In what year was the hymnbook that Elisha J. King compiled first published?
Elisha J. King Elisha James King (1821-1844) was, with B. F. White, the compiler of "The Sacred Harp", a shape note hymnbook that came to be used widely in the rural South. In revised form, the book continues to be popular among singers to this day.
Prayers or Meditations Prayers or Meditations, written in 1545 by the English queen Catherine Parr, was the first book published in England by a woman under her own name and in English language. It first appeared in print on 8 June 1545. Preceded in the previous year by her anonymously published "Psalms or Prayers", the 60-page book consisted of vernacular texts selected and assembled by the Queen for personal devotion. It is based on the much longer 15th century Catholic devotional book by Thomas à Kempis, "The Imitation of Christ", but reoriented for the purposes of the developing Church of England.