{"product_id":"1867-ymca-hymn-book","title":"1867 YMCA HYMN-BOOK. First Hymn-Book Ever Published by YMCA. Model for D. L. Moody \u0026 Ira D. Sankey's Revivalist Hymns.","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery scarce first edition of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eL. P. Rowland Jr.’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"20\"\u003eThe Y. M. Christian Association Hymn-Book, with Tunes\u003c\/i\u003e, significant in American hymnology and social history as the very first official hymn book published specifically for the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiled by Lyman P. Rowland Jr., a prominent leader who served as the general secretary of the Boston YMCA, the first local chapter established in the United States, this volume reflects the organization’s pivotal post-Civil War transition from a localized urban ministry into a national evangelical movement. \u003cspan class=\"citation-360 citation-end-360\"\u003ePrinted in New York by the American Tract Society for the Boston YMCA at Tremont Temple, the book was tailored directly for young men’s prayer meetings, street-corner revivals, and interdenominational gatherings.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e By pairing accessible musical tunes directly with singable, lively evangelical texts, Rowland helped pioneer the genre of \"gospel hymnody\" that would dominate later 19th-century American revivalism, serving as an influential musical template for later YMCA songbooks and the mass urban campaigns of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned [Rev.] F. R. Doane on ffep. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association]. Rowland Jr., L. P. The Y. M. Christian Association Hymn-Book, with Tunes. Published by the Boston Y. M. Christian Association, Rooms, Tremont Temple. From the Press of the American Tract Society [New York]. 1867. First Edition. 144pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood + in original card covers with cloth spine, both hinges tender with mull exposed at interior. Textually good + to very good and solid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67654082232356,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/10-13-2026SpecsFineBooks-10.jpg?v=1791927424","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1867-ymca-hymn-book","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}