There is none that can be placed on the same low level with much that is found in the hymn-books of most denominations of Christians - very good; very pious; very sentimental; very much adapted, as is supposed, to excite the feelings of devotion; but withal so flat, so weak, so unpoetic, that it would not, in a volume of mere poetry, be admitted to a third or fourth rank, if, indeed, it would find a place at all.

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Albert Barnes: "There is none that can be placed on the same low level with much that is found in the hymn-books of most denominations of Christians - very good; very pious; very sentimental; very much adapted, as is supposed, to excite the feelings of devotion; but withal so flat, so weak, so unpoetic, that it would not, in a volume of mere poetry, be admitted to a third or fourth rank, if, indeed, it would find a place at all."

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Adapted	Admitted	Christians	Denominations
Devotion	Excite	Feelings	Find
Flat	Found	Fourth	Good
Hymnbooks	Indeed	Level	Mere
Most	None	Pious	Place
Placed	Poetry	Rank	Same
Sentimental	Supposed	Third	Unpoetic
Very	Volume	Weak	Withal

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There is none that can be placed on the same low level with much that is found in the hymn-books of most denominations of Christians - very good; very pious; very sentimental; very much adapted, as is supposed, to excite the feelings of devotion; but withal so flat, so weak, so unpoetic, that it would not, in a volume of mere poetry, be admitted to a third or fourth rank, if, indeed, it would find a place at all. - Albert Barnes