The American Seaman's Hymn Book: a Collection of Sacred Songs for the Use of Mariners

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d1A lion, though by nature wild
d2A sailor once whom Jesus loved
d3A ship wrecked world bestrew then shores
d4Against the God that rules the sky
d5Almighty King, whose wondrous hand
d6Almighty Maker, God, How wondrous is thy name
d7Am I a soldier of the cross
d8Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved
d9And did the Holy and the Just
d10And is it so, that, till this hour
d11And is this life prolonged to me
d12And will the Lord thus condescend
d13Approach, my soul, the mercy seat
d14Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise
d15As needles point towards the pole
d16At anchor laid, remote from home
d17At thy command, our dearest Lord
d18Attend, my soul, come search and see
d19Attend, ye children of your [our] God
d20Awake, and sing the song of Moses and the Lamb
d21Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes
d22Begone, unbelief, [for] my [our] Savior is near
d23Beneath a reef the ship was moored
d24Beset with dangers, and with fears
d25Blest are the happy souls who prove
d26Blest be the Father and [for] his love
d27Blest be the voice now heard afar
d28Blest Jesus, source of grace divine
d29Born from above, the soul aspires
d30Broad is the road [stream] that leads to death [wrath]
d31By the thoughtless world derided
d32Children of God renounce your fear
d33Christian brethren, ere we part
d34Clouds big with wrath hand o'er my head
d35Come all who love to pray
d36Come holy Dove, direct my tongue
d37Come, Holy Spirit, come, With energy divine
d38Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
d39Come, seamen, attend to Jesus the Lord
d40Come sinners saith the mighty God
d41Come sound his praise [name] abroad, And hymns
d42Come weary soul [souls] with sin [sins] distressed
d43Come, ye redeemed by Jesus' blood
d44Come, ye that fear [love] the Lord, and listen while I tell
d45Come, ye [you] [we] that [who] love the Lord [Christ], And let your [our] joys
d46Compared with Christ, in all beside No comeliness I see
d47Courage, my soul, behold the prize
d48Dear Lord, accept a sinful heart
d49Dear Savior, When my thoughts recall The wonders of thy grace
d50Deep are the wounds which [that] sin has [hath] made
d51Do I believe what Jesus saith And think the gospel true
d52Emptied of earth, I fain would be
d53Ensnared too long, my heart has been
d54Eternal Sun of righteousness
d55Eternal Wisdom thee we praise
d56Fair record of my Father's will
d57Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss
d58Far from the world, O Lord, I [I'd] [we] flee
d59Farewell, vain world, to earth adieu
d60Father of mercies, in thy [your] word
d61Fierce passions discompose the mind
d62For mercies, countless as the sands
d63Forgiveness, 'tis [what] a joyful sound
d64From pole to pole let others roam
d65From the dear flock of Jesus' saints
d66Glory to God, the day's arrived
d67Go make thy station his dear cross
d68Go teach the [all] nations and baptize
d69Go, worship at Emmanuel's feet
d70God of the seas, thy [thine awful] thundering
d71Great God, amid [amidst] the darksome night
d72Great God, 'tis from thy sovereign grace
d73Guide us, O thou great Jehovah
d74Hail, sovereign love, that first began
d75Hark, the glad sound, the Savior comes
d76Haste [Hasten], [O] sinner [sinners] [now] to be wise
d77Have I that faith whose influence
d78Here at thy table, Lord, we meet to feed
d79Ho, everyone that thirsts, draw nigh
d80Holy Lord, God I love thy truth
d81How are thy servants blest, O Lord [God]
d82How blest the righteous are
d83How blest thy creature is, O God
d84How dark, how drear, is man's abode
d85How great, how terrible that God
d86How helpless guilty [fallen] nature lies
d87How long, thou faithful God, shall I
d88How lost was [is] my [our] condition
d89How oft, alas, this [our] wretched [sinful] [wicked] heart
d90How oft have [hath] sin and Satan [nature] strove [striven]
d91How rich thy gifts, almighty King
d92How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
d93How sweet the songs of Zion sound when seamen
d94I am, saith Christ, your glorious Head
d95I send the joys of earth away
d96I thirst, but not as once I did
d97If for a time the air be calm
d98If lifted up on high I be, In me, said Christ, shall all men see
d99If Paul in C'sar's court must stand
d100In all my Lord's appointed ways

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