Hymn book for Christian worship

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HYMN BOOK

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Abide with me ! Fast falls the eventide According to thy gracious word A charge to keep I have Affliction's faded form draws nigh . Again the day returns of holy rest Again the Lord of life and light Alas ! how poor and little worth . All earthly charms, however dear All hail the power of Jesus' name ! All nature's works His praise declare All-powerful, self-existent God All-seeing God ! 't is thine to know . Almighty Father, gracious Lord . Almighty God ! before whose throne Almighty God ! in humble prayer Almighty Maker, God ! .

Almighty Maker, Lord of all Am I a soldier of the cross Amidst a world of hopes and fears And art thou with us, gracious Lord And is the Gospel peace and love ? And shall I sit alone .... Angel ! roll the stone away ! . . .

Another fleeting day is gone ! . Another six days' work is done . Approach not the altar with gloom in thy soul Are not thy mercies large and free ? a*

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Around Betliesda's healing wave Around the throne of God . As body when the soul has fled As every day thy mercy spares . As Jesus sought his wandering sheep Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep ! . As o'er the past my memory strays . A soldier's course from battles won As the chased hart, midst sultry beams As the sun's enlivening eye As various as the moon , At God's command, the morning ray . Author of good, we rest on thee Awake, my soul, and with the sun Awake, my soul ! lift up thine eyes . Awake, my soul ! stretch every nerve . Awake, our souls ! and bless His name Awake, our souls ; away, our fears Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes Away from every mortal care Away, ye ceaseless doubts and fears

Back to the world we 've faithless turned Before Jehovah's awful throne . Before the hills in order stood Before the mournful scene began Before thy mercy's throne . . Behold the amazing sight . Behold the beauteous western light Behold, the blind their sight receive ! Behold the man ! how glorious he ! Behold, the morning sun . . . Behold the Prince of Peace ! Behold us, Lord ! with humble fear . Behold, where in a mortal form . Begin, my soul, the exalted lay Be it my only wisdom here . Beneath our feet and o'er our head . Beset with snares on every hand .

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Be still ! be still ! for all around

Be still, my heart ! these anxious cares

Be thou ready, fellow-mortal

Be with me, Lord, where'er I go .

Beyond, beyond that boundless sea

Blessed be for evermore ....

Blessed be Thy name for ever .

Bless, O my soul, the living God .

Blest are the humble souls that see .

" Blest are the meek," he said

Blest are the pure in heart

Blest are the sons of peace ....

Blest are the souls that hear and know

Blest hour, when mortal man retires

Blest Instructor, from thy ways

Blest is the man who fears the Lord

Bound upon the accursed tree .

Bread of heaven ! on thee we feed

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning

Bright was the guiding star, that led .

Brother, hast thou wandered far

Brother, thou art gone before us .

Burden of shame and woe ! . . .

By cool Siloam's shady rill ....

By glimmering hopes and gloomy fears .

Called by the Sabbath bells away Calm on the listening ear of night . Child, amidst the flowers at play . Child of the earth, O lift thy glance . Children of light, awake ! . . . . Children of the Heavenly King Christ leads me through no darker rooms Christ, whose glory fills the skies Clay to clay, and dust to dust ! . Come, all ye souls by sin oppressed . Come, and before we bid adieu . Come, blessed Spirit, source of light Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove .

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Come hither, all ye weary souls 248

Come, Holy Spirit, calm my mind 364

Come, Holy Spirit, come ! 372

Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 354

Come, kingdom of our God ....... 559

Come, let us join our cheerful songs 344

Come, my soul ! thy suit prepare . . - ,_ ... 43

Come, said Jesus' sacred voice 245

Come, sound his praise ahroad 58

*' Come ! " the Saviour's voice is calling 389

Come, thou Almighty King ! 2

Come, thou long-expected Jesus ! 241

Come to me, thoughts of heaven ! 506

Come to the house of prayer ..... , . 4

Come unto me, all ye who mourn 246

Come to the morning prayer 500

Come, wandering sheep ! come ! 392

Come, weary souls, with sin distressed 247

Come, we that love the Lord . . . . . . . 602

Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish 240

Commit thou all thy griefs 206

Dark, dark indeed, the grave would be 653

Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness .... 306

Day by day the manna fell 556

Day unto day doth utter speech 100

Dear thy memory, Saviour blest 3H

Deem not that they are blest alone 634

Dread Sovereign ! let my evening song 92

Early, my God, without delay 62

Earth has a joy unknown in heaven 385

Earth's busy sounds and ceaseless din 54

" Eat, drink, in memory of your friend ! '* 332

Ere mountains reared their forms sublime . . . . 138

Eternal and immortal King ! 167

Eternal God, almighty Cause 108

Eternal God ! how frail is man ! 641

Eternal Source of every joy ! 704

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Eternal Source of life and light ! . Eternal Source of life and thought ! Eternal Wisdom ! thee we praise .

Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss

Eaith, hope, and charity, these three

Faith is the Christian's prop

Far from mortal cares retreating .

Far from the world, Lord ! I flee .

Father and Friend ! thy light, thy love

Father divine ! before thy view .

" Father divine ! " the Saviour cried

Father, I know that all my life .

Father in heaven, to thee our hearts

Father, I will not pray

Father of all, in whom, alone

Father of all our mercies, thou

Father of light ! conduct my feet

Father of lights ! we sing thy name .

Father of me and all mankind

Father of mercies ! God of love !

Father of mercies ! in thy word .

Father of our feeble race .

Father, thy gentle chastisement .

Father ! thy paternal care

Father ! to thy kind love we owe .

Father ! when o'er our trembling hearts

Fear was within the tossing bark .

Feeble, helpless, how shall I

Followers of Christ ! arise .

For all thy saints, O God .

For ever with the Lord !

Forgive us, for thy mercy's sake

Forth from the dark and stormy sky

Forth went the heralds of the cross .

For what shall I praise thee, my God and my King

Fountain of all-sufficient bliss !

Friend after friend departs .

From all that dwell below the skies

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Prom Christ, my Lord, shall I depart 474

From every stormy wind that blows 566

From foes that would the land devour 726

From Greenland's icy mountains 689

From north and south, from east and west 320

From Olivet's sequestered seats 269

From the table now retiring 347

Giver of peace and unity 480

Give thanks to God most high 136

Give to our God immortal praise 170

Give to the winds thy fears 461

Glorious things of thee are spoken 302

Glory be to God on high 68

Glory of thy Father's face ! 329

Glory to thee, my God, this night 93

Glory to thee, whose powerful word 729

God, in the high and holy place 164

God is a Spirit, just and wise . 491

God is love ; his mercy brightens 158

God moves in a mysterious way 157

God ! my Supporter and my Hope 517

God of eternity ! from thee 627

God of my life ! through all its days 117

God of my life ! whose gracious power 192

God of the changing year ! whose arm of power .... 702

God of the rolling orbs above ! 149

God's power directs the rushing wind 202

God, thou art good ! each perfumed flower . . . . 180

God, to correct a guilty world 720

God, who is just and kind 537

Go in peace ! — serene dismission 756

Gone are those great and good 727

Go to dark Gethsemane 275

Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime 657

Go when the morning shineth 560

Gracious Source of every blessing! 744

Gracious Spirit, Love divine ! 366

Greatest of beings I Source of life 110

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Great Father of mankind ! . Great Father of our feeble race Great Former of this various frame ! . Great Framer of unnumbered worlds Great God ! attend, while Zion sings Great God, how infinite art thou ! Great God ! in vain man's narrow view Great God ! let all our tuneful powers Great God, my Father and my Friend . Great God ! the followers of thy Son Great God ! this sacred day of thine Great God, we sing that mighty hand Great God, whose universal sway Great is the Lord our God ! Great Lord of earth, and seas, and skies Great Ruler of all nature's frame Great Ruler of the earth and skies Great Source of life and light . Great Source of life, our souls confess . Great Source of unexhausted good . Green pastures and clear streams Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Hail the day that sees him rise

Hail to the Lord's anointed ! . . .

Hail to the Sabbath day ! . . . .

Happy the man, whose cautious steps

Happy the meek, whose gentle breast .

Hark, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes !

Hark ! what celestial sounds

Hath not thy heart within thee burned

Hear, O my people ! to my law .

Hear what God, the Lord, hath spoken .

Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims

Heave, mighty ocean, heave . . .

He dies ! the friend of sinners dies !

He knelt, — the Saviour knelt and prayed

Here, gracious God ! do thou

Here hope and faith their links unite

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Here, in the broken bread . Here to the High and Holy One High on a hill of dazzling light . Holy and reverend is the name . Holy Father, thou hast taught me Holy Spirit, from on high Holy Spirit ! source of gladness . How are thy servants blest, O Lord I How beauteous are their feet How beautiful the sight . How blest are they, O gracious Lord How blest are they who always keep How blest is he, who ne'er consents How blest the righteous when he dies How blest the sacred tie that binds How did ray heart rejoice to hear How gentle God's commands ! How gracious and how v/ise How happy is he born and taught How large the promise, how divine . How little of ourselves we know . How long shall dreams of earthly bliss How pleasant, how divinely fair . How precious is the book divine How rich the blessings, O my God How rich thy gifts, Almighty King ! How shall the young secure their hearts How shall we praise thee. Lord of light ? How sweet, how calm, this Sabbath morn How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound How sweet to hail the early dawn How sweet, upon this sacred day How swift the torrent rolls . How vast the treasure we possess ! How welcome thy returning beams How wondrous great, how glorious bright

I am free ! I am free ! I have broken away If death mv friend and me divide

If, in a temple made with hands

If Providence to tiy my heart .

If solid happiaess we prize .

I lift my heart to thee

I '11 praise my Maker with my breath

Imposture shrinks from light .

In glad amazement, Lord, I stand

In Israel's fane, by silent night .

In Judah's rugged wilderness

In paths unknown God leads us on

In pleasant lands have fallen the lines

In sleep's serene oblivion laid .

Interval of grateful shade

In the broad fields of heaven .

In the cross of Christ I glory

In the morning I will pray

In the soft season of thy youth

In time of tribulation

In trouble and in grief, God

In vain the erring world inquires

In vain we thus recall to mind

I sing the almighty power of God

Israel's Shepherd, guide us, feed us

Is there no kind, no lenient art .

" Is this a fast for me ? "

It is finished ! glorious word

It is the hour of prayer

I travel all the irksome night .

I want a principle within

I want the spirit of power within

I would not live alway : I ask not to

Jehovah God ! thy gracious power Jerusalem ! my glorious home ! . Jesus, and can it ever be . Jesus, Lover of my soul Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Jesus, the Friend of man Jesus, we thy promise claim b stay

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John was the prophet of the Lord 237

Joj to the world ! the Lord is come ! 235

Just as I am, — without one plea 684

Know, my soul, thy full salvation 509

Laborers of Christ, arise 423

Leader of Israel's host, and Guide 356

Let all the heathen writers join 219

Let everlasting glories crown 310

Let every mortal ear attend 244

Let faith arise and climb the hills 662

Let not the wise their wisdom boast 297

Let one loud song of praise arise 15

Let others boast how strong they be 645

Let party names no more 478

Let plenteous grace descend on those 340

Let us with a joyful mind 124

Light immortal ! Light divine ! 359

Like shadows gliding o'er the plain 624

Lo, God is here ! let us adore . .' 27

Lo, my Shepherd's hand divine ! 183

Look back, my soul, with grateful love 580

Lord ! before thy presence come 31

Lord ! deliver ; thou canst save 708

Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing 741

Lord, from thine inmost glory send 3

Lord, have mercy when we pray 410

Lord, how secure and blest are they 395

Lord, I believe a rest remains 586

Lord, I believe ; thy power I own 541

Lord, I have made thy word my choice 218

Lord ! in heaven, thy dwelling-place 29

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear 79

Lord, in the unbeginning years 163

Lord, lead the way the Saviour went 711

Lord of the Sabbath ! hear our vows . . . . . 30

Lord of the wide extended main ! 728

Lord of the worlds above 49

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Lord of the worlds below ! . ... Lord, teach us how to pray aright Lord, thou art good ! all nature shows . Lord ! thou didst arise and say Lord, thou, with an unerring beam Lord ! we adore thy vast designs Lord ! we have made our steadfast choice ! . Lord, we have wandered from thy way Lord, when I quit this earthly stage Lord ! when we bend before thy throne . Lord 1 while for all mankind we pray ~ Lord, with glowing heart I '11 praise thee Lo !, the day of rest declineth . . . . Lo, the lilies of the field ! ...

Love divine, all love excelling "Lovest thou me ? " I hear my Saviour say Lowly and solemn be . . .

Mark the soft-falling snow

May I resolve, with all my heart

May the grace of Christ, our Saviour

Millions within thy courts have been .

Mighty God ! the first, the last !

Morning breaks upon the tomb ! .

My country, 't is of thee ....

My days, and weeks, and months, and years

My dear Redeemer and my Lord

My Father ! — cheering name ! . . .

My Father ! I adore ....

My Father, let me hear thy voice

My God ! all nature owns thy sway

My God, I thank thee ! may no thought

My God, my everlasting hope .

My God, my King! thy various praise

My God, my strength, my hope

My God ! permit me not to be .

My God, the steps of pious men

My God, the visits of thy face

My God ! thy boundless love I praise

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My God, thy service well demands 486

My gracious Lord ! whose changeless lore .... 398

My gracious God, I own thy right 471

My helper, God ! I bless his name 707

My Maker and my King 121

My Shepherd is the living Lord 185

My soul before Thee prostrate lies 408

My soul, inspired with sacred love 114

My soul, repeat his praise - . 162

My soul shall praise thee, my God! 591

Naked, as from the earth we came 649

Nature with eternal youth 436

Not e'en a sparrow yields its breath . - 737

Not here, where met to think on Him 341

Not to the terrors of the Lord 298

Not with terror do we meet 331

Now doth the sun ascend the sky . . ." . . , .82

Now let our voices join 457

Now let the world agree 734

Now may He, who from the dead 738

Now Morning lifts her dewy veil .78

Now that the sun is beaming bright . . . , . . 85 Now the shades of night are gone . . . . . .80

Now to the Lord a noble song ! 213

O all ye nations, praise the Lord 746

O blessed souls are they 406

O bless the Lord, my soul ! . . ... . . . 130

O bow thine ear. Eternal One ! . . . . . . 28

O cease, my wandering soul 751

O come, loud anthems let us sing 65

O could we speak the matchless worth 291

O draw me, Father, after thee 582

O'er mountain-tops, the mount of God 293

O'er the dark wave of Galilee 266

O Father ! humbly we repose 513

O Father ! though the anxious fear 39

O Father ! with protecting care 13

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O for a closer walk with God . O God, accept the sacred hour O God ! mine inmost soul convert . O God, that mad'st the earth and sky O God, thou art my God alone . O God, to thee my sinking soul . O God ! to thee our hearts would pay O God ! we praise thee, and confess O God ! whose dread and dazzling brow O God, whose presence glows in all O happy Christian, who can trust O happy is the man who hears O happy soul, that lives on high O happy they who know the Lord O help us, Lord ! each hour of need . O, if thy brow, serene and calm . O, in the morn of life, when youth . O know ye not that ye . *' learn of me," the Saviour cried . O let my trembling soul be still . O Lord ! my best desires fulfil . Lord of life, and truth, and grace O Lord, our fathers oft have told Lord ! our Heavenly King O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart . O Lord ! where'er thy people meet O my soul, unceasing pray Once more, my soul, the rising day One prayer I have, — all prayers in one O not by solemn rites alone . " not for these alone I pray " O not to crush with abject fear On the dewy breath of even On thee, each morning, my God ! On the first Christian Sabbath eve . On, through Judaea's palmy plain On thy Church, POwer Divine Open, Lord, my inward ear . praise ye the Lord, his greatness proclaim 6*

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richly, Father, have I been

sacred Head, now wounded .

O say not, think not, heavenly notes .

sinner, bring not tears alone

O Source divine, and Life of all .

Source of uncreated light

O Spirit of the living God ! .

O stay thy tears ; for they are blest .

suffering Friend of human kind !

that I as a little child ....

that my heart was right with Thee .

O that the Lord would guide my ways

O Thou, from whom all goodness flows

O Thou, in whom the weary find

O Thou that hearest prayer ....

Thou that hear'st when sinners cry

Thou, to whom, in ancient time

O Thou to whose all-searching sight

O Thou, who all things dost control .

O Thou, who hast at thy command .

O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides

O timely happy, timely wise

Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed .

Our Father — God ! not face to face

Our Father, throned above the sky !

Our Father ! through the coming year

Our Heavenly Father calls . . . ,

Our Heavenly Father, hear

Our sins, alas ! how strong they be ! .

Our souls with pleasing wonder view

O what is life ? — 't is like a flower

O where are kings and empires now

O who shall say he knows the folds

ye immortal throng ....

Part in peace ! is day before us ? . Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan Praise the Lord ! ye heavens adore him Praise to God, immortal praise

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Praise to thee, thou great Creator! Praise ye Jehovah's name . Prayer is the soul's sincere desire

Quiet, Lord, my froward heart .

Raise your triumphant songs Rejoice, believer, in the Lord .

Rejoice in God alway

Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds " Remember me," the Saviour said Restore, Father ! to our times restore . Return, my roving heart, return . Return, my soul, and seek thy rest . Return, my soul, unto thy rest Ride on, ride on in majesty ! Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings Rock of Ages, cleft for me .

Saviour ! who thy flock art feeding . Scorn not the slightest word or deed . Searcher of hearts, before thy face . " See how he loved ! " exclaimed the Jews See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand . See the leaves around us falling . Servant of God, well done ! . , . She loved her Saviour, and to him Shepherd of Israel, hear my prayer . Shine forth, Eternal Source of light Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims . Sing we the song of those who stand Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord Sister, thou wast mild and lovely Slowly, by God's hand unfurled . So let our lips and lives express Sometimes a light surprises . Songs of praise the angels sang • .

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Sow in the morn thy seed Speak gently, — it is better far . Spirit of truth ! on this, thy day . Stand up, and bless the Lord . Supreme and universal Light ! Sure, to the mansions of the blest . Sweet is the bliss of souls serene . Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream Sweet is the task, Lord Sweet is the work, my God, my King

Take my heart, Father, take it

Teach me, my God and King .

Tell me not, in mournful numbers

Thanks for mercies past receive

That day of wrath, that dreadful day .

The angel comes ; he comes to reap .

The billows swell, the winds are high .

The bird that soars on highest wing .

The broken ties of happier days .

The Christian warrior, see him stand

The darkened sky, how thick it lowers !

The dews and rains, in all their store

The dove, let loose in Eastern skies

The glories of our birth and state

The glorious universe around

The God of glory walks his round .

The God of harvest praise .

The God of mercy will indulge

The God who reigns alone .

The heavenly spheres to thee, O God

The heaven of heavens cannot contain .

The heavens declare thy glory. Lord !

The heavens invite mine eye

The leaves around me falling .

The Lord descended from above .

The Lord is my shepherd, no want shall I know

The Lord Jehovah reigns ....

The Lord Jehovah, slow to wrath

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The Lord my pasture shall prepare

The Lord my Shepherd is .

The Lord our God is full of might

The mellow eve is gliding

The morning dawns upon the place

The morning light is breaking .

The ocean looketh up to heaven .

The offerings to Thy throne which rise

The perfect world, by Adam trod

The promises I sing ....

The race that long in darkness pined .

There is a book, who runs may read

There is a glorious world of light

There is a God, all nature speaks *

There is a land mine eye hath seen

There is a land of pure delight

There seems a voice in every gale

There 's not a hope with comfort fraught

The saints on earth and those above

The Saviour comes ! no outward pomp

The Son of God gave thanks

The Spirit breathes upon the word .

The Spirit, in our hearts

The swift-declining day .

The swift not always in the race .

The uplifted eye and bended knee .

The vineyard of the Lord .

The wandering star and fleeting wind

The winds are hushed ; the peaceful moon

The winds were howling o'er the deep

The winter is over and gone .

The year begins with promises

They who on the Lord rely .

They who seek the throne of grace .

Thine influence, mighty God ! is felt .

Think gently of the erring one !

Thou art gone to the grave ; but we will

Thou art, God, the life and light .

Thou art the Way ; and he who sighs .

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Thou art the Way : hy thee alone 255 j

Thou hidden love of God, whose height 529 |

Thou hidden Source of calm repose 530

Thou, Lord, through every changing scene 153

Thou seest my feebleness 391

Thou, who didst stoop below 276

Thou who dwell'st enthroned above ! Ill

Thou, whose almighty word 363

Thrice happy souls, who, born from heaven .... 431

Through all the changing scenes of life 122

Through all the various shifting scene 187

Through endless years thou art the same 204

Through night to light ! And though to mortal eyes . . 681

Through shades and solitudes profound 631

Through sorrow's night, and danger's path .... 621

Through thee as we together came . . . . . . 351

Through thee, O Lord, we own 411

Thus far on life's perplexing path 622

Thus far the Lord has led me on 102

Thus said Jesus : Go and do 250

Thus shalt thou love the Almighty Lord 479

Thus spake the Saviour, when he sent 309

Thy favors, Lord, surprise our souls 60

Thy goodness. Lord ! our souls confess 177

Thy gracious aid, great God, impart 745

Thy hand unseen sustains the poles ...... 160

Thy home is with the humble, Lord ! . . . . 432

Thy life I read, my dearest Lord I 324

Thy name, Almighty Lord 740

Thy sacred book we would survey 225

Thy way, O God ! is in the sea ...... 143

Times without number have I prayed 402

'T is by the faith of joys to come 426

" 'T is finished ! " so the Saviour cried 280

'T is gone, that bright and orbed blaze , . . . . 105

'T is wisdom's earnest cry 472

To all thy faithful people. Lord 755

To God the mighty Lord 118

To God the only wise 123