Sankey used the hymnbook of Philip Phillips, a compilation entitled Hallowed Songs, some of them his own.
The hymnbook thus modified was published in 1859, and its introduction into church use left to the judgment of presbyteries, while its use in schools and in confirmation instruction was insisted upon forthwith.
Needless to say, the colporteur did not fail to bring some on his next trip, and now many of the boys have their own, and frequently the hymnbook which they treasure next is tied up with it.
Korean boys are not the only ones who treasure the hymnbook and love to learn and to sing Christian hymns.
Luther, therefore, also undertook this work, and, in 1524, the first hymnbook appeared.
In the Preface to the new edition of hishymnbook (1529).
