Millennial Praises

[3] In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the Shakers began moving west from New York, into Ohio and Kentucky.

[7][12][13] The hymns were about Christ, God, love, praise, work, and the growth of the Shaker communities.

[11] The first hymn in the Millennial Praises reflects the Shaker viewpoint that God is both male and female.

Wells and edited by Richard McNemar of the Union Village Shaker settlement, was titled Millennial Praises Parts I and II Containing a Collection of Gospel Hymns.

[15] McNemar composed about 70 of the 140 hymns, and about a dozen were written by Issachar Bates, a Shaker poet.

[6] About the time of the publication of Millennial Praises, the Shakers began to record song melodies using different systems.