William Muirhead was a

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missionary who served with the

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during the late

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Works authored or edited

* ''Hymns of Praise''. 38 leaves. Shanghai, 1858. By Rev. William Muirhead. This is a collection of 100 hymns in the

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, prefaced by a statement of thirty principal doctrines of the Christian religion, with an elaborate detail of pertinent Scripture texts under each. A subsequent edition was published in 55 leaves. * ''Salvation Hymns''. 39 leaves. Shanghai, 1861. By Rev. William Muirhead. This is a collection of 69 hymns. * ''Shanghai Hymn Book'', 132 hymns, by William Muirhead, D.D. 1888.

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