ▁an ▁edition ▁which ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁print , ▁published ▁by ▁Bible ▁Tr uth ▁Publish ers ▁of ▁Add ison , ▁Illinois , ▁USA ▁and ▁available ▁from ▁Chapter ▁Two , ▁etc . ▁William ▁Kelly ▁re vised ▁the ▁h ymn ▁book ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Henry ▁Reyn olds ▁produced ▁his ▁edition ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁ ▁R aven / T aylor ▁ed itions ▁▁ ▁Among st ▁R aven – T aylor ▁Bre th ren , ▁every ▁new ▁do ctr inal ▁development ▁has ▁been ▁reflected ▁in ▁renew ed ▁activity ▁in ▁h ymn ▁composition ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁other ▁European ▁languages . ▁Do ctr inal ▁sh ifts ▁were ▁often ▁followed ▁by ▁marked ▁re - edit ing ▁of ▁the ▁h ym ns ▁themselves ▁to