song_number,bare_song_number,song_title,composer_source,composition_date,poet_source,poet_date,meter,lyrics,time_signature
26,26,Samaria,Maggie Denson Cagle,1936,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","My spirit looks to God alone,
My rock and refuge is His throne;
In all my fears, in all my straits,
My soul on His salvation waits.
Trust Him ye saints in all your ways,
Pour out your hearts before His face;
When helpers fail, and foes invade,
God is our all-sufficient aid.
Make not increasing gold your trust,
Nor set your hearts on glitt’ring dust;
Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke,
And not believe what God hath spoke?
For sov’reign pow’r reign not alone,
Grace is the partner of the throne;
Thy grace and justice mighty Lord,
Shall well divide our last reward.",6/8
27,27,Bethel,,,William Cowper,1772,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heav’nly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!
Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and His word?
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their mem’ry still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.
Return Oh holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
And drove Thee from my breast.
The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.
So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame,
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.",4/4
28b,28,Wells,Israel Holdroyd,1724,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time t’insure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn
The vilest sinner may return.
Life is the hour that God has giv’n,
To escape hell and fly to heav’n;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessing of the day.
The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie;
Their mem’ry and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.",4/4
28t,28,Aylesbury,A Book of Psalmody,1718,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","The God we worship now,
Will guide us till we die,
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.
How decent and how wise!
How glorious to behold,
Beyond the pomp that charms the eye,
And rites adorned with gold.
Far as Thy name is known,
The world declares Thy praise;
Thy saints, Oh Lord, before Thy throne
Their songs of honor raise.",4/4
29b,29,Tribulation,Patterson’s Church Music,1813,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Death, ’tis a melancholy day
To those who have no God,
When the poor soul is forced away,
To seek her last abode.
In vain to heav’n she lifts her eyes,
For guilt, a heavy chain,
Still drags her downward from the skies
To darkness, fire, and pain.",3/2
29t,29,Fairfield,Hitchcock,,Edmund Jones,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Come, humble sinner, in whose breast
A thousand thoughts revolve,
Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,
And make this last resolve.
I’ll go to Jesus, though my sin
Hath like a mountain rose;
I know His courts, I’ll enter in,
Whatever may oppose.
I can but perish if I go,
I am resolved to try,
For if I stay away I know
I must forever die.",4/4
30b,30,Prospect,Graham,1835,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Why should we start and fear to die?
What tim’rous worms we mortals are!
Death is the gate to endless joy,
And yet we dread to enter there.
The pains, the groans, the dying strife,
Fright our approaching souls away;
And we shrink back again to life,
Fond of our prison and our clay.
Oh if my Lord would come and meet,
My soul would stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.
Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are;
While on His breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.",3/4
30t,30,Love Divine,Thomas Waller,1869,Charles Wesley,1747,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heav’n to earth come down;
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy Salvation;
Enter ev’ry trembling heart.",2/4
31b,31,Webster,Southern Harmony,1835,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Come, we who love the Lord,
And let our joys be known:
Join in a song with sweet accord
And thus surround the throne.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But servants of the heav’nly King
May speak their joys abroad.
The God that rules on high,
That all the earth surveys,
That rides upon the stormy sky,
And calms the roaring sea.",4/4
31t,31,Ninety-Third Psalm,Lucius Chapin,1812,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Grace! ’Tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;
Heav’n with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;
And all the steps that grace display,
Which drew the wondrous plan.
Grace taught my wand’ring feet
To tread the heav’nly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.
Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heav’n the topmost stone,
And well deserves our praise.",3/2
32b,32,Distress,Southern Harmony,1835,Anne Steele,1760,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","So fades the lovely blooming flow’r,
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.
Is there no kind, no healing art,
To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Spirit of grace, be ever nigh;
Thy comforts are not made to die.
Let gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again,
Hope wipes the tear from sorrow’s eye,
And faith points upward to the sky.",4/4
32t,32,Corinth,John Massengale,1844,Joseph Grigg,1765,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Jesus, and shall it ever be,
A mortal man ashamed of Thee?
Ashamed of Thee whom angels praise,
Whose glories shine through endless days.
Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon
Let midnight be ashamed of noon;
’Tis midnight with my soul till He,
Bright morning star, bids darkness flee.
Ashamed of Jesus, sooner far
Let evening blush to own a star;
He sheds the beams of light divine
O’er this benighted soul of mine.
Ashamed of Jesus, that dear Friend
On whom my hopes of heav’n depend!
No, when I blush, be this my shame,
That I no more revere His name.",4/4
33b,33,Abbeville,E. J. King,1844,Benjamin Beddome,1800,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Come, Holy Spirit come,
With energy divine,
And on this poor, benighted soul,
With beams of mercy shine.
Melt, melt this frozen heart;
This stubborn will subdue;
Each evil passion overcome,
And form me all anew.
Mine will the profit be,
But Thine shall be the praise;
And unto Thee will I devote
The remnant of my days.",3/4
33t,33,Weeping Savior,E. J. King,1844,Benjamin Beddome,1787,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Did Christ o’er sinners weep?
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from ev’ry eye.
The Son of God in tears
The wond’ring angels see;
Be thou astonished, Oh my soul,
He shed those tears for thee.
He wept that we might weep;
Each sin demands a tear;
In heav’n alone no sin is found,
And there’s no weeping there.",4/4
34b,34,St. Thomas,Aaron Williams,1770,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Come, sound His praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sov’reign God,
The universal King.
He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The wat’ry worlds are all His own,
And all the solid ground.
Come, worship at His throne,
Come bow before the Lord;
We are His works, and not our own,
He formed us by His word.",4/4
34t,34,The Gospel Pool,Edmund Dumas,1869,John Newton,1779,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Beside the gospel pool,
Appointed for the poor,
From time to time my helpless soul,
Has waited for a cure.
But whither can I go?
There is no other pool,
Where streams of sov’reign virtue flow,
To make a sinner whole.",4/4
35,35,Saints Bound For Heaven,J. King,1840,Elliott’s Sacred Lyre,1828,"Particular Meter: 7,3,7,7,7,3","Our bondage it shall end
By and by,
From Egypt’s yoke set free;
Hail the glorious jubilee,
And to Canaan we’ll return,
By and by.
Our deliverer He shall come
By and by,
And our sorrows have an end,
With our three score years and ten,
And vast glory crown the day
By and by.
Though our enemies are strong,
We’ll go on,
Though our hearts dissolve with fear,
Lo, Sinai’s God is near,
While the fiery pillar moves,
We’ll go on.",4/4
36b,36,Ninety-Fifth,Patterson’s Church Music,1813,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","When I can read my title clear,
To mansions in the skies,
I’ll bid farewell to ev’ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.
There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav’nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.",4/4
36t,36,America,Truman S. Wetmore,1798,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","My soul repeat His praise,
Whose mercies are so great,
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
High as the heav’ns are raised,
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of His grace,
Our highest thoughts exceed.
His pow’r subdues our sins,
And His forgiving love,
Far as the east is from the west,
Doth all our guilt remove.",4/4
37b,37,Liverpool,M. C. H. Davis,1835,Hall’s New Collection,1804,," Young people, all attention give,
And hear what I shall say;
I wish your souls with Christ to live
In everlasting day.

Remember you are hast’ning on
To death’s dark, gloomy shade;
Your joys on earth will soon be gone,
Your flesh in dust be laid. ",4/4
37t,37,Ester,John S. Terry,1859,Hall’s New Collection,1804,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Young ladies, all attention give,
You that in wicked pleasures live;
One of your sex, the other day,
Was called by death’s cold hand away.
This lesson she has left for you,
To teach the careless what to do;
To seek Jehovah while you live,
And everlasting honors give.
Her honored mother she addressed,
While tears were streaming down her breast;
She grasped her tender hands and said,
“Remember me when I am dead.”
She called her father to her bed,
And thus, in dying anguish said:
“My days on earth are at an end,
My soul is summoned to attend.
“Before Jehovah’s awful bar,
To hear my awful sentence there;
And now, dear father, do repent,
And read the holy Testament.”",3/4
38b,38,Windham,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Broad is the road that leads to death
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows a narrow path,
With here and there a traveler.
“Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”
Is the Redeemer’s great command;
Nature must count her gold but dross,
If she would gain this heav’nly land.
The fearful soul that tires and faints
And walks the ways of God no more,
Is but esteemed almost a saint,
And makes his own destruction sure.
Lord, let not all my hopes be vain,
Create my heart entirely new,
Which hypocrites could ne’er attain,
Which false apostates never knew.",4/4
38t,38,Winter,Daniel Read,1785,Cole’s Pocket Edition,1834,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","His hoary frost, His fleecy snow,
Descend and clothe the ground;
The liquid streams forbear to flow,
In icy fetters bound.
He sends His word, and melts the snow,
The fields no longer mourn;
He calls the warmer gales to blow,
And bids the spring return.",4/4
39b,39,Sharpsburg,J. P. Reese,1869,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Blest Jesus while in mortal flesh
I hold my frail abode
Still would my spirit rest on Thee,
My Savior and my God.
On Thy dear cross I fix my eyes,
My trust on Thee complete,
Till love dissolves my inmost soul
At my Redeemer’s feet.
Be dead my heart, to worldly charms,
Be dead to ev’ry sin;
And tell the boldest foe without
That Jesus reigns within.",4/4
39t,39,Detroit,Bradshaw,1820,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Do not I love Thee, Oh my Lord?
Behold my heart, and see,
And turn each cursed idol out,
That dares to rival Thee.
Do not I love Thee from my soul?
Then let me nothing love;
Dead be my heart to ev’ry joy
When Jesus cannot move.
Thou know’st I love Thee, dearest Lord,
But Oh I long to soar
Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
And learn to love Thee more.",4/4
40,40,Lenox,Lewis Edson,1782,Charles Wesley,1750,"Meter Hallelujah (6,6,6,6,8,8)","Blow ye the trumpet blow,
The gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations know,
To earth’s remotest bound,
The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
Extol the Lamb of God,
The all-atoning Lamb;
Redemption through his blood
Throughout the world proclaim.
The gospel trumpet hear,
The news of heav’nly grace;
And saved from earth appear
Before your Savior’s face.
",4/4
41,41,Home in Heaven,W. W. Parks,1869,William Hunter,1843,"9s,10s (9,10,9,10)","A home in heaven! What a joyful thought,
As the poor man toils in his weary lot:
His heart oppressed, and with anguish driv’n
From his home below to his home in heav’n.
A home in heav’n as the sufferer lies
On his bed of pain, and uplifts his eyes
To that bright home, what a joy is giv’n,
From the blessed thought of his home in heav’n.
A home in heaven when the faint heart bleeds
By the Spirit stroke for its evil deeds;
Oh! then what bliss in that heart forgiven,
Does the hope inspire of its home in heav’n.
A home in heaven when our friends are fled
To the cheerless gloom of the mould’ring dead;
We wait in hope on the promise given,
That we’ll meet up there in our home in heav’n.",4/4
42,42,Clamanda,,,Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs,1814,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Say, now ye lovely social band,
Who walk the way to Canaan’s land;
Ye who have fled from Sodom’s plain,
Say do you wish to turn again?
Oh have you ventured to the field,
Well armed with helmet, sword and shield?
And shall the world, with dread alarms,
Compel you now to ground your arms?",4/4
43,43,Primrose Hill,,,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","When I can read my title clear,
To mansions in the skies,
I’ll bid farewell to ev’ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.
Let cares, like a wild deluge, come,
Let storms of sorrow fall,
So I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heav’n, my all.
There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav’nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.","6/8, 3/4, 6/8"
44,44,The Converted Thief,William Moore,1825,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","As on the cross the Savior hung,
And wept, and bled, and died;
He poured salvation on a wretch
That languished at His side.
His crimes, with inward grief and shame,
The penitent confessed,
Then turned his dying eyes to Christ,
And thus his prayer addressed.
“Jesus Thou Son and heir of heav’n?
Thou spotless Lamb of God!
I see Thee bathed in sweat and tears,
And welt’ring in Thy blood.
“Yet quickly from these scenes of woe
In triumph Thou shalt rise,
Burst through the gloomy shades of death,
And shine above the skies.
“Amid the glories of that world,
Dear Savior, think on me,
And in the victories of Thy death
Let me a sharer be.”
His prayer the dying Jesus hears,
And instantly replies,
“Today thy parting soul shall be
With me in paradise.”",6/4
45b,45,Imandra,Southern Harmony,1835,Thomas Cleland,1807,"11s (11,11,11,11)","Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand,
When we must be parted from this social band;
Our several engagements now call us away,
Our parting is needful and we must obey.",4/4
45t,45,New Britain,Columbian Harmony,1829,John Newton,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.",3/4
46,46,Let Us Sing,W. F. Moore,1867,W. F. Moore,1867,Irregular,"Shall we ever meet again at the house,
Then to make the chorus ring at the house of God?
Let us sing, sweetly sing,
At the house then we’ll sing,
Sweetly sing at the house of God.",4/4
47b,47,Idumea,Ananias Davisson,1816,Charles Wesley,1763,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","And am I born to die?
To lay this body down!
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought;
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot!
Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!
Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!",3/2
47t,47,Primrose,Amzi Chapin,1812,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Salvation, Oh the joyful sound,
’Tis pleasure to our ears;
A sov’reign balm for ev’ry wound,
A cordial for our fears.
Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell’s dark door we lay;
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heav’nly day.
Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around;
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.",4/4
48b,48,Kedron,United States Sacred Harmony,1799,Charles Wesley,1762,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Thou Man of grief, remember me,
Thou never canst Thyself forget.
Thy last expiring agony,
Thy fainting pangs and bloody sweat.
Father, if I may call Thee so,
Regard my fearful heart’s desire;
Remove this load of guilty woe,
Nor let me in my sins expire!
I tremble, lest the wrath divine,
Which bruises now my wretched soul,
Should bruise this wretched soul of mine,
Long as eternal ages roll.",4/4
48t,48,Devotion,Alexander Johnson,1818,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast.
Oh, may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.
Then shall I share a glorious part,
When grace hath well refined my heart,
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired and wished below;
And ev’ry pow’r find sweet employ,
In that eternal world of joy.",4/4
49b,49,Mear,A Sett of Tunes,1720,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Will God forever cast us off?
His wrath forever smoke
Against the people of His love,
His little chosen flock.
Think of the tribes so dearly bought
With the Redeemer’s blood,
Nor let Thy Zion be forgot,
Where once Thy glory stood.
Where once Thy churches prayed and sang
Thy foes profanely rage;
Amid Thy gates their ensigns hang,
And there their host engage.
And still to heighten our distress,
Thy presence is withdrawn;
Thy wonted signs of pow’r and grace
Thy pow’r and grace are gone.
No prophet speaks to calm our grief,
But all in silence mourn;
Nor know the hour of our relief,
The hour of Thy return.",3/2
49t,49,Old Hundred,Psaumes de David,1551,New Version,1696,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Oh come, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King.
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation’s Rock we praise.",2/2
50b,50,Humility,David Grant,1988,William Hammond,1745,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Lord, we come before Thee now,
At Thy feet we humbly bow;
Oh do not our suit disdain!
Shall we seek Thee, Lord, in vain?
In Thine own appointed way,
Now we seek Thee, here we stay;
Lord from hence we would not go,
Till a blessing Thou bestow.
Grant that all may seek and find
Thee a God supremely kind;
Heal the sick, the captive free.
Let us all rejoice in Thee.",3/2
50t,50,Mortality,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away; our life’s a dream,
An empty tale, a morning flow’r,
Cut down and withered in an hour.
Our age to sev’nty years is set;
How short the time! How frail the state!
And if to eighty we arrive,
We’d rather sigh and groan than live.
Teach us, Oh Lord, how frail is man;
And kindly lengthen out the span,
Till a wise care of piety
Fit us to die and dwell with Thee.",4/4
51,51,My Home,C. F. Letson,1869,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Don’t you feel like going home,
My home it is in the promised land,
And I feel like going home.
Oh, the transporting rapt’rous scene,
That rises to my sight.
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
",4/4
52b,52,Charlestown,United States Sacred Harmony,1799,John Newton,1779,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","“Mercy, Oh Thou Son of David,”
Thus poor blind Bartimeus prayed,
“Others by Thy Word are saved,
Now to me afford Thine aid.”
Many for his crying chid him,
But he called the louder still,
Till the gracious Savior bid him,
“Come and ask me what you will.”",6/4
52t,52,Albion,Robert Boyd,1816,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
While ye surround His throne.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But servants of the heav’nly King
May speak their joys abroad.
The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruit on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.",4/4
53,53,Jerusalem,William Walker,1835,John Cennick,1743,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Jesus, my all to heav’n is gone,
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I’ll pursue
The narrow way till Him I view.
I’m on my journey home to the new Jerusalem,
So fare you well, I am going home.
The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment,
The King’s highway of holiness
I’ll go, for all His paths are peace.
This is the way I long have sought,
And mourned because I found it not;
My grief a burden long has been,
Because I was not saved from sin.
Then will I tell to sinners ’round,
What a dear Savior I have found;
I’ll point to Thy redeeming blood,
And say, “Behold the way to God.”
Lo! glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to Thee, whose I am;
Nothing but sin have I to give,
Nothing but love shall I receive.
",4/4
54,54,The Blessed Lamb,,,,,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","See the happy spirits waiting
On the banks beyond the stream;
Sweet responses still repeating
Jesus, Jesus is their theme.
See they whisper; Hark! they call me,
Sister spirit, come away;
Lo, I come, earth can’t contain me;
Hail, ye realms of endless day!
Hail the blessed Lamb,
Glory to His name.","3/4, 4/4"
55,55,Sister’s Farewell,A. J. McLendon,1905,A. J. McLendon,1905,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Farewell, dear brothers, fare you well,
Pray do not weep for me,
I’m going home to Christ to dwell
Throughout eternity.
When I get home to that bright world,
And meet my Savior there,
And all the loved ones gone before,
I’ll need no more shed a tear.
Dear sister, thou art left alone,
But thou art kind and true,
And when God calls you to come home,
I hope to meet you, too.
Thus we’ll surround the great white throne,
And dwell forever there,
And sing God’s praise through endless days,
From sorrow, pain and care.
Dear father, you’ve been kind to me,
When I was young and wild,
But now, dear father, do not weep,
Forgive your loving child.
Oh may we all together meet,
And shout, and praise and sing
Hallelujah then to our God,
Our Savior and our King.
My loving mother, fare you well,
But do not fear alarm,
The Savior dear is ever near,
To shield you from all harm.
Yet may we meet and be complete,
With all the blood-washed throng,
And cast our crown at Jesus’ feet,
And sing redemption’s song.",4/4
56b,56,Villulia,J. M. Day,1850,John Newton,1779,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Mercy Oh Thou Son of David,
Thus poor blind Bartimeus prayed,
Others by Thy grace are saved,
Now to me afford Thine aid.
Money was not what he wanted,
Though by begging used to live;
But he asked and Jesus granted,
Alms which none but he could give.
“Lord, remove this grievous blindness,
Let mine eyes behold the day;”
Straight he saw, and, won by kindness,
Followed Jesus in the way.",3/4
56t,56,Columbiana,D. P. White,1850,John Newton,1779,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","May the grace of Christ our Savior,
And the Father’s boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit’s favor,
Rest upon us from above.
Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord;
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.",4/4
57,57,Christian Soldier,F. Price,1835,Isaac Watts,1724,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Am I a soldier of the cross,
A foll’wer of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause,
Or blush to speak His name?
Must I be carried to the skies
On flow’ry beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?
Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?
Is this vile world a friend to grace,
To help me on to God?
Sure I must fight if I would reign;
Increase my courage, Lord,
I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by Thy word.",6/8
58,58,Pisgah,J. C. Lowry,1817,Richard Burnham,1783,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Jesus, Thou art the sinner’s friend,
As such I look to Thee,
Now in the bowels of Thy love,
Oh Lord, remember me.
Remember the pure word of grace,
Remember Calvary,
Remember all Thy dying groans,
And then remember me.
Thou wondrous advocate with God,
I yield myself to Thee,
While Thou art sitting on Thy throne,
Oh Lord, remember me.
And when I close my eyes in death,
And creature helps all flee,
Then, Oh my great Redeemer, God,
I pray remember me.",4/4
59,59,Holy Manna,William Moore,1825,George Atkin,1819,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Brethren, we have met to worship,
And adore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your power,
While we try to preach the Word?
All is vain unless the Spirit
Of the Holy One comes down;
Brethren, pray and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
Brethren, see poor sinners ’round you,
Trembling on the brink of woe;
Death is coming, hell is moving,
Can you bear to let them go?
See our fathers, see our mothers,
And our children sinking down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
Sisters, will you join and help us?
Moses’ sisters aided him;
Will you help the trembling mourners,
Who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior,
Tell them that He will be found;
Sisters, pray, and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
Is there here a trembling jailer,
Seeking grace, and filled with tears?
Is there here a weeping Mary,
Pouring forth a flood of tears?
Brethren, join your cries to help them;
Sisters, let your prayers abound;
Pray, Oh pray that holy manna
May be scattered all around.
Let us love our God supremely,
Let us love each other, too;
Let us love and pray for sinners,
Till our God makes all things new.
Then He’ll call us home to heaven,
At His table we’ll sit down;
Christ will gird Himself, and serve us
With sweet manna all around.",4/4
60,60,Day of Worship,E. K. Davis,1848,Zion’s Hymns,1854,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Dear people we have met today,
To sing, to hear, to preach and pray;
It is our Father’s great command,
The road that leads to His right hand;
But Oh the sad and awful state,
Of those that stand and come too late,
The foolish virgins did begin,
To knock, but could not enter in.",4/4
61,61,Sweet Rivers,William Moore,1825,John Adam Granade,1803,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before mine eye,
Had I the pinions of a dove
I’d to those rivers fly;
I’d rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind,
I’d cross o’er Jordan’s stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.
A few more days, or years at most,
My troubles will be o’er;
I hope to join the heav’nly host
On Canaan’s happy shore.
My raptured soul shall drink and feast
In love’s unbounded sea:
The glorious hope of endless rest
Is ravishing for me.",4/4
62,62,Parting Hand,William Walker,1835,John Blain,1818,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","My Christian friends, in bonds of love,
Whose hearts in sweetest union join,
Your friendship’s like a drawing band,
Yet we must take the parting hand.
Your company’s sweet, your union dear,
Your words delightful to my ear;
Yet when I see that we must part
You draw like cords around my heart.
How sweet the hours have passed away
Since we have met to sing and pray;
How loath we are to leave the place
Where Jesus shows His smiling face.
Oh could I stay with friends so kind,
How would it cheer my drooping mind!
But duty makes me understand
That we must take the parting hand.
And since it is God’s holy will,
We must be parted for a while,
In sweet submission, all as one,
We’ll say, our Father’s will be done.
My youthful friends, in Christian ties,
Who seek for mansions in the skies,
Fight on, we’ll gain that happy shore,
Where parting will be known no more.
How oft I’ve seen your flowing tears,
And heard you tell your hopes and fears!
Your hearts with love were seen to flame,
Which makes me hope we’ll meet again.
Ye mourning souls, lift up your eyes
To glorious mansions in the skies;
Oh trust His grace — in Canaan’s land
We’ll no more take the parting hand.
And now, my friends, both old and young,
I hope in Christ you’ll still go on;
And if on earth we meet no more,
Oh may we meet on Canaan’s shore.
I hope you’ll all remember me
If on earth no more I see;
An int’rest in your prayers I crave,
That we meet beyond the grave.
Oh glorious day! Oh blessed hope!
My soul leaps forward at the thought
When, on that happy, happy land,
We’ll no more take the parting hand.
But with our blessed holy Lord
We’ll shout and sing with one accord,
And there we’ll all with Jesus dwell,
So, loving Christians, fare you well.",6/4
63,63,Coronation,Oliver Holden,1793,Edward Perronet,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race,
A remnant weak and small;
Hail Him who saves you by His grace;
And crown Him Lord of all.
Oh that with yonder sacred throng,
We at His feet may fall!
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all.",4/4
64,64,Nashville,Alexander Johnson,1821,J. Leavitte,1830,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","The Lord into His garden comes,
The spices yield their rich perfumes,
The lilies grow and thrive;
Refreshing show’rs of grace divine
From Jesus flow to ev’ry vine,
Which make the dead revive.
Oh that this dry and barren ground
In springs of water may abound,
A fruitful soil become;
The desert blossoms as the rose,
While Jesus conquers all His foes,
And makes His people one.
Come, brethren, ye that love the Lord,
Who taste the sweetness of His word,
In Jesus’ ways go on;
Our troubles and our trials here
Will only make us richer there,
When we arrive at home.
The glorious time is rolling on,
The gracious work is now begun,
My soul a witness is;
I taste and see the pardon free
For all mankind as well as me,
Who come to Christ may live.",6/8
65,65,Sweet Prospect,William Walker,1833,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Oh, the transporting, rapt’rous scene,
That rises to my sight,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
O’er all those wide extended plains,
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.
No chilling winds, or pois’nous breath,
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.
",6/4
66,66,Jordan,William Billings,1786,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green,
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.
Oh could we make our doubts remove,
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes.
Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o’er,
Not Jordan’s stream, nor death’s cold flood
Should fright us from the shore.",4/4
67,67,Columbus,Columbian Harmony,1829,Mercer’s Cluster,1823,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh, once I had a glorious view
Of my redeeming Lord,
He said, “I’ll be a God to you,”
And I believed His word.
But now I have a deeper stroke
Than all my groanings are;
My God has me of late forsook;
He’s gone, I know not where.
Oh, what immortal joys I felt,
On that celestial day,
When my hard heart began to melt,
By love dissolved away!
By my complaint is bitter now,
For all my joys are gone;
I’ve strayed! I’m left! I know not how;
The light’s from me withdrawn.
Once I could joy the saints to meet,
To me they were most dear;
I then could stoop to wash their feet,
And shed a joyful tear;
But now I meet them as the rest,
And with them joyless stay;
My conversation’s spiritless,
Or else I’ve nought to say.
I once could mourn o’er dying men,
And longed their souls to win;
I travailed for their poor children,
And warned them of their sin;
But now my heart’s so careless grown,
Although they’re drowned in vice,
My bowels o’er them cease to yearn —
My tears have left mine eyes.
I forward go in duty’s way,
But can’t perceive Him there;
Then backward on the road I stray,
But cannot find Him there;
On the left hand, where He doth work,
Among the wicked crew,
And on the right I find Him not
Among the favored few.
What shall I do? Shall I lie down
And sink in deep despair?
Will He forever frown,
Nor hear my feeble prayer?
No; He will put His strength in me,
He knows the way I’ve strolled,
And when I’m tried sufficiently
I shall come forth as gold.",6/4
68b,68,Ortonville,Thomas Hastings,1837,John Newton,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fears.
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
’Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.
Dear name! the rock on which I build,
My shield and hiding place;
My never-failing treasury filled
With boundless stores of grace.",3/4
68t,68,Salem,Bovelle,1817,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","He dies, the friend of sinners dies!
Lo Salem’s daughters weep around;
A solemn darkness veils the skies,
A sudden trembling shakes the ground.
Say, “Live forever, glorious King,
Born to redeem and strong to save!”
Then ask, “Oh Death, where is thy sting,
And where is thy vict’ry, boasting Grave?",4/4
69b,69,Farewell to All,J. P. Reese,1859,John Blain,1818,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","And now, my friends, both old and young,
I hope in Christ you will go on;
And if on earth we meet no more,
Oh, may we meet on Canaan’s shore.
I hope you’ll all remember me,
If you on earth no more I see.
An int’rest in your prayers I crave,
That we may meet beyond the grave.",6/8
69t,69,Minister’s Farewell,"Wyeth’s Repository, Part Second",1813,The A.M.E. Hymnal,1837,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Dear friends, farewell! I do you tell,
Since you and I must part;
Your love to me has been most free,
Your conversation sweet;
How can I bear to journey where
With you I cannot meet?
I go away, and here you stay,
But still we’re joined at heart.
I trust you’ll pray both night and day,
And keep your garments white;
If you die first, anon you must,
The will of God be done;
I hope the Lord will you reward
With an immortal crown.
For you and me that we may be
The children of the Light.",4/4
70b,70,"Save, Mighty Lord",J. A. Wade,1854,John Cennick,1743,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,
He whom I fix my hopes upon.
Oh, save mighty Lord,
And send converting power down,
The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment.
The King’s highway of holiness,
I’ll go, for all His paths are peace.",4/4
70t,70,Gainsville,W. D. Jones,1869,William Hammond,1745,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Lord, we come before Thee now,
At Thy feet we humbly bow;
Oh do not our suit disdain;
Shall we seek Thee, Lord, in vain?
Lord, on Thee our souls depend;
In compassion new descend;
Fill our hearts with Thy rich grace,
Tune our lips to sing Thy praise.
In Thine own appointed way
Now we seek Thee, here we stay;
Lord, we know not how to go,
Till a blessing Thou bestow.
Send some message from Thy word
That may joy and peace afford;
Let Thy Spirit now impart
Full salvation to each heart.
Comfort those who weep and mourn;
Let the time of joy return;
Those who are cast down lift up,
Strong in faith, in love and hope.
Grant that all may seek and find
Thee a God supremely kind;
Heal the sick, the captive free,
Let us all rejoice in Thee.",2/2
71,71,Leander,Tennessee Harmony,1818,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","My soul forsakes her vain delight
And bids the world farewell;
Base as the dirt beneath the feet
And mischievous as hell.
No longer will I ask your love,
Nor seek your friendship more;
The happiness that I approve
Is not within your pow’r.
There’s nothing ’round this spacious earth
That suits my soul’s desire;
To boundless joy and solid mirth
My nobler thoughts aspire.
Oh, for the pinions of a dove
To mount the heav’nly road;
There shall I share my Savior’s love,
There shall I dwell with God.",6/8
72b,72,Bellevue,Z. Chambless,1844,Rippon’s Selection,1787,"11s (11,11,11,11)","How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word,
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
Ye who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.
“Fear not, I am with thee; Oh be not dismayed!
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.
“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
“The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to His foes.
The soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.",4/4
72t,72,The Weary Soul,J. T. White,1844,John Adam Granade,1803,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Ye weary, heavy-laden souls
Who are oppressed and sore,
Ye trav’lers through the wilderness
To Canaan’s peaceful shore,
Though chilling winds and beating rains,
And waters deep and cold,
And enemies surrounding us,
Take courage and be bold.
Farewell, my brethren in the Lord,
Who are for Canaan bound,
And should we never meet again
Till Gabriel’s trump shall sound,
I hope that I shall meet you there
On that delightful shore,
In mansions of eternal bliss,
Where parting is no more.",4/4
73b,73,Arlington,Thomas A. Arne,1762,Isaac Watts,1720,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","I’m not ashamed to own my Lord
Or to defend His cause;
Maintain the honor of His word,
The glory of His cross.
Jesus, my God! I know His name;
His name is all my trust;
Nor will He put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.",3/2
73t,73,Cusseta,John Massengale,1844,Erhart Hegenwalt,1524,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Show pity, Lord, Oh Lord, forgive;
Let a repenting rebel live:
Are not Thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in Thee?
My crimes, though great, cannot surpass
The pow’r and glory of Thy grace;
Great God, Thy nature hath no bound;
So let Thy pard’ning love be found.
Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope still hov’ring ’round Thy word
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.",4/4
74b,74,King of Peace,F. Price,1835,John Newton,1779,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Lord, I cannot let Thee go,
Till a blessing Thou bestow:
Do not turn away Thy face,
Mine’s an urgent, pressing case.
Dost Thou ask me who I am?
Ah, my Lord, Thou know’st my name:
Yet the question gives a plea
To support my suit with Thee.
Thou didst once a wretch behold,
In rebellion blindly bold,
Scorn Thy grace, Thy pow’r defy;
That poor rebel, Lord, was I.",6/4
74t,74,The Enquirer,B. F. White,1844,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","I’m not ashamed to own my Lord
Or to defend His cause;
Maintain the honor of His word,
The glory of His cross.
Jesus, my God! I know His name;
His name is all my trust;
Nor will He put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.
Firm as His throne His promise stands
And He can well secure
What I’ve committed to His hands
Till the decisive hour.
Then will He own my worthless name
Before His Father’s face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.",6/4
75,75,I Would See Jesus,Leonard P. Breedlove,1867,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","I would see Jesus when the flow’rs
Of joy adorn my way;
When sunshine and when hope surrounds
My path from day to day.
When friends I cherish most are near,
And hearts encircle mine,
Then, Father, would I turn from all
To lean alone on Thine.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
The living water, thirsty one;
Stoop down and drink and live!”
I came to Jesus and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched,
My soul revived,
And now I live in Him.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“I am this dark world’s light,
Look unto me, thy morn shall rise,
And all thy day shall be bright!”
I looked to Jesus and I found
In Him my star, my sun;
And in that light of life I’ll walk,
Till trav’ling days are done.",6/4
76b,76,Desire For Piety,B. F. White,1844,,,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","’Tis my desire with God to walk,
Till the warfare is over, hallelujah.
And with His children pray and talk,
Till the warfare is over, hallelujah.
Cry Amen, pray on
Till the warfare is over, hallelujah.",2/4
76t,76,Holiness,E. J. King,1844,Providence Selection of Hymns,1820,"Particular Meter: 7,7,7,7,7,7","Daniel’s wisdom may I know,
Stephen’s faith and spirit show;
John’s divine communion feel,
Moses’ meekness, Joshua’s zeal;
Run like the unwearied Paul,
Win the day and conquer all.",6/4
77b,77,Holcombe,Charlene Wallace,1986,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;
To Thee will I direct my prayer,
To Thee lift up mine eye.
Oh may the Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness!
Make ev’ry path of duty straight
And plain before my face.",3/2
77t,77,The Child of Grace,E. J. King,1844,Charles Wesley,1759,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","How happy’s ev’ry child of grace,
Who feels his sins forgiv’n;
This world, he cries, is not my place;
I seek a place in heav’n.
A country far from mortal sight,
Yet, oh! by faith I see
The land of rest, the saints’ delight,
A heav’n prepared for me.
Oh, what a blessed hope is ours
While here on earth we stay,
We more than taste the heav’nly pow’rs
And antedate that day.
We feel the resurrection near,
Our life in Christ concealed,
And with His glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled.",4/4
78,78,Stafford,Daniel Read,1782,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","See what a living stone
The builders did refuse,
Yet God hath built His Church thereon,
In spite of env’ous Jews.",4/4
79,79,The Old Ship of Zion,Thomas W. Carter,1844,,,Irregular,"What ship is this that will take us all home,
Oh, glory hallelujah,
And safely land us on Canaan’s bright shore?
Oh, glory hallelujah.
’Tis the old ship of Zion, hallelujah.
The winds may blow and the billows may foam,
Oh, glory hallelujah,
But she is able to land us all home.
Oh, glory hallelujah.
She landed all who have gone before,
Oh, glory hallelujah,
And yet she is able to land still more,
Oh, glory hallelujah.
If I arrive there, then, before you do,
Oh, glory hallelujah,
I’ll tell them that you are coming up, too,
Oh, glory hallelujah.
",2/4
80b,80,Service of the Lord,E. J. King,1844,,,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Farewell, vain world, I’m going home,
I am bound to die in the army,
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
I am bound to die in the army.
I am bound to live in the service of the Lord,
I am bound to die in the army.
Sweet angels beckon me away,
I am bound to die in the army,
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
I am bound to die in the army.
",2/4
80t,80,Shouting Song,B. F. White,1844,,,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Jesus, grant us all a blessing,
Shouting, singing, send it down;
Lord, above, may we go praying,
And rejoicing in Thy love.
Shout, Oh glory! Sing glory, hallelujah!
I’m going where pleasure never dies.
Jesus, pardon all our follies,
Since together we have been,
Make us humble, make us holy
Cleanse us all from ev’ry sin.
",2/4
81b,81,Cookham,Harmonia Sacra,1760,Charles Wesley,1735,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Hark! the Herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
See, He lays His glory by;
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise the sons of earth;
Born to give them second birth.
Hail, the holy Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of righteousness;
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris’n with healing in His wings.
Let us all then with angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”",6/4
81t,81,Beach Spring,B. F. White,1844,Joseph Hart,1759,"Particular Meter: 8,7,8,7,4,7","Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore,
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love and pow’r.
He is able,
He is willing, doubt no more.
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream,
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.
This He gives you,
’Tis the Spirit’s rising beam.
Agonizing in the garden,
Lo! your Master prostrate lies;
On the bloody tree behold Him,
Hear Him cry before He dies;
“It is finished!”
Sinners will this not suffice?
Lo! th’incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merit of His blood;
Venture to Him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude.
None but Jesus,
Can do helpless sinners good.",4/4
82b,82,Edgefield,J. T. White,1844,John Newton,1779,"8s (8,8,8,8)","How tedious and tasteless the hours
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow’rs,
Have lost all their sweetness to me.
His name yields the sweetest perfume,
And sweeter than music His voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice.",6/4
82t,82,Bound For Canaan,E. J. King,1844,John Leland,1793,"7s,6s (7,6,7,6)","Oh when shall I see Jesus
And reign with Him above,
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love?
I’m on my way to Canaan,
To the new Jerusalem.
When shall I be delivered
From this vain world of sin,
And with my blessed Jesus
Drink endless pleasures in?
But now I am a soldier,
My Captain’s gone before;
He’s given me my orders,
And bids me not give o’er.",4/4
83b,83,The Dying Minister,Edmund Dumas,1854,B. Hicks,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","The time is swiftly rolling on,
When I must faint and die;
My body to the dust return,
And there forgotten lie.
Let persecution rage around,
And antichrist appear;
My silent dust beneath the ground,
There’s no disturbance there.
My brother preachers, fare you well,
Your fellowship I love;
In time no more I shall you see,
And soon we’ll meet above.",6/4
83t,83,Vale of Sorrow,B. F. White,1844,,,"Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,8,6,7,6","While in this vale of sorrow,
I travel on in pain;
My heart is fixed on Jesus,
I hope the prize to gain.
But when I come to bid adieu
To those I dearly love,
My heart is often melted —
It is the grief of love.",4/4
84,84,Amsterdam,Foundery Collection,1742,Robert Seagrave,1742,"Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6","Rise my soul and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace,
Rise from all terrestrial things
T’wards heaven, thy native place.
Sun and moon and stars decay;
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.
Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source;
So a soul that’s born of God
Pants to view His glorious face,
Upwards tends to His abode
To rest in His embrace.",2/4
85,85,The Morning Trumpet,B. F. White,1844,John Leland,1793,"7s,6s (7,6,7,6)","Oh when shall I see Jesus,
And reign with Him above,
And shall hear the trumpet sound in the morning?
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love,
And shall hear the trumpet sound in the morning?
Shout, Oh glory! for I shall mount above the skies,
When I hear the trumpet sound in the morning.
When shall I be delivered
From this vain world of sin,
And shall hear the trumpet sound in the morning?
And with my blessed Jesus,
Drink endless pleasures in,
And shall hear the trumpet sound in the morning?
But now I am a soldier,
My Captain’s gone before;
He’s given me my orders,
And bids me ne’er give o’er;
His promises are faithful —
A righteous crown He’ll give,
And all His valiant soldiers
Eternally shall live.
Through grace I feel determined
To conquer, though I die,
And then away to Jesus
On wings of love I’ll fly;
Farewell to sin and sorrow,
I bid them both adieu!
And, Oh my friends, prove faithful,
And on your way pursue.
Whene’er you meet with troubles,
And trials on your way,
Then cast your care on Jesus,
And don’t forget to pray.
Gird on the gospel armor
Of faith, and hope, and love,
And when the combat’s ended,
He’ll carry you above.
Oh do not be discouraged,
For Jesus is your Friend;
And if you lack for knowledge,
He’ll not refuse to lend.
Neither will He upbraid you,
Though often you request,
He’ll give you grace to conquer,
And take you home to rest.",2/4
86,86,Poland,Timothy Swan,1785,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","God of my life, look gently down,
Behold the pains I feel;
But I am dumb before Thy throne,
Nor dare dispute Thy will.
I’m but a sojourner below,
As all my fathers were;
May I be well prepared to go
When I the summons hear.
But if my life be spared awhile,
Before my last remove,
Thy praise shall be my bus’ness still
And I’ll declare Thy love.",3/2
87,87,Sweet Canaan,E. J. King,1844,Mead’s General Collection,1807,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Oh who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
I’m bound fair Canaan’s land to see,
I’m bound for the land of Canaan.
Oh Canaan, sweet Canaan,
I’m bound for the land of Canaan.
Sweet Canaan, ’tis my happy home;
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
I’ll join with those who’ve gone before,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
Where sin and sorrow are no more,
I am bound for the land of Canaan.
",2/4
88b,88,Mount Zion,John Massengale,1844,Charles Wesley,1739,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace.
Oh Christians, praise Him,
Methinks I hear the gospel sounding
For more volunteers.
Jesus, the name that calms my fears,
That bids my sorrow cease;
’Tis music in the sinner’s ears;
’Tis life and health and peace.
My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.",4/4
88t,88,Done With the World,B. F. White,1844,John Cennick,1843,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone,
And I don’t expect to stay much longer here.
He whom I fix my hopes upon,
And I don’t expect to stay much longer here.
I am done with the world,
And I want to serve the Lord,
And I don’t expect to stay much longer here.",2/4
89,89,The Church’s Desolation,J. T. White,1844,,,"8s,7s Double Iambic (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Well may Thy servants mourn, my God,
The Church’s desolation;
The state of Zion calls aloud
For grief and lamentation.
Once she was all alive to Thee
And thousands were converted,
But now a sad reverse we see,
Her glory is departed.
And has religion left the Church
Without a trace behind her?
Where shall I go, where shall I search,
That I once more may find her?
Adieu, ye proud, ye light and gay,
I’ll seek the brokenhearted,
Who weep when they of Zion say,
Her glory is departed.
Some few, like good Elijah stand,
While thousands have revolted,
In earnest for the heav’nly land
They never yet have halted.
With such religion doth remain,
For they are not perverted;
Oh may they all through men regain
The glory that’s departed.",4/4
90,90,Look Out,B. F. White,1844,B. F. White,1842,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","My brethren all, on you I call,
Arise and look around you.
How many foes, bound to oppose,
Who’re waiting to confound you!
The gospel calls on Zion’s walls,
Shake off your sleep and slumber;
Arise and pray, we’ll win the day,
Though we are few in number.",4/4
91,91,Assurance,William Billings,1781,Isaac Watts,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Now shall my soul be lifted high,
Above my foes around
And songs of joy and victory
Within Thy temple found.",6/4
92,92,Burk,B. F. White,1844,B. F. White,1843,"7s,6s (7,6,7,6)","The glorious light of Zion
Is spreading far and wide,
And sinners now are coming
Unto the gospel tide.
To see the saints in glory,
And the angels stand inviting,
To welcome sinners home.
The glory of King Jesus
Triumphant doth arise,
And sinners crowd around it
With bitter groans and cries.
",4/4
93,93,Frozen Heart,E. J. King,1844,Joseph Hart,1762,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Lord, shed a beam of heav’nly day,
To melt this stubborn stone away;
And thaw, with rays of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.
To hear the sorrows Thou hast felt,
All but an adamant would melt;
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To move this stupid heart of mine.
But One can yet perform the deed;
That One in all His grace I need;
Thy Spirit can from dross refine
And melt this stubborn heart of mine.
Oh Breath of life, breathe on my soul!
On me let streams of mercy roll;
Now thaw with rays of love divine
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.",6/4
94,94,Never Part,John Carwell,1850,Edmund Jones,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Come humble sinner in whose breast
A thousand thoughts revolve,
Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,
And make this last resolve
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
And soon shall hear the trumpet sound,
And then all shall with Jesus reign,
And never, never part again.
What? never part again.
No, never part again.
And soon shall hear the trumpet sound,
And never, never part again.",4/4
95,95,Vernon,Lucius Chapin,1813,Charles Wesley,1742,"Long Particular Meter (8,8,8,8,8,8)","Come, Oh Thou traveler unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see;
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with Thee.
With Thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.
In vain Thou strugglest to get free,
I never will unloose my hold;
Art Thou the Man that died for me?
The secret of Thy love unfold.
Wrestling, I will not let Thee go,
Till I Thy name, Thy nature know.",2/4
96,96,Few Happy Matches,E. J. King,1844,Huntingdon’s Collection,1774,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","When Thou, my righteous Judge, shall come
To take Thy ransomed people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?
I love to meet Thy people now,
Before Thy feet with them to bow,
Though vilest of them all;
But can I bear the piercing thought:
What if my name should be left out
When Thou for them shalt call?
Oh Lord, prevent it by Thy grace,
Be Thou my only hiding place,
In this accepted day,
Thy pard’ning voice, oh, let me hear,
To still my unbelieving fear,
Nor let me fall, I pray.",4/4
97,97,We’ll Soon Be There,Oliver Bradfield,1859,Mead’s General Collection,1807,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Oh, who will come and go with me,
We’ll shout and sing, Hosanna,
I’m bound fair Canaan’s land to see,
We’ll shout and sing, Hosanna.
Go on, go on, we’ll soon be there;
We’ll shout and sing, Hosanna.
Come on, Come on, we’ll soon be there;
We’ll shout and sing, Hosanna.",6/4
98,98,Dull Care,E. J. King,1844,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Why should we at our lot complain,
Or grieve at our distress?
Some think if they could riches gain,
They’d gain true happiness.
Ah! we’re much to blame,
We’re all the same —
Alike we’re made of clay;
Then, since we have a Savior dear,
Let’s drive all care away.
Why should the rich despise the poor?
Why should the poor repine?
A little time will make us all
In equal friendship join.
The only circumstance of life
That ever I could find
To soften cares and temper strife
Was a contented mind;
When we’ve this in store,
We have much more,
Than wealth could e’er convey;
Then, since we have a Savior dear,
Let’s drive all care away.
When age, old creeping age comes on,
And we are young no more,
Let’s all repent the sins we’ve done,
Nor grieve that youth is o’er;
We’ll more faithful be
Than formerly,
And constantly to pray;
Then, since we have a Savior dear,
Let’s drive all care away.",6/4
99,99,Gospel Trumpet,E. J. King,1844,Charles Cole,1792,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,8,4","Hark! How the gospel trumpet sounds!
Through all the world the echo bounds;
And Jesus by redeeming blood
Is bringing sinners home to God
And guides them safely by His word
To endless day.
Thy blood, dear Jesus, once was spilt
To save our souls from sin and guilt,
And sinners now may come to God
And find salvation through Thy blood,
And sail by faith upon that flood
To endless day.",4/4
100,100,The Bower of Prayer,E. J. King,1844,P. P. Pratt,1831,"11s (11,11,11,11)","To leave my dear friends, and with neighbors part,
And go from my home it affects not my heart
Like thoughts of absenting myself for a day
From the bless’d retreat where I’ve chosen to pray.
Dear bow’r, where the pine and the poplar have spread,
And wove with the branches a roof o’er my head;
How oft have I knelt on the evergreen there,
And poured out my soul to my Savior in prayer.
The early shrill notes of the loved nightingale
That dwelt in my bow’r I observed as my bell,
To call me to duty, while birds of the air
Sang anthems of praise as I went to my prayer.",4/4
101b,101,Holy City,B. F. White,1844,,,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","There is a holy city, a happy world above,
Beyond the starry regions,
Built by the God of love.
An everlasting temple,
And saints arrayed in white;
They serve their great Redeemer,
And dwell with Him in light.
It is no world of trouble,
The God of peace is there,
He wipes away their sorrows,
He banishes their care;
Their joys are still increasing,
Their songs are ever new;
They praise th’eternal Father,
The Son and Spirit, too.
Is this the Man of sorrows
Who stood at Pilate’s bar,
Contemned by haughty Herod,
And by his men of war?
He seems a mighty conqu’ror,
Who spoiled the pow’rs below,
And ransomed many captives
From everlasting woe.",4/4
101t,101,Canaan’s Land,E. J. King,1844,E. J. King,1844,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh for a breeze of heav’nly love
To waft my soul away
To that celestial world above,
Where pleasures ne’er decay.
Eternal Spirit, deign to be
My pilot here below,
To steer through life’s tempestuous sea,
Where stormy winds do blow.",4/4
102,102,Fulfillment,E. J. King,1844,John Adam Granade,1807,"9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)","See how the Scriptures are fulfilling,
Poor sinners are returning home,
The time that prophets were foretelling,
With signs and wonders now is come.
The gospel trumpets now are blowing
From sea to sea, from land to land;
God’s Holy Spirit down is pouring,
And Christians joining heart and hand.
Ten thousand fall before Jehovah,
For mercy, mercy! loud they cry;
They rise, all shouting, “Hallelujah!”
And “Glory be to God on high.”
But many cry, “It’s all disorder,”
And disbelieve God’s holy word;
Yet Christians sing and shout the louder,
“All glory, glory to the Lord.”",4/4
103,103,Animation,Southern Harmony,1835,Charles Wesley,1759,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","And let this feeble body fail,
And let it faint or die;
My soul shall quit this mournful vale,
And soar to worlds on high.
Shall join the disembodied saints,
And find its long-sought rest,
The only bliss for which it pants,
In my Redeemer’s breast.
Oh what are all my suff’rings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me meet
With that enraptured host t’appear,
And worship at Thy feet!",6/8
104,104,The Lovely Story,Southern Harmony,1835,,,"8s (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","A story most lovely I’ll tell,
Of Jesus, Oh wondrous surprise,
He suffered the torments of hell,
That sinners, vile sinners may rise;
He left His exalted abode,
When man by transgressions was lost,
Appeasing the wrath of a God,
He shed forth His blood as the cost.
Oh did my dear Jesus thus bleed,
And pity a ruined lost race;
Oh whence did such mercy proceed,
Such boundless compassion and grace?
His body bore anguish and pain,
His spirit most sunk with the load,
A short time before He was slain,
His sweat was as great drops of blood.",6/4
105,105,Jewett,R. F. M. Mann,1869,John Newton,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind but now I see.
Shout, shout for glory,
Shout, shout aloud for glory,
Brother, sister, mourner,
All shout glory hallelujah.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
",4/4
106,106,Ecstasy,Thomas W. Carter,1844,John Leland,1793,"7s,6s (7,6,7,6)","Oh, when shall I see Jesus,
And reign with Him above?
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love?
Oh had I wings,
I would fly away and be at rest,
And I’d praise God in His bright abode.
Whene’er you meet with troubles
And trials on your way,
Then cast your care on Jesus
And don’t forget to pray.
Gird on the gospel armor
Of faith and hope and love,
And when the combat’s ended,
He’ll carry you above.
Oh, do not be discouraged,
For Jesus is your friend;
And if you lack for knowledge,
He’ll not refuse to lend.
Neither will He upbraid you,
Though often you request;
He’ll give you grace to conquer,
And take you home to rest.
",4/4
107,107,Russia,Daniel Read,1786,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","My spirit looks to God alone,
My rock and refuge is His throne.
In all my fears, in all my straits,
My soul on His salvation waits.
Trust Him ye saints in all your ways,
Pour out your hearts before His face;
When helpers fail, and foes invade,
God is our all-sufficient aid.",4/4
108b,108,The Traveler,Absalom Ogletree,1868,,,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Trav’ler haste, the night comes on,
Many a shining hour is gone;
Storm is gathering in the west,
And you are so far from home.
Oh, come, trav’ler, haste away,
You must walk while it is day.
Oh, come, trav’ler, haste away,
You will find Christ in the way.
Far from home thy footsteps stray;
Christ is the life and Christ the way.
Christ the light, yon setting sun,
Ere the noon is scarce begun.
Rising tempest sweeps the sky,
Rains descend, the winds are high,
Waters swell and death and fear
Sets thy path no refuge near.",4/4
108t,108,Weeping Sinners,J. P. Reese,1868,Convert’s Companion,1806,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Weeping sinners, dry your tears,
Jesus on His throne appears;
Mercy comes with balmy wings,
Bids you His salvation sing.
Peace He brings you by His death,
Peace He speaks with ev’ry breath;
Can you slight such heav’nly charms?
Flee, oh, flee to Jesus’ arms.",6/4
109,109,Carnsville,E. J. King,1844,Caleb Jarvis Taylor,1815,"Particular Meter: 7,7,7,6,7,7,7,6","I love my blessed Savior,
I feel I’m in His favor,
And I am His forever
If I but faithful prove;
And now I’m bound for Canaan,
I feel my sins forgiven,
And soon shall get to heaven
To sing redeeming love.
Poor sinners may deride me,
And unbelievers chide me,
But nothing shall divide me
From Jesus, my best friend;
Supported by His power,
I long to see the hour
That bids my spirit tower,
And all my troubles end.
The pleasing time is hast’ning,
My tott’ring frame is wasting.
Whilst I’m engaged in praising,
Impelled by His love.
When yonder shining orders,
Who sing on Canaan’s borders,
Shall bear me to the Lord there,
To praise His name above.",2/4
110,110,Mount Vernon,Stephen Jenks,1799,,,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","What solemn sound the ear invades,
What wraps the land in sorrow’s shade?
From heav’n the awful mandate flies,
The father of his country dies.
Where shall our nation turn its eye,
What help remains beneath the sky?
Our friend, protector, strength and trust,
Lies low and mould’ring in the dust.",4/4
111b,111,To Die No More,Edmund Dumas,1856,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Why should we start, and fear to die?
What tim’rous worms we mortals are,
Death is the gate of endless joy,
And yet we dread to enter there.
I’m going home to Christ above;
I’m going to the Christian’s rest,
To die no more, to die no more,
I’m going home to die no more.
Oh, if my Lord would come and meet
My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.
",4/4
111t,111,Journey Home,R. F. M. Mann,1868,Mead’s General Collection,1807,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Oh, who will come and go with me?
I’m on my journey home.
I’m bound fair Canaan’s land to see,
I’m on my journey home.
Oh, come and go with me;
For I’m on my journey home,
Home, sweet home, Bless the Lord.
Eternal Spirit, we confess,
And sing the wonders of Thy grace.
Thy pow’r conveys our blessings down,
From God the Father and the Son.",2/4
112,112,The Last Words of Copernicus,Sarah Lancaster,1869,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Ye golden lamps of heav’n farewell,
With all your feeble light;
Farewell thou ever changing moon,
Pale empress of the night.
And thou refulgent orb of day,
In brighter flames arrayed;
My soul which springs beyond thy sphere,
No more demands thy aid.",4/4
113,113,The Prodigal Son,E. J. King,1844,John Newton,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Afflictions, though they seem severe,
Are oft in mercy sent:
They stopped the prodigal’s career,
And caused him to repent.
Oh, I die with hunger, here he cries,
And starve in a foreign land,
My father’s house hath large supplies,
And bounteous are his hands.
Although he no relenting felt
Till he had spent his store,
His stubborn heart began to melt
When famine pinched him sore.
What have I gained by sin, he said,
But hunger, shame and fear?
My father’s house abounds with bread,
Whilst I am starving here.
I’ll go and tell him what I’ve done,
Fall down before his face,
Not worthy to be called his son,
I’ll ask a servant’s place.
He saw his son returning back,
He looked, he ran, he smiled,
And threw his arms around the neck
Of his rebell’ous child.",4/4
114,114,Saint’s Delight,F. Price,1835,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I’ll bid farewell to ev’ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
I feel like I’m on my journey home.
Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.
Let cares like a wild deluge come,
Let storms of sorrow fall;
So I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heav’n my all.
There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav’nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.",4/4
115,115,Edmonds,Edmund Dumas,1869,,,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","When Adam was created,
He dwelt in Eden’s shade;
As Moses has related,
Before a bride was made.
Ten thousand times ten thousand
Of creatures swarmed around,
Before a bride was formed,
Or any mate was found.
He had not consolation,
But seemed as one alone,
Till, to his admiration,
He found he’d lost a bone.
This woman was not taken
From Adam’s head, we know;
And she must not rule o’er him,
It’s evidently so.
This woman, she was taken
From near to Adam’s heart,
By which we are directed
That they should never part.
The book that’s called the Bible,
Be sure you don’t neglect;
For in every sense of duty,
It will you both direct.
The woman is commanded
To do her husband’s will,
In every thing that’s lawful
Her duty to fulfill.
Great was his exultation,
To see her by his side;
Great was his elevation
To have a loving bride.
This woman, she was taken
From under Adam’s arm;
And she must be protected
From injury and harm.
This woman was not taken
From Adam’s feet, we see;
And she must not be abused,
The meaning seems to be.
The husband is commanded
To love his loving bride;
And live as does a Christian,
And for his house provide.
The woman is commanded
Her husband to obey,
In every thing that’s lawful,
Until her dying day.",4/4
116,116,Union,E. J. King,1844,Dupuy’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs,1832,"12s,8s Double (12,8,12,8,12,8,12,8)","Come, brothers and sisters who love one another,
And have done with years that are gone;
How often we’ve met Him in sweet heav’nly union,
Which opens the way to God’s throne.
With joy and thanksgiving we’ll praise Him who loved us,
While we run the bright, shining way;
Though we part here in body, we’re bound for one glory,
And bound for each other to pray.
There was Joshua and Joseph, Elias and Moses,
That prayed, and God heard from His throne.
There was Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob and David,
And Solomon and Stephen and John.
There was Simeon and Anna, and I don’t know how many,
That prayed as they journeyed along;
Some cast among lions, some bound with rough irons,
Yet glory and praises they sung.
Some tell us that praying, and also that praising
Is labor that’s all spent in vain;
But we have such as witness that God hears with swiftness,
From praying we will not refrain.
There was old father Noah, and ten thousand more,
That witnessed that God heard them pray;
There was Samuel and Hannah, Paul, Silas, and Peter,
And Daniel and Jonah, we’ll say.",6/8
117,117,Babylon Is Fallen,W. E. Chute,1878,,,"Particular Meter: 8,7,8,7,8,7","Hail the day so long expected,
Hail the year of full release.
Zion’s walls are now erected,
And her watchmen publish peace.
Through our Shiloh’s wide dominion,
Hear the trumpet loudly roar,
Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
All her merchants stand with wonder,
What is this that comes to pass:
Murm’ring like the distant thunder,
Crying, “Oh alas, alas.”
Swell the sound, ye kings and nobles,
Priest and people, rich and poor;
Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
Blow the trumpet in Mount Zion,
Christ shall come a second time;
Ruling with a rod of iron
All who now as foes combine.
Babel’s garments we’ve rejected,
And our fellowship is o’er,
Babylon is fallen to rise no more.",4/4
118,118,Stockwood,M. Mark Wynn,1869,Samuel F. Smith,1832,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Sister, thou wast mild and lovely,
Gentle as the summer breeze,
Pleasant as the air of ev’ning,
When it flows among the trees,
Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in the grave so low;
Thou no more wilt join our number,
Thou no more our songs shall know.
Dearest sister, thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But ’tis God that has bereft us;
He can all our sorrows heal.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled,
Then in heav’n with joy to greet thee,
Where no farewell tear is shed.",6/4
119,119,Heaven’s My Home,R. H. Davis,1869,R. H. Davis,1869,"11s (11,11,11,11)","Come, all my dear brethren, and help me to sing,
I’m going to Jesus, He’s heaven’s great King.
He died to atone for the sins of the world;
His banner is flying, His sails are unfurled.
Heav’n’s my home,
I’m going to Jesus, for heav’n’s my home.
While here in the valley of conflict I stay,
Oh give me submission, and strength as my day,
In all my afflictions to Thee would I come,
Rejoicing in hope of my glorious home.
I long, dearest Lord, in Thy beauties to shine,
No more as an exile in sorrow to pine;
And in Thy dear image arise from the tomb,
With glorified millions to praise Thee at home.
",6/8
120,120,Chambers,B. F. White,1869,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Particular Meter (6,6,8,6,6,8)","The Lord Jehovah reigns,
And royal state maintains:
His head with awful glories crowned.
Arrayed in robes of light,
Begirt with sov’reign might,
And rays of majesty around.",4/4
121,121,Florence,Thomas W. Carter,1844,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Not many years their rounds shall roll,
Each moment brings it nigh,
Ere all its glories stand revealed,
To our admiring eye.
Ye wheels of nature speed your course,
Ye mortal pow’rs, decay;
Fast as ye bring the night of death,
Ye bring eternal day.
Ye weary, heavy-laden souls,
Who are oppressed and sore,
Ye trav’lers through the wilderness
To Canaan’s peaceful shore.
Though chilling winds and beating rains,
The waters deep and cold,
And enemies surrounding you,
Take courage and be bold.
Though storms and hurricanes arise,
The desert all around,
And fiery serpents oft appear,
Through the enchanted ground.
Dark nights and clouds and gloomy fear —
And dragons often roar —
But while the gospel trump we hear,
We’ll press for Canaan’s shore.",4/4
122,122,All Is Well,J. T. White,1844,Revival Melodies,1842,"Particular Meter: 8,3,8,3,8,8,8,3","What’s this that steals upon my frame?
Is it death, is it death?
That soon will quench this mortal flame,
Is it death, is it death?
If this be death, I soon shall be
From ev’ry pain and sorrow free.
I shall the King of glory see,
All is well, all is well.
Weep not, my friends, weep not for me,
All is well, all is well!
My sins forgiv’n and I am free,
All is well, all is well!
There’s not a cloud that doth arise,
To hide my Jesus from my eyes.
I soon shall mount the upper skies,
All is well, all is well.
Tune, tune your harps ye saints on high,
All is well, all is well!
I too will strike my harp with equal joy,
All is well, all is well!
Bright angels are from glory come,
They’re ’round my bed, they’re in my room,
They wait to waft my spirit home,
All is well, all is well.
Hark! Hark! my Lord and Master’s voice,
Calls away, calls away!
I soon shall see — enjoy my happy choice,
Why delay, why delay?
Farewell my friends, adieu, adieu,
I can no longer stay with you,
My glittering crown appears in view,
All is well, all is well!",4/4
123b,123,Cross of Christ,Leonard P. Breedlove,1844,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The cross of Christ inspires my heart
To sing redeeming grace;
Awake, my soul, and bear a part
In my Redeemer’s praise.
Oh, who can be compared to Him
Who died upon the tree?
This is my dear delightful theme,
That Jesus died for me.
A glorious band, the chosen few,
On whom the Spirit came,
Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew,
And mocked the cross and flame;
Oh God, to us may grace be giv’n
To follow in their train.
Through peril, toil and pain they climbed
The steep ascent to heav’n.",4/4
123t,123,The Dying Christian,E. J. King,1844,Benjamin Francis,1795,"11s,8s (11,8,11,8)","Ye objects of sense and enjoyments of time,
Which oft have delighted my heart,
I soon shall exchange you for views more sublime,
For joys that shall never depart.
Thou, Lord of the day, and thou, Queen of the night,
To me ye no longer are known;
I soon shall behold, with increasing delight,
A sun that shall never go down.
Ye mountains and valleys, groves, rivers, and plains,
Thou earth and thou ocean, adieu;
More permanent regions where righteousness reigns,
Present their bright hills to my view.",4/4
124,124,Lover of the Lord,R. H. Reeves,1869,Charles Wesley,1749,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Lovers of pleasure more than God,
For you He suffered pain;
For you the Savior spilt His blood,
And shall He bleed in vain?
Oh, you must be a lover of the Lord,
Or you can’t go to heaven when you die.",2/4
125,125,Expression,,,Caleb Jarvis Taylor,1803,"11s (11,11,11,11)","Oh, Jesus, my Savior, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the pleasures of earth I resign.
Of objects most pleasing, I love Thee the best;
Without Thee I’m wretched, but with Thee I’m blessed.
Thou art my rich treasure, my joy and my love,
None richer possessed by the angels above;
For Thee all the pleasures of sense I forego,
And wander a pilgrim, despised below.
Thy Spirit taught me to know I was blind,
And taught me the way of salvation to find.
For when I was sinking in dreadful despair,
My Jesus relieved me and bid me not fear.",2/4
126,126,Babel’s Streams,Stephen Jenks,1811,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
While Zion we thought on;
Amidst thereof we hung our harps,
The willow trees upon.
With all the pow’r and skill I have;
I’ll gently touch each string;
If I can reach the charming sound,
I’ll tune my harp again.",4/4
127,127,Green Fields,,,John Newton,1779,"8s (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds and sweet flow’rs,
Have lost all their sweetness to me;
The midsummer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December’s as pleasant as May.
His name yields the sweetest perfume,
And sweeter than music His voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice.
I should, were He always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal as happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.
Content with beholding His face,
My all to His pleasures resigned,
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind.
While bless’d with a sense of His love,
A palace a toy would appear,
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.
Dear Lord, if indeed I am Thine,
If Thou art my sun and my song,
Say, why do I languish and pine,
And why are my winters so long?
Oh, drive these dark clouds from my sky,
Thy soul-cheering presence restore,
Or take me to Thee up on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.",6/4
128,128,The Promised Land,M. Durham,1835,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land,
Oh, who will come and go with me,
I am bound for the promised land.
Oh, the transporting, rapt’rous scene,
That rises to my sight,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay!
Though Jordan’s waves around me roll,
Fearless I’d launch away.
",4/4
129,129,Heavenly Armor,William Walker,1828,John Leland,1793,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","And if you meet with troubles
And trials on the way,
Then cast your care on Jesus,
And don’t forget to pray.
Gird on the heav’nly armor
Of faith, and hope, and love;
And when the combat’s ended,
He’ll take you up above.
Through grace I am determined
To conquer, though I die;
And then away to Jesus
On wings of love I’ll fly;
Farewell to sin and sorrow,
I bid you all adieu,
Then, Oh my friends, prove faithful,
And on your way pursue.",4/4
130,130,Millennium,William Walker,1831,Zion Songster,1834,"Particular Meter: 12,12,12,13","The time is soon coming, by the prophets foretold,
When Zion in purity the world shall behold.
When Jesus’ pure testimony will gain the day,
Denominations, selfishness will vanish away.
Let all who would wish to see Millennium begin,
Come out and be separate from sinners and sin.
As soon as the churches are redeemed from sin,
The day of the Millennium will surely begin.",2/4
131b,131,Invocation,Southern Harmony,1835,Robert Seagrave,1742,"Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6","Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace,
Rise from transitory things,
To heav’n, thy native place.
Sun, and moon, and stars decay,
Time shall soon this earth remove,
Rise, my soul, and haste away,
To seats prepared above.
Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Savior will return,
Triumphant in the skies.
Yet a season, and you know,
Happy entrance will be giv’n,
All our sorrows left below,
And earth exchanged for heav’n.",6/8
131t,131,Messiah,James P. Carrell,1821,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","He comes, He comes! to judge the world,
Aloud th’archangel cries,
While thunders roll from pole to pole,
And lightning cleave the skies;
Th’affrighted nations hear the sound,
And upward lift their eyes;
The slumb’ring tenants of the ground
In living armies rise.
Thou awful judge of quick and dead,
The watchful pow’r bestow,
So shall I to my ways take heed,
To all I speak or do.
If now Thou standest at the door,
Oh let me feel Thee near;
And make my peace with God,
Before I at Thy bar appear.",4/4
132,132,Sinner’s Friend,J. P. Reese,1869,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","He dies! The friend of sinners dies!
And He died on the cross for sinners,
Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around!
And He died on the cross for sinners.",4/4
133,133,Hebrew Children,B. F. White,1844,,,"Particular Meter: 7,6,8,8,8,6","Where are the Hebrew children?
Safe in the promised land.
Though the furnace flamed around them,
God, while in their troubles, found them;
He with love and mercy bound them,
Safe in the promised land.
Where are the twelve apostles?
Safe in the promised land.
They went up through pain and sighing,
Scoffing, scourging, crucifying,
Nobly for their Master dying,
Safe in the promised land.
Where are the holy Christians?
Safe in the promised land.
Those who’ve washed their robes and made them
White and spotless pure and laid them
Where no earthly stain can fade them,
Safe in the promised land.",4/4
134,134,The Christian’s Hope,William Walker,1835,Social and Campmeeting Songs,1828,"8,8,8,6 Double (8,8,8,6,8,8,8,6)","A few more days on earth to spend,
And all my toils and cares shall end,
And I shall see my God and friend,
And praise His name on high.
No more to sigh or shed a tear,
No more to suffer pain or fear;
But God, and Christ, and heav’n appear
Unto the raptured eyes.
Then, Oh, my soul, despond no more:
The storms of life will soon be o’er,
And I shall find the peaceful shore
Of everlasting rest.
Oh happy day! Oh joyful hour!
When, freed from earth, my soul shall tow’r
Beyond the reach of Satan’s pow’r,
To be forever blest.
To earthly cares I bid farewell,
And triumph over death and hell,
And go where saints and angels dwell,
To praise th’eternal Three.
I’ll join with those who’ve gone before,
Who sing and shout, their suff’rings o’er,
Where pain and parting are no more,
To all eternity.",6/8
135,135,Olney,Tennessee Harmony,1818,Robert Robinson,1758,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount — I’m fixed upon it —
Mount of Thy redeeming love!
Here I’ll raise my Ebenezer,
Hither, by Thy help, I’m come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand’ring from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.",2/4
136,136,Morality,,,Hannah More,,"11s (11,11,11,11)","While beauty and youth are in their full prime,
And folly and fashion affect our whole time,
Oh, let not the phantom wishes engage;
Let’s live so in youth that we blush not in age.
I sigh not for beauty, nor languish for wealth,
But grant me, kind Providence, virtue and health;
Then, richer than kings, and far happier than they,
My days shall pass swiftly and sweetly away.
The vain and the young may attend us a while,
But let not their flatt’ry our prudence beguile.
Let’s covet those charms that shall never decay,
Nor listen to all that deceivers say.",2/4
137,137,Liberty,Stephen Jenks,1800,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","No more beneath th’oppressive hand
Of tyranny we groan.
Behold the smiling, happy land
That freedom calls her own.",4/4
138b,138,Ogletree,S. M. Brown,1869,Simon Browne,1720,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Frequent the day of God returns
To shed its quick’ning beams;
And yet how slow devotion burns,
How languid are its flames.
Increase, Oh Lord, our faith and hope,
And fit us to ascend,
Where the assembly ne’er breaks up,
And Sabbaths never end.
There shall we join, and never tire,
To sing immortal lays;
And with the bright seraphic choir,
Sound forth Immanuel’s praise.",3/4
138t,138,Adoration,W. W. Parks,1869,Anne Steele,1760,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Lord, when my raptured thought surveys
Creation’s beauties o’er,
All nature joins to teach Thy praise,
And bid my soul adore.",4/4
139,139,Elysian,,,Richard Kemperfelt,1777,"Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,7","Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring
To my raptured vision
All th’ecstatic joys that spring
’Round the bright Elysian.
Lo, we lift our longing eyes,
Burst, ye intervening skies,
Sun of righteousness, arise;
Ope the gates of Paradise.
Floods of everlasting light
Freely flash before Him;
Myriads, with supreme delight,
Instantly adore Him.
Angel trumps resound His fame,
Lutes of lucid gold proclaim
All the music of His name;
Heaven echoing the theme.
Four-and-twenty elders rise
From their princely station;
Shout His glorious victories,
Sing the great salvation;
Cast their crowns before His throne,
Cry in reverential tone,
“Glory give to God alone,
Holy, holy, holy One!”",6/4
140,140,Sweet Solitude,Southern Harmony,1835,Hannah More,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Hail, solitude, thou gentle queen,
Of modest air and brow serene!
’Tis thou inspires the poet’s theme,
Wrapped in sweet vision’s airy dream.
With Thee the charms of life shall last,
E’en when the rosy bloom is past,
When the slowly pacing time shall spread
Thy silver blossom o’er my head,
No more with this vain world perplexed,
Thou shalt prepare me for the next.",6/8
141,141,Complainer,William Walker,1835,,,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","I am a great complainer
That bears the name of Christ;
Come, all ye Zion mourners,
And listen to my cries;
I’ve many sore temptations
And sorrows to my soul;
I feel my faith declining,
And my affections cold.
I wish it was with me now
As in the days of old,
The glorious light of Jesus
Was flowing in my soul,
But now I am distressed,
And no more relief can find,
A hard, deceitful heart
And a wretched, wand’ring mind.
It is great pride and passion
Beset me on my way,
So I am filled with folly
And so neglect to pray;
I am so weak I stumble,
And so I’m left behind,
While others run rejoicing
And seem to lose no time.",4/4
142,142,Stratfield,Ezra Goff,1786,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Through ev’ry age eternal God,
Thou art our rest, our safe abode;
High was Thy throne ere heav’n was made,
Or earth Thy humble footstool laid.",4/4
143,143,Pleyel’s Hymn,Ignaz Joseph Pleyel,,Helen Maria Williams,1790,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","While Thee I seek, protecting Pow’r,
Be my vain wishes stilled,
And may this consecrated hour
With better hopes be filled.
Thy love the pow’r of thought bestowed,
To Thee my thoughts would soar;
Thy mercy o’er my life has flowed,
That mercy I adore.
In each event of life, how clear
Thy ruling hand I see!
Each blessing to my soul more dear,
Because conferred by Thee.
In ev’ry joy that crowns my days,
In ev’ry pain I bear,
My heart shall find delight in praise,
Or seek relief in prayer.
When gladness wings my favored hour,
Thy love my thoughts shall fill;
Resigned when storms of sorrow lower,
My soul shall meet Thy will.
My lifted eye, without a tear,
The gathering storm shall see:
My steadfast heart shall know no fear;
That heart shall rest on Thee.",2/4
144,144,Jubilee,Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony,1820,,,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Hark! the jubilee is sounding,
Oh the joyful news is come;
Free salvation is proclaimed
In and through God’s only Son.
Now we have the invitation
To the meek and lowly Lamb,
Glory, honor and salvation;
Christ, the Lord, is come to reign.
Come, dear friend, and don’t neglect it,
Come to Jesus in your prime;
Great salvation, don’t reject it,
Oh receive it, now’s your time;
Now the Savior is beginning
To revive His work again.
Glory, honor and salvation;
Christ, the Lord, is come to reign.
Now let each one cease from sinning,
Come and follow Christ, the way;
We shall all receive a blessing,
If from Him we do not stray;
Golden moments we’ve neglected,
Yet the Lord invites again!
Glory, honor, and salvation;
Christ, the Lord is come to reign.
Let us run our race with patience,
Looking unto Christ the Lord,
Who doth live and reign for ever,
With His Father and our God,
He is worthy to be praised,
He is our exalted King.
Glory, honor, and salvation;
Christ, the Lord is come to reign.
Come dear children, praise your Jesus
Praise Him, praise Him evermore;
May His great love now constrain us,
His great name for to adore.
Oh then let us join together,
Crowns of glory to obtain
Glory, honor and salvation;
Christ, the Lord, is come to reign.",4/4
145b,145,Sweet Affliction,Lowell Mason,1823,Samuel Pearce,1800,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","In the floods of tribulation,
While the billows o’er me roll,
Jesus whispers consolation,
And supports my fainting soul.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
Wearing there a weight of glory,
Still the path I’ll ne’er forget,
But exulting cry it led me
To my blessed Savior’s feet.
",2/4
145t,145,Warrenton,William Walker,1835,Robert Robinson,1758,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
I am bound for the kingdom,
Will you go to glory with me?
Hallelujah, praise the Lord.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
",2/4
146,146,Hallelujah,William Walker,1835,Charles Wesley,1759,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","And let this feeble body fail,
And let it faint or die;
My soul shall quit this mournful vale,
And soar to worlds on high,
And I’ll sing hallelujah,
And you’ll sing hallelujah,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah,
When we arrive at home.
Shall join the disembodied saints,
And find its long-sought rest,
The only bliss for which it pants,
In my Redeemer’s breast.
Oh what are all my suff’rings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me meet
With that enraptured host t’appear,
And worship at Thy feet!
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away,
But let me find them all again,
In that eternal day.
",6/4
147b,147,Laban,Lowell Mason,1830,George Heath,1781,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","My soul, be on thy guard;
Ten thousand foes arise;
The hosts of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies.
Oh watch, and fight, and pray;
The battle ne’er give o’er;
Renew the conflict ev’ry day;
And help divine implore.
Ne’er think the vict’ry won,
Nor lay thine armor down;
The work of faith will not be done
Till thou obtain the crown.",4/4
147t,147,Boylston,Lowell Mason,1832,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","My God, my life, my love,
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if Thou remove,
For Thou art all in all.
Thy shining grace can cheer,
This dungeon where I dwell;
’Tis paradise when Thou art here,
If Thou depart ’tis hell.
The smilings of Thy face,
How amiable they are;
’Tis heav’n to rest in Thine embrace,
And nowhere else but there.
To Thee, and Thee alone,
The angels owe their bliss;
They sit around Thy gracious throne,
And dwell where Jesus is.
Not all the harps above,
Can make a heav’nly place;
If God His residence remove,
Or but conceal His face.",3/2
148,148,Jefferson,Tennessee Harmony,1818,John Newton,1779,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Glorious things of Thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!
He whose word can ne’er be broken,
Formed thee for His own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,
Who can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.
’Round her habitation hov’ring,
See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a cov’ring,
Showing that the Lord is near.
",2/4
149,149,The Trumpet,J. Williams,1831,H. H. Milman,1827,"12s (12,12,12,12)","The chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire,
As the Lord cometh down in the pomp of His ire!
Lo! self-moving it drives on its pathway of cloud,
And the heav’ns with the burden of Godhead are bowed.
The glory! the glory! around Him are poured
Mighty hosts of the angels that wait on the Lord.
And the glorified saints and the martyrs are there,
And there all palm-wreaths of victory wear.
The trumpet! the trumpet! the dead all have heard,
Lo, the depths of the stone-covered charnel are stirred:
From the sea, from the earth, from the south, from the north,
And the vast generations of man are come forth.
The judgment! the judgment! the thrones are all set,
Where the Lamb and the white vested elders are met;
There all flesh is at once in the sight of the Lord,
And the doom of eternity hangs on His word.
Oh mercy! Oh mercy! look down from above,
Great Creator, on us, Thy sad children, with love.
When beneath to their darkness the wicked are driv’n,
May our justified souls find a welcome in heav’n.",2/2
150,150,Amity,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Particular Meter (6,6,8,6,6,8)","How pleased and blest was I,
To hear the people cry,
“Come let us seek our God today;”
Yes, with a cheerful zeal,
We haste to Zion’s hill,
And there our vows and honors pay.
May peace attend Thy gate,
And joy within Thee wait,
To bless the soul of ev’ry guest;
The man that seeks Thy peace,
And wishes Thine increase,
A thousand blessings on him rest.",4/4
151,151,Symphony,Justin Morgan,1790,Isaac Watts,1707,"Particular Meter: 10,10,10,10,10,10","Behold, the Judge descends, His guards are nigh;
Tempests and fire attend Him down the sky;
Heav’n, earth and hell draw near, Let all things come
To hear His justice and the sinner’s doom;
But gather first, my saints, the Judge commands,
Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands.",4/4
152,152,Shepherds Rejoice,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,Isaac Watts,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,
And send your fears away,
News from the regions of the skies,
A Savior’s born today.
Jesus, the God whom angels fear,
Comes down to dwell with you.
Today He makes His entrance here,
But not as monarchs do.
No gold nor purple swaddling bands,
Nor royal shining things,
A manger for His cradle stands,
And holds the King of kings.
Go, shepherds, where the infant lies,
And see His humble throne;
The tears of joy in all your eyes,
Go, shepherds, kiss the Son.
Thus Gabriel sang and straight around
The heav’nly armies throng,
They tune their harps to softly sound,
And thus conclude their song.
Glory to God who reigns above,
Let peace surround the earth,
Mortals shall know their Maker’s love
At their Redeemer’s birth.",4/4
153,153,Resurrected,S. M. Denson,1908,The Revivalist,1859,"Common Meter Half (8,6)","My father’s gone to view that land,
To wear a starry crown.
Away over yonder,
To wear a starry crown.",3/4
154,154,Rest For the Weary,B. F. White,1869,Robert Robinson,1758,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
There is rest for the weary;
There is rest for you.
Here I’ll raise my Ebenezer,
Hither, by Thy help, I’m come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
",4/4
155,155,Northfield,Jeremiah Ingalls,1800,Isaac Watts,1701,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","How long, dear Savior, Oh how long
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swift around, ye wheels of time,
And bring the promised day.
From the third heaven, where God resides,
That holy, happy place,
The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorned with shining grace.",4/4
156,156,Jesus Rose,H. S. Reese,1869,H. S. Reese,1869,Irregular,"Go and tell His disciples,
He has risen from the dead.
Jesus rose, brethren,
He has risen from the dead,
Through the earth and through the sky.",2/4
157,157,Essay,A. C. Clark,1840,,1826,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","See how the wicked kingdom
Is falling ev’ry day!
And still our blessed Jesus
Is winning souls away:
But oh, how I am tempted,
No mortal tongue can tell!
So often I’m surrounded
With enemies from hell.
With weeping and with praying,
My Jesus I have found,
To crucify old nature,
And make His grace abound.
Dear children, don’t be weary,
But march on in the way;
For Jesus will stand by you,
And be your guard and stay.
If sinners will serve Satan,
And join with one accord,
Dear brethren, as for my part,
I’m bound to serve the Lord;
And if you will go with me,
Pray, give to me your hand,
And we’ll march on together,
Unto the promised land.",6/8
158,158,Funeral Thought,William Caldwell,1837,Reginald Heber,1827,"Particular Meter: 13,11,12,11","Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee,
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb;
The Savior has passed through its portals before thee,
And the lamp of His love is thy guide through the gloom.
Thou art gone to the grave, we no longer behold thee,
Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side;
But wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee,
And all sinners may hope, since the Savior hath died.
Thou art gone to the grave, and thy cradle’s forsaken,
With us thy fond spirit did not tarry long,
But sunshine of heaven beamed bright on thy waking,
And the sound thou didst hear was the seraphim’s song.
Thou art gone to the grave, but ’twere wrong to deplore thee,
When God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide;
He gave thee, and took thee, and soon will restore thee,
Where death hath no sting, since the Savior hath died.",2/4
159,159,Wondrous Love,James Christopher,1840,Dupuy’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs,1811,"Particular Meter: 6,6,6,3","What wondrous love is this!
Oh, my soul, oh my soul!
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse
For my soul?
When I was sinking down,
Sinking down, Sinking down,
Beneath God’s righteous frown
Christ laid aside His crown
For my soul.
To God and to the Lamb,
I will sing; I will sing;
Who is the great I Am,
While millions join the theme,
I will sing.
And when from death I’m free
I’ll sing on; I’ll sing on;
I’ll sing and joyful be,
Throughout eternity
I’ll sing on.",4/4
160b,160,"Turn, Sinner, Turn",E. J. King,1844,William Miller,1809,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Today, if you will hear His voice,
Now is the time to make your choice;
Say will you to mount Zion go?
Say will you have this Christ or no?
Oh! turn, sinner, turn,
May the Lord help you turn!
Oh! turn, sinner turn,
Why will you die?",4/4
160t,160,War Department,Southern Harmony,1835,,,"11s (11,11,11,11)","No more shall the war-whoop be heard,
The ambush and slaughter no longer be feared.
The tomahawk, buried, shall rest in the ground,
And peace and goodwill to the nations abound.",6/8
161,161,Sweet Home,William Walker,1840,David Denham,1837,"11s (11,11,11,11)","’Mid scenes of confusion and creature complaints,
How sweet to my soul is communion with saints;
To find at the banquet of mercy there’s room,
And feel in the presence of Jesus at home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet, home;
Prepare me, dear Savior, for glory, my home.
Sweet bonds that unite all the children of peace,
And thrice precious Jesus, whose love cannot cease;
Though oft from Thy presence in sadness I roam,
And feel in the presence of Jesus at home.
I sigh from this body of sin to be free,
Which hinders my joy and communion with Thee;
Though now my temptations like billows may foam,
All, all will be peace when I’m with Thee at home.
",4/4
162,162,Plenary,A. C. Clark,1839,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Hark! from the tombs of doleful sound,
Mine ears, attend the cry,
Ye living men, come view the ground,
Where you must shortly lie.
“Princes, this clay must be your bed,
In spite of all your tow’rs;
The tall, the wise, the rev’rend head,
Must lie as low as ours.”
Great God! Is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to the tomb,
And yet prepared no more!",4/4
163b,163,China,Timothy Swan,1801,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Why do we mourn departing friends,
Or shake at death’s alarms?
’Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call them to His arms.
Why should we tremble to convey
Their bodies to the tomb?
There the dear flesh of Jesus lay,
And vanished all the gloom.
Thence He arose, ascended high,
And showed our feet the way;
Up to the Lord our souls shall fly,
At the great rising day.",3/2
163t,163,Morning,Amos Pilsbury,1799,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","He dies, the friend of sinners dies,
Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around;
A solemn darkness veils the skies,
A sudden trembling shakes the ground.
Ye saints approach! the anguish view
Of Him who groans beneath your load,
He gives His precious life for you,
For you He sheds His precious blood.
Here’s love and grief beyond degree:
The Lord of glory dies for men;
But lo! what sudden joys we see!
Jesus, the dead, revives again.
The rising God forsakes the tomb;
Up to His Father’s court He flies,
Cherubic legions guard Him home,
And shout Him welcome to the skies.",4/4
164,164,Duane Street,George Coles,1835,,1826,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","A poor wayfaring man of grief
Hath often crossed me on my way;
Who sued so humbly for relief
That I could never answer nay.
I had no pow’r to ask his name,
Whither he went or whence he came;
Yet there was something in his eye
That won my love, I knew not why.
I spied him where a fountain burst
Clear from the rock; his strength was gone;
The heedless water mocked his thirst;
He heard it, saw it hurrying on.
I ran and raised the suff’rer up;
Thrice from the stream he drained my cup,
Dipped and returned it running o’er;
I drank and never thirsted more.
In pris’n I saw him next, condemned
To meet a traitor’s doom at morn,
The tide of lying tongues I stemmed
And honored him ’mid shame and scorn.
My friendship’s utmost zeal to try,
He asked if I for him would die:
The flesh was weak, my blood ran chill,
But the free spirit cried, “I will.”
Then in a moment to my view
The stranger started from disguise;
The tokens in His hands I knew —
My Savior stood before my eyes.
He spake and my poor name He named:
“Of me thou hast not been ashamed;
These deeds shall thy memorial be:
Fear not, thou didst it unto me.”",4/4
165,165,Family Bible,,,Young’s Christian Companion,1826,"12s,11s Double (12,11,12,11,12,11,12,11)","How painfully pleasing the fond recollection
Of youthful connection and innocent joy,
While blessed with parental advice and affection,
Surrounded with mercy and peace from on high.
I still view the chairs of my father and mother,
The seats of their offspring, as ranged on each hand,
And the richest of books, which excels ev’ry other,
The family Bible that lay on the stand.
The Bible, that volume of God’s inspiration,
At morning and ev’ning could yield us delight.
The prayers of our father, a sweet invocation,
For mercy by day and for safety at night.
Oh hymns of thanksgiving with harmon’ous sweetness,
As warmed by the hearts of the family band,
Hath raised us from earth to that rapturous dwelling
Described in the Bible that lay on the stand.",4/4
166,166,Still Better,Israel Bradfield,1869,,,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Teach me how to do my duty
In the service of my Lord.
Then when time with me is over,
I’ll receive the great reward.
And with Jesus Christ, my Savior,
I shall live in endless day.
Where my sorrows and my toiling
Shall be banished away.",2/4
167,167,"Pray, Brethren, Pray",The Minstrel of Zion,1845,William Hunter,1845,"Particular Meter: 4,7,4,6","Pray, brethren, pray, the prayer of faith availeth;
Pray, brethren, pray, on God your spirit stay.
A few more days of sorrow,
And the Lord will call us home,
To walk the golden streets
Of the new Jerusalem.
Sing, brethren, sing, rejoice with joy and gladness;
Sing, brethren, sing, your songs of triumph bring.
Rise, brethren, rise, your souls by faith ascending,
Rise, brethren, rise, your home is in the skies.",2/4
168,168,Cowper,Oliver Holden,1803,William Cowper,1779,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Forgive the song that falls so low,
Beneath the gratitude I owe.
It means Thy praise however poor,
An angel’s song can do no more.
Great God, and wilt Thou condescend
To be my Father and my Friend.
I, a poor child, and thou, so high.
The Lord of earth, and air and sky.",4/4
169,169,Dartmouth,Stephen Jenks,1803,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","Come, sound His praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing,
Jehovah is the sov’reign God,
The universal King.
He formed the deeps unknown,
He gave the seas their bound,
The wat’ry worlds are all His own,
And all the solid ground.
Come, worship at His throne,
Come, bow before the Lord;
We are His work, and not our own:
He formed us by His Word.
Today attend His voice,
Nor dare provoke His rod;
Come, like the people of His choice,
And your own gracious God.",2/4
170,170,Exhilaration,Thomas W. Carter,1844,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Oh! may I worthy prove to see
The saints in full prosperity,
Then my troubles will be over.
To see the bride, the glitt’ring bride,
Close seated by my Savior’s side.
Then my troubles will be over.
I shall never forget the day
When Jesus washed my sins away,
And then my troubles will be over,
And rejoicing,
And then my troubles will be over.
I’ll praise Him while He gives me breath,
I hope to praise Him after death.
Then my troubles will be over.
I hope to praise Him when I die,
And shout salvation as I fly!
Then my troubles will be over.
I soon shall pass the vale of death,
And in His arms resign my breath,
Then my troubles will be over.
Oh then my happy soul shall tell
My Jesus has done all things well,
Then my troubles will be over.
",2/4
171,171,Exhortation,Hibbard,1796,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;
To Thee will I direct my prayer,
To Thee lift up mine eye.
Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all His saints,
Presenting at His Father’s throne
Our songs and our complaints.",4/4
172,172,Harmony,Abner Ellis,1805,,,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing,
Ye cheerful warblers of the spring,
Harmonious anthems raise,
To Him who shaped your finer mold,
Who tipped your glitt’ring wings with gold,
And tuned your voice to praise.",4/4
173,173,Phoebus,William Billings,1770,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high:
To Thee will I direct my prayer,
To Thee lift up mine eye;
Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all His saints,
Presenting at His Father’s throne
Our songs and our complaints.
Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne’er be Thy delight,
Nor dwell at Thy right hand,
But to Thy house will I resort,
To taste Thy mercies there;
Thy word into our minds instill;
And worship in Thy fear.",4/4
174,174,Petersburg,William Billings,1786,John Logan,1781,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Thus saith the high and lofty One:
I sit upon my holy throne,
My name is God, I dwell on high,
Dwell in my own eternity,
But I descend to worlds below,
On earth I have a mansion, too,
The humble spirit and contrite,
Is an abode of my delight.",2/4
175,175,Highlands of Heaven,J. D. Arnold,1869,,,"6s,7s Double (6,7,6,7,6,7,6,7)","Sinner, go, will you go,
To the highlands of heaven;
Where the storms never blow,
And the long summer’s given?
Where the bright blooming flow’rs
Are their odors emitting;
And the leaves of the bow’rs
On the breezes are flitting.
Where the saints robed in white,
Cleansed in life’s flowing fountain,
Shining, beauteous, and bright,
Shall inhabit the mountain.
Where no sin, nor dismay,
Neither trouble, nor sorrow,
Will be felt for today,
Nor be feared for the morrow.",2/4
176b,176,Blooming Youth,Henry G. Mann,1869,Thomas Gibbons,1769,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","In the bright season of my youth,
In nature’s smiling bloom,
Ere age arrives, and trembling waits
It summons to the tomb.
Remember thy Creator, God;
For Him thy pow’rs employ;
Make Him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy portion and thy joy.
The Lord will safely guide thy course
O’er life’s uncertain seas.
And bring thee to the peaceful shore,
The heav’n prepared for thee.",4/4
176t,176,Ragan,W. F. Moore,1869,,,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Farewell, vain world, I’m going home,
I belong to this band, hallelujah.
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
I belong to this band, hallelujah.
Sweet angels beckon me away;
I belong to this band, hallelujah.
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
I belong to this band, hallelujah.",4/4
177,177,The Christian’s Flight,W. F. Moore,1866,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Not many years their rounds shall roll;
Each moment brings it nigh,
When the Christian’s soul
To heav’n above shall fly.
Ye wheels of nature speed your course,
Ye mortal pow’rs decay,
Fast as ye bring the night of death,
Ye bring eternal day.",4/4
178,178,Africa,William Billings,1770,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.
God, on His thirsty Zion’s hill,
Some mercy drops has thrown;
And solemn oaths have bound His love
To show’r salvation down.
Why do we then indulge our fears,
Suspicions and complaints?
Is He a God, and shall His grace
Grow weary of His saints?",3/2
179,179,The Christian Warfare,Southern Harmony,1835,,,"12s,11s Double (12,11,12,11,12,11,12,11)","I find myself placed in a state of probation,
Which God has commanded us well to improve.
And I am resolved to regard all His precepts,
And on in the way of obedience to move.
I know I must go through great tribulation,
And many sore conflicts on every hand;
But grace will support and comfort my spirit,
And I shall be able forever to stand.
I’m called to contend with the powers of darkness,
And many sore conflicts I have to pass through.
Oh Jesus, be with me in every battle,
And help me my enemies all to subdue.
If Thou, gracious Lord, will only be with me,
To aid and direct me, then all will be right;
Apollyon, with all his powerful forces,
In Thy name and Thy strength shall soon put to flight.",6/4
180,180,Vermont,William Billings,1778,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","In vain we lavish out our lives,
To gather empty wind;
The choicest blessings earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.
Come, and the Lord shall feed our souls
With more substantial meat,
With such as saints in glory love,
With such as angels eat.",4/4
181,181,Exit,P. Sherman,1808,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away; our life’s a dream,
An empty tale, a morning flow’r,
Cut down and withered in an hour.
Our age to sev’nty years is set;
How short the time! How frail the state
And if to eighty we arrive,
We’d rather sigh and groan than live.
But oh how oft Thy wrath appears,
And cuts off our expected years,
Thy wrath awakes our humble dread:
We fear the power that strikes us dead.
Teach us, Oh Lord, how frail is man;
And kindly lengthen out the span,
Till a wise care of piety
Fit us to die and dwell with Thee.",4/4
182,182,Newburgh,Amos Munson,1798,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","Let ev’ry creature join
To praise th’eternal God;
Ye heav’nly host, the song begin,
And sound His name abroad.
Thou sun with golden beams,
And moon with paler rays;
Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames,
Shine to your Maker’s praise.",4/4
183,183,Greenwich,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
To mourn, and murmur, and repine,
To see the wicked placed on high,
In pride and robes of honor shine.
But, oh, their end, their dreadful end,
Thy sanctuary taught me so,
On slipp’ry rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.",4/4
184,184,Enfield,Solomon Chandler,1785,Elizabeth Rowe,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Before the rosy dawn of day,
To Thee, my God I’ll sing;
Awake my soft and tuneful lyre,
Awake each charming string:
Awake, and let thy flowing strains
Glide through the midnight air,
While high amidst, the silent orb,
The silver moon rolls clear.",4/4
185,185,Pilgrim’s Farewell,Harmony of Harmony,1802,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Farewell, my friends, I must be gone;
I have no home or stay with you;
I’ll take my staff and travel on,
Till I a better world can view.
I’ll march to Canaan’s land,
I’ll land on Canaan’s shore,
Where pleasures never end,
And troubles come no more.
Farewell, my loving friends, farewell.
Farewell, my friends, time rolls along,
Nor waits for mortal cares or bliss;
I’ll leave you and travel on,
Till I arrive where Jesus is.
Farewell, dear brethren in the Lord,
To you I’m bound with cords of love;
But we believe His gracious Word,
We all ere long shall meet above.
",4/4
186,186,Sherburne,Daniel Read,1783,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
All glory be to God on high
And to the earth be peace,
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease.",4/4
187,187,Protection,P. Sherman,1808,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","God, my supporter, and my hope,
My help forever near,
Thine arm of mercy held me up
When sinking in despair.
But to draw near to Thee, my God,
Shall be my sweet employ,
My tongue shall sound Thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.",4/4
188,188,Spring,,,,,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,7,7","The scattered clouds are fled at last,
The rain is gone, the winter’s past;
The lovely vernal flow’rs appear,
The warbling choirs enchant our ear.
Now, with sweetly pensive moan,
Coos the turtle dove alone.
The voice of my beloved sounds,
While o’er the mountain top he bounds;
He flies exulting o’er the hills,
And all my soul with transport fills.
Gently doth he chide my stay.
Rise, my soul and come away.",2/4
189,189,Montgomery,Justin Morgan,1790,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Early my God, without delay,
I haste to seek Thy face;
My thirsty spirit faints away
Without they cheering grace.
So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.",4/4
191,191,Virginia,Oliver Brownson,1782,Isaac Watts,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Thy words the raging winds control,
And rule the boist’rous deep.
Thou mak’st the sleeping billows roll,
The rolling billows sleep.",4/4
192,192,Schenectady,Nehemiah Shumway,1805,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator’s praise arise;
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,
Through ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue.
Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends Thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore
Till suns shall rise and set no more.",4/4
193,193,Huntington,Justin Morgan,1790,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
To mourn, and murmur, and repine,
To see the wicked placed on high,
In pride and robes of honor shine.
But, oh, their end, their dreadful end,
Thy sanctuary taught me so,
On slipp’ry rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.",4/4
195,195,Worcester,Abraham Wood,1778,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion’s hill;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!
How charming is their voice;
How sweet the tidings are.
Zion, behold thy Savior King,
He reigns and triumphs here!",4/4
196,196,Alabama,Southern Harmony,1835,Southern Harmony,1835,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Angels in shining order stand,
Around the Savior’s throne;
They bow with rev’rence at His feet,
And make His glories known.
Those happy spirits sing His praise,
To all eternity,
But I can sing redeeming grace,
For Jesus died for me.",6/8
197,197,Georgia,T. B. McGraw,1935,Wyeth’s Repository,1810,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The cross of Christ inspires my heart
To sing redeeming grace;
Awake, my soul, and bear a part
In my Redeemer’s praise.
Oh! who can be compared to Him
Who died upon the tree!
This is my dear, delightful theme,
That Jesus died for me.",4/4
198,198,Green Street,,,Edward Perronet,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.",2/4
200,200,Edom,Elisha West,1797,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high,
Over the heav’ns He spreads His clouds,
And waters veil the sky.
He sends His show’rs of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown;
And corn in valleys grow.",4/4
201,201,Pilgrim,Missouri Harmony,1820,,,"8,6,8,6,7,6,8,6 (8,6,8,6,7,6,8,6)","Come, all ye mourning pilgrims dear,
Who’re bound for Canaan’s land,
Take courage and fight valiantly,
Stand fast with sword in hand,
Our Captain’s gone before us,
Our Father’s only Son,
Then, pilgrims dear, pray do not fear,
But let us follow on.",4/4
202,202,New Lebanon,P. Sherman,1808,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Particular Meter (8,8,8,8,8,8)","Great God, the heav’n’s well-ordered frame
Declares the glories of Thy name;
There Thy rich works of wonder shine;
A thousand starry beauties there,
A thousand radiant marks appear,
Of boundless pow’r and skill divine.",4/4
203,203,Florida,Truman S. Wetmore,1803,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Let sinners take their course,
And choose the road to death;
But in the worship of my God,
I’ll spend my daily breath.
My thoughts address His throne,
When morning brings the light;
I seek His blessings ev’ry noon,
And pay my vows at night.",4/4
204,204,Mission,Andrew Grambling,1835,Dupuy’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs,1832,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Young people, all attention give,
While I address you in God’s name.
You who in sin and folly live,
Come, hear the counsel of a friend.
I’ve sought for bliss in glitt’ring toys
And ranged the luring scenes of vice;
But never knew substantial joys,
Until I heard my Savior’s voice.
He spake at once, my sins forgiv’n,
And washed my load of guilt away.
He gave me glory, peace, and heav’n,
And thus I found the heav’nly way.
And now with trembling sense I view
The billows roll beneath your feet,
For death eternal waits for you,
Who slight the force of gospel truth.
Youth, like the spring, will soon be gone,
By fleeting time or conqu’ring death;
Your morning sun may set at noon,
And leave you ever in the dark.
Your sparkling eyes and blooming cheeks
Must wither like the blasted rose;
The coffin, earth, and winding sheet
Will soon your active limbs enclose.",6/8
205,205,Pleasant Hill,Nicholson,1820,John Fawcett,1782,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Religion is the chief concern
Of mortals here below.
May I its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtues know.
More needful this than glitt’ring wealth
Or aught the world bestows;
Nor reputation, food, or health
Can give us such repose.
Religion should our thoughts engage
Amidst our youthful bloom;
’Twill fit us for declining age
And for the awful tomb.
Oh may my heart, by grace renewed,
Be my Redeemer’s throne,
And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own.
Let deep repentance, faith, and love,
Be joined with godly fear;
And all my conversation prove
My heart to be sincere.
Preserve me from the snares of sin
Through my remaining days,
And in me let each virtue shine,
To my Redeemer’s praise.",6/4
206,206,Christian’s Hope,H. A. Parris,1907,,,"8,8,8,6 (8,8,8,6)","We have our troubles here below,
We’re trav’ling through this world of woe,
To that bright world where loved ones go,
Where all is peace and love.
We’re fettered and chained up in clay
While in this body here we stay;
By faith we know a world above,
Where all is peace and love.
I feel no way like getting tired,
I’m trusting in His Holy Word
To guide my weary feet above,
Where all is peace and love.",4/4
207,207,Louisiana,William Walker,1835,,,"8s,7s Double Iambic (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Come, little children, now we may
Partake a little morsel.
For little songs and little ways
Adorned a great apostle.
A little drop of Jesus’ blood
Can make a feast of union;
It is by little steps we move
Into a full communion.
A little faith doth mighty deeds,
Quite past all my recounting;
Faith like a little mustard seed
Can move a lofty mountain.
A little charity and zeal,
A little tribulation,
A little patience makes us feel
Great peace and consolation.
A little cross with cheerfulness,
A little self-denial,
Will serve to make our troubles less,
And bear the greatest trial,
The Spirit like a little dove
On Jesus once descended;
To show His meekness and His love,
The emblem was intended.
The title of the little Lamb
Unto our Lord was given,
Such was our Savior’s little name,
The Lord of earth and heaven.
A little voice that’s small and still
Can rule the whole creation;
A little stone the earth shall fill,
And humble ev’ry nation.",4/4
208,208,Traveling On,S. M. Denson,1911,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Farewell, my loving friends, farewell,
I have no home or stay with you;
I’ll take my staff and travel on,
Till I a better world can view.",4/4
209,209,Evening Shade,Stephen Jenks,1805,John Leland,1792,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
Oh may we all remember well,
The night of death is near.
We lay our garments by,
Upon our beds to rest:
So death will soon disrobe us all,
Of what we here possess.",4/4
210,210,Lena,Daniel Belknap,1795,,,"Particular Meter: 8,8,7,8,8,7","See the Lord of glory dying!
See Him gasping! Hear Him crying!
See His burdened bosom heave!
Look ye sinners, ye that hung Him,
Look how deep your sins have stung Him!
Dying sinners, look and live.
Bear with patience, tribulation,
Overcoming all temptation,
Till the glorious jubilee;
Soon he’ll come with bursts of thunder,
Then we shall adore and wonder,
Singing on the highest key.
See the blissful scenes before us,
Join the universal chorus,
Bid the flowing numbers rise;
Songs immortal sweetly sounding,
Notes angelic loud rebounding,
Trembling ’round the vocal skies.",4/4
211,211,Whitestown,Howd,1800,,,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey,
Or men as fierce and wild as they,
He bids th’oppressed and poor repair,
And build them towns and cities there.
They sow the fields, and trees they plant,
Whose yearly fruit supplies their want;
Their race grows up from fruitful stocks,
Their wealth increases with their flocks.",4/4
212,212,Sharon,Elisha West,1793,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Particular Meter (6,6,8,6,6,8)","How pleasant ’tis to see
Kindred and friends agree,
Each in his proper station move,
And each fulfill his part,
With sympathizing heart,
In all the cares of life and love.",4/4
213b,213,Warning,Elphrey Heritage,1869,Samuel F. Smith,1831,"6s,4s (6,4,6,4)","Today the Savior calls,
Ye wand’rers, come!
Oh, ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam?
Today the Savior calls,
Oh hear Him now!
Within these sacred walls.
To Jesus bow!
Today the Savior calls,
For refuge fly!
The storm of justice falls,
And death is nigh.
The Spirit calls today,
Yield to His pow’r.
Oh grieve Him not away!
’Tis mercy’s hour.",2/2
213t,213,The Good Old Way,William Walker,1835,Dover Selection,1828,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Lift up your heads, Immanuel’s friends,
Oh hallelujah,
And taste the pleasure Jesus sends.
Oh hallelujah.
Let nothing cause you to delay,
Oh hallelujah.
But hasten on the good old way,
Oh hallelujah.
Our conflicts here, though great they be,
Oh hallelujah.
Shall not prevent our victory,
Oh hallelujah.
If we but strive and watch and pray,
Oh hallelujah.
Like soldiers in the good old way.
Oh hallelujah.
Though Satan may his pow’rs employ,
Oh hallelujah.
Our happiness for to destroy.
Oh hallelujah.
Yet never fear, we’ll gain the day,
Oh hallelujah.
And shout and sing the good old way.
Oh hallelujah.",6/4
214,214,Repentance,Rollo,1796,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh, if my soul was formed for woe,
How would I vent my sighs!
Repentance should like rivers flow,
From both my streaming eyes.
’Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on that cursed tree,
And groaned away His dying life,
For thee, my soul, for thee.",4/4
215,215,New Topia,Reubin Monday,1816,Hall’s New Collection,1804,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Young people, all attention give,
And hear what I do say;
I want your souls with Christ to live,
In everlasting day;
Remember, you are hast’ning on
To death’s dark, gloomy shade;
Your joys on earth will soon be gone,
Your flesh in dust be laid.",4/4
216,216,Delight,Simeon Coan,1798,Isaac Watts,,"Meter Hallelujah (6,6,6,6,8,8)","No burning heats by day,
Nor blasts of evening air,
Shall take my health away,
If God be with me there.
Thou art my sun and Thou my shade
To guard my head by night or noon.",4/4
217,217,Ballstown,Nehemiah Shumway,1809,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Great God, attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from Thy presence springs;
To spend one more day with Thee on earth,
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.",4/4
218,218,Mount Pleasant,Deolph,1793,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal, and on high;
And here my spirit, waiting stands,
Till God shall bid it fly.",4/4
220,220,Mount Zion,Bartholomew Brown,1792,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","The hill of Zion yields,
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let your songs abound,
And ev’ry tear be dry:
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
To fairer worlds on high.",6/8
222,222,Ocean,Rudiments of Music,1787,Isaac Watts,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The works of glory, mighty Lord,
That rul’st the boist’rous sea;
The sons of courage shall record,
Who tempt the dang’rous way.
At Thy command the winds arise,
And swell the tow’ring waves,
The men astonished mount the skies,
And sink in gaping graves.",4/4
223,223,Portuguese Hymn,,,John F. Wade,1743,"Particular Meter: 11,11,11,10","Hither, ye faithful, haste with songs of triumph,
To Bethlehem haste, the Lord of life to meet;
To you this day is born a Prince and Savior;
Oh come, and let us worship at His feet.
Shout His almighty name, ye choirs of angels,
And let the celestial courts His praise repeat;
Unto our God be glory in the highest,
Oh come, and let us worship at His feet.",2/4
224,224,"Save, Lord, or We Perish",M. Mark Wynn,1869,Reginald Heber,1827,"12s (12,12,12,12)","When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming,
When o’er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming,
Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish,
We fly to our maker, save, Lord or we perish.",2/4
225b,225,Christmas Anthem,James Denson,1844,,,Irregular,"Oh, how charming
Are the radiant bands of music!
Flying in the air.
The church triumphant gives the tone
While they surround the holy throne,
In glory, with celestial arts,
Angelic armies tune their harps,
And raptured play their parts:
Strike their notes at our Redeemer’s birth.","4/4, 6/8, 4/4"
225t,225,Reynolds,Hugh McGraw,1985,Isaac Watts,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Forever blessed be the Lord,
My Savior and my shield;
He sends His Spirit with His word,
To arm me for the field.
A friend and helper divine
Doth my weak courage raise;
He makes the glorious vict’ry mine,
And His shall be the praise.",3/2
227,227,Ode on Life’s Journey,E. J. King,1844,,,Irregular,"I began life’s journey when young
And the glitt’ring prospect charmed my eyes;
I saw joy after joy successive rise
Along the extended plain.
But soon I found ’twas all a dream
And learned the fond pursuit to shun,
Where few can reach the purposed aim,
And thousands daily are undone.","4/4, 2/4, 4/4"
228,228,Marlborough,Abraham Wood,1793,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh for a shout of sacred joy
To God the sov’reign King!
Let ev’ry land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.",4/4
229,229,Irwinton,Thomas W. Carter,1844,,1774,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","What poor, despised company
Of travelers are these,
That walk in yonder narrow way,
Along the rugged maze?
Ah, they are of a royal line,
All children of a King;
Heirs of immortal crowns divine,
And loud for joy they sing.",3/2
230,230,Converting Grace,"R. E. Brown, Jr.",1859,Tate & Brady’s New Version,1696,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","As pants the hart for cooling streams,
When heated in the chase;
So longs my soul, Oh God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.
Oh, for converting grace, and oh,
For sanctifying pow’r;
Lord, we ask in Jesus’ name,
A sweet, refreshing show’r.
For Thee, my God, the living God,
My thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh, when shall I behold Thy face,
Thy majesty divine?
Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still; and thou shalt sing
Praise of Him who is thy God,
Thy health’s eternal spring.",6/4
231,231,Thou Art Passing Away,George Coles,,,,"11s (11,11,11,11)","Thou art passing away,
Thy life has been brief as a midsummer day;
Thy forehead is pale, and thy pulses are low,
And thy once blooming cheek bears an ominous glow.
Thou art passing away from the beautiful earth,
Thy much loved abode, and the land of thy birth;
From its forests and fields, from its murmuring rills,
From its beautiful plains and its herbage-crowned hills.
Thou art passing away from thy kindred and friends,
And the last chain that bound thee, the spoiler now rends;
And thy last tones are falling on love’s list’ning ear,
And now in thine eye shines the fond, parting tear.",3/4
232,232,Baptismal Anthem,B. F. White,1844,Holy Bible: Matthew 3:1-4,,Prose,"In those days came John the Baptist,
Preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
And saying, repent ye,
For the kingdom of heaven is at hand,
For this is He that was spoken of
By the prophet Esaias, saying,
The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight,
And this same John had his raiment of camel’s hair
And bound with a leathern girdle;
And his meat was locusts and wild honey.",4/4
234,234,Reverential Anthem,E. J. King,1844,Holy Bible: Psalm 29:2; 96:11-13,,Prose,"Give unto the Lord
The glory due unto His name;
Come into His courts,
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Fear before Him all the earth,
He shall judge the people righteously.
Let the heav’ns rejoice,
And the earth shall be glad before the Lord.
For He cometh
To judge the world with righteousness,
And the people with His truth.",Multiple
235,235,Long Sought Home,William Bobo,1847,,1600,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Jerusalem! my happy home!
Oh, how I long for thee!
When will my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?
Home, sweet home, my long-sought home,
My home in heav’n above.
Thy walls are all of precious stones,
Most glorious to behold!
Thy gates are richly set with pearl,
Thy streets are paved with gold.
My friends, I bid you all adieu;
I leave you in God’s care;
And if I here no more see you,
Go on; I’ll meet you there.
",3/4
236,236,Easter Anthem,William Billings,1787,Edward Young,,Prose,"The Lord is ris’n indeed! Hallelujah!
Now is Christ risen from the dead,
And become the first-fruits of them that slept.
Hallelujah, and did He rise? did He rise?
Hear it ye nations! hear it, Oh ye dead!
He rose, He burst the bars of death
And triumphed o’er the grave.
Then I rose, then first humanity
Triumphant passed the crystal ports of light
And seized eternal youth.
Man, all immortal hail,
Hail heaven, all lavish of strange gifts to man,
Thine’s all the glory,
Man’s the boundless bliss.",2/4
240,240,Christian Song,Jeremiah Ingalls,1805,Christian Harmony,1805,"8s (8,8)","Mine eyes are now closing to rest,
My body must soon be removed,
And mould’ring, lie buried in dust,
No more to be envied or loved.
Ah! what is this drawing my breath,
And stealing my senses away?
Oh tell me, my soul, is it death,
Releasing me kindly from clay?
Now mounting, my soul shall descry,
The regions of pleasure and love,
My spirit shall triumphant fly,
And dwell with my Savior above.",Multiple
242,242,Ode on Science,Jezaniah Sumner,1798,Jezeniah Sumner,1798,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","The morning sun shines from the east,
And spreads his glories to the west,
All nations with his beams are blest,
Where’er the radiant light appears.
So science spreads her lucid ray
O’er lands which long in darkness lay:
She visits fair Columbia,
And sets her sons among the stars.
Fair freedom her attendant waits,
To bless the portals of her gates,
To crown the young and rising states
With laurels of immortal day:
The British yoke, the Gallic chain,
Was urged upon our necks in vain,
All haughty tyrants we disdain,
And shout, “Long live America.”",4/4
245,245,Claremont,Merrill,1799,Alexander Pope,1712,"7s; Common Particular Meter (7,7,7,7; 8,8,6,8,8,6)","Vital spark of heav’nly flame
Quit, oh? quit this mortal frame;
Trembling, hoping, ling’ring, flying.
Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying?
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
Hark! they whisper; angels say,
“Sister spirit, come away.”
What is this absorbs me quite —
Steals my senses, shuts my sight?
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?
Tell me soul, can this be death?
The world recedes, it disappears,
Heav’n opens on my eyes, my ears
With sounds seraphic ring,
Lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
Oh grave! where! is thy victory?
Oh death! where is thy sting?",Multiple
250,250,Heavenly Vision,Jacob French,1786,"Holy Bible: Revelation 7:9, 4:8b, 8:13, 11:15a, 6:15-17",,Prose,"I beheld, and lo a great multitude,
Which no man could number:
Thousands and thousands, and ten times thousands
Stood before the Lamb,
And they had palms in their hands,
And they cease not day nor night, saying,
Holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
Which was, and is, and is to come,
And I heard a mighty angel
Flying through the midst of heav’n,
Crying with a loud voice:
Woe, woe, woe
Be unto the earth by reason of the trumpet
Which is yet to sound.
And when the last trumpet sounded,
The great men and nobles, rich men and poor,
Bond and free, gathered themselves together,
And cried to the rocks and mountains
To fall upon them and hide them from
The face of Him that sitteth on the throne;
For the great day of the Lord is come,
And who shall be able to stand?",Multiple
254,254,Rose of Sharon,William Billings,1778,"Holy Bible: Song of Solomon 2:1-5,7-8,10-11",,Prose,"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley.
As the lily among the thorns,
So is my love among the daughters
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He brought me to the banqueting house;
His banner over me was love.
Stay me with flagons,
Comfort me with apples,
For I am sick of love.
I charge you, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem,
By the roes, and by the hinds of the field,
That you stir not up, nor awake my love till he please.
The voice of my beloved,
Behold! he cometh, leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.",Multiple
260,260,Farewell Anthem,Jacob French,1789,,,Prose,"My friends, I am going a long and tedious journey,
Never to return. Fare you well my friends,
And God grant we may meet together in that world above,
Where trouble shall cease and harmony shall abound.
Hark! Hark! my dear friends, for death hath called me,
And I must go, and die down in the cold and silent grave,
Where the mourners cease from mourning and the pris’ner is set free:
Where the rich and poor are both alike.
Fare you well, my friends.",Multiple
263,263,Doddridge,M. M. Wynn,1869,M. M. Wynn,1869,"Particular Meter: 8,7,8,7,4,7","“Why, Oh sinner, me profaning, why,”
Says God, “My statutes name;
Why my cov’nant grace disdaining,
Still my cov’nant grace proclaim!
Hating counsel,
All my laws exposed to shame.
Long in silence I have waited,
Long thy guilt in secret grown;
Still, thy heart, with pride elated,
Thought my counsels like thy own.
I’ll reprove thee,
Till thy crimes exact are known,
Sinners, hear Jehovah speaking!
Ye who thoughtless God despise!
Hear, lest in His wrath awaking,
Vengeance rend you as it flies.
None can save you,
If His arm to judgment rise.",4/4
266,266,Kingwood,Humphreys,1820,,,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","My days, my weeks, my months, my years,
Fly rapid as the whirling spheres,
Around the steady pole.
Time, like the tide, its motion keeps,
And I must launch through endless deeps,
Where endless ages roll.
The grave is near the cradle seen,
How swift the moments pass between,
And whisper as they fly.
Unthinking man, remember this,
Though fond of sublunary bliss,
That you must groan and die.
My soul, attend the solemn call,
Thine earthly tent must shortly fall,
And thou must take thy flight.
Beyond the vast expansive blue,
To sing above, as angels do,
Or sing in endless night.",6/8
267,267,Parting Friends,John G. McCurry,1842,,,"9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)","Farewell, my friends, I’m bound for Canaan,
I’m trav’ling through the wilderness;
Your company has been delightful,
You, who doth leave my mind distressed.
I go away, behind to leave you,
Perhaps never to meet again,
But if we never have the pleasure,
I hope we’ll meet on Canaan’s land.",4/4
268,268,David’s Lamentation,William Billings,1778,Holy Bible: II Samuel 18:33,,Prose,"David the king was grieved and moved
He went to his chamber, and wept;
And as he went he wept, and said,
“Oh my son! Would to God I had died
For thee, Oh Absalom, my son.”",2/4
269,269,Bear Creek,William Billings,1778,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Lord when Thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels filled the sky.
Those heav’nly guards around Thee wait,
Like chariots that attend Thy state.",4/4
270,270,Confidence,J. R. Turner,1850,Charles Wesley,1742,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Away, my unbelieving fear;
Fear shall in me no more have place;
My Savior doth not yet appear;
He hides the brightness of His face;
But shall I therefore let Him go,
And basely to the tempter yield?
No, in the strength of Jesus, no!
I never will give up my shield.",2/4
271b,271,Restoration,D. P. White,1850,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","How many years has man been driv’n,
Far off from happiness and heav’n;
When wilt Thou, gracious Lord,
Restore Thy wand’ring church to roam no more?",4/4
271t,271,Arkansas,S. P. Barnett,1869,Conference Hymns and Tunes,1846,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Farewell, farewell to all below;
My Savior calls, and I must go;
I’ll launch my boat upon the sea, —
This land is not the land for me.",3/4
272,272,Exhortation,Eliakim Doolittle,1800,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Now, in the heat of youthful blood,
Remember your Creator, God!
Behold the months come hast’ning on,
When you shall say, My joys are gone.",4/4
273,273,Milford,Joseph Stephenson,1760,,1802,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","If angels sung a Savior’s birth,
On that auspicious morn,
We well may imitate their mirth,
Now He again is born.",4/4
274b,274,Roll Jordan,A. W. McCurry,1855,Charles Wesley,1758,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","He comes! He comes! the Judge severe,
Roll, Jordan, roll;
The seventh trumpet speaks Him near,
Roll, Jordan, roll;
I want to go to heav’n, I do,
Hallelujah, Lord,
We’ll praise the Lord in heav’n above,
Roll, Jordan, roll.
His lightnings flash, His thunders roll,
Roll, Jordan, roll.
How welcome to the faithful soul!
Roll, Jordan, roll.
",4/4
274t,274,The Golden Harp,J. P. Reese,1869,The Sacred Harp,1869,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Farewell, vain world, I’m going home
To play on the Golden Harp.
My Savior smiles and bids me come
To play on the Golden Harp.
I want to be where Jesus is,
To play on the Golden Harp.
Sweet angels beckon me away
To play on the Golden Harp.
To sing God’s praise in endless day
To play on the Golden Harp.
",2/4
275b,275,Roll On,Cynthia Bass,1850,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Why should we start and fear to die:
What tim’rous worms we mortals are!
Death is the gate of endless joy,
And yet we dread to enter there.
Roll on, sweet moments, roll on,
And let the poor pilgrim go home.
Oh, if my Lord would come and meet
My soul would stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.
",6/8
275t,275,Loving Kindness,J. P. Penick,1850,Samuel Medley,1782,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Awake, my soul, in joyful lays,
Hallelujah!
And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise,
Hallelujah!
He justly claims a song from me,
Hallelujah!
His loving kindness Oh! how free!
Hallelujah!
He saw me ruined in the fall,
Hallelujah!
Yet loved me, notwithstanding all;
Hallelujah!
He saved me from my lost estate,
Hallelujah!
His loving kindness Oh! how great!
Hallelujah!
Though num’rous hosts of mighty foes,
Hallelujah!
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
Hallelujah!
He safely leads my song along,
Hallelujah!
His loving kindness Oh! how strong!
Hallelujah!",4/4
276,276,Bridgewater,Lewis Edson,1782,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Redeemer’s praise arise:
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung
Through ev’ry land by ev’ry tongue.",4/4
277,277,Antioch,F. C. Wood,1850,Samuel Medley,1775,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","I know that my Redeemer lives,
Glory, Hallelujah!
What comfort this sweet sentence gives,
Glory, Hallelujah!
Shout on, pray on, we’re gaining ground,
Glory Hallelujah!
The dead’s alive, and the lost is found,
Glory Hallelujah!
He lives to bless me with His love;
Glory Hallelujah!
He lives to plead my cause above;
Glory Hallelujah!
He lives to crush the fiends of hell;
Glory Hallelujah!
He lives and doth within me dwell;
Glory Hallelujah!
",4/4
278b,278,Traveling Pilgrim,H. S. Reese,1850,H. S. Reese,1850,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Farewell, vain world, I’m going home,
Where there’s no more stormy clouds to rise.
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
Where there’s no more stormy clouds to rise.
To the land I am bound,
Where there’s no more stormy clouds to rise.
Sweet angels beckon me away,
Where there’s no more stormy clouds to rise.
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
Where there’s no more stormy clouds to rise.",2/4
278t,278,Love Shall Never Die,Toney Smith,1987,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Long have I sat beneath the sound
Of Thy salvation, Lord,
And still how weak my faith is found
And knowledge of Thy word.
How cold and feeble is my love!
How negligent my fears!
How long my hopes of joys above;
How few affections there.
Show my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high,
Where knowledge grows without decay
And love shall never die.",3/4
279,279,The Shepherd’s Flock,J. Elmer Kitchens,1935,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Ye little flock whom Jesus feeds,
Dismiss your anxious fears;
Look to the Shepherd of your souls,
And smile away your tears,
Though wolves and lions prowl around,
His staff is your defense,
’Mid sands and rocks your Shepherd’s voice,
Calls streams and pastures thence.
Your Father will a kingdom give,
And give it with delight.
His feeblest child His love shall call,
To triumph in His sight.
A house of many mansions where
His love will banish grief,
To sit with joy at God’s own throne,
And know eternal peace.",4/4
280,280,Westford,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gone,
Let my religious hours alone,
Fain would my eyes my Savior see,
I wait a visit, Lord, from Thee.
My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire.
Come, my dear Jesus, from above,
And feed my soul with heav’nly love:
Blest Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet Thine entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above,
Redeeming grace and dying love.",4/4
282,282,I’m Going Home,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Farewell, vain world! I’m going home!
My Savior smiles and bids me come,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Sweet angels beckon me away,
To sing God’s praise in endless day,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Right up yonder, Christians, away up yonder;
Oh, yes, my Lord, for I don’t care to stay here long.
I’m glad that I am born to die,
From grief and woe my soul shall fly,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
Bright angels shall convey me home,
Away to New Jerusalem,
And I don’t care to stay here long!
",2/4
283,283,Sabbath Morning,H. N. McGraw,1935,Charles Wesley,1763,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Come, let us join with one accord,
In hymns around the throne;
This is the day our risen Lord
Hath made and called His own.
Then let us in His name sing on,
And hasten that great day;
When our Redeemer shall come down,
And shadows pass away.
This is the day which God hath blest,
The brightest of the sev’n;
A type of everlasting rest,
That saints enjoy in heav’n.
",4/4
284,284,Garden Hymn,Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony,1826,,,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","The Lord into His garden comes,
The spices yield a rich perfume,
The lilies grow and thrive;
Refreshing show’rs of grace divine,
From Jesus flow to ev’ry vine,
And make the dead revive.
Come, brethren, you who love the Lord,
Who taste the sweetness of His word,
In Jesus’ word go on;
Our troubles and our trials here
Will only make us richer there
When we arrive at home.",6/4
285b,285,Land of Rest,H. S. Reese,,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh land of rest, for thee I sigh,
When will the moments come?
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell with Christ at home?",4/4
285t,285,Arnold,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,Charles Wesley,1759,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Come, let us join our friends above
That have obtained the prize;
And on the eagle wings of love
To joy celestial rise.
Let all the saints terrest’rial sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King
In heav’n and earth are one.
One family, we dwell in Him,
One church above, beneath.
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.
One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.",3/4
286,286,Heavenly Home,W. A. Yates,1935,M. Sykes,1857,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","While trav’ling through the world below,
Where sore afflictions come,
My soul abounds with joy to know
That I will rest at home.
I’ll bid farewell to all below,
And to my Savior go.
My soul’s delight has been to sing
Of glor’ous days to come,
When I shall, with my God and King,
Forever rest at home.
",4/4
287,287,Cambridge,John Randall,1790,William Cowper,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","The Lord will happiness divine
On contrite hearts bestow;
Then tell me gracious God is mine,
A contrite, heart, or no?
I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
Insensible as steel;
If aught is felt, ’tis only pain
To find I cannot feel.
I sometimes think myself inclined
To love Thee, if I could;
But often feel another mind
Averse to all that’s good.
My best desires are faint and few,
I fain would strive for more;
But, when I cry, “My strength renew,”
Seem weaker than before.
Thy saints are comforted, I know,
And love Thy house of prayer;
I sometimes go where others go,
But find no comfort there.",4/4
288,288,White,Edmund Dumas,1856,Dobell’s New Selection,1810,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Ye fleeting charms of earth farewell,
Your springs of joy are dry;
My soul seeks another home.
A brighter world on high.
I’m a long time trav’ling here below,
I’m a long time trav’ling away from home,
I’m a long time trav’ling here below,
To lay this body down.
Farewell, my friends, whose tender care
Has long engaged my love;
Your fond embrace I now exchange
For better friends above.
",4/4
289,289,Greensborough,John Mercer,1850,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides,
And never with’ring flow’rs;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heav’nly land from ours.
Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood
Stand dressed in living green,
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.
But tim’rous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea,
And linger, shiv’ring on the brink,
And fear to launch away.
Oh! could we make our doubts remove,
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes.
Could we but climb where Moses stood
And view the landscape o’er,
Not Jordan’s stream nor death’s cold flood
Should fright us from the shore.",6/4
290,290,Victoria,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Half (8,6)","Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov’reign die?
I have but one more river to cross,
And then I’ll be at rest.
Would He devote that sacred head,
For such a worm as I?
",4/4
291,291,Majesty,William Billings,1778,Thomas Sternhold,1549,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The Lord descended from above,
And bowed the heav’ns most high;
And underneath His feet He cast
The darkness of the sky.
On cherubs and on cherubim
Full royally He rode,
And on the wings of mighty winds,
Came flying all abroad.",4/4
292,292,Behold the Savior,Paine Denson,1935,"Samuel Wesley, Sr.",1700,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined,
To bleed and die for thee.
Hark, how He groans! while nature shakes,
And earth’s strong pillars bend!
The temple’s veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
’Tis done! the precious ransom’s paid!
Receive my soul, He cries:
See where He bows His sacred head!
He bows His head and dies.
But soon He’ll break death’s anxious chain,
And in full glory shine!
Oh Lamb of God, was ever pain,
Was ever love like Thine?",4/4
293,293,Akers,T. J. Denson,1935,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I’ll bid farewell to ev’ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled;
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.
There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav’nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun;
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.",4/4
294,294,Rocky Road,J. C. Brown,1935,J. C. Brown,1935,Irregular,"I’m enlisted on the road,
I’m almost done traveling,
Enlisted on the road.
I’m bound to go where Jesus is,
My soul shall ascend where Jesus is,
To enjoy the peaceful home of rest.
I’m bound to go where Jesus is,
And be there forever blest.
It’s a mighty rocky road,
I’m almost done traveling,
A mighty rocky road,
I’m bound to go where Jesus is.
I’ve a Father on the road,
He’s almost done traveling,
A Father on the road.
He’s bound to go where Jesus is,
His soul shall ascend where Jesus is,
To enjoy the peaceful home of rest.
He’s bound to go where Jesus is,
And be there forever blest.
",2/4
295,295,Odem,Leon McGraw,1935,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Let ev’ry mortal ear attend,
And ev’ry heart rejoice;
The trumpet of the Gospel sounds,
With an inviting voice.
Eternal wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast;
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provisions taste.
Ho! ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die;
Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.",3/4
296,296,Sardinia,Castle,1794,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Behold the love, the gen’rous love
That holy David shows!
Behold his kind compassion move
For his afflicted foes!
When they are sick, his soul complains,
And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.
How did his flowing tears condole
As for a brother dead!
And fasting, mortified his soul,
While for their lives He prayed.
They groaned and cursed Him on their bed,
Yet still He pleads and mourns;
And double blessings on his head
The righteous Lord returns.
Oh glorious type of heav’nly grace!
Thus Christ the Lord appears;
While sinners curse, the Savior prays,
And pities them with tears.
He the true David, Israel’s King,
Blessed and loved of God,
To save us rebels dead in sin,
Paid His own dearest blood.",4/4
297,297,Conversion,Supply Belcher,1794,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","When God revealed His gracious name,
And changed my mournful state;
My rapture seemed a pleasing dream,
The grace appeared so great.
The world beheld the glorious change,
And did Thy hand confess;
My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace.",4/4
298,298,Providence,C. Curtis,1820,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","What shall I render to my God
For all His kindness shown?
My feet shall visit Thine abode,
My songs address Thy throne.",4/4
299,299,New Jerusalem,Jeremiah Ingalls,1796,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Lo, what a glorious sight appears
To our believing eyes;
The earth and seas are passed away,
And the old rolling skies!
From the third heaven, where God resides,
That holy, happy place,
The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorned with shining grace.",4/4
300,300,Calvary,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","My thoughts, that often mount the skies,
Go, search the world beneath,
Where nature all in ruin lies,
And owns, her sovereign — Death!",4/4
301,301,Greenland,W. F. Moore,1867,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high,
Over the heav’ns He spreads His clouds,
And waters veil the sky.
He sends His show’rs of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown;
And corn in valleys grow.
His steady counsels change the face
Of each declining year
He bids the sun cut short his race
And wintry days appear.
On us His providence has shone,
With gentle shining rays;
Oh, may our lips and lives make known
His goodness and His praise.",2/4
302,302,Logan,T. J. Denson,1908,John Leland,1792,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
Oh may we all remember well,
The night of death draws near;
And when our days are past,
And we from time remove,
Oh may we in Thy bosom rest,
The bosom of Thy love,
So death will soon disrobe us all
Of what we here possess.
Lord, keep us safe this night,
Secure from all our fears;
My angels guard us while we sleep,
Till morning light appears.
",4/4
303,303,Heavenly Land,Jeff Sheppard,1987,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign.
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting springs abide,
And never with’ring flow’rs.
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heav’nly land from ours.",3/4
304,304,Morgan,"The Easy Instructor, Part II",1802,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high,
Over the heav’ns He spreads His clouds,
And waters veil the sky.
He sends His show’rs of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown;
And corn in valleys grow.",4/4
306,306,Oxford,John Massengale,1859,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,
And send your fears away:
News from the regions of the skies —
A Savior’s born today!
Jesus, the God whom angels fear,
Comes down to dwell with you...
Today He makes His entrance here,
But not as monarchs do.
No gold nor purple swaddling bands,
Nor royal shining things,
A manger for His cradle stands,
And holds the King of kings.
Go, shepherds, where the infant lies,
And see His humble throne,
With tears of joy in all your eyes,
Go shepherds, kiss the Son.",4/4
308,308,Parting Friends,E. L. King,1850,Charles Wesley,1749,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","What is there here to court my stay,
And keep me back from home,
When angels beckon me away,
And Jesus bids me come?
Shall I regret my parting friends
Here in this vale confined?
Nay, but where’er my soul ascends,
They will not stay behind.",4/4
309,309,Living Lamb,C. Davis,1850,Isaac Watts,1724,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Am I a soldier of the cross,
A foll’wer of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause,
Or blush to speak His name?
Oh, the Lamb, the living Lamb,
The Lamb of Calvary,
The Lamb that was slain, but lives again
To intercede for me.
Must I be carried to the skies
On flow’ry beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
And sailed through bloody seas?
Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?
Is this vile world a friend to grace
To help me on to God?
",2/4
310,310,Weeping Savior,Edmund Dumas,1869,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Alas and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov’reign die!
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Oh, come, sinner, you will hear
The Savior say, “Weep not for me,”
See the Savior on the cross!
Oh, sinner, hear Him cry,
“Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabacthani.”
Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While His dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
’Tis all that I can do.
",4/4
311,311,Silver Street,Isaac Smith,1780,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Come, sound His praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing,
Jehovah is the sov’reign Lord,
The universal King.
Praise ye the Lord,
Hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord.",4/4
312b,312,Restoration,Southern Harmony,1835,Robert Robinson,1758,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
I will rise and go to Jesus,
He’ll embrace me in His arms;
In the arms of my dear Savior;
Oh there are ten thousand charms.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount — I’m fixed upon it —
Mount of Thy redeeming love!
",4/4
312t,312,Sing to Me of Heaven,John Massengale,1850,Mary Stanley Bruce Dana,1840,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Oh, sing to me of heav’n,
When I am called to die,
Sing songs of holy ecstasy,
To waft my soul on high.
When cold and sluggish drops
Roll off my marble brow,
Burst forth in strains of joyfulness,
Let heav’n begin below.
When the last moment comes,
Oh, watch my dying face,
And catch the bright, seraphic gleam,
Which on each feature plays.
Then to my ravished ear
Let one sweet song begin,
Let music charm me last on earth,
And greet me first in heav’n.
Then close my sightless eyes,
And lay me down to rest,
And clasp my cold and icy hands
Across my peaceful breast.
Then ’round my senseless clay
Assemble those I love,
And sing of heav’n, delightful heav’n,
My glorious home above.",6/4
313b,313,Cobb,P. Dan Brittain,1971,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground,
Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,
And rouse up ev’ry tuneful sound
To praise th’eternal God.
Creatures with all their endless race,
Thy pow’r and praise proclaim;
But saints that taste Thy richer grace
Delight to bless Thy name.",2/2
313t,313,Concord,Oliver Holden,1793,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","The men of grace have found,
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruits on earthly ground,
From faith and hope may grow.
The hill of Zion yields,
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And ev’ry tear be dry;
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
To fairer worlds on high.",4/4
314,314,Cleburne,S. M. Denson,1908,Edward Perronet,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ name,
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race,
A remnant weak and small,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.",4/4
315,315,Immensity,Eliakim Doolittle,1806,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Within Thy circling pow’r I stand;
On ev’ry side I find Thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
Lord, Thou hast searched and seen me through,
Thine eye commands with piercing view;
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their pow’rs.",4/4
316,316,New Hope,A. M. Cagle,1908,Anne Steele,1760,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Jesus, what shall I do to show
How much I love Thy charming name?
Let my whole heart with rapture glow,
Thy boundless goodness to proclaim.
Lord, if a distant glimpse of Thee
Can give such sweet, such vast delight,
What must the joy, the triumph be,
To dwell forever in Thy sight?",4/4
317,317,Jackson,M. F. McWhorter,1908,Mercer’s Cluster,1810,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","I am a stranger here below,
And what I am is hard to know,
I am so vile, so prone to sin,
I fear that I’m not born again.
When I experience call to mind,
My understanding is so blind,
All feeling sense seems to be gone,
Which makes me think that I am wrong.
I find myself out of the way,
My thoughts are often gone astray,
Like one alone I seem to be,
Oh, is there anyone like me?",4/4
318,318,Present Joys,A. M. Cagle,1908,Joseph Cottle,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","We thank the Lord of heav’n and earth,
Who hath preserved us from our birth.
For present joys, for blessings past,
And for the hope of heav’n at last.
How shall we half our task fulfill?
We thank Thee for Thy mind and will.
Redeemed us oft from death and dread,
And with Thy gifts our table spread,
",4/4
319,319,Religion Is a Fortune,William L. Williams,1850,John Leland,1793,"7s,6s (7,6,7,6)","Oh when shall I see Jesus,
And reign with Him above?
And from the flowing fountain,
Drink everlasting love?
Shout glory, hallelujah.
When we all get to heaven,
We will shout aloud and sing,
Shout glory, hallelujah.
Religion is a fortune,
And heaven is a home,
Shout glory, hallelujah.
When shall I be delivered
From this vain world of sin?
And with my blessed Jesus
Drink endless pleasures in?
",2/4
320,320,Funeral Anthem,William Billings,1778,Holy Bible: Revelations 14:13,,Prose,"I heard a great voice from heav’n
Saying unto me, “Write from henceforth,
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord:
Yea, saith the Spirit,
For they rest from their labors,
And their works which do follow them.”",Multiple
321,321,Newnan,J. P. Reese,1859,Joseph Hart,1759,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear,
Repent, thy end is nigh,
Death at the farthest can’t be far,
Oh think before you die.
Reflect, thou hast a soul to save,
Thy sins, how high they mount.
What are thy hopes beyond the grave?
How stands that dark account?",4/4
322,322,Man’s Redemption,S. M. Brown,1869,Battle’s Collection of Hymns,1814,"9s,7s (9,7,9,7)","The glorious plan of man’s redemption,
By the Son of God was wrought,
To save the lost and ruined nation,
So to heav’n we might be brought.
Glory, honor, and salvation,
To the Lamb, who once was slain;
Sound His praise through ev’ry nation,
May it never cease again.
His precious blood to save us streamed,
Lo! He sends salvation free,
And now the poor by Him redeemed,
Find both life and liberty.
And now, dear friends, what more is wanted,
Than what is already done?
Christ has to Himself sinners granted,
Will you then to ruin run?
",2/4
323b,323,Soft Music,B. F. White,1850,Mary Stanley Bruce Dana,,"Particular Meter: 7,6,7,7","Soft, soft music is stealing,
Sweet, sweet lingers the strain;
Loud, loud, now it is pealing,
Waking the echoes again!
Yes, yes, yes, yes;
Waking the echoes again.
Join, join, children of sadness,
Send, send sorrow away;
Now, now changing to gladness,
Warble this beautiful lay.
Yes, yes, yes, yes;
Warble this beautiful lay.
Hope, hope, fair and enduring,
Joy, joy, bright as the day;
Love, love, heaven insuring,
Sweetly invites you away.
Yes, yes, yes, yes;
Sweetly invites you away.",6/4
323t,323,Mullins,Edmund Dumas,1869,Wirt’s Impartial Selection of Hymns,1809,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Jesus, grant us all a blessing;
Send it down, Lord, from above.
May we all go home a-praising,
And rejoicing in Thy love.
Farewell, brethren, farewell, sisters,
Till we all shall meet again.
Jesus, pardon all our folly,
Since together we have been.
Make us humble, make us holy,
Cleanse us all from ev’ry sin.
",2/4
324,324,North Port,R. R. Osborne,1850,John Cennick,1743,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Jesus, my all to heav’n is gone,
Glory Hallelujah;
He whom I fix my hopes upon!
Glory Hallelujah!
I want a seat in Paradise,
Glory Hallelujah!
I love that union never dies,
Glory Hallelujah!
His track I see and I’ll pursue,
Glory Hallelujah;
The narrow way till Him I view,
Glory Hallelujah!
Lo! glad I come and Thou, dear Lamb,
Glory Hallelujah;
Shalt take me to Thee as I am,
Glory, Hallelujah!
",4/4
325,325,Soldier of the Cross,G. B. Daniel,1909,Isaac Watts,1724,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Am I a soldier of the cross,
A foll’wer of the Lamb,
And shall I fear to own His cause,
Or blush to speak His name?",6/4
326,326,Weary Pilgrim,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,John Leland,1799,"Particular Meter: 7,9,7,9,7,8,8,8,8,8","Come, and taste, along with me,
The weary pilgrim’s consolation;
Boundless mercy, running free,
The earnest of complete salvation;
Joy and peace in Christ I find,
My heart to Him is all resigned.
The fullness of His pow’r I prove,
The sweetness of redeeming love!
Jesus is the pilgrim’s portion,
Love as boundless as the ocean.
When the world and flesh would rise,
And strive to draw me from my Savior,
Strangers slight, or friends despise,
I then more highly prize His favor,
Friends believe me when I tell,
If Christ be present all is well.
The world and flesh in vain may rise;
I all their efforts do despise;
In the world I’ve tribulation,
But in Christ sweet consolation.",6/4
327,327,Invitation,Jacob Kimball,1784,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Hark! the Redeemer from on high,
Sweetly invites His fav’rites nigh,
From caves of darkness and of doubt,
He gently speaks and calls us out.
Come, my beloved, haste away,
Cut short the hours of thy delay;
Fly like a youthful hart or roe,
Over the hills where spices grow.",4/4
328,328,Praise God,S. M. Denson,1991,Charles Wesley,1742,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh, for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free;
A heart that’s sprinkled with His blood,
So freely shed for me.
Oh, for a heart submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.
Oh, for an humble, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within.
A heart in ev’ry thought renewed,
And full of love divine;
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine.",4/4
329,329,Vain World Adieu,Edmund Dumas,1856,Seaman’s Devotional Assistant,1830,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,8,8,4","When for eternal worlds we steer,
And seas are calm and skies are clear,
And faith in lively exercise,
And distant hills of Canaan rise,
The soul for joy then claps her wings,
And loud her hallelujah sings,
Vain world, adieu.
With cheerful hope her eyes explore
Each landmark on the distant shore:
The trees of life, the pastures green,
The crystal stream, delightful scene.
Again for joy she claps her wings,
And loud her hallelujah sings,
Vain world, adieu.
The nearer still she draws to land,
More eager all her pow’rs expand;
With steady helm, and freebent sail,
Her anchor drops within the veil.
Again for joy she claps her wings,
And her celestial sonnet sings,
I’m there at last.",6/4
330b,330,Fellowship,Paine Denson,1935,John Fawcett,1782,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts to Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.",3/4
330t,330,Horton,Paine Denson,1935,Frances Maria Cowper,1792,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","My span of life will soon be gone.
The passing moments say;
As length’ning shadows o’er the mead
Proclaim the close of day.
My Christian friends to whom I speak,
I have a crown in view;
My sinner friends, now will you seek,
How stands the case with you?
The love of Christ constraineth me,
Sin’s evil ways to shun,
And in the paths of righteousness
My race with patience run.
The cross of Christ inspires my heart
To sing redeeming grace;
Awake, my soul, and bear a part
In my Redeemer’s praise.
How, long, dear Savior, Oh, how long?
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swift around, ye wheels of time,
And bring the promised day.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise,
Than when we first begun.",3/4
331,331,Jester,S. M. Denson,1908,S. M. Denson,1908,Irregular,"If our fathers want to go,
Why don’t they come along?
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!
If our mothers want to go,
Why don’t they come along?
I belong to this band,
Hallelujah!",2/4
332,332,Sons of Sorrow,William Houser,1848,Social and Campmeeting Songs,1828,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Hail ye sighing sons of sorrow;
Learn with me, your certain doom
Learn with me your fate tomorrow —
Dead, perhaps, laid in the tomb!
See all nature fading, dying,
Silent, all things seem to mourn;
Life from vegetation flying,
Calls to mind the mould’ring urn.
Oft the autumn tempest rising,
Makes the lofty forest nod;
Scenes of nature, how surprising,
Read in nature, Nature’s God.
And our sov’reign sole Creator
Lives eternal in the sky,
While we mortals yield to nature,
Bloom awhile, then fade and die.
Fast my sun of life’s declining,
Soon ’twill set in dismal night;
But in my hopes, pure and refining,
Rest in future life and light.
Cease then trembling, fearing, sighing,
Death will break the sullen gloom;
Soon my spirit, flutt’ring, flying,
Shall be borne beyond the tomb.",2/4
333,333,Family Circle,R. E. Brown,1850,Robert Robinson,1758,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Bless the Lord, Oh my soul!
Praise the Lord, Oh my brother!
Shout and sing, Oh my sister!
Give Him glory, Oh my father!
And rejoice, Oh my mother!
And we’ll travel on together,
And we’ll join heart and hands for Canaan.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount, Oh fix me on it,
Mount of God’s unchanging love.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee.
",2/4
334,334,Oh Come Away,William Houser,1848,Bradbury’s Orila,1859,Irregular,"Oh come, come away,
From the labor now reposing,
Our jubilee has set us free —
Oh come, come away!
Come, hail the day that celebrates
The ransom of th’inebriates
From all that does intoxicate,
Oh come, come away!
We welcome you here!
With heart and hand wide open,
Ye gallant sons of temperance —
We welcome you here!
Heav’n’s blessings on your plans, we pray!
Ye come our sinking friends to save,
And rescue from a drunkard’s grave;
We welcome you here!
We welcome you here!
Ye who with taste perverted
Have seized the cup, and drank it up —
We welcome you here!
Come, join us in our holy aim,
The poor besotted to reclaim,
The broken heart to cheer again,
Oh come, sign the pledge!",4/4
335,335,Return Again,William L. Williams,1850,John Newton,1779,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Savior, visit Thy plantation,
Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain!
All will come to desolation,
Unless Thou return again.
Lord, revive us!
All our help must come from Thee.
Keep no longer at a distance,
Shine upon us from on high!
Lest for want of Thy assistance,
Ev’ry plant should droop and die.
",2/4
336,336,Eternal Home,S. M. Denson,1911,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come;
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!",4/4
337,337,Mercy’s Free,Leonard P. Breedlove,1858,Southern Harmony,1854,"Particular Meter: 9,3,9,3,8,8,8,3","What’s this that in my soul is rising?
Is it grace? Is it grace?
Which makes me keep for mercy crying,
Is it grace? Is it grace?
This work that’s in my soul begun,
It makes me strive all sin to shun,
It plants my soul beneath the sun,
Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free!
Great God of love, I can but wonder,
Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free!
Though I’ve no price at all to tender,
Mercy’s free, Mercy’s free!
Though mercy’s free, our God is just,
And if a soul should e’er be lost,
This will torment the sinner most;
Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free!
This truth through all our life shall cheer us,
Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free!
And through the vale of death shall bear us,
Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free!
And when to Jordan’s bank we come,
And cross the raging billows’ foam,
We’ll sing, when safely landed home:
Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free!",4/4
338,338,Sawyer’s Exit,John Massengale,1850,S. B. Sawyer,1859,"9s,8s (9,8,9,8)","How bright is the day when the Christian
Receives the sweet message to come,
To rise to the mansions of glory,
And be there forever at home.
The angels stand ready and waiting,
The moment the spirit is gone,
To carry it upward to heaven,
And welcome it safely home.
The saints that have gone up before us,
All raise a new shout as we come,
And sing hallelujah the louder
To welcome the travelers home.",6/4
339,339,When I Am Gone,M. H. Turner,1850,M. H. Turner,1850,"Particular Meter: 10,4,10,4,10,10,10,4","Shed not a tear o’er your friend’s early bier,
When I am gone.
Smile when the slow tolling bell you shall hear,
When I am gone.
Weep not for me as you stand ’round my grave,
Think who has died His beloved to save,
Think of the crown all the ransomed shall wear,
When I am gone.
Plant you a rose that shall bloom o’er my grave,
When I am gone.
Sing a sweet song such as angels may have,
When I am gone.
Praise ye the Lord that I’m freed from all care,
Pray ye the Lord that my joys ye shall share,
Look up on high and believe that I’m there,
When I am gone.",2/4
340,340,Odem,T. J. Denson,1935,James Rowe,1915,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Wonderful things of men are said,
When they have passed away;
Flowers adorn the narrow bed
Over the lifeless clay.
Give me the roses while I live,
Something to cheer me on,
Useless the flowers you may give,
After the soul is gone.
Life is the time for words of praise,
Hands clasp with friendly smile,
Blessings to cheer a pilgrim’s days,
Are always well worthwhile.
",4/4
341,341,The Lone Pilgrim,B. F. White,1850,,,"11s,8s (11,8,11,8)","I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay,
And pensively stood by his tomb.
When in a low whisper I heard something say,
“How sweetly he sleeps here alone.”
The tempest may howl, and the loud thunders roar,
And gathering storms may arise.
Yet calm are his feelings, at rest is his soul,
The tears are all wiped from his eyes.
The cause of his Master propelled him from home,
He bade his companions farewell;
He blessed his dear children, who for him now mourn,
In far distant regions they dwell.
He wandered an exile and stranger from home,
No kindred or relative nigh;
He met the contagion and sank to his tomb,
His soul flew to mansions on high.
Oh tell his companions and children most dear:
To weep not for him, now he’s gone.
The same God that led Him through scenes most severe
Has kindly assisted him home.",4/4
342,342,The Old-Fashioned Bible,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,Young’s Christian Companion,1826,"12s,11s Double (12,11,12,11,12,11,12,11)","How painfully pleasing the fond recollection
Of youthful connection and innocent joy,
While blessed with parental advice and affection,
Surrounded with mercy and peace from on high.
I still view the chairs of my father and mother,
The seats of their offspring, as ranged on each hand,
And the richest of books, which excels ev’ry other,
The family Bible that lay on the stand.
The old-fashioned Bible, the dear blessed Bible!
The family Bible that lay on the stand.
My parents, though dear, are safe landed in glory,
Escaped to the mansion of heavenly rest,
Where seraphs and angels repeat the glad story
Of Jesus’ great mercy to sinners confessed.
They range the bless’d fields on the banks of the river,
Surveying the breadth of Immanuel’s land;
And they love Him and praise Him forever and ever,
The family Bible that lay on the stand.
",6/4
343,343,Happy Home,J. P. Reese,1859,,,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Oh yes, my Savior I will trust,
And though my body turns to dust,
Oh, what a happy time,
When the Christians all get home,
And we’ll shout and praise the Lamb in glory!
My spirit shall fly out and sing,
Eternal praises to my King.
",2/4
344,344,Rainbow,Timothy Swan,1785,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","’Tis by Thy strength the mountains stand,
God of eternal pow’r!
The sea grows calm at Thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.
The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;
Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.",2/2
345b,345,I’m On My Journey Home,Sarah Lancaster,1859,Mead’s General Collection,1807,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Oh who will come and go with me?
I am on my journey home.
I’m bound fair Canaan’s land to see,
I am on my journey home.",2/4
345t,345,Jesus Is My Friend,J. P. Reese,1869,J. P. Reese,,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Come life, come death, come, then what will,
Jesus is my Friend.
His footsteps I will follow still,
Jesus is my Friend.
Jesus is my Friend,
Oh! hallelujah;
Jesus is my Friend.",2/4
346,346,The American Star,D. P. White,1850,The Sacred Harp,1850,"12s,11s Double (12,11,12,11,12,11,12,11)","The spirits of Washington, Warren, Montgomery,
Look down from the clouds with bright aspect serene.
Come, soldiers, a tear and a toast to their mem’ry,
Rejoicing they’ll see us as they once have been.
To us the high boon, by the gods has been granted,
To spread the glad tidings of liberty far.
Let millions invade us, we’ll meet them undaunted,
And conquer or die by the American Star.",6/4
347,347,Christian’s Farewell,Raymond C. Hamrick,1989,Primitive Hymns,1858,"Particular Meter: 8,10,8,11","Brethren, farewell, I do you tell,
I’m sorry to leave, I love you so well.
Now I must go, where I don’t know,
Wherever Christ leads me the trumpet to blow.
Here I have worked, labored awhile,
But labor is sweet if Jesus doth smile.
When I am done, I will go home
Where Jesus is smiling and bids me to come.",3/2
348b,348,Fleeting Days,Henry G. Mann,1869,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Time! what an empty vapor ’tis!
Our days, how swift they are,
Swift as an Indian arrow flies,
Or like a shooting star.
Our life is ever on the wing,
And death is ever nigh;
The moment when our lives begin,
We all begin to die.",3/4
348t,348,Ainslie,Judy Hauff,1988,B. Hicks,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","The time is swiftly rolling on,
When I must faint and die;
My body to the dust return,
And there forgotten lie.
Let persecution rage around,
And antichrist appear,
My silent dust beneath the ground,
There’s no disturbance there.
My brother preachers, fare you well,
Your fellowship I love;
In time no more I shall you see,
And soon we’ll meet above.",4/4
349,349,A Cross for Me,O. A. Parris,1935,Thomas Shepherd,1693,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No, there’s a cross for ev’ryone,
And there’s a cross for me.
The consecrated cross I’ll bear
Till death shall set me free;
And then go home my crown to wear,
For there’s a crown for me.",4/4
350,350,Nativity,Thomas Jarman,1988,Charles Wesley,1739,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and king,
The triumphs of His grace.
He breaks the pow’r of canceled sin,
He sets the pris’ner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.
My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.",4/4
351,351,Pittsford,Hezekiah Moors,1809,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","In humble notes our faith adores
The great myster’ous King;
While angels strain their noble pow’rs,
And sweep th’immortal string.",4/4
352,352,Swanton,Hezekiah Moors,1809,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","The voice of my beloved sounds
Over the rocks and rising grounds;
O’er hills of guilt and seas of grief
He leaps, He flies to my relief.",4/4
353,353,McGraw,P. Dan Brittain,1971,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","My God, my King, Thy various praise
Shall fill the remnant of my days;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue,
Till death and glory raise the song.",4/4
354b,354,Happy Land,Leonard P. Breedlove,1850,Andrew Young,1838,"Particular Meter: 6,4,6,4,6,7,6,4","There is a happy land, far, far away,
Where saints in glory stand, bright, bright as day.
Oh how they sweetly sing,
Worthy is our Savior, King,
Loud let His praises ring,
Praise, praise for aye.
Come to that happy land, come, come away,
Why will ye doubting stand, why yet delay?
Oh we shall happy be
When from sin and sorrow free,
Lord, we shall live with Thee,
Blest, blest for aye.
Bright in that happy land beams ev’ry eye,
Kept by a Father’s hand, love cannot die;
Then shall His kingdom come,
Saints shall share a glorious home,
And bright above the sun
We’ll reign for aye.",2/4
354t,354,Lebanon,J. Monroe Denton,1980,Anne Steele,1756,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","See, gracious God, before Thy throne,
Thy mourning people bend,
’Tis on Thy sov’reign grace alone,
On Thee our humble hopes depend.
How changed, alas! are truths divine,
For error, guilt, and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the holy Christian name!
Oh turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By Thy resistless grace;
Then shall our hearts obey Thy word,
And humbly we shall seek Thy face.",3/2
355,355,Anthem on the Savior,B. F. White,1850,The Sacred Harp,1850,Prose,"My friends, come listen awhile,
And I will tell you a story
About our loving Savior;
He came of low estate,
Was rejected by His own,
Was born of the Virgin Mary,
And was cradled in a manger.
The next we hear of this blessed Savior,
He was going about doing good;
And teaching people righteousness;
And for this He was condemned to die,
To which He consented,
And in the act of dying gave up the ghost,
And said, It is finished!
Then He was buried,
And the third day,
He rose from the grave,
A triumphant Conqueror,
And ascended to mansions on high,
And is now exalted a Prince and a Savior,
And grants repentance unto men,
Then let us praise Him,
Magnify and adore,
World without end. Amen.","4/4, 6/8, 2/4"
358,358,Murillo’s Lesson,Morelli,,Sacred Melodeon,1848,"11s Double (11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11)","As down a lone valley with cedars o’erspread,
From war’s dread confusion I pensively strayed,
The gloom from the face of fair heaven retired,
The winds hushed their murmurs, the thunders expired.
Perfumes as of Eden flowed sweetly along,
A voice as of angels enchantingly sung,
Columbia, Columbia to glory arise,
The queen of the world and the child of the skies.
Fair science her gate to thy sons shall unbar,
And the east see thy morn hide the beams of her star.
New bards and new sages unrivalled shall soar
To fame unextinguished when time is no more.
To Thee the last refuge of virtue designed,
Shall fly from all nations the best of mankind;
There grateful to heaven with transport shall bring
To Jesus, the author of nations will sing.",2/4
359,359,The Bride’s Farewell,H. S. Reese,1869,The Harmoniad and Sacred Melodist,1857,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Farewell, Mother, tears are streaming
Down thy pale and tender cheek;
I in gems and roses gleaming,
Scarce this sad farewell can speak.
Farewell, Mother, now I leave you,
Griefs and hopes my bosom swell;
One to trust who may deceive me:
Farewell, Mother, fare you well.",3/4
360,360,The Royal Band,W. T. Power,1850,Mercer’s Cluster,1829,"12s,11s Double (12,11,12,11,12,11,12,11)","Hosanna, to Jesus, my soul’s filled with praises,
Come, Oh my dear brethren, and help me to sing;
No music so charming, no look is so warming,
It gives life and comfort and gladness within.
Hosanna is ringing: Oh how I love singing,
There’s nothing so sweet as the sound of His name;
The angels in glory repeat the glad story
Of love which in Jesus is made known to me.
Hosanna to Jesus! my soul how it pleases
To see sinners falling and crying to God;
Then shouting and praising, they cry, “’Tis amazing;
We’ve found peace and pardon in Jesus’ blood.”
Hosanna is ringing, hark, how they are singing,
“All glory to Jesus, we’ve tasted His love!”
The kingdom of heaven to mortals is given,
And rolls through my soul from the mansions above.",6/8
361,361,Loving Jesus,Pietro Guglielmi,1850,,,"Particular Meter: 8,8,7","Here’s my heart, my loving Jesus,
Thou who didst from sin relieve us,
Take the purchase of Thy blood!
Loving Jesus, Thou hast bought a ransom!
Glory, honor, praise and power be unto the Lamb forever!
Glory, glory to the Lord!",4/4
362,362,Norwich,D. P. White,1850,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh, the delights, the heav’nly joys,
The glories of the place
Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams,
Of His o’erflowing grace!
Sweet majesty and awful love
Sit smiling on His brow,
And all the glorious ranks above
At humble distance bow.",4/4
365,365,Southwell,Elihu Carpenter,1786,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","’Tis finished, The Redeemer said,
And meekly bowed His dying head.
While we the sentence scan,
Come sinners, and observe the word,
Behold the conquest of the Lord,
Complete for sinful man.",4/4
367,367,Consolation,Annie Denson Aaron,1935,Annie Denson Aaron,1935,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Awake, dear brother, sister, friend,
Get ready for the call
That soon or late is sure to come,
Alike to one and all.
Our Shepherd will supply our needs,
If we on Him rely;
And on to victory He leads,
When we the arms supply.
’Mid storms of doubt, in grief or woe,
While Satan’s hosts surround,
Renew your zeal and onward go
To Him where joy is found.
Our Shepherd hears each humble plea,
He heeds each earnest call;
And grants salvation full and free,
For He is Lord of all.",4/4
368,368,Stony Point,Judy Hauff,1990,Social and Campmeeting Songs,1828,"8,8,8,6 Double (8,8,8,6,8,8,8,6)","A few more days on earth to spend,
And all my toils and cares shall end,
And I shall see my God and friend
And praise His name on high;
No more to sigh or shed a tear,
No more to suffer pain or fear,
But God and Christ and heav’n appear
Unto the raptured eye.",6/8
369,369,Send A Blessing,L. L. Ledbetter,1859,John Gambold,1748,"Particular Meter: 5,5,11,5,5,11","Oh, tell me no more
Of this world’s vain store,
The time for such trifles with me now is o’er.
A country I found
Where true joys abound;
To dwell I’m determined on that happy ground.
Send a blessing, send a blessing just now.
The souls that believe,
In paradise live,
And me in that number will Jesus receive;
My soul, don’t delay —
He calls thee away;
Rise, follow Thy Savior and bless the glad day.
But this do I find:
We too are so joined,
He’ll not live in glory and leave me behind;
So this is the race
I’m running through grace,
Henceforth till admitted to see my Lord’s face.
",3/4
370,370,Monroe,William S. Turner,1850,Henry F. Lyte,1824,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shall be.
Perish, ev’ry fond ambition,
All I’ve sought or hoped or known;
Yet how rich is my condition,
God and heav’n is still my own.
Let the world despise and leave me;
They have left my Savior, too;
Human hearts and looks deceive me;
Thou art not, like them, untrue.
And while Thou shall smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me;
Show Thy face, and all is bright.
Man may trouble and distress me,
’Twill but drive me to Thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me;
Heav’n will bring me sweeter rest.
Oh, ’tis not in grief to harm me,
While Thy love is left to me!
Oh ’twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with Thee.",6/4
371,371,Heavenly Dove,Abraham Maxim,1859,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Come, Holy Spirit, heav’nly Dove,
With all Thy quick’ning pow’rs;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
Come, Holy Spirit, heav’nly Dove,
With all Thy quick’ning pow’rs;
Come, shed abroad a Savior’s love,
And that shall kindle ours.",4/4
372,372,Rockport,Jim Carnes,1989,George Heath,1721,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","My soul, be on thy guard;
Ten thousand foes arise;
The hosts of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies.
Oh watch, and fight and pray;
The battle ne’er give o’er;
Renew it boldly ev’ry day,
And help divine implore.
Ne’er think the vict’ry won,
Nor lay thine armor down;
Thy arduous work will not be done
Till thou obtain the crown.
Fight on, my soul, till death
Shall bring thee to thy God;
He’ll take thee, at thy parting breath,
To His divine abode.",4/4
373,373,Homeward Bound,Howard Denson,1935,O. A. Parris,1935,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The Lord is leading me today,
His love shines all around;
Delight I find along the way,
For I am homeward bound.
Soon the great call for me will come,
I’ll lay my armor down,
From Him no more again to roam,
For I am homeward bound.
I never knew the happiness
That in His love is found;
Until He came, my soul to bless,
And now I’m homeward bound.
He raised me from the depths of sin,
To higher, solid ground;
I’m drinking endless pleasure in,
Since I am homeward bound.
It will not give me cause to fear
To hear the trumpet sound;
And as that happy time draws near,
I still am homeward bound.
Soon I will strike the heav’nly lyre,
With saints of great renown,
And join that great harmon’ous choir;
Oh, I am homeward bound!",4/4
374,374,"Oh, Sing With Me!",P. R. Lancaster,1859,,,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Oh! sing with me of social spheres
Where breathes in kindness mutual love,
Where no ungentle look appears,
Though faithfulness should e’en reprove,
Come, sing of all that’s bright and fair
In azure sky and beauteous earth,
Oh, sing of heav’n, our hopes are there,
With treasures of immortal worth.",6/8
375,375,Love the Lord,J. P. Reese,1859,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov’reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head,
For such a worm as I?
Oh who is like Jesus? hallelujah,
Praise ye the Lord;
There’s none like Jesus, hallelujah,
Love and serve the Lord.",6/8
376,376,Help Me to Sing,B. F. White,1859,Dover Selection,1828,"9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)","Ye souls who are bound unto Canaan,
Come join in and help me to sing
The praises of my loving Jesus,
My Prophet, my Priest, and my King.
His name is most sweetly melodious,
’Twill help you most swiftly to move,
While Jesus Himself is the leader,
We’re bound by the cords of His love.",6/4
377,377,Eternal Praise,O. A. Parris,1935,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator’s praise arise;
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,
Through ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue.
Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends Thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.",4/4
378b,378,Never Turn Back,F. E. Parkerson,1869,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","When to that blessed world I rise,
I’ll never turn back any more;
And join the anthems in the skies,
I’ll never turn back any more;
Any more, my Lord:
I’ll never turn back any more.",3/4
378t,378,Heavenly Port,Edmund Dumas,1859,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan’s fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.
We’ll stem the storm, it won’t be long,
The heav’nly port is nigh,
We’ll stem the storm, it won’t be long,
We’ll anchor by and by.
When shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father’s face,
And in His bosom rest?
",6/8
379,379,Span of Life,S. M. Brown,1869,Frances Maria Cowper,1792,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","My span of life will soon be gone
The passing moments say;
As length’ning shadows o’er the mead
Proclaim the close of day.
Oh, that my heart might dwell aloof
From all created things,
And learn that wisdom from above
Whence true contentment springs.
Ere first I drew this vital breath,
From nature’s prison free,
Crosses in number, measure, weight,
Were written, Lord, for me.
But Thou my Shepherd, Friend, and Guide,
Hast kindly led me on,
Taught me to rest my fainting head
On Christ, the Cornerstone.
So comforted and so sustained
With dark events I strove,
And found them rightly understood,
All messengers of love;
With silent and submissive awe,
Adored a chast’ning God,
Revered the terrors of His law,
And humbly kissed the rod.",4/4
380,380,Lawrenceburg,T. J. Denson,1935,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Oh, if my Lord should come and meet,
My soul would stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.
Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on His breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.",4/4
381,381,Sing On,T. B. McGraw,1935,T. B. McGraw,1935,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Farewell, my friends, weep not for me;
I’m going home to God;
I’ll travel in the sacred way,
The path our fathers trod.
I’ll meet my friends who’ve gone before,
Around the great white throne;
We’ll shout and sing forevermore,
And know as we are known.
My joy through life has been to sing
Of Him who died for me,
And when I stand before the King,
His blessed face I’ll see.
All glory to the Son of God,
Who died upon the tree;
We’ll shout and sing with one accord,
Through all eternity.",3/4
382,382,Coston,T. J. Denson,1935,The Baltimore Collection,1803,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Dear friends, farewell! I do you tell,
Since you and I must part;
I go my way, and here you stay,
But still we’re joined at heart.
Your love to me has been most free,
Your conversation sweet;
How can I bear to journey where
With you I cannot meet?",4/4
383,383,Eternal Day,J. P. Reese,1859,Charles Wesley,1759,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh what are all my suff’rings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me meet
With that enraptured host t’appear
And worship at Thy feet?
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away,
But let me find them all again
In that eternal day.
Oh what hath Jesus bought for me,
Before my ravished eyes?
Rivers of life divine I see,
And trees of paradise.
I see a world of spirits bright,
Who taste the pleasures there,
They all are robed in spotless white,
And conqu’ring palms they bear.",4/4
384,384,Panting For Heaven,S. M. Brown,1869,Maria DeFleury,1791,"8s (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Oh, when will the period appear,
When I shall unite in your song?
I’m weary of lingering here,
And I to your Savior belong.
I’m fettered and chained up in clay;
I struggle and pant to be free:
I long to be soaring away,
My God and my Savior to see.",2/4
385b,385,Can I Leave You?,J. P. Reese,1859,Samuel F. Smith,1832,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Yes, my native land, I love thee,
All thy scenes I love them well,
Friends, connections, happy country,
Can I bid you all farewell?
Can I leave you,
Far in distant lands to dwell?
Home, thy joys are passing lovely,
Joys no stranger heart can tell;
Happy home indeed I love thee;
Can I, can I, say “Farewell?”
Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure,
Holy days and Sabbath bell,
Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure,
Can I say a last farewell?
",2/4
385t,385,Fight On,J. P. Reese,1859,George Heath,1781,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Fight on, my soul, till death
Shall bring thee to thy God,
He’ll take thee at thy parting breath
Up to His blest abode.",3/4
386,386,Christ Our Song,T. B. McGraw,1935,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Awake my heart, arise my tongue,
Prepare a tuneful voice;
In God, the life of all my joys,
Aloud will I rejoice.
When I appear in yonder cloud,
With all the sacred throng;
Then will I sing more sweet, more loud,
And Christ will be my song.",4/4
387,387,Penick,M. Sykes,1857,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","While trav’ling through the world below,
Where sore afflictions come,
My soul abounds with joy to know
That I will rest at home.
Carry me home, when my life is o’er;
Then carry me to my long-sought home,
Where pain is felt no more.
My soul’s delight has been to sing
Of glorious days to come,
When I shall, with my God and King,
Forever rest at home.
Yes when my eyes are closed in death,
My body cease to roam,
I’ll bid farewell to all below,
And meet my friends at home.
And then I want these lines to be
Inscribed upon my tomb,
“Here lies the dust of SRP,
His spirit sings at home.”
",4/4
388,388,The Happy Sailor,B. F. White,1859,C. J. Griggs,1911,Irregular,"Come, tell of your ship and what is her name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Come, tell of your captain and what is his name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
She’s the old ship of Zion, hallelu!
And her captain, Judah’s Lion, hallelujah.
Say, is her keel sound, her garner well stored?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
And will she leave other comrades on board?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
She will land us safe on Canaan’s bright shore,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
We’ll land with our friends, who’ve gone on before,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
",2/4
389,389,Fredericksburg,O. H. Frederick,1935,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","I need God’s blessings while I live,
And His undying love;
And then I want to sing His praise
In that sweet home above.",4/4
390,390,New Prospect,William S. Turner,1866,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh land of rest, for thee I sigh:
When will the moment come
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell in peace at home?
No tranquil joy on earth I know,
No peaceful, sheltering dome;
This world’s a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home.
This world’s a wilderness of woe,
Oh this is not my home.
Our tears shall all be wiped away
When we have ceased to roam,
And we shall hear our Father say,
Come dwell with me at home.",3/4
391,391,Sounding Joy,Justin Morgan,1790,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Behold the morning sun
Begins his glorious way,
His beams through all the nations run,
And light and life convey.
But when the gospel comes,
It spreads diviner light,
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.
My gracious God, how plain
Are Thy directions giv’n,
Oh, may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heav’n.",4/4
392,392,Manchester,Paine Denson,1935,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides,
And never with’ring flow’rs;
Death like a narrow sea divides
This heav’nly land from ours.
There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav’nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun;
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.",4/4
393,393,Alexander,Timothy R. Gilmore,1986,Timothy R. Gilmore,1986,"Common Meter + 8,6 (8,6,8,6,8,6)","Jesus, my Shepherd, Friend, and Guide
Can dry my ev’ry tear;
Thy grace can raise my comforts high
And banish ev’ry fear;
Thy grace, how sweet the sound to me,
Thou art my all in all.
Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat,
My soul for shelter flies;
’Tis here I find a safe retreat
When storms and tempest rise;
He lives to bless me with His love,
And plead my cause above.",3/4
394,394,The Messiah’s Praise,R. F. M. Mann,1869,Benjamin Rhodes,1787,Irregular,"My heart and voice I raise
To spread Messiah’s praise;
Let all repeat the universal Lord.
Praise Him by whose almighty word,
Creation rose in form complete.",2/4
395,395,New Bethel,L. A. McGraw,1935,Charles Wesley,1739,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise;
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace.
My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.
Jesus, the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
’Tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’Tis life and health and peace.
He breaks the pow’r of canceled sin,
He sets the pris’ner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean
His blood availed for me.",4/4
396,396,Notes Almost Divine,Paine Denson,1935,Samuel Medley,1789,"Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)","Oh, could I speak the matchless worth,
Oh, could I sound the glories forth,
Which in my Savior shine.
I’d soar and touch the heav’nly strings,
And vie with Gabriel while he sings,
In notes almost divine.
Well, the delightful day will come,
When my dear Lord will take me home,
And I shall see His face.
Then with my Savior, Brother, Friend,
A blest eternity I’ll spend,
Triumphant in His grace.",4/4
397,397,The Fountain,T. J. Denson,1935,William Cowper,1772,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
E’er since by faith I saw the stream,
Thy flowing wounds supply;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save,
When this poor lisping, stamm’ring tongue
Lies silent in the grave.",4/4
398,398,The Dying Boy,H. S. Reese,1859,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","I’m dying, Mother, dying now;
Please raise my aching head,
And fan my heated, burning brow,
Your boy will soon be dead.
Turn o’er my pillow once again,
And kiss my fevered cheek;
I’ll soon be freed from all the pain,
For now I am so weak.",2/4
399b,399,Happy Christian,B. E. Cunningham,1935,Charles Wesley,1749,"Particular Meter: 6,6,9,6,6,9","Oh, how happy are they,
Who their Savior obey,
And have laid up their treasures above;
Tongue can never express
The sweet comfort and peace,
Of a soul in its earliest love.
That sweet comfort was mine
When the favor divine,
I first found in the blood of the Lamb;
When at first I believed,
What true joy I received,
What a haven in Jesus’ sweet name.
’Twas a heaven below,
My Redeemer to know,
And the angels could do nothing more;
Than to fall at His feet
And the story repeat
And the lover of sinners adore.",4/4
399t,399,The Dying Friend,Lee Wells,1935,Lee Wells,1935,"8,8,8,6 (8,8,8,6)","Young people, hear me as your friend,
Whose days on earth are at an end;
Your talents to the Savior lend
And live forevermore.
His Word will guide you here below,
Great love and mercy He will show;
And then with Jesus you may go
And live forevermore.
With you no longer I may dwell,
But His great love for you I tell;
I’m ready now to bid farewell
And live forevermore.",4/4
400,400,Struggle On,H. S. Reese,1859,,,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Our praying time will soon be o’er, Hallelujah,
We’ll join with those gone on before, Hallelujah.
Struggle on, struggle on, Hallelujah,
Struggle on, for the work’s most done, Hallelujah.
To love and bless and praise the same, Hallelujah,
Of Jesus Christ, the bleeding Lamb, Hallelujah.
",4/4
401,401,Cuba,J. H. Bolen,1859,,,Irregular,"Go, preachers, and tell it to the world,
Poor mourners found a home at last.
Through free grace and a dying Lamb,
Poor mourners found a home at last.
Go, fathers, and tell it to the world,
Poor mourners found a home at last.
Go, mothers, and tell it to the world,
Poor mourners found a home at last.
",2/4
402,402,Protection,C. F. Letson,1869,Joseph Addison,1712,"Long Particular Meter (8,8,8,8,8,8)","The Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd’s care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noonday walks He shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
With gloomy horrors overspread,
Though in the paths of death I tread;
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For Thou, Oh Lord, art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.",4/4
403,403,Heavenly Rest,John S. Terry,1869,August M. Toplady,1759,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","How happy are the souls above,
From sin and sorrow free;
With Jesus they are now at rest,
And all His glory see.",6/4
404,404,Youth Will Soon Be Gone,J. P. Reese,1859,New England Sunday School Hymn Book,1830,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Youth, like the spring, will soon be gone,
By fleeting time or conqu’ring death;
Your morning sun may set at noon,
And leave you ever in the dark.
Your sparkling eyes and blooming cheeks
Must wither like the blasted rose;
The coffin, earth, and winding sheet
Will soon your active limbs enclose.
Ye heedless ones who wildly stroll,
The grave will soon become your bed,
Where silence reigns and vapors roll,
In solemn darkness ’round your head.
Your friends will pass the lonesome place,
And with a sigh move slowly on,
Still gazing on the spires of grass
With which your graves are overgrown.
Ye blooming youth, this is the state
Of all who do free grace refuse;
And soon with you ’twill be too late
The way of life and Christ to choose.
Come lay your carnal weapons by,
No longer fight against your God;
But with the gospel now comply,
And heav’n shall be your great reward.",4/4
405,405,The Marcellas,Edmund Dumas,1859,John Cennick,1742,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Children of the heav’nly King,
As we journey, sweetly sing;
Sing your Savior’s worthy praise.
Glorious in His works and ways.
Fear not, brethren — joyful stand
On the borders of your land;
Jesus Christ, your Father’s Son,
Bids you undismayed go on.
Lord, submissive make us go,
Gladly leaving all below;
Only Thou our leader be,
And we still will follow Thee.",2/4
406,406,New Harmony,M. L. A. Lancaster,1859,The Sacred Harp,1859,"8s,7s Double Iambic (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","I want to live a Christian here,
I want to die a-shouting.
I want to feel my Savior near,
While soul and body’s parting.
I want to see bright angels stand
And waiting to receive me,
To bear my soul to Canaan’s land,
Where Christ has gone before me.
My heart is often made to mourn
Because I’m faint and feeble,
And when my Savior seems to frown,
My soul is filled with trouble.
But when He doth again return,
And I repent my folly,
’Tis then I after glory run,
And still my Jesus follow.
I have my bitter and my sweet
While through this world I travel,
Sometimes I shout and often weep,
Which makes my foes to marvel.
But let them think and think again,
I feel I’m bound for heaven;
I hope I shall with Jesus reign,
I therefore still will praise Him.",2/4
407,407,Charlton,Leonard P. Breedlove,1859,Frances Maria Cowper,1792,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","My span of life will soon be gone
The passing moments say;
As length’ning shadows o’er the mead
Proclaim the close of day.
Oh, that my heart might dwell aloof
From all created things,
And learn that wisdom from above
Whence true contentment springs.
Ere first I drew this vital breath,
From nature’s prison free,
Crosses in number, measure, weight,
Were written, Lord, for me.
But Thou my Shepherd, Friend, and Guide,
Hast kindly led me on,
Taught me to rest my fainting head
On Christ, the Cornerstone.",4/4
408,408,Weeping Mary,J. P. Reese,1859,,,"Particular Meter: 7,6","They crucified the Savior,
And nailed Him to the cross;
He arose, and ascended in a cloud.
See, Mary comes a-weeping,
To see where He was laid;
","4/4, 2/4"
409,409,Promised Day,L. M. Ranford,1859,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","How long, dear Savior, Oh how long
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swift around, ye wheels of time,
And bring the promised day.
The God of glory down to men
Removes His blest abode;
Men, the dear object of His grace,
And He the living God.
His own soft hand shall wipe the tears
From ev’ry weeping eye,
And pains and groans and griefs and fears
And death itself shall die.",6/8
410b,410,Mutual Love,William Walker,1835,John Leland,1793,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","Oh when shall I see Jesus
And reign with Him above,
And from the flowing fountain
Drink everlasting love?
When shall I be delivered
From this vain world of sin,
And with my blessed Jesus
Drink endless pleasures in?
But now I am a soldier,
My Captain’s gone before;
He’s given me my orders,
And bids me ne’er give o’er.
His promises are faithful —
A righteous crown He’ll give,
And all His valiant soldiers
Eternally shall live.",4/4
410t,410,The Dying Californian,Ball,1859,Kate Harris,1850,"8s,7s (8,7,8,7)","Lay up nearer, brother, nearer,
For my limbs are growing cold;
And thy presence seemeth nearer,
When thine arms around me fold.
I am dying, brother, dying,
Soon you’ll miss me in your berth
For my form will soon be lying
’Neath the ocean’s briny surf.
I am going, brother, going,
But my hope in God is strong;
I am willing, brother, knowing,
That He doeth nothing wrong.
Hark! I hear the Savior speaking,
’Tis, I know, His voice so well;
When I’m gone, Oh don’t be weeping,
Brother, hear my last farewell.",3/2
411,411,Morning Prayer,T. J. Denson,1935,Hosea Ballou,1808,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Come, let us raise our voices high,
And form a sacred song,
To Him who rules the earth and sky,
And does our days prolong.
Who through the night gave us to rest,
This morning cheered our eyes;
And with the thousands of the blest,
In health made us to rise.
Early to God we’ll send our prayer,
Make haste to pray and praise,
That He may make our good His care,
And guide us all our days.
And when the night of death comes on,
And we shall end our days;
May His rich grace the theme prolong
Of His eternal praise.",4/4
412,412,New Hosanna,H. S. Reese,1859,Dobell’s New Selection,1806,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Wake, Oh my soul, and hail the morn,
For unto us a Savior’s born:
See how the angels wing their way
To usher in the glorious day.
Glory, glory, let us sing,
While heav’n and earth His praises ring,
Hosanna to the Lamb of God.
Hark! what sweet music, what a song,
Sounds from the bright celestial throng;
Sweet song, whose melting sounds impart
Joy to each raptured list’ning heart.
Come, join the angels in the sky,
Glory to God who reigns on high;
Let peace and love on earth abound,
While time revolves and years roll ’round.",4/4
413,413,The Loved Ones,E. T. Pound,1859,,,"11s,8s Double (11,8,11,8,11,8,11,8)","Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young,
Who loved thee so fondly as he?
He caught the first accent that fell from thy tongue,
And joined in thy innocent glee.
Be kind to thy father, for now he is old,
His locks intermingled with gray;
His footsteps are feeble, once fearless and bold,
Thy father is passing away.",3/4
414,414,Parting Friend,J. C. Graham,1859,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The time must come when we must part,
When we must say farewell;
To part with you gives to my heart
A sting no one can tell.
When I am gone and far away,
I still will think of thee.
I’ll think of thee both night and day,
Oh then remember me.",4/4
415,415,Easter Morn,David Ivey,1988,"Thomas Scott, Lyra Davidica (1708)",1769,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Jesus Christ is ris’n today,
Hallelujah!
Or triumphant holy day,
Hallelujah!
Who did once upon the cross,
Hallelujah!
Suffer to redeem our loss,
Hallelujah!
Angels rolled the rock away,
Hallelujah!
Den of death, resign thy prey,
Hallelujah!
See the Savior quit the tomb,
Hallelujah!
Glowing with immortal bloom,
Hallelujah!",6/4
416,416,The Christian’s Nightly Song,E. T. Pound,1859,Mead’s General Collection,1807,"Particular Meter: 6,6,10,6,6,10","I’ll sing my Savior’s grace,
And His sweet name I’ll praise,
While in this land of sorrow I remain.
My sorrows soon shall end,
And then my soul ascend,
Where freed from trouble, sorrow and pain.
But oh, and shall I then
Behold the friend of men,
The man who suffered, bled and died for me:
Who bore my load of sin,
And sorrow, grief and pain
To make me happy and to set me free.",4/4
417,417,Weeping Pilgrim,J. P. Reese,1859,,,Irregular,"You may tell them, father,
When you see them —
I’m a poor, mourning Pilgrim,
I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
I weep, and I mourn,
And I move slowly on —
I’m a poor, mourning Pilgrim,
I’m bound for Canaan’s land.
You may tell them, mother,
When you see them —
You may tell them, brother,
When you see them —
You may tell them, sister,
When you see them —
","2/4, 3/4, 2/4"
418,418,Reese,Edmund Dumas,1859,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal, and on high;
And here my spirit waiting stands,
Till God shall bid it fly.
I long to see my friends again,
And hear them sweetly say,
Come, weary dove, here is thy home,
Then fold thy wings and stay.
Shortly this prison of clay
Must be dissolved and fall;
Then, Oh my soul, with joy obey
Thy heav’nly Father’s call.
’Tis He, by His almighty grace,
That forms thee fit for heav’n;
And as an earnest of the place,
Has His own Spirit giv’n.
",2/4
419,419,Melancholy Day,H. S. Reese,1859,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Death, ’tis a melancholy day,
To those who have no God,
When the poor soul is forced away,
To seek her last abode.
In vain to heav’n she lifts her eyes,
For guilt, a heavy chain,
Still drags her downward from the skies,
To darkness, fire and pain.",4/4
420,420,Bishop,T. B. McGraw,1935,Octavia Bishop McGraw,1935,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Our Father’s gone to that bright land,
He dwells with Christ, the King;
And with the saints of old doth stand,
While all the angels sing.
Around dear Mother’s bed we stood
And watched her dying face;
While Jesus bade her spirit come
And take a heav’nly place.
Their forms on earth no more we see,
They’re hidden from our view;
Their mem’ries linger still with me,
As noble, good and true.
Could we but stand and view that goal,
’Twould dry our briny tears;
True love and joy there to behold,
Would banish all our fears.",3/4
421,421,Sweet Morning,H. S. Reese,1859,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","The happy day will soon appear,
And we’ll all shout together in that morning.
When Gabriel’s trumpet you shall hear,
And we’ll all shout together in that morning.
Sweet morning, sweet morning,
And we’ll all shout together in that morning.
Behold the righteous marching, home,
And we’ll all shout together in that morning.
And all the angels bid them come,
And we’ll all shout together in that morning.
",2/4
422,422,Burdette,S. Whitt Denson,1909,Charles Wesley,1742,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh, for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart made clean by Thy rich blood,
So freely shed for me.",4/4
423,423,Grantville,J. P. Reese,1859,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.",4/4
424,424,Sweet Union,J. P. Reese,1859,Samuel Medley,1782,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Awake, my soul, to joyful lays,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise,
Don’t you love God!
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
There’s union in heav’n,
And there’s union in my soul,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
Sweet music in Zion’s beginning to roll,
Don’t you love God!
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
He saw me ruined by the fall,
Yet loved me, notwithstanding all;
I often feel my sinful heart,
Prone from my Savior to depart,
But though I have Him oft forgot,
His loving kindness changes not!",2/4
425,425,Golden Streets,J. L. Pickard,1859,,,Irregular,"I am on my journey home,
To the New Jerusalem.",4/4
426b,426,Jasper,T. J. Denson,1907,Ottiwell Heginbothom,1794,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Great God, let all Thy tuneful pow’r
Away and sing Thy praise,
I’ll sing God’s praise through endless days,
And live forevermore.
Behold the love the Savior showed
When He died upon the cross for sinners,
And whosoever will believe on Jesus’ word
Shall live and sing His praise above,
Through endless days to come,
In heav’n above, where all is love,
To live forevermore.",4/4
426t,426,Kelley,Amanda Burdette Denson,1908,Amanda Burdette Denson,1908,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","My Christian friends, to whom I speak,
I have a crown in view.
My sinner friends, now will you seek,
How stands the case with you?
I know there is a paradise,
The saints all bid us come.
And He who reigns rules earth and sky,
Oh heaven is my home.",4/4
428,428,World Unknown,H. S. Reese,1859,Charles Wesley,1763,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","And am I born to die?
To lay this body down!
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!",4/4
429,429,Christian’s Delight,William L. Williams,1859,Samuel Ecking,1778,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","Peace, troubled soul, thou need not veer,
Jesus says He will be with us to the end.
Thy Great Provider still is near,
Jesus says He will be with us to the end.
And He has been with us,
And He yet is with us,
And He’s promised to be with us to the end.
Who fed thee last, will feed thee still,
Be calm and sink into His will.
The Lord, who build the earth and sky,
In mercy stoops to hear thy cry.
His promise all may freely claim,
Ask, and receive in Jesus’ name.
",4/4
430,430,Arbacoochee,S. M. Denson,1908,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Behold the love, the gen’rous love,
That holy David shows,
Behold his kind compassion move
For his afflicted foes.
When they are sick, his soul complains,
And seems to feel the smart.
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.",4/4
431,431,New Bethany,"B. F. White, Jr.",1869,Harriet Auber,1829,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,
Or heav’n and earth in order stood;
Before the birth of ancient times,
From everlasting, Thou art God.",4/4
432,432,Cheves,Oliver Bradfield,1857,Baptist Hymn Book,1825,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Grace, ’tis a most delightful theme,
’Tis grace that rescues guilty man,
’Tis grace divine, all conquering free,
Or it had never rescued me.",4/4
433,433,McKay,S. M. Denson,1908,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh, the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
There gen’rous fruits that never fail
On trees immortal grow,
There rocks and hills and brooks and vales
With milk and honey flow.",4/4
434,434,Fillmore,J. P. Reese,1869,Ottiwell Heginbothom,1794,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Great God, let all my tuneful pow’rs
Awake, and sing Thy mighty name;
Thy hand revolves my circling hours,
Thy hand from whence my being come.
Thus will I sing till nature cease,
Till sense and language are no more,
And after death Thy boundless grace
Through everlasting years adore.",4/4
435,435,Sacred Rest,W. D. Jones,1869,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal care shall fill my breast;
Oh, may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.",3/4
436,436,Morning Sun,S. M. Denson,1911,New England Sunday School Hymn Book,1830,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Youth, like the spring, will soon be gone,
By fleeting time or conqu’ring death;
Your morning sun may set at noon,
And leave you ever in the dark.
Your sparkling eyes and blooming cheeks
Must wither like the blasted rose;
The coffin, earth, and winding sheet
Will soon your active limbs enclose.",4/4
437,437,Sidney,S. Whitt Denson,1908,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","My Shepherd will supply my need,
Jehovah is His name,
In pastures green He leads me on,
Beside the living stream.
With loving kindness Thou hast drawn
My wand’ring heart to Thee.
With kind compassion send me on
To all eternity.",6/8
438,438,The Marriage in the Skies,Sidney Burdette Denson,1909,Sidney Burdette Denson,1909,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh ring the bells of heaven high,
The marriage feast has come,
The glorious jubilee is nigh,
The saints are going home;
The mighty penants of the skies
Are waving in the air,
And o’er the gates of Zion rise
The battlements so fair.
The King is mustering His guests;
I see His glorious band;
I see the shining habitants
Of far-off Beulah land;
They come, they come on wings of light,
I hear the bugle blast,
I know the reign of sin’s dark night
Forevermore is past.
From cloud to cloud, from dome to dome,
The myriad army cries,
The marriage of the Lamb has come,
The marriage in the skies;
Come, bring the linen white and clean,
The wedding guests prepare,
The garments gleam like silvery sheen,
The bridal robe so fair.
The Bridegroom, too, methinks I see
While myriad voices ring,
Chiefest among ten thousand,
He Immanuel, my King,
Thrice blessed are they who hear the call,
A mighty angel cries,
Haste to the supper of the Lamb,
The marriage in the skies.",6/8
439,439,Jordan,A. M. Cagle,1908,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan’s fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.
Oh, the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.",4/4
440,440,North Salem,Stephen Jenks,1799,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","My soul, come and meditate the day,
And think how near it stands,
When thou must quit this house of clay,
And fly to unknown lands.
And you, mine eyes, look down and view
The hollow, gaping tomb,
This gloomy prison waits for you,
Whene’er the summons come.",4/4
441,441,Raymond,John G. McCurry,1855,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Hark, the glad sound! the Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
He comes, the pris’ner to release,
In Satan’s bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.",4/4
442,442,New Jordan,The Easy Instructor,1815,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan’s fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.
Oh the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
There gen’rous fruits that never fail,
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills and brooks, and vales,
With milk and honey flow.
All o’er those wide, extended plains
Shines one eternal day!
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.",4/4
444,444,All Saints New,Amariah Hall,1791,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Oh, if my Lord would come and meet,
My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.
Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are;
While on His breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.",4/4
445,445,Passing Away,John A. Watson,1872,Charles Wesley,1763,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","And must I be to judgment brought,
And answer in that day
For ev’ry vain and idle thought
And ev’ry word I say?
We are passing away,
To that great judgment day.
Yes ev’ry secret of my heart
Shall shortly be made known;
And I receive my just desert
For all that I have done.
How careful, then, ought I to be;
With what religious fear,
Who such a strict account must give
For my behavior here.
",4/4
446,446,Infinite Day,Ruth Denson Edwards,1936,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides,
And never with’ring flow’rs;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heav’nly land from ours.
Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green,
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.
But tim’rous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea,
And linger, shiv’ring on the brink,
And fear to launch away.
Oh! could we make our doubts remove,
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes.
Could we but climb where Moses stood
And view the landscape o’er,
Not Jordan’s stream nor death’s cold flood
Should fright us from the shore.",4/4
447,447,Wondrous Cross,Paine Denson,1932,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.",4/4
448b,448,The Grieved Soul,M. A. Hendon,1859,Joseph Hart,1759,"7s,6s Double (7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6)","Come, my soul and let us try
For a little season
Ev’ry burden to lay by,
Come and let us reason.
What is this that casts thee down?
Who are those that grieve thee?
Speak and let the worst be known?
Speaking may relieve thee.",4/4
448t,448,Consecration,William S. Turner,1866,William S. Turner,1866,"Long Particular Meter (8,8,8,8,8,8)","There then to Thee Thine own I leave,
Mold as Thou wilt my passive clay;
But let me all Thy stamp receive,
But let me all Thy words obey.
Serve with a single heart and eye,
And to Thy glory live or die.","6/4, 3/4"
449,449,Fatherland,Silas W. Kay,1855,William Hunter,1842,"9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)","There is a place where my hopes are stayed,
My heart and my treasures are there,
Where virtues and blessings never face,
And fields are eternally fair.
That blissful place is my fatherland,
By faith its delights I explore,
Come, favor my flight, angelic band,
And waft me in peace to the shore.",6/8
450,450,Elder,M. Mark Wynn,1869,American Sunday School Psalmody,1832,"7s Double (7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7)","Gently glides the stream of life,
Oft along the flow’ry vale.
Or impetuous down the cliff,
Rushing roars when storms assail.
Life’s an ever varied flood,
Always rolling to its sea;
Slow, or quick, or mild, or rude,
Tending to eternity.",6/4
451,451,Mary’s Grief and Joy,J. P. Webster,1869,John Newton,1779,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Mary to her Savior’s tomb
Hasted at the early dawn;
Spice she brought and sweet perfume,
But the Lord she loved was gone.
For awhile she weeping stood,
Struck with sorrow and surprise;
Shedding tears, a plenteous flood,
For her heart supplied her eyes.
Oh, my Savior, oh, my Savior,
Where has my Savior gone?
Oh, my Savior, here’s my Savior,
He has risen from the tomb.",4/4
452,452,Martin,S. B. Marsh,1836,Charles Wesley,1738,"7s Double (7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7)","Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high!
Hide me, Oh my Savior, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide;
Oh receive my soul at last.
Other refuge I have none,
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee:
Leave, ah! leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me;
All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring,
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.
Wilt Thou not regard my call?
Wilt Thou not accept my prayer?
Lo! I faint, I sing, I fall
Lo! on Thee I cast my care.
Reach me out Thy gracious Hand,
While I of Thy strength receive,
Hoping against hope I stand,
Dying, and behold I live!",6/4
453,453,Holly Springs,H. N. McGraw,1935,Isaac Watts,1709,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal, and on high;
And here my spirit, waiting stands,
Till God shall bid it fly.
I long to see my friends again
And hear them sweetly say;
Come, weary dove, here is thy home,
Then fold thy wings and stay.
Shortly this prison of my clay
Must be dissolved and fall;
Then, Oh my soul, with joy obey
Thy heav’nly Father’s call.
",4/4
454,454,The Better Land,O. A. Parris,1935,O. A. Parris,1935,"Long Meter Half (8,8)","The road to glory seems so long,
And sorrows often take my song;
I’m going to a better land,
Where troubles are unknown.
All sorrows will be gone,
We’ll sing around the throne in sweet accord,
Adoring Jesus our dear Lord.
From Jesus’ side I will not stray,
I know he’ll guide me all the way.
I know it is not very far
To heaven where my treasures are.
",4/4
455,455,Soar Away,A. M. Cagle,1935,Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs,1814,"Meter Hallelujah (6,6,6,6,8,8)","I want a sober mind,
An all sustaining eye,
To see my God above,
And to the heavens fly.
I’d soar away above the sky,
I’d fly to see my God above.
I want a Godly fear,
A quick discerning eye,
That looks to Thee my God,
And see the tempter fly.
","3/4, 4/4"
456,456,Sacred Mount,A. M. Cagle,1935,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Sing, Oh ye ransomed of the Lord,
Your great Redeemer sing.
Pilgrims for Zion’s city bound,
Be joyful in your King,
A hand divine shall lead you on,
Through all the blissful road,
Till to the sacred mount you rise,
And see your smiling God.
March on in your Redeemer’s strength,
Pursue His footsteps still.
",4/4
457,457,Wayfaring Stranger,John M. Dye,1935,Bever’s Christian Songster,1858,"9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)","I am a poor, wayfaring stranger,
While journ’ying through this world of woe,
Yet, there’s no sickness, toil nor danger,
In that bright world to which I go.
I’m going there to see my Father,
I’m going there no more to roam;
I’m only going over Jordan,
I’m only going over home.
I know dark clouds will gather o’er me,
I know my way is rough and steep;
Yet beaut’ous fields lie just before me,
Where God’s redeemed their vigils keep.
I’m going there to see my Mother,
She said she’d meet me when I come.
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land;
I want to shout Salvation’s story,
In concert with the blood-washed band.
I’m going there to meet my Savior,
To sing His praise forevermore;
",3/4
458,458,Friendship,E. F. Williams,1869,John Newton,1779,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","“Mercy, Oh Thou Son of David,”
Thus poor blind Bartimeus prayed,
“Others by Thy Word are saved,
Now to me afford Thine aid.”
Many for his crying chid him,
But he called the louder still,
Till the gracious Savior bid him,
“Come and ask me what you will.”",2/4
459,459,Tolling Bell,R. F. M. Mann,1868,Mary Stanley Bruce Dana,,"Particular Meter: 10,4,10,4,10,10,10,4","Shed not a tear o’er your friend’s early bier,
When I am gone.
Smile when the slow tolling bell you shall hear,
When I am gone.
Weep not for me as you stand ’round my grave,
Think who has died His beloved to save,
Think of the crown all the ransomed shall wear,
When I am gone.",2/4
460,460,Sardis,Sarah Lancaster,1869,Charles’ Hymns and Spiritual Songs,1803,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,8,4","Come on, my fellow pilgrims, come,
And let us all be hast’ning home,
We soon shall land on yon blest shore,
Where pains and sorrows are no more,
There we our Jesus shall adore
Forever blest.
No period then our joys shall know
Secure from ev’ry mortal foe;
No sickness there, no want or pain,
Shall e’er disturb our rest again,
When with Immanuel we reign,
Forever blest.",4/4
461,461,Shining Star,Terry Wootten,1988,Nahum Tate,1700,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
On this day is born to you
A Savior meek and mild;
Haste ye all to Bethlehem
And kneel before the Child.
Lay down your crooks and quit your flocks,
To Bethlehem repair;
And let your wand’ring steps be spared,
By yonder shining star.
Seek ye not in palaces,
Nor regal curtains draw.
Search the stable, see your God
Extended on the straw.",4/4
462,462,Faith and Hope,A. M. Cagle,1959,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","What shall I do, shall I lay down
And sink in deep despair?
Will He forever wear a frown
Nor hear my feeble prayer?
No, He will put His strength in me;
He knows the way I’ve strolled;
And when I’m tried sufficiently,
I shall come forth as gold.
When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I’ll bid farewell to ev’ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun;
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.",3/4
463,463,Our Humble Faith,G. S. Doss,1959,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Lord, how divine Thy comforts are,
How heav’nly is the place,
Where Jesus spreads the sacred feast
Of His redeeming grace.
Our humble faith is made to rise
While sitting ’round His throne,
And back to Calvary it flies
To view its groaning Lord.",4/4
464,464,Sheppard,Theodore Mercer,1990,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion’s hill;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!
How charming is their voice;
How sweet the tidings are.
Zion, behold thy Savior King,
He reigns and triumphs here!",4/4
465,465,Where There’s No Trouble and Sorrow,Doris W. DeLong,1960,,,Irregular,"I have my troubles here below
As the narrow way I follow,
But there’s a land of peace and rest,
Where there’s no trouble or sorrow.
Yes, my loved ones are now over there,
And I know I soon will follow,
I’ll see my Savior in that land
Where there’s no trouble or sorrow.",4/4
466,466,Haynes Creek,Joyce Harrison,1988,Ingram Cobbin,1843,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","A throne of grace, then let us go
And offer up our prayer;
A gracious God will mercy show
To all that worship there.
A throne of grace, oh, at that throne
Our knees have often bent,
And God has showered His blessing down
As oft, as often as we went.",4/4
467,467,Lisbon,Daniel Read,1785,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast
And these rejoicing eyes.
The King Himself comes near,
To feast His saints today;
Here we may sit and see Him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.",3/2
468,468,Bristol,Timothy Swan,1785,Joseph Addison,1712,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue, ethereal sky,
The spangled heav’ns, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Th’unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator’s pow’r display,
And publishes to ev’ry land
The work of the almighty hand.",4/4
470,470,The Mercy Seat,Loyd Redding,1960,Hugh Stowell,1828,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","From ev’ry stormy wind that blows,
From ev’ry swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat,
’Tis found beneath the mercy seat.
There is a place where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads,
A place than all besides more sweet,
It is the blood-bought mercy seat.
There is a scene where spirits blend,
Where friends hold fellowship with friends,
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common mercy seat.",4/4
471,471,The Savior’s Name,T. B. McGraw,1960,Frederick Whitfield,1855,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","There is a name I love to hear,
I love to sing its worth;
It sounds like music to mine ear,
The sweetest name on earth.
It bids my trembling soul rejoice,
And dries each rising tear;
It tells me in a small still voice
To trust and not to fear.",3/4
472,472,Akin,P. Dan Brittain,1971,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Within Thy circling pow’r I stand,
On ev’ry side I find Thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.",4/4
473,473,Carmarthen,,,Charles Wesley,1741,"Meter Hallelujah (6,6,6,6,8,8)","Rejoice! the Lord is King:
Your Lord and King adore!
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
Rejoice in glorious hope!
Jesus the Judge shall come
And take His servants up
To their eternal home:
We soon shall hear the angel’s voice,
The trump of God shall sound, rejoice!",2/4
474,474,Mount Desert,Bruce Randall,1985,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Unshaken as the sacred hill,
And firm as mountains be,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest,
That leans, Oh Lord, on Thee.
Not walls or hills could guard so well
Old Salem’s happy ground,
As those eternal arms of love
That ev’ry saint surround.",4/4
475,475,A Thankful Heart,John T. Hocutt,1989,Anne Steele,1760,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Give me a calm, a thankful heart
From ev’ry murmur free;
The blessing of Thy grace impart,
And make me live to Thee.
Let the sweet hope that Thou art mine
My life and death attend;
Thy presence through my journey shine,
And crown my journey’s end.",4/4
476,476,The Throne of Grace,Buford McGraw,1960,Isaac Watts,1721,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Oh, that I knew the secret place,
Where I might find my God,
I’d spread my want before His face,
And pour my woes abroad.
Arise, my soul, from deep distress,
And banish ev’ry fear,
He calls thee to His throne of grace,
To spread thy sorrows there.",4/4
477,477,"Lord, We Adore Thee",Owel W. Denson,1960,Owel W. Denson,1960,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Holy Lord, we worship Thee,
Thine are we eternally,
Yielded in Thy presence bow,
Let us share Thy favor now.
Holy Lord, holy Lord,
We have met in sweet accord;
As we bow before Thy shrine,
Make us, Savior, wholly Thine.
God of glory, pow’r and grace,
Dying for the human race;
May we heed Thy service call;
Till the ev’ning shadows fall.
",2/4
478,478,My Rising Sun,C. H. Gilliland,1960,William Cowper,1774,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
In darkest night when he appears,
My sorrows will be gone,
He is my soul’s sweet morning star
And he’s my rising sun.
He forms the sinful man anew,
Subdues the love of sin;
He takes away the heart of stone
And plants His grace within.
He came from heav’n our souls to save,
Applies redeeming blood,
Bids all our guilt and fears removed,
Leaves us at peace with God.",4/4
479,479,Chester,William Billings,1770,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Let the high heav’ns your songs invite,
These spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun and moon and planets roll,
And stars that glow from pole to pole.
Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise,
’Round the whole earth and never stand,
So when Thy truth began its race,
It touched and glanced on ev’ry hand.",4/4
480,480,Redemption,John T. Hocutt,1959,John T. Hocutt,1959,"9s,6s (9,6,9,6)","There upon the cross of Calvary
Our blessed Savior died;
There between two thieves our blessed Lord
For us was crucified.
Oh, His blood was shed that we might live
With Him when life is o’er,
And upon the clouds of glory ride
Safe to that peaceful shore.
Oh! He suffered there for guilty man,
His life so freely gave,
When He paid the debt we could not pay
And triumphed o’er the grave.
",2/4
481,481,Novakoski,P. Dan Brittain,1989,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Come, we who love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav’nly King
May speak their joys abroad.
Then let our songs abound,
And ev’ry tear be dry;
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground
To fairer worlds on high.",4/4
482,482,Mulberry Grove,J. P. Reese,1869,H. Wood,1869,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,8","My sands of life are running fast,
I can’t recall one moment past;
I’ve much to do in little space,
Oh can I yet be saved by grace?
Oh can I yet one effort make?
Thus far the Lord hath led me on,
And I am near my final home;
So I must halt, recount my thoughts,
And tell the world I’m saved by grace;
This effort is my choice to make.",4/4
483,483,Eternal Light,H. N. McGraw,1960,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","I’m not ashamed to own my Lord,
Or to defend His cause,
Maintain the honor of His Word,
The glory of His cross.
Jesus, my God, I know His name,
His name is all my trust,
Nor will He put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.
Firm as His throne His promise stands
And He can well secure
What I’ve committed to His hands
Till the decisive hour.
Then He will own my worthless name
Before His Father’s face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.",4/4
484,484,Heavenly Union,Neely Bruce,1989,,,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,7","Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell
The wonders of Emmanuel,
Who saved me from a burning hell,
And brought my soul with Christ to dwell,
And gave me heav’nly union.
When Jesus saw me from on high,
Beheld my soul in ruin lie,
He looked on me with pitying eye,
And said to me as He passed by,
“With God you have no union.”
“Oh God, have mercy,” then said I,
And looked this way and that to fly;
It grieved me sore that I must die;
I strove salvation then to buy,
But still I had no union.
But when depressed and lost in sin,
My dear Redeemer took me in,
And with His blood He washed me clean,
And Oh what seasons I have seen,
Since first I felt this union!",6/4
485,485,New Agatite,Ted Johnson,1990,Edward Perronet,1779,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ name,
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
His mercy and His righteousness
Let heav’n and earth proclaim;
",2/4
486,486,Beneficence,William Billings,1786,New Version,1696,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","That man is blessed who stands in awe
Of God and loves His sacred law.
His seed on earth shall be renowned
And with successive honors crowned.
His house a seat of wealth shall be,
An unexhausted treasury,
His justice free from all decay,
His blessings to His heirs convey.",4/4
487,487,Soldier’s Delight,T. P. Woodard,1918,C. O. Woodard,1918,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","While in the army I remain,
I’ll speak the truth and bear the blame,
And when on board the ship I am,
I’ll sing my Savior’s praise the same.
Oh, if your captain calls for you,
Put on your armor bold and true,
Put forth your strength, put forth your rod,
Fight for your country and your God.",4/4
488,488,As We Go On,O. H. Handley,1959,O. H. Handley,1959,"Particular Meter: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8","Now, let our works and virtue show,
To prove our faith as on we go,
Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope.
We get the blessings of the Lord,
And we expect the great reward.
Most precious is Thy love, Oh Lord,
It guides us as we go along
To join that great celestial band,
To sing Thy praise forevermore.",4/4
489,489,The Savior’s Call,Elphrey Heritage,1869,Lyra Catholica,1851,"6s (6,6,6,6)","Come, wand’ring sheep, oh, come!
I’ll bind thee to my breast,
I’ll bear thee to my home,
And lay thee down to rest.
I saw thee stray forlorn,
And heard thee faintly cry,
And on the tree of scorn,
For thee I deign to die.
I shield thee from alarms,
And wilt thou not be blest?
I bear thee in my arms;
Thou bear me in thy breast.",3/4
490,490,My Shepherd Guides,Palmer Godsey,1959,Era Tidwell Godsey,1959,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The Lord my precious Shepherd is,
He guides me day by day,
If I but trust His holy word,
In paths of right I’ll stay.
I’ll fear no evil if He leads,
Beside the waters still,
He anoints my head with oil so sweet,
My cup with joy He fills.
Though I walk through the valley dark,
No shadows will befall,
Thy rod, Thy staff, they comfort me,
Thou art my God, my all.
Surely Thy goodness and Thy love,
Thy mercy free on call,
Will keep me safe from sin and strife,
I’ll praise Thee, Lord of all.",3/4
491,491,"Oh, What Love",Eula Denson Johnson,1960,Eula Denson Johnson,1960,Irregular,"Jesus left His home on high,
Oh, what love, what wondrous love!
And for sinners came to die, what love.
Bled and died on Calvary,
All because of you and me,
Oh, what love, what wonderful love.
It was love He had for me,
Caused by my blinded eyes to see,
Oh, what love, what wondrous love!
Happiness and joy I’ve found,
For I’m on much higher ground,
You can share along the way of love.
For my Savior made the way,
Leading to a brighter day,
Oh, what love, oh, yes, what wondrous love.
I can shout, and I can sing,
Make His praises gladly ring,
Oh, what love, what wondrous love!",3/2
492,492,Invocation,Raymond C. Hamrick,1982,Isaac Watts,1707,Irregular,"Arise, my soul, my joyful pow’rs,
And triumph in my God;
Awake, my voice,
And loud proclaim His work;
Arise, my soul, awake, my voice,
And let all tunes of pleasure sing;
Loud hallelujahs shall address
The honors of her King.",4/4
493,493,Amanda Ray,S. Whitt Denson,1960,Havergal,1878,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","I know I love Thee better, Lord,
Than any earthly joy;
For Thou hast given me sweet peace,
That nothing can destroy.
Oh Savior, precious Savior mine,
What will the future be;
If such a life of joy can crown
Our walk on earth with Thee?",3/4
494,494,Big Creek,Richard L. DeLong,1986,,,"9s,7s (9,7,9,7)","Weary soldiers of the cross, seek rest
With the Savior as your guide;
Lay your head upon His heav’nly breast,
And in peace e’ermore abide.
In that last sad hour, ’mid friends so dear,
Death your trembling soul will free;
And a father’s loving voice you’ll hear,
Saying, “Wand’rer, come to me.”",3/4
495,495,The Midnight Cry,Southern Harmony,1835,Baptist Harmony,1834,"Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,7,6,7,7","When the midnight cry began,
Oh what lamentation,
Thousands sleeping in their sins,
Neglecting their salvation.
Lo, the Bridegroom is at hand,
Who will kindly treat Him?
Surely all the waiting band
Will now go forth to meet Him.
Some, indeed, did wait awhile,
Shone without a rival,
But they spent their seeming oil,
Long since last revival.
Many souls who thought they’d light,
Oh, when the scene was closed,
Now against the Bridegroom fight,
And so they stand opposed.",2/4
496,496,The Rock That is Higher Than I,B. F. White,1869,Dobell’s Selection,1810,"11s (11,11,11,11)","Convinced as a sinner, to Jesus I come,
Informed by the gospel for such there is room;
O’erwhelmed with sorrows for sin I will cry,
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
When sorely afflicted and ready to faint,
Before my Redeemer I’ll spread my complaint;
’Mid storms and distresses my soul shall rely
On Jesus, the rock that is higher than I.
’Tis there with the chosen of Jesus,
I long to dwell and eternally join in the song,
And praising and blessings, with angels on high,
It’s Jesus, the rock that is higher than I.
",2/4
497,497,Natick,Glen Wright,1989,Edward W. Billups,1854,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Bleeding hearts defiled by sin,
Jesus Christ can make you clean;
Contrite souls with guilt oppressed,
Jesus Christ can give you rest.
Sweet Redeemer from above,
Borne on wings of love.
You that mourn our follies past,
Precious hours and years laid waste,
Turn to God, Oh turn and live,
Jesus Christ can still forgive.
Fainting souls in peril’s hour,
Yield not to the Tempter’s pow’r
On the risen Lord rely,
Jesus Christ now reigns on high.
",4/4
498,498,The Resurrection Day,John T. Hocutt,1959,,,"6s,10s (6,10,6,10)","Oh, Resurrection Day!
When Christ the Savior comes some morning fair,
The grave will open wide
And saints will rise to meet Him in the air.
Oh! May we meet in heav’n
To sing the praises of our Lord and King,
And gathered ’round the snow-white throne
Make heaven’s portals ring.",4/4
499,499,At Rest,Floyd M. Frederick,1960,Floyd M. Frederick,1825,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh;
’Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
An endless life of love.
Farewell, dear friends, farewell,
For just a little while;
We’ll meet and sing on heaven’s shore,
Where parting comes no more.",3/4
500,500,Living Hope,Hugh W. McGraw,1959,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Blest be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be His abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.
When from the dead He raised His Son
And called Him to the sky,
He gave our souls a living hope
That they should never die.
Saints by the pow’r of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall call us home.
",4/4
501,501,O’Leary,Theodore Mercer,1990,Philip Doddridge,1755,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","And will the Judge descend,
And must the dead arise;
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes?
How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day,
When earth and heav’n before His face
Astonished shrink away?
But ere the trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark, from the gospel’s cheering sound,
What joyful tidings spread.",3/4
502,502,A Charge to Keep,Paine Denson,1950,Charles Wesley,1762,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill,
Oh may it all my pow’rs engage
To do my Master’s will.
Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live;
And Oh Thy servant, Lord, prepare,
A strict account to give.
Help me watch and pray,
And on Thyself rely,
Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall forever die.",4/4
503,503,Lloyd,Raymond C. Hamrick,1980,Isaac Watts,1719,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","My Savior and my King,
Thy beauties are divine;
Thy lips with blessing overflow,
And ev’ry grace is Thine.
The smilings of Thy face,
How amiable they are;
’Tis heav’n to rest in Thine embrace,
And nowhere else but there.
Nor earth, nor all the sky,
Can one delight afford;
No, not a drop of Thy real joy,
Without Thy presence, Lord.",3/2
504,504,Wood Street,Judy Hauff,1986,Nahum Tate,1696,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","When we our wearied limbs to rest
Sat down by proud Euphrates’ stream:
We wept with doleful thoughts oppressed,
And Zion was our mournful theme.
Our harps that when with joy we sung
Were wont their tuneful parts to bear,
With silent strings neglected hung,
On willow trees that withered there.",3/2
505,505,Where Ceaseless Ages Roll,R. E. Denson,1959,Ruth Edwards Denson,1959,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Come, on, my friends, and go with me,
For I am on my journey home.
My Savior welcomes you with me
To live where joys are ever known.
Come, go with me to that fair land
Where ceaseless ages roll.",4/4
506,506,The Ark,J. A. Ayers,1966,Mercer’s Cluster,1829,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","When Noah with his favored few
Was ordered to embark,
Eight human souls, a little crew,
Entered on his ark.
Jehovah shut them in,
The waters rage, the billows roar;
The Lord has shut them in.
The waters rage, the billows roar;
Jehovah shut them in.",4/4
507,507,Sermon on the Mount,A. M. Cagle,1959,Holy Bible: Matthew 5,,Prose,"And seeing the multitudes,
He went up into a mount;
And when He was set,
His disciples came unto Him.
He opened His mouth,
There blessings poured out
To the children about
And none were left out.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see the kingdom of heav’n.
The meek He blessed with righteousness,
The weak, the dumb, the blind ones too,
Will sing to His praise when we all reach home.",Multiple
510,510,Corley,Richard L. DeLong,1988,Marcus M. Wells,1858,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Holy Spirit, faithful guide,
Ever near the Christian’s side;
Gently lead us by the hand,
Pilgrims in a barren land;
Weary souls fore’er rejoice
While they hear that sweetest voice
Whisper softly, “Follow me,
I’ll guide thee home.”
Ever present, truest friend,
Ever near Thine aid to lend,
Leave us not to doubt and fear,
Groping on in darkness drear;
",4/4
511,511,The Great Redeemer,E. Foy Frederick,1959,Anne Steele,1760,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Look up, my soul, with cheerful eyes,
See where the great Redeemer lives,
I’ll build an altar to His name,
And to the world proclaim His grace.",4/4
512,512,The Spirit Shall Return,J. Elmer Kitchens,1959,Holy Bible: Ecclesiastes,,Prose,"When the sun, or the light,
Or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened,
Or the clouds return after the rain,
Or the silver cord be loosed,
Then shall the dust return
To the earth as it was,
And the spirit shall return
To God who gave it.",3/4
513,513,Joyful,B. F. White,1855,Isaac Watts,1724,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Am I a soldier of the cross,
A foll’wer of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause,
Or blush to speak His name?
Must I be carried to the skies
On flow’ry beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
And sailed through bloody seas?
Oh, that will be joyful to meet
To part no more
On Canaan’s happy shore;
We all shall meet at Jesus’ feet
With those who’ve gone before.
Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?
Is this vile world a friend to grace
To help me on to God?
Sure I must fight if I would reign;
Increase my courage, Lord;
I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by Thy Word.
",6/4
515,515,Federal Street,H. K. Oliver,1832,Isaac Watts,1709,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in Thy Word;
But in Thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.
Such was Thy truth and such Thy zeal,
Such def’rence to Thy Father’s will;
Such love and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer;
The desert Thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and Thy vict’ry, too.
Be Thou my pattern; make me bear
More of Thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name,
Among the foll’wers of the Lamb.",2/2
516,516,DeLong,Hugh W. McGraw,1985,John Blain,1834,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","And now, my friends, both old and young,
I hope in Christ you’ll still go on;
And if on earth we meet no more,
Oh may we meet on Canaan’s shore.
I hope you’ll all remember me
If you on earth no more I see;
An int’rest in your prayers I crave,
That we may meet beyond the grave.
How oft I’ve seen your flowing tears
And heard you tell your hopes and fears;
Your hearts with love were seen to flame,
Which makes me hope we’ll meet again.
Ye mourning souls, lift up your eyes
To glorious mansions in the skies;
Oh trust His grace — in Canaan’s land
We’ll no more take the parting hand.
Oh glorious day, Oh blessed hope!
My soul leaps forward at the thought;
When on that happy, happy land,
We’ll no more take the parting hand.
But with our blessed holy Lord,
We’ll shout and sing with one accord.
And there we’ll all with Jesus dwell,
So loving Christians, fare you well!",6/4
517,517,Mars Hill,Hugh W. McGraw,1959,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","How shall the young secure their hearts
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy Word the choicest rule imparts,
To keep the conscience clean.
The Word is everlasting truth,
How pure is ev’ry page!
That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.",4/4
518,518,Heavenly Anthem,Paine Denson,1950,"Holy Bible: Psalm 19:1-4, 7-8, 11, 14",,Prose,"The heavens declare the glory of God;
The firmament showeth His handiwork,
Day unto day utt’reth speech,
Night unto night showeth knowledge,
There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard,
Their line is gone through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
Converting the soul,
The testimony of the Lord is sure,
Making the wise simple,
The statues of the Lord are right,
Rejoicing the heart:
The commandment of the Lord is pure,
Enlightening the eyes.
Moreover, by them is Thy servant warned.
Let the words of my mouth
And the meditations of my heart
Be acceptable in Thy sight, Oh Lord,
My strength and my Redeemer.",4/4
521,521,Parting Friends,R. A. Conant,1959,Primitive Hymns,1858,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Our cheerful voices let us raise,
And sing a parting song;
Although I’m with you now, my friends,
I can’t be with you long.
For I must go and leave you all;
It fills my heart with pain;
Although we part, perhaps in tears,
I hope we’ll meet again.",2/4
522,522,Ye Heedless Ones,A. M. Cagle,1959,New England Sunday School Hymn Book,1830,"Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)","Ye heedless ones who wildly stroll,
The grave will soon become your bed,
Where silence reigns and vapors roll
In solemn darkness ’round your head.
Your friends will pass the lonesome place
And with a sigh move slowly on
Still gazing on the spires of grass,
With which your graves are overgrown.",4/4
523,523,Pleyel’s Hymn,Ignaz Joseph Pleyel,,John Newton,1779,"7s (7,7,7,7)","Sinner, art thou still secure?
Wilt thou still refuse to pray?
Can thy heart or hands endure
In the Lord’s avenging day?
Lord, prepare us by Thy grace,
Soon we must resign our breath,
And our souls be called to pass,
Through the iron gate of death.
Let us now our day improve,
Listen to the gospel voice;
Seek the things that are above;
Scorn the world’s pretended joys.",2/2
524,524,The Twenty-Third Psalm,Paine Denson,1950,Holy Bible: Psalm 23,,Prose,"The Lord is my Shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down
In green pastures;
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths
Of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For Thou art with me;
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
In the presence of my enemies;
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over;
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell
In the house of the Lord forever.",4/4
527,527,My Life and Breath,Hugh W. McGraw,1959,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","He saw me sinking in distress,
And flew to my relief,
For me He bore the shameful cross,
And carried all my grief.
To Him I owe my life and breath
And all the joys I have,
He makes me triumph over death,
And saves me from the grave.
To heav’n the place of His abode,
He brings my weary feet;
Shows me the glories of my God,
And makes my joys complete.
",4/4
528,528,Showers of Blessings,A. A. Blocker,1959,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high,
Over the heav’ns He spreads His clouds,
And waters veil the sky.
He sends His show’rs of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown;
And corn in valleys grow.",4/4
530,530,A Glad New Song,T. B. McGraw,1959,Jonathan B. Atchinson,1891,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","I’ve learned to sing a glad, new song,
Of praise unto our King!
And now with all my ransomed pow’rs
His praises I will sing.
I’ve learned to sing the song of peace,
’Tis sweeter ev’ry day,
Since Jesus calmed my troubled soul,
And bore my sins away.
I’ve learned to sing the song of joy,
My cup is running o’er
With blessings full of peace and love,
And still there’s more and more.
Soon I shall sing the glad, new song,
Of Moses and the Lamb,
With all the sainted hosts above,
Before the great I Am.",4/4
531,531,Dura,H. M. Blackmon,1959,Dura Ann Campbell Blackmon,1859,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Dear Lord, forgive my sins, I pray,
And lead me in the narrow way,
Oh Lord, give me strength by day,
Have mercy, Lord, for this I pray.",3/4
532,532,Peace and Joy,Paine Denson,1959,John Bowring,1825,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","In the cross of Christ I glory,
Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story,
Gathers ’round its head sublime.
When the woes of life o’ertake me,
Hopes deceive and fears annoy;
Never shall the cross forsake me,
Lo! it glows with peace and joy.
When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way;
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds more luster to the day.
Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the cross are satisfied;
Peace is there that knows no measure,
Joys that from all time abide.",4/4
534,534,New Georgia,Ruth Denson Edwards,1959,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The mighty hand of God doth reign,
As in the ages past;
His blood has entered death’s domain
To guide us home at last.
His praise we’ll sing the earth around,
And upward lift our eyes
While slumb’ring tenants of the ground
In living armies rise.
When sun and moon, and earth, and stars,
And time shall be no more,
Through His own blood and battle scars,
We’ll land on Canaan’s shore.
His praise forever we shall sing,
And mount the upper sky;
And to the palace of our king
On wings of love we’ll fly.",4/4
535,535,Shawmut,Lowell Mason,,Charles Wesley,1759,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","Oh that I could repent!
With all my idols part,
And to Thy gracious eye present,
A humble contrite heart.
A heart with grief oppressed,
For having grieved my God;
A troubled heart that cannot rest,
Till sprinkled with Thy blood.
Jesus on me bestow
The penitent desire:
With true sincerity of woe
My aching breast inspire.
With soft’ning pity look,
And melt my hardness down;
Strike the love’s resistless stroke,
And break this heart of stone.",4/4
536,536,Sweet Majesty,A. M. Cagle,1959,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh, the delights, the heav’nly joys,
The glories of the place,
Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams,
Of His o’erflowing grace.
Sweet majesty and awful love
Sit smiling on His brow,
And all the glorious ranks above,
At humble distance bow.",4/4
538,538,Hampton,Eliakim Doolittle,1806,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Ye flow’ry plains, proclaim His skill;
Valleys lie low before His eye;
And let His praise from ev’ry hill
Rise tuneful to the neighb’ring sky.
Speak of the wonders of that love
Which Gabriel plays on ev’ry chord;
From all below, and all above,
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord.",4/4
539,539,Supplication,Floyd M. Frederick,1959,E. Foy Frederick,1959,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Glory to Thee, my God on high,
For all the blessings of this life;
Oh, let Thy mercy fill my heart,
And let all fears from me depart.
Oh, let Thy thought and praise arise
In grateful anthems in the skies;
Take Thou my soul when life is o’er,
To live with Thee forever more.",4/4
540,540,Nidrah,Raymond C. Hamrick,1982,Samuel Stennett,1787,"Short Meter Double (6,6,8,6,6,6,8,6)","How charming is the place
Where my Redeemer God
Unveils the beauties of His face
And sheds His love abroad.
Give me, Oh Lord, a place
Within Thy blest abode,
Among the children of Thy grace,
The servants of my God.",6/4
541,541,Home of the Blest,D. W. DeLong,1859,Missouri Minstrel,1826,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Why should our tears in sorrow flow
When God recalls His own,
And bids them leave a world of woe
For an eternal home?
Their toils are past, their work is done,
And they are fully blest,
They fought the fight, the vict’ry won,
And entered into rest.",4/4
542,542,I’ll Seek His Blessings,A. M. Cagle,1959,,,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","My hope is in the Lord,
The blessed, bleeding Lamb,
I’ll seek His blessings ev’ry noon,
And pay my vows at night.",4/4
543,543,Thou Art God,Ruth Denson Edwards,1959,Isaac Watts,1719,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
Through endless years the same.
Under the shadow of Thy throne,
Still may we dwell secure,
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.",4/4
544,544,Praise Him,H. N. McGraw,1960,,,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","I’ll praise Him while He gives me breath,
I long to praise Him after death.
I’ll praise Him when I’m called to die,
And shout salvation when I die.
Time soon shall stop my fleeting breath,
And in His arms resigned to death,
My trembling soul to all can tell
That Jesus doeth all things well.
Then I shall see Him face to face,
And praise Him in that holy place.
My theme Through all eternity
Shall glory, glory, glory be.",4/4
545,545,The Pilgrim’s Way,Irene Parker Denson,1959,,,"8s,7s Double (8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7)","Dark and thorny is the desert,
Through which pilgrims make their way.
But beyond this vale of sorrow
Is a land of perfect day.
Tired and thirsty are the pilgrims
As they cross the burning sand,
But the Master walks beside them
Till they reach the heav’nly land.",6/4
546,546,My Brightest Days,O. A. Parris,1959,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","My God, the spring of all my joys,
The life of my delights,
The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights.
In darkest shades if He appears,
My dawning is begun,
He is my soul’s sweet morning star,
And He’s my rising sun.",4/4
547,547,Granville,Judy Hauff,1986,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Remember, Lord, our mortal state;
How frail our lives! how short the date!
Where is the man that draws his breath,
Safe from disease, secure from death?
Lord, while we see whole nations die,
Our flesh and sense repine and cry;
Must death forever rage and reign?
Or hast Thou made mankind in vain?",3/2
548,548,Wootten,Hugh W. McGraw,1976,Hugh McGraw,1976,Irregular,"I soon shall view the promised land,
I soon shall sing with the angels’ band,
For Jesus’ blood has made me free;
And I soon shall sing in eternity.
I want to live for Jesus ev’ry day,
I want to sing His praises once again,
I want to feel that He is ever near,
To guard and guide my weary soul
To that eternal world of joy.",4/4
549,549,Phillips Farewell,Hugh McGraw,1962,George Phillips,1962,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","My days on earth are almost gone,
The things I want cannot be won;
It is the Lord that freely gives;
It’s where He lives I want to live.
It is one thing I surely know,
It is to heav’n I want to go
To sing His praise where angels sing,
To praise my Lord and Savior King.
My life has been to sing God’s praise
In hope of the eternal days;
I mean to do the best I can
And meet you in the promised land.
My friends have been so good to me,
And where you go I want to be;
My love for you no tongue can tell,
Dear loving friends, so fare you well.",2/2
550,550,Blissful Dawning,A. M. Cagle,1959,Isaac Watts,1707,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","My God, the spring of all my joys,
The life of my delight,
The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights.
In darkest shades if Thou appear,
My blissful dawning is begun,
Thou art my soul’s sweet morning star,
And Thou my rising sun.",4/4
551,551,Jacob’s Vision,Margaret Wright,1959,Evangelical Association Hymns,1850,"Particular Meter: 11,12,12,12","As Jacob with travel was weary one day,
And at night on a stone for a pillow he lay,
There he saw in a vision a ladder so high,
That its foot was on earth and its top in the sky.
Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,
And hath raised up a ladder of mercy for me.
The ladder is long, it is strong and well-made,
It stood hundreds of years, and is not yet decayed;
Many millions have climbed it and reached Zion’s hill,
And thousands by faith are now climbing it still.
Come, let us ascend! All may climb it who will,
For the angels of Jacob are guarding it still.
There are regions of light, there are mansions of bliss,
Oh, then, who would not climb such a ladder as this?",4/4
553,553,Anthem on the Beginning,Paine Denson,1950,Holy Bible: John 1:1-10,,Prose,"In the beginning was the Word,
And the Word was with God,
And the Word was God,
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by Him,
And without Him was not anything made
That was made.
In Him was life; and the life was the light of men,
And the light shineth in darkness,
And the darkness comprehendeth it not.
There was a man sent from God,
Whose name was John,
Who came to bear witness of that light,
That all men through Him might believe.
John was not that Light,
But was sent to bear witness of that light,
The true light that cometh into the world,
And the world was made by Him.",4/4
556,556,Portland,Abraham Maxim,1802,Isaac Watts,1719,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
Oh, may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.
Then shall I see, and hear and know,
All I desired and wished below;
And ev’ry pow’r find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.",4/4
558,558,Living Streams,T. B. McGraw,1959,Robertson’s Psalter,1872,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","My Shepherd is the Lord most high,
And all my wants He will supply,
In pastures green he makes me lie,
And leads by streams that never die.
He in His mercy doth restore,
My soul when sinking in distress,
For His name’s sake He evermore
Leads me in paths of righteousness.
Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale,
E’en there no evil shall I fear,
Because Thy presence shall not fail.
Thy rod and staff my soul shall cheer.
For me a table Thou hast spread
Before the faces of my foes;
With oil Thou dost anoint my head,
My cup is full and overflows.",4/4
560,560,My Home,H. R. Avery,1959,,,Irregular,"We are told there is a home
In a land beyond the sky,
I hope to reach that happy place
Where the soul never dies,
And when my blessed Savior bids me come,
Then I shall live in heav’n above,
And see my Savior’s face.
I’ll thank Him for His Son
And Praise His saving grace,
And wonders of His love.",4/4
562,562,Infinite Delight,T. B. McGraw,1959,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","Oh may our humble spirits stand
Among them clothed in white.
The lowest place at His right hand
Is infinite delight.
How will our joy and wonder rise,
When our returning King
Shall bear us homeward through the skies
On love’s triumphant wing.
Behold, what heav’nly prophets sang
Is now at last fulfilled,
That death should yield his ancient reign
And vanquish quite the field.
Let faith exalt her joyful voice,
And thus begin to sing,
Oh grave, where is thy triumph now,
And where, Oh death, thy sting?",4/4
564,564,Zion,John T. Hocutt,1959,,,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","While trav’ling down life’s weary road
Of troubles and despair,
We sometimes long for peace and joy
That waits God’s children there.
No pain nor death will we see there
On that delightful shore,
But all will be peace, joy, and love
With Christ forevermore.",4/4
565,565,The Hill of Zion,B. F. White,1859,Isaac Watts,1707,"Short Meter (6,6,8,6)","The hill of Zion yields,
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heav’nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And ev’ry tear be dry;
We’re marching through Immanuel’s ground,
To fairer worlds on high.",3/4
566,566,Hebron,Lowell Mason,1823,Isaac Watts,1707,"Long Meter (8,8,8,8)","Thus far the Lord hath led me on,
Thus far His pow’r prolonged my days;
And ev’ry ev’ning shall make known
Some fresh memorials of His grace.
Much of my time has run to waste,
And I, perhaps, am near my home.
But He forgives my follies past,
And gives me strength for days to come.
I lay my body down to sleep,
Peace is the pillow for my head;
While well-appointed angels keep
Their watchful stations ’round my bed.",4/4
567,567,The Great Day,J. P. Reese,1859,,,Irregular,"I’ve a long time heard that there will be a judgment,
That there will be a judgment in that day.
Oh, sinner, where will you stand in that day?
I’ve a long time heard that the sun will be darkened,
That the sun will be darkened in that day.
Oh, sinner, where will you stand in that day?
I’ve a long time heard that the earth will be burning,
That the earth will be burning in that day.
Oh, sinner, where will you stand in that day?",2/4
568,568,I Want to Go to Heaven,J. Elmer Kitchens,1959,,,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","I want to go to heav’n, I do,
I want to see His face,
I want to hear Him sweetly say,
Come dwell with me at home.
I’m going home to be with Him,
To live through endless days,
And there with saints and angels join,
In hymns of joyful praise.
I want to work each day I live,
And do my Master’s will,
A life of faithful service give,
My mission to fulfill.
",4/4
569b,569,Sacred Throne,Hugh Wilson,1800,John Kent,1835,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Beneath the sacred throne of God
I saw a river rise;
The streams where peace and pard’ning blood
Descended from the skies.
I stood amazed and wondered when
Or why this ocean rose;
That wafts salvation down to man,
His traitors and His foes.
That sacred flood from Jesus’ veins
Was free to make away;
And Mary’s or Manasseh’s stains,
Or sins more vile than they.",3/4
569t,569,Emmaus,Raymond C. Hamrick,1975,Anne Steele,1760,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Dear Lord, what heav’nly wonders dwell
In Thy atoning blood;
By this are sinners snatched from hell
And rebels brought to God.
Oh may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill ev’ry heart and tongue;
Till strangers love Thy charming name,
And join the sacred song.",2/2
570,570,Farewell to All,Hugh McGraw,1985,B. Hicks,1832,"Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)","The time is swiftly rolling on
When I must faint and die;
My body to the dust return,
And there forgotten lie.
My little children, near my heart,
And nature seems to bind;
It grieves me sorely to depart
And leave you all behind.
Let persecution rage around,
And antichrist appear,
My silent dust beneath the ground,
There’s no disturbance there.
Though I can never come to thee;
Let not this grieve your heart;
For you will shortly come to me,
Where we shall never part.",4/4
571,571,Penitence,Raymond C. Hamrick,1966,Joseph Swain,,"11s,8s Double (11,8,11,8,11,8,11,8)","Oh, why should I wander a stranger from Thee,
Or cry in the desert for bread?
My foes will rejoice all my sorrows to see,
And smile at the tears I have shed.
Ye daughters of Zion, declare, have you seen
The star that on Israel shone?
Say, if in your tents my beloved has been,
And where with His flocks He has gone.
Oh Thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight
On whom in affliction I call;
My comfort by day and my song in the night
My hope, my salvation, my all.
Where dost Thou at noontime reside with Thy sheep
To feed on the pastures of love?
Say why in the valley of death should I weep,
Or lonely the wilderness rove?",6/4
572,572,The Lamb of God,Priestley Miller,1966,Holy Bible: Matthew 3:1; John 1:29,,Prose,"In those days came John the Baptist,
Preaching in the wilderness,
Crying with a loud voice, saying,
“Behold, the Lamb of God,
Which taketh away the sins of the world.”",4/4
573,573,Harpeth Valley,A. M. Cagle,1966,Samuel Longfellow,1864,"Common Meter (8,6,8,6)","Where prophet’s word and martyr’s blood,
And prayers of saints were sown.
We to their labors ent’ring in
Would reap where they have sown.
Oh Thou whose call our hearts has stirred!
To do Thy will we come.
Thrust in our sickles at Thy word
And bear our harvest home.",4/4