Baptist Hymnal, edited by Walter Hines Sims, Convention Press, Nashville, Tennessee, copyright 1956, twenty-second printing. Brown cloth hardcover pew hymnal stamped in silver on the front cover "Mableton First Baptist Church." Used, good condition: rubbing and fraying along the spine and edges, light soiling to the cloth, and a sound, clean text block in the pages shown.

The classic mid-century Southern Baptist Convention hymnal, compiled by a committee of thirty-seven from across the Convention, with hymns and gospel songs, responsive readings, and full indexes of authors, composers, tunes, meters, topics and first lines.

A nice piece for Baptist and church-history collectors, for members and descendants of the Mableton congregation, or simply for singing from at home.