PREFACE.

AN Edition of the Munsee Hymn Book was printed in the year 1842, and also portions of the Book of Common Prayer in the same language were printed in the year 1847. Both these are now out of print, and we need a new Edition of the Prayer Book and Hymn Book to aid us in singing the praises of God in our own tongue. Although the number of the Munsees or Delawares for whose use this collection is designed is small,--embracing only three villages, Munsee Town, Moravian Town, and Grand River, in the Province of Ontario, Canada--yet we desire to rejoice with our brethren of other tribes and nations, while we sing the praises of God in our own language around our hearthstones and in our churches. A desire to assist my poor native brethren, the Munsee and Delaware Indians, in this part of the worship of God, has led me to undertake this work. A few of these Hymns have been translated by the Rev. Luckenbach, Moravian Missionary, who lived with the Delaware tribe of Indians fifty years, at Moravian Town, in the County of Kent, and who was well acquainted with the language. Most of the Hymns have been translated by the late Charles Halfmoon, and a few of the Psalms by me; and I hope and pray that they may be made a great blessing to my Indian brethren.

As our white brethren occasionally worship with us, it is necessary that the Prayer Book and Hymn Book be printed in English on the opposite pages of these books.

JOHN WAMPUM,
or, CHIEF WAU-BUN-O.

CONTENTS

The Order for Morning Prayer	Whyuhpauwee Pahpahtumwawauconul.
The Order for Evening Prayer	Olaukoonee Pahpahtumwawauconul.
The Order for Ministration of Holy Communion.	Ail Oolahquinehpoowaukun Nalaulquaing.
The Order of Baptism of Infants.	Sokinehpaultoowaukunwah neik Ahmeminzhuk.
The Order of Baptism of Adults.	Sokinehpaultoowaukunah yook Macheh Maingkeilkeik.
The Catechism	Ail Aukakehmint.
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony.	Wetahwaindoohaultoowaukun.
The Order for the Burial of the Dead.	Aleich qtowhwnint neik Manehlahcheik.
Hymns	Minzeewih Loonzwaywaukunul.
Additional Hymns	Huisquetuchkunul Loonzwaywaukunul.

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