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Most Frequently Published Evangelical Hymns, 1737-1860 (Stephen Marini)1

Hymns by Rank 1 1 Jesus my all to heaven is gone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Come thou fount of every blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Come we that love the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Am I a soldier of the cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Blow ye the trumpet blow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How firm a foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 When I can read my title clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5 On Jordan’s stormy banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 All hail the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Children of the heavenly king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 He dies the friend of sinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7 Jerusalem my happy home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 There is a land of pure delight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 Alas and did my savior bleed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 10 Hark from the tombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

O for a closer walk with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11 Jesus lover of my soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Salvation o the joyful sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12 Come humble sinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

God moves in a mysterious way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Jesus and shall it ever be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

13 Father of mercies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Grace ‘tis a charming sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Why do we mourn departing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

14 How sweet the name of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 How tedious and tasteless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Rise my soul and stretch thy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

15 Before Jehovah’s awful throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Broad is the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Come let us join our cheerful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 From all that dwell below the skies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 From Greenland’s icy mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 How beauteous are their feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Let every mortal ear attend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Love divine all loves excelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Show pity lord o lord forgive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

16 Amazing grace how sweet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 All let this feeble body fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Awake and sing the song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1 Stephen A. Marini, “Hymnody as History: Early Evangelical Hymns and the Recovery of American Popular Religion,”

Church History 71/2 (2002): 273–306.

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Lord dismiss us with thy blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 O when shall I see Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

(16) Rejoice the Lord is king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Welcome sweet day of rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

17 Come Holy Spirit heavenly dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Glorious things of thee are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Mortals awake with angels join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sweet is the work my God my king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The day is past and gone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

18 Blest be the tie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Come ye sinners poor and wretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hark the herald angels sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Jesus shall reign where’er the sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Lord in the morning thou shalt hear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Now begin the heavenly theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Thus far the Lord has led me on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Ye wretched hungry starving poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

19 As on the cross the savior hung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Awake my soul in joyful lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Dismiss us with thy blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Glory to God on high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Glory to thee my God this night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 I’m not ashamed to own my lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Lord we come before thee now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 My god my life my love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 My god the spring of all my joys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 O for a thousand tongues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

20 And must this body die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Guide me o thou great Jehovah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Hark the glad sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lo he comes with clouds descending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Hymns by Author Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Glory to God on high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Anon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Jerusalem my happy home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Cennick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Children of the heavenly king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Jesus my all to heaven is gone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cowper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 God moves in a mysterious way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

O for a closer walk with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Doddridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Grace ‘tis a charming sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Hark the glad sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Fawcett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Blest be the tie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Lord dismiss us with thy blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Grigg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Jesus and shall it ever be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Awake and sing the song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Lord we come before thee now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Come ye sinners poor and wretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Dismiss us with thy blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Heber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 From Greenland’s icy mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Come humble sinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Glory to thee my God this night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Now begin the heavenly theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Leland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 The day is past and gone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

O when shall I see Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Awake my soul in joyful lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Mortals awake with angels join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Amazing grace how sweet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Glorious things of thee are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 How sweet the name of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

How tedious and tasteless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Peronnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 All hail the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Rippon’s Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 How firm a foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Come thou fount of every blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Seagraves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Rise my soul and stretch thy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Steele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Father of mercies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Ye wretched hungry starving poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Stennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 As on the cross the savior hung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

On Jordan’s stormy banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Alas and did my savior bleed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Am I a soldier of the cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 And must this body die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

(Watts cont.) Before Jehovah’s awful throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Broad is the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Come Holy Spirit heavenly dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Come let us join our cheerful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Come we that love the lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 From all that dwell below the skies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Hark from the tombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 He dies the friend of sinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 How beauteous are their feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 I’m not ashamed to own my lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Jesus shall reign where’er the sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Let every mortal ear attend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Lord in the morning thou shalt hear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 My god my life my love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 My god the spring of all my joys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Salvation o the joyful sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Show pity lord o lord forgive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Sweet is the work my God my king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 There is a land of pure delight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Thus far the Lord has led me on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Welcome sweet day of rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 When I can read my title clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Why do we mourn departing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Wesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 All let this feeble body fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Blow ye the trumpet blow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Hark the herald angels sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Jesus lover of my soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Lo he comes with clouds descending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Love divine all loves excelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 O for a thousand tongues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Rejoice the Lord is king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Guide me o thou great Jehovah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Title: Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone Rank: 1 Author: Cennick Printings: 58 1. Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone, He whom I fix my hopes upon; His track I see, and I’ll pursue The narrow way, till him I view. 2. 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. 3. No stranger may proceed therein, No lover of this world, and sin; No lion, no devouring care, No sin, nor sorrow shall be there; 4. No; nothing may go up thereon But traveling souls, may I be one; Wayfaring men to Canaan bound, Shall only in this way be found. 5. This is the way I long have sought, And mourned because I found it not; My grief a burden long has been, Because I could not cease from sin. 6. The more I strove against its power, I sinned and stumbled but the more; Until I heard my Savior say, “Come hither, soul, I am the Way.” 7. Lo glad I come, and thou blest Lamb, Shalt take me to thee, as I am; Nothing but sin I thee can give; Nothing but love would I receive. 8. 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.”

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Title: Come thou fount of every blessing Rank: 2 Author: Robinson Printings: 57 1. Come, thou Fount of every 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 God’s unchanging love! 2. Here I raise mine 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, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed his precious blood. 3. Oh, to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, Bind my wandering soul to thee! Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it! Prone to leave the God I love— Here’s my heart—Oh take and seal it! Seal it for thy courts above! 4. Oh that day when freed from sinning! I shall see thy lovely face! Clothed in thy blood-washed linen How I’ll sing thy sovereign grace! Come, dear Lord, no longer tarry, Take my raptured soul away; Send thine angels down to carry Me to realms of endless day. 5. If thou ever didst discover To my faith the promised land, Bid me now the stream pass over, On the heavenly borders stand; Now surmount whate’er opposes, And to thine embrace I’ll fly;

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Speak the word thus spake to Moses; Bid me, “Get me up and die.” Title: Come we that love the lord Rank: 3 Author: Watts Printings: 55 1. Come, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known, Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. 2. Let those refuse to sing That never knew our God; But servants of the heavenly King May speak their joys abroad. 3. The God that rules on high, That all the earth surveys That rides upon the stormy sky, And calms the roaring seas. 4. This awful God is ours, Our Father and our Love: Thou shalt send down his heavenly powers To carry us above. 5. There we shall see thy face, And never, never sin; There from the rivers of thy grace, Drink endless pleasures in. 6. Yes, and before we rise To that immortal state, The thoughts of such amazing bliss Should constant joys create. 7. The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. 8. Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry; We’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground To fairer worlds on high.

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Title: Am I a soldier of the cross Rank: 4 Author: Watts Printings: 51 1. Am I a soldier of the cross? A follower of the Lamb? And shall I fear to own his cause? Or blush to speak his name? 2. Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease? While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas? 3. 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? 4. Sure, I must fight if I would reign; Increase my courage, Lord. I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported by thy word. 5. Thy saints, in all this glorious war Shall conquer though they die; They see the triumph from afar, And seize it with their eye. 6. When that illustrious day shall rise And all thine armies shine, In robes of victory through the skies, The glory shall be thine.

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Title: Blow ye the trumpet blow Rank: 4 Author: Wesley Printings: 51 1. Blow ye the trumpet, blow, The gladly solemn sound, Let all the nations know, To earth’s remotest bounds The year of Jubilee is come, Return ye ransomed sinners home. 2. Exalt the Son of God; The all atoning Lamb; Redemption through his blood To all the world proclaim: The year of Jubilee is come, Return ye ransomed sinners home. 3. Ye who have fold for naught, Your heritage above: Come take it back unbought, The gift of Jesus love: The year of Jubilee is come, Return ye ransomed sinners home. 4. The gospel trumpet sounds; Let all the nations hear, And earth’s remotest bounds Before the throne appear: The year of Jubilee is come, Return ye ransomed sinners home.

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Title: How firm a foundation Rank: 4 Author: Rippon’s Selections Printings: 51 1. 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? You, who unto Jesus for Refuge have fled. 2. In every Condition, in Sickness and Health, In Poverty’s Vale, or abounding in Wealth; At Home and Abroad, on the Land, on the Sea. “As thy days may demand, shall thy Strength ever be.” 3. “Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismay’d, 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.” 4. “When thro’ the deep Waters I call thee to go, The Rivers of Woe, shall not thee overflow; For I will be with thee, thy Troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee, thy deepest Distress.” 5. “When thro’ fiery Trials thy Pathway shalt lie, My Grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy Supply; The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design Thy Dross to consume, and thy Gold to refine.” 6. “Even down to old Age, all my People shall prove My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable Love; And when hoary Hairs shall their Temples adorn, Like Lambs they shall still in my Bosom be borne.” 7. “The Soul that on Jesus hath lean’d for Repose, I will not, I will not desert to his Foes; That Soul, tho’ all Hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never—no never—no never forsake.”

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Title: When I can read my title clear Rank: 4 Author: Watts Printings: 51 1. When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2. Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurled, Then I can smile at Satan’s rage, And face a frowning world. 3. Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all. 4. There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.

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Title: On Jordan’s stormy banks Rank: 5 Author: Stennett Printings: 46 1. On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan’s fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie 2. O the transporting, rapturous scene, That rises to my sight! Sweet fields arrayed in living green, And rivers of delight! 3. There generous fruits that never fail, On trees immortal grow: There rocks and hills, and brooks and vales, With milk and honey flow. 4. All o’er those wide extended plains Shines one eternal day; There God the Sun for ever reigns, And scatters night away. 5. No chilling winds, or poisonous breath, Can reach that healthful shore; Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, Are felt and fear’d no more. 6. When shall I reach that happy place, And be for ever blest? When shall I see my Father’s face, And in his bosom rest? 7. Fill’d with delight, my raptured soul Can here no longer stay: Though Jordan’s waves around me roll, Fearless I’d launch away.

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Title: All hail the power Rank: 6 Author: Peronnet Printings: 45 1. All hail the power of Jesu’s name! Let Angels prostrate fall: Bring forth the royal diadem, To crown Him Lord of All. 2. Let high-born Seraphs tune the lyre, And, as they tune it, fall Before his face who tunes their choir, And crown Him Lord of All. 3. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, He fix’d this floating ball; Now hail the strength of Israel’s might, And crown Him Lord of All 4. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God, Who from His altar call, Extol the stem of Jesse’s rod, And crown Him Lord of All. 5. Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race, Ye ransomed of the fall, Hail Him who saves you by his grace, And crown Him Lord of All. 6. Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line, Whom David Lord did call; The God incarnate, Man divine, And crown Him Lord of All. 7. Sinners! whose love can ne’er forget, The wormwood and the gall, Go—spread your trophies at his feet, And crown Him Lord of All. 8. Let every tribe, and every tongue, That hear the Saviour’s call Now shout in universal song, And crown Him Lord of All.

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Title: Children of the heavenly king Rank: 6 Author: Cennick Printings: 45 1. Children of the heavenly King, As you journey sweetly sing. Sing your Savior’s worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways! 2. Ye are traveling home to God, In the way the fathers trod: They are happy now, and ye Soon their happiness shall see. 3. O ye banished seed be glad! Christ your Advocate is made; Us to save our flesh assumes Brother to our souls becomes. 4. Shout ye little flock and blest, You on Jesu’s throne shall rest; There your seat is now prepar’d There’s your kingdom and reward. 5. Fear not brethren joyful stand On the borders of your land; Jesus Christ, your Father’s Son, Bids you joyfully come on. 6. Lord, obediently we go, Gladly leaving all below; Only thou our Leader be, And we still will follow thee!

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Title: He dies the friend of sinners Rank: 6 Author: Watts Printings: 45 1. 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! Come, saints, and drop a tear or two, For him who groaned beneath your load! He shed a thousand drops for you, A thousand drops of richer blood! 2. Come, sinners, view your Savior dead; And weep around his lonely tomb! Your hope, your joy, your all is fled, For ah! your champion’s overcome! A conflict with the powers of hell Your Savior did for you sustain; He nobly fought, but ah! he fell! Break, hearts of flint! the Lamb is slain! 3. 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: (The tomb in vain forbids his rise) Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies! 4. Break off your rears, ye saints, and tell How high our great Deliverer reigns; Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell, And led the monster Death in chains. Say: “Live for ever, wondrous King! Born to redeem, and strong to save!” Then ask the monster—“Where's thy sting?” “And where’s thy victory, boasting grave?”

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Title: Jerusalem my happy home Rank: 7 Author: Anon Printings: 44 1. Jerusalem, my happy home, Name ever dear to me, When shall my labours have an end, In joy and peace, with thee? 2. When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls And pearly gates behold? Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold? 3. There happier bowers than Eden’s bloom, Nor sin nor sorrow know; Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes I onward press to you. 4. Why should I shrink at pain and woe, Or feel at death dismay? I’ve Canaan’s goodly land in view, And realms of endless day. 5. Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there Around my Saviour stand; And soon my friends in Christ below Will join the glorious band. 6. Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my labours have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? 7. Jerusalem, my happy home, My soul still pants for thee; Then shall my labours have an end, When I thy joys shall see.

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Title: There is a land of pure delight Rank: 8 Author: Watts Printings: 42 1. There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2. There everlasting Spring abides, And never withering flowers; Death like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. [3. Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4. But timorous mortals start and shrink, To cross the narrow sea; And linger, shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.] 5. O could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love, With unbeclouded eyes. 6. 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.

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Title: Alas and did my savior bleed Rank: 9 Author: Watts Printings: 41 1. Alas! and did my Savior bleed! And did my Sovereign die? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I? [2. Thy body slain sweet Jesus thine, And bathed in its own blood, While all exposed to wrath divine The glorious Sufferer stood!] 3. Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree! 4. Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When God the mighty Maker, died For man the creature’s sin. 5. Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. 6. But drops of grief can ne’er repay The debt of love we owe; Here, Lord, I give my self away; ‘Tis all that I can do.

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Title: Hark from the tombs Rank: 10 Author: Watts Printings: 39 1. Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound, My ears, attend the cry, “Ye living men come view the ground “Where you must shortly lie. 2. “Princes, this clay must be your bed, “In spite of all your towers; “The tall, the wise, the reverend head “Must lie as low as ours.” 3. Great God! is this our certain doom? And are we still secure! Still walking downward to our tomb, And yet prepare no more! 4. Grant us the powers of quickening grace, To fit our souls to fly; Then when we drop this dying flesh, We’ll rise above the sky.

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Title: O for a closer walk with God Rank: 10 Author: Cowper Printings: 39 1. Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! 2. Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3. What peaceful hours I then enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left and aching void The world can never fill. 4. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5. The dearest idol I have known, Whate’er that idol be, Help me to bear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 6. 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.

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Title: Jesus lover of my soul Rank: 11 Author: Wesley Printings: 38 1. 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, O receive my soul at last. 2. Other refuge have I 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. 3. Thou, oh, Christ, art all I want, More than all in thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind, Just and holy is thy Name, I am all unrighteousness! Vile and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace. 4. Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to pardon all my sin; Let the healing streams abound, Make and keep me pure within; Thou of life the Fountain art, Freely let me take of thee, Spring thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity.

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Title: Salvation o the joyful sound Rank: 11 Author: Watts Printings: 38 1. Salvation, oh, the joyful sound! ‘Tis pleasure to our ear! A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fear. Glory, honor, praise and power, Be unto the Lamb for ever; Jesus Christ is our redeemer. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. 2. Buried in sorrow, and in sin, At Hell’s dark door we lay; But we arise by grace divine To see an heavenly day. Glory, honor, praise and power, Be unto the Lamb for ever; Jesus Christ is our Redeemer. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. 3. Salvation, let the echo fly The spacious earth around; While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. Glory, honor, praise and power, Be unto the Lamb for ever; Jesus Christ is our Redeemer. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord.

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Title: Come humble sinner Rank: 12 Author: Jones Printings: 37 1. Ye humble sinners, in whose breast, A thousand thoughts revolve, Come with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve. 2. “I’ll go to Jesus, though my sin Hath like a mountain rose; I know his courts, I’ll enter in, Whatever may oppose. 3. “Prostrate I’ll lie before his throne, And there my guilt confess, I’ll tell him I’m a wretch undone Without his sovereign grace. 4 . “I’ll to the gracious King approach, Whose scepter pardon gives, Perhaps he may command my touch, And then the suppliant lives. 5. “Perhaps he will admit my plea, Perhaps will hear my prayer; But if I perish I will pray, And perish only there. 6. “I can but perish if I go, I am resolved to try; For if I stay away, I know I must for ever die.”

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Title: God moves in a mysterious way Rank: 12 Author: Cowper Printings: 37 1. God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform, He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill, He treasures up His bright designs, And works his sovereign will. 3. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. 4. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour, The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. 6. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan His work in vain: God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.

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Title: Jesus and shall it ever be Rank: 12 Author: Grigg Printings: 37 1. Jesus, and shall it ever be A mortal man ashamed of thee, Ashamed of thee whom angels praise, Whose glory shines through endless days. 2. 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. 3. Ashamed of Jesus, just as soon Let midnight be ashamed of noon; ‘Tis midnight with my soul till he, Bright morning star, bid darkness flee. 4. Ashamed of Jesus, that dear friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend! No; when I blush be this my shame, That I no more revere his name. 5. Ashamed of Jesus! Yes I may, When I’ve no guilt to wash away, No tears to wipe, no good to crave, No fears to quell, no soul to save. 6. ‘Till then—nor is my boasting vain— ‘Till then I boast my Savior slain! And O, may this my glory be, That Christ is not ashamed of me. 7. His institutions would I prize, Take up my cross, the shame despise, Dare to defend his noble cause, And yield obedience to his laws.

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Title: Father of mercies Rank: 13 Author: Steele Printings: 36 1. Father of mercies, in thy word What endless glory shines! For ever be thy name adored For these celestial lines. 2. Here, may the wretched sons of want Exhaustless riches find; Riches, above what earth can grant, And lasting as the mind. 3. Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, And yields a free repast, Sublimer sweets that nature knows, Invite the longing taste. 4. Here, the Redeemer’s welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around; And life, and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 5. O may these heavenly pages be My ever dear delight; And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light! 6. Divine instructor, gracious Lord, Be Thou for ever near; Teach me to love thy sacred word, And view my Savior there.

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Title: Grace ‘tis a charming sound Rank: 13 Author: Doddridge Printings: 36 1. Grace! ‘tis a charming sound, Harmonious to the ear! Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2. Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man; And all the steps, that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. 3. Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 4. Grace all the work shall crown. Through everlasting days, It lays in heaven the topmost stone; And well deserves the praise.

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Title: Why do we mourn departing Rank: 13 Author: Watts Printings: 36 1. 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. 2. Are we not tending upward too As fast as time can move? Nor should we wish the hours more slow To keep us from our love. 3. Why should we tremble to convey Their bodies to the tomb? There the dear flesh of Jesus lay, And left a long perfume. 4. The graves of all his saints he blessed, And softened every bed; Where should the dying members rest, But with the dying Head? 5. Thence he arose, ascended high, And showed our feet the way; Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly, At the great rising day. 6. Then let the last loud trumpet sound, And bid our kindred rise; Awake, ye nations under ground; Ye saints, ascend the skies.

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Title: How sweet the name of Jesus Rank: 14 Author: Newton Printings: 35 1. How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; ‘Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest. 3. Dear Name! the Rock on which I build, My Shield and hiding place, My never-failing Treasury filled With boundless stores of grace; 4. By thee my prayers acceptance gain, Although with sin defiled; Satan accuses me in vain, And I am owned a child 6. Jesus! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, My Prophet, Priest, and King; My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, Accept the praise I bring. 7. Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see thee as thou art, I’ll praise thee as I ought. 8. Till then I would thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath; And may the music of thy Name Refresh my soul in death.

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Title: How tedious and tasteless Rank: 14 Author: Newton Printings: 35 1. How tedious and tasteless the hours When Jesus no longer I see; Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers, Have all lost their sweetness to me. 2. The mild summer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay, But when I am happy in him, December is pleasant as May. 3. His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music his voice; His presence disperses my gloom; And makes all within me rejoice. 4. I always should view him thus nigh, Have nothing to wish or to fear; No monarch so happy as I, My summer would last all the year. 5. Content with beholding his face, My all to his pleasure resign; No changes of seasons or place Would make any change in my mind. 6. While blest with the sense of his love, A palace of joy would appear, And prisons would palaces prove, If Jesus would dwell with me there. 7. Lord if I indeed now am thine, And thou art my sun and my song, Say why do I languish and pine, And why are my winter so long? 8. O drive those 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.

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Title: Rise my soul and stretch thy Rank: 14 Author: Seagraves Printings: 35 1. Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things, Towards 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. 2. Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speed them to their source; To a soul that’s born of God, Pants to view his glorious face; Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace. 3. Fly the riches, fly me cares; While I that coast explore; Flattering world, with all thy snares, Solicit me no more. Pilgrims fix not here their home; Strangers tarry but a night, When the last dear morn is come, They’ll rise to joyful light. 4. 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 given, All our sorrows left below, And earth exchanged for heaven.

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Title: Before Jehovah’s awful throne Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. Before Jehovah’s awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. 2. His sovereign power without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to His fold again. 3. We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heaven’s our voices raise, And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 4. Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.

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Title: Broad is the road Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. Broad is the road that leads to death, And thousands walk together there; But wisdom shows a narrower path, With here and there a traveller. 2. Deny thyself, and take thy cross, Is the Redeemer’s great command: Nature must count her gold but dross, If she would gain this heavenly land. 3. 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. 4. Lord, let not all my hopes be vain, Create my heart entirely new, Which hypocrites could ne’er attain, Which false apostates never knew.

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Title: Come let us join our cheerful Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. Come let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2. Worthy the Lamb that died they cry, “To be exalted thus:” “Worthy the Lamb,” our lips reply, For he was slain for us. 3. Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and power divine; And blessings more than we can give, Be, Lord, for ever thine. 4. Let all that dwell above the sky, And air, and earth, and seas, Conspire to lift thy glories high, And speak thine endless praise. 5. The whole creation join in one, To bless the sacred name Of him that sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb.

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Title: From all that dwell below the skies Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator’s power arise; Let the Redeemer’s name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. 2. 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.

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Title: From Greenland’s icy mountains Rank: 15 Author: Heber Printings: 34 1. From Greenland’s icy mountains, From India’s coral strand; Where Afric’s sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand: From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error’s chain. 2. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth’s remotest nation Has learned Messiah’s name. 4. Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole: Till o’er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.

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Title: How beauteous are their feet Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. How beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zion’s hill, Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal! 2. How charming is their voice, How sweet the tidings are, “Zion, behold thy Saviour king, “He reigns and triumphs here.” 3. How happy are our ears, That hear this joyful sound, Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found! 4. How blessed are our eyes That see this heavenly light! Prophets and kings desired it long, But died without the sight. 5. The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ; Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And desarts learn the joy. 6. The Lord makes bare his arm Through all the earth abroad; Let every nation now behold Their Saviour and their God!

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Title: Let every mortal ear attend Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. Let every mortal ear attend, And every heart rejoice, The trumpet of the gospel sounds, With an inviting voice. 2. Come all ye hungry starving souls That feed upon the wind, And vainly strive, with earthly toys To fill an empty mind. 3. Eternal wisdom has prepared A soul-reviving feast; And bids your longing appetites The rich provision taste. 4. Ho! ye that pant for living streams, And pine away and die; Here you may quench your raging thirst With springs that never dry. 5. Rivers of love and mercy here In a rich ocean join; Salvation in abundance flows, Like floods of milk and wine. 6. Dear God! the treasures of thy love Are everlasting mines; Deep as our helpless miseries are, And boundless as our sins. 7. The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day; Lord, we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away.

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Title: Love divine all loves excelling Rank: 15 Author: Wesley Printings: 34 1. Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven 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 every trembling heart. 2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving spirit Into every troubled breast; Let us all in Thee inherit, Let us find thy promised rest; Take away the love of sinning: Take our load of guilt away, End the work of thy beginning, Bring us to eternal day. 3. Carry on thy new creation, Pure and holy may we be; Let us see our whole salvation Perfectly secured by Thee: Change from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place; Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

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Title: Show pity lord o lord forgive Rank: 15 Author: Watts Printings: 34 1. Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive, Let a repenting rebel live: Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee? 2. My crimes are great, but not surpass The power and glory of thy grace: Great God, thy nature hath no bound, So let thy pard’ning love be found. 3. O wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean; Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain my eyes. 4. My lips with shame my sins confess Against thy law, against thy grace: Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, I am condemned, but thou art clear. 5. Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well. 6. 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.

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Title: Amazing grace how sweet Rank: 16 Author: Newton Printings: 33 1. 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. 2. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! 3. Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. 4. The Lord has promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures. 5. Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace. 6. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who called me here below, Will be forever mine.

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Title: All let this feeble body fail Rank: 16 Author: Wesley Printings: 33 1. And let this feeble body fail, And let it faint and die, My soul shall quit the mournful vale, And soar to worlds on high! Shall join the disembodied saints, And find its long sought rest, That only bliss for which it pants In the Redeemer’s breast. 2. In hope of that immortal crown, I now the cross sustain, And gladly wonder up and down, And smile at toil and pain. I suffer on my threescore years Till my deliverer come, And wipe away his servant’s tears, And take his exile home. 3. O 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! The all are robed in spotless white, And conquering palms they bear. 4. O what are all my sufferings 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.

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Title: Awake and sing the song Rank: 16 Author: Hammond Printings: 33 1. Awake, and sing the song Of Moses and the Lamb; Wake every heart and every tongue, To praise the Savior’s name. 2. Sing of his dying love, Sing of his rising power, Sing how he intercedes above, For those whose sins he bore. 3. Sing till we feel our hearts Ascending with our tongues, Sing till the love of sin departs, And grace inspires our songs. 4. Sing on your Heavenly way, Ye ransomed sinners, sing; Sing on, rejoicing every day In Christ the eternal King. 5. Sing till you hear Christ say, Your sins are all forgiven; Sing on rejoicing every day, Till we all meet in Heaven. 6. Soon shall ye hear Christ say, “Ye blessèd children, come:” Soon will he call you hence away, And take his wanderers home.

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Title: Lord dismiss us with thy blessing Rank: 16 Author: Fawcett Printings: 33 1. Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing; Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace: O refresh us, O refresh us, Traveling through this wilderness. 2. Thanks we give, and adoration For thy gospel’s joyful sound: May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound! Ever faithful, ever faithful To the truth may we be found! 3. So whene’er the signal’s given Us from earth to call away, Born on angel’s wings to heaven, Glad the summons to obey May we ever, may we ever Reign with Christ in endless day!

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Title: O when shall I see Jesus Rank: 16 Author: Leland Printings: 33 1. O when shall I see Jesus, And dwell with him above, And drink the flowing fountains Of everlasting love. When shall I be delivered, From this vain world of sin? And with my blessed Jesus Drink endless pleasure in. 2. But now I am a soldier, My Captain’s gone before, He’s given me my orders, And tells me not to fear: And if I hold out faithful, A crown of life he’ll give, And all his valiant soldiers Eternal life shall have. 3. 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 it all adieu, And you my friends, be faithful, And on your way pursue. 4. And if you meet with troubles, And trials on the way, Then cast your cares on Jesus, And don’t forget to pray, Gird on the heavenly armor Of faith, and hope and love, And when your race is ended, You’ll reign with him above. 5. O 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,

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He’ll give you grace to conquer, And take you up to rest. Title: Rejoice the Lord is king Rank: 16 Author: Wesley Printings: 33 1. 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. 2. Jesus, the Savior, reigns, The God of truth and love; When he had purged our stains, He took his seat above. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say rejoice. 3. His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o’er earth and heaven! The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus given. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say rejoice. 4. He all his foes shall quell, Shall all our sins destroy, And every bosom swell With pure seraphic joy. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say rejoice. 5. Rejoice in glorious hope: Jesus the Judge shall come, And take his servants up, To their eternal home. We soon shall hear th’ archangel’s voice: The trump of God shall sound, rejoice.

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Title: Welcome sweet day of rest Rank: 16 Author: Watts Printings: 33 1. Welcome, sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes! 2. The King himself comes near, And feasts his saints today; Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3. One day amidst the place Where my dear God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. 4. My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit, and sing herself away To everlasting bliss.

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Title: Come Holy Spirit heavenly dove Rank: 17 Author: Watts Printings: 32 1. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers, Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2. Look, how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys; Our souls can neither fly nor go, To reach eternal joys. 3. In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4. Dear Lord! and shall we ever lie At this poor dying rate; Our love so faint, so cold to thee? And thine to us so great? 5. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers, Come, shed abroad a Savior’s love, And that shall kindle ours.

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Title: Glorious things of thee are Rank: 17 Author: Newton Printings: 32 1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! He, whose word can not be broken, Formed thee for his own abode; On the rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded Thou may’st smile at all thy foes. 2. See! the streams of living waters Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove: Who can faint when such a river Ever flows their thirst t’ assuage? Grace, which like the Lord the giver, Never fails from age to age. 3. Round each habitation hovering See the cloud and fire appear! For a glory and a covering, Showing that the Lord is near: Thus deriving from their banner Light by night and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna Which he gives them when they pray. 4. Blest inhabitants of Zion, Washed in the Redeemer’s blood! Jesus, whom their souls rely on, Makes them kings and priests to God; ‘Tis his love his people raises Over self to reign as kings, And as priests, his solemn praises Each for a thank-offering brings. 5. Savior, if of Zion’s city I through grace a member am; Let the world deride or pity, I will glory in thy name; Fading is the worldling’s pleasure, All his boasted pomp and show!

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Solid joys and lasting treasure, None but Zion’s children know. Title: Mortals awake with angels join Rank: 17 Author: Medley Printings: 32 1. Mortals, awake, with angels join, And chant the solemn lay, Joy, love, and gratitude combine, To hail the auspicious day, To hail the auspicious day. 2. In Heav’n the rapturous song began, And sweet seraphic fire Through all the shining legions ran, And strung and tuned the lyre, And strung and tuned the lyre. 3. Swift through the vast expanse it flew, And loud the echo rolled, The theme, the song, the joy, was new— ’Twas more than Heav’n could hold, ’Twas more than Heav’n could hold. 4. Down through the portals of the sky The impetuous torrent ran; And angels flew, with eager joy, To bear the news to man, To bear the news to man. 5. Hark! the cherubic armies shout, And glory leads the song: Good will and peace are heard throughout The harmonious heav’nly throng, The harmonious heav’nly throng. 6. With joy the chorus we repeat, “Glory to God on high!” Good will and peace are now complete, Jesus was born to die, Jesus was born to die. 7. Hail, Prince of Life, forever hail! Redeemer, Brother, Friend! Though earth, and time, and life shall fail Thy praise shall never end, Thy praise shall never end.

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Title: Sweet is the work my God my king Rank: 17 Author: Watts Printings: 32 1. Sweet is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy Name, give thanks and sing; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night. 2. Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David’s harp of solemn sound! 3. My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word; Thy works of grace, how bright they shine! How deep thy counsels! how divine! 4. Fools never raise their thoughts so high: Like brutes they live, like brutes they die; Like grass they flourish, till thy breath Blast them in everlasting death. 5. But I shall 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. 6. Sin (my worst enemy before) Shall vex my eyes and ears no more; My inward foes shall all be slain, Nor Satan break my peace again. 7. Then shall I see, and hear, and know All I desired or wished below; And every power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy.

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Title: The day is past and gone Rank: 17 Author: Leland Printings: 32 1. The day is past and gone, The evening shades appear, O may I ever keep in mind, The night of death is near. 2. I lay my garments by, Upon my bed to rest; So death will soon remove me hence, And leave my soul undrest. 3. Lord keep me safe this night, Secure from all my fears; May angels guard me while I sleep, Till morning light appears. 4. And when I early rise, To view the unwearied sun, May I set out to win the prize, And after glory run. 5. That when my days are past, And I from time remove, Lord I may in thy bosom rest, The bosom of thy love.

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Title: Blest be the tie Rank: 18 Author: Fawcett Printings: 31 1. Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2. Before our Father’s throne We pour our ardent pray’rs; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3. We share our mutual woes; Our mutual burdens bear; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4. When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again. 5. This glorious hope revives Our courage by the way; While each in expectation lives, And longs to see the day. 6. From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin, we shall be free; And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity.

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Title: Come ye sinners poor and wretched Rank: 18 Author: Hart Printings: 31 1. Come ye sinners poor and wretched, Weak and wounded sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, love and power; He is able, He is willing; doubt no more. 2. Ho! ye needy, come and welcome, God's free-bounty glorify, True belief and true repentance, Every grace that brings us nigh, Without money, Come to Jesus Christ and buy. 3. Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream: All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel you need of him; This he gives you, ‘Tis the Spirit’s glimmering beam. 4. Come ye weary, heavy laden, Bruised and mangled by the fall. If you tarry till you’re better, You will never come at all; Not the righteous, Sinners Jesus came to call. 5. Agonizing in the garden, Lo your Maker prostrate lies! On the bloody tree behold him, Hear him cry before he dies, “It is finished,” Sinner, will not this suffice? 6. Lo! th’incarnate God ascended, Pleads the merit of his blood; Venture on him, venture freely, Let no other trust intrude: None but Jesus, Can do helpless sinners good. 7. Saints and angels, joined in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb, While the blissful seats of heaven,

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Sweetly echo with his name, Hallelujah! Sinners here may do the same.

Title: Hark the herald angels sing Rank: 18 Author: Wesley Printings: 31 1. Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With the angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King. 2. Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the Everlasting Lord, Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of the Virgin’s womb: Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Hail the Incarnate Deity, Pleased as Man with men to dwell, Jesus our Immanuel. Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King. 3. Risen with healing in His wings, Light and life to all He brings. Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three in One! Glory, as of old, to Thee, Now and evermore shall be! Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King.

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Title: Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Rank: 18 Author: Watts Printings: 31 1. Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journey run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2. Behold the islands with her kings, And Europe her best tribute brings; From north to south the princes meet, To pay their homage at his feet. 3. There Persia, glorious to behold, There India shines in eastern gold; And barbarous nations at his word Submit, and bow, and own their Lord. 4. For him shall endless prayer be made, And princes throng to crown his head; His name like sweet perfume shall rise With every morning sacrifice. 5. People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 6. Blessings abound where’er he reigns, The prisoner leaps to lose his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 7. Where he displays his healing power Death and the curse are known no more; In him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost. 8. Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat a loud Amen.

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Title: Lord in the morning thou shalt hear Rank: 18 Author: Watts Printings: 31 1. Lord in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. But to thy house will I resort, To taste thy mercies there; I will frequent thine holy court, And worship in thy fear. 5. O may thy Spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness! Make every path of duty straight, And plain before my face.

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Title: Now begin the heavenly theme Rank: 18 Author: Langford Printings: 31 1. Now begin the heavenly theme, Sing aloud in Jesu’s Name; Ye who Jesu’s kindness prove Triumph in redeeming love. 2. Ye, who see the Father’s grace Beaming in the Savior's face As to Canaan on ye move Praise and bless redeeming love. 3. Mourning souls dry up your tears, Banish all your guilty fears; See your guilt and curse remove, Cancelled by redeeming love. 4. Ye, alas! who long have been Willing slaves of death and sin; Now from bliss no longer rove, Stop—and taste redeeming love. 5. Welcome all, by sin oppressed, Welcome all to Jesus Christ; Nothing brought him from above, Nothing but redeeming love. 6. He subdued the infernal powers, His tremendous foes and ours, From their cursed empire drove, Mighty in redeeming love. 7. Hither then your music bring, Strike aloud each joyful string; Mortals join the hosts above, Join to praise redeeming love.

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Title: Thus far the Lord has led me on Rank: 18 Author: Watts Printings: 31 1. Thus far the Lord has led me on, Thus far his power prolongs my days; And every evening shall make known Some fresh memorial of his grace. 2. Much of my time has run to waste, And I perhaps am near my home; But he forgives my follies past, He gives me strength for days to come. 3. 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. In vain the sons of earth or hell Tell me a thousand frightful things My God in safety makes me dwell Beneath the shadow of his wings. [5. Faith in his name forbids my fear; O may thy presence ne’er depart! And in the morning make me hear The love and kindness of thy heart. 6. Thus when the night of death shall come, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, With sweet salvation in the sound.]

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Title: Ye wretched hungry starving poor Rank: 18 Author: Steele Printings: 31 1. Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor, Behold a royal feast! Where mercy spreads her bounteous store, For every humble guest. 2. See, Jesus stands with open arms; he calls, he bids you come; Guilt holds you back and fear alarms; But see, there yet is room: 3. Room in the Savior’s bleeding heart; There love and pity meet; Nor will he bid the soul depart, That trembles at his feet. 4. In him the Father reconciled, Invites your souls to come; The rebel shall be called a child, And kindly welcomed home. 5. O come, and with his children taste The blessings of his love; While hope attends the sweet repast Of nobler joys above. 6. There, with united heart and voice, Before the eternal throne, Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice, In ecstasies unknown. 7. And yet ten thousand thousand more, Are welcome still to come: Ye longing souls, the grace adore, Approach, there yet is room.

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Title: As on the cross the savior hung Rank: 19 Author: Stennett Printings: 30 1. ‘Twas 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: 2. Jesus, thou Son and heir of heaven! Thou spotless Lamb of God! I see thee bathed in sweat and tears, And weltering 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 3. 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.

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Title: Awake my soul in joyful lays Rank: 19 Author: Medley Printings: 30 1. Awake, my soul, to joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me, His loving-kindness O how free! 2. He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me, notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness O how great! 3. Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along, His loving-kindness O how strong! 4. When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick, and thundered loud, He near my soul has always stood, His loving-kindness O how good! 5. Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Jesus to depart; But though I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. 6. Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, Soon all my mortal powers must fail; O! may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death. 7. Then let me mount and soar away, To the bright worlds of endless day, And sing with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies.

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Title: Dismiss us with thy blessing Rank: 19 Author: Hart Printings: 30 1. Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord, Help us feed upon thy word; All that has been amiss forgive, And let thy truth within us live. 2. Though we are evil thou art good; Wash all our works in Jesus’ blood; Give every fettered soul release, And bid us all depart in peace. 3. O let a lasting union join Our souls to Christ the living vine; And saints below and saints above, Joined by his Spirit and his love.

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Title: Glory to God on high Rank: 19 Author: Allen Printings: 30 1. Glory to God on high! Let earth and skies reply; Praise ye his name: His love and grace adore, Who all our sorrows bore; Sing aloud evermore, Worthy the Lamb. 2. Jesus, our Lord and God, Bore sin's tremendous load, Praise ye his name: Tell what his arm hath done, What spoils from Death he won, Sing his great name alone; Worthy the Lamb. 3. While they around the throne Cheerfully join in one, Praising his name: These who have felt his blood Sealing their peace with God, Sound his dear fame abroad, Worthy the Lamb. 4. Join, all ye ransomed race, Our holy Lord to bless; Praise ye his name: In him we will rejoice, And make a joyful noise, Shouting with heart and voice, Worthy the Lamb. 5. What though we change our place, Yet we shall never cease Praising his name: To him our songs we bring, Hail him, our gracious King, And without ceasing sing, Worthy the Lamb. 6. Then let the hosts above, In realms of endless love, Praise his dear name: To him ascribed be

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Honor and majesty, Through all eternity: Worthy the Lamb.

Title: Glory to thee my God this night Rank: 19 Author: Ken Printings: 30 1. Glory, to thee, my God, this night, For all the blessings of the light, Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, Under thine own Almighty wings. 2. Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, Whatever ills this day I’ve done; That with the world, myself and thee, I e’er I sleep, at peace may be. 3. Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed; Teach me to die, that so I may Triumphing rise at the last day. 4. O may my soul on thee repose, And may sweet sleep mine eye-lids close; Sleep that shall me more vigorous make, To serve my God when I awake. 5. Let my blest Guardian, while I sleep, Close to my bed his vigils keep; Let no vain dreams disturb my rest, Nor powers of darkness me molest. 6. Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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Title: I’m not ashamed to own my Lord Rank: 19 Author: Watts Printings: 30 1. I’m not ashamed to own my Lord, Or to defend his cause, Maintain the honor of his Word, The glory of his cross. 2. 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. Firm as his throne his promise stands, And he can well secure What I’ve committed to his hands Till the decisive hour. 4. Then will he own my worthless name Before his Father’s face, And in the new Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place.

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Title: Lord we come before thee now Rank: 19 Author: Hammond Printings: 30 1. 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? 2. Lord, on thee, our souls depend. In compassion, now descend: Fill our hearts with thy rich grace, Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 3. In thine own appointed way, Now we seek thee, here we stay: Lord we know not how to go Till a blessing thou bestow. 4. Send some message from thy word, That may joy and peace afford; Let thy Spirit now impart, Full salvation to each heart. 5. Comfort those who weep and mourn, Let the time of joy return; Those that are cast down, lift up, Make them strong in faith and hope! 6. Grant that all may seek and find Thee a gracious God and kind; Heal the sick, the captive free, Let us all rejoice in thee!

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Title: My God my life my love Rank: 19 Author: Watts Printings: 30 1. My God, my life, my love! To thee, to thee I call; I cannot live if thou remove, For thou art all in all. 2. [Thy shining grace can cheer This dungeon where I dwell: ‘Tis paradise when thou art here; If thou depart, ‘tis hell.] 3. [The smilings of thy face, How amiable they are! ‘Tis heav’n to rest in thine embrace, And no where else but there.] 4. [To thee, and thee alone, The angels owe their bliss They sit around thy gracious throne, And dwell where Jesus is.] 5. [Not all the harps above Can make a heav’nly place, If God his residence remove, Or but conceal his face.] 6. Nor earth, nor all the sky, Can one delight afford, No, not a drop of real joy, Without thy presence, Lord. 7. Thou art the sea of love Where all my pleasures roll, The circle where my passions move, And center of my soul. 8. [To thee my spirits fly With infinite desire; And yet how far from thee I lie! Dear Jesus, raise me higher.]

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Title: My god the spring of all my joys Rank: 19 Author: Watts Printings: 30 1. My God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, The comfort of my nights! In darkest shades, if Thou appear, My dawning is begun: Thou art my soul’s bright morning star, And Thou my rising sun. 2. The op’ning heav’ns around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows His mercy mine, And whispers I am His. My soul would leave this heavy clay, At that transporting word, And run with joy the shining way To meet my dearest Lord.

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Title: O for a thousand tongues Rank: 19 Author: Wesley Printings: 30 1. O for a thousand tongues to sing, My dear Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace. 2. 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. 3. He breaks the power of cancelled sin, He sets the prisoners free; His blood can make the foulest clean, His blood availed for me. 4. He speaks, and, listening to his voice, New life the dead receive; The mournful broken hearts rejoice; The humble poor believe. 5. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, Your loosened tongues employ; Ye blind, behold your Savior come, And leap, ye lame, for joy.

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Title: And must this body die Rank: 20 Author: Watts Printings: 29 1. And must this body die? This mortal frame decay? And must these active limbs of mine Lie moldering in the clay? 2. Corruption, earth, and worms Shall but refine this flesh, Till my triumphant spirit comes To put it on afresh. 3. God my Redeemer lives, And often from the skies Looks down, and watches all my dust, Till he shall bid it rise. 4. Arrayed in glorious grace Shall these vile bodies shine, And every shape, and every face, Look heavenly and divine. 5. These lively hopes we owe To Jesus’ dying love; We would adore his grace below, And sing his power above. 6. Dear Lord, accept the praise Of these our humble songs, Till tunes of nobler sound we raise With our immortal tongues.

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Title: Guide me o thou great Jehovah Rank: 20 Author: Williams Printings: 29 1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land, I am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand; Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more. 2. Open now the crystal fountain Whence the healing streams do flow, Let the fiery cloudy pillar Lead me all my journey through; Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, Be thou still my strength and shield. 3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fear subside; Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction, Land me safe on Canaan’s side. Songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee.

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Title: Hark the glad sound Rank: 20 Author: Doddridge Printings: 29 1. Hark the glad sound! the Savior comes, The Savior promised long! Let every heart prepare a throne And every voice a song. 2. On him the Spirit largely poured, Exerts its sacred fire; Wisdom and might, and zeal, and love, His holy breast inspire. 3. He comes the prisoners to release, In Satan’s bondage held; The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. 4. He comes, from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray; And on the eye-balls of the blind To pour celestial day. 5. He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure; And with the riches of his grace. To enrich the humble poor, 6. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim; And heaven’s eternal arches ring With thy beloved name.

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Title: Lo he comes with clouds descending Rank: 20 Author: Wesley Printings: 29 1. Lo, He comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train: Alleluia! alleluia! God appears on earth to reign. 2. Every eye shall now behold Him, Robed in dreadful majesty; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. 3. Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by men rejected, Now shall meet Him in the air: Alleluia! alleluia! See the day of God appear. 4. Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow’r and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own: O, come quickly, O, come quickly! Everlasting God, come down.

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