---
title: 'Old Song and New'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Margaret Junkin Preston'
date: 1870-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Poetry'
- 'Bible Characters'
- 'Devotional (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Ruth 1'
- '2 Samuel 11'
- 'John 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/preston-1870-old-song-and-new
---

# Old Song and New

Margaret J. Preston's 1870 poetry collection Old Song and New retells biblical narratives (Ruth, Bathsheba), Greek tales, ballads, sonnets and devotional pieces on faith and loss.

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