Without music. Printed in two columns.
The first of three issues of this work without change of title page identified by J.F. Sachse. See his "The music of the Ephrata Cloister." Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings 12 (1903): 46-49. "About two-thirds of the hymns were contributed by Conrad Beissel."
The 'Vorrede ueber die Sing-Arbeit,' an original treatise on harmony, is attributed to Beissel by Sachse, q.v.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 5958).