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The Christian Melodist: a new collection of hymns for social religious worship

Editor: Joseph Banvard
Publisher: John Putnam, Boston, 1849
Language: English
Notes: Tunes are in the back of the hymnal.
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1In thy great name, O Lord, we comePage Scan
2O Holy Father mid the calmPage Scan
3Lord, we come before thee nowPage Scan
4While thee I [we] seek, protecting powerPage Scan
5Within these doors assembled nowPage Scan
6How sweet to leave the world awhilePage Scan
7Where two or three, with sweet accordPage Scan
8The hour of prayer once more is comePage Scan
9O Spirit of the Lord, descend in might and powerPage Scan
10As pants the hart for cooling streamsPage Scan
11Our souls by [in] love together knit [drawn] [joined]Page Scan
12Inquire, ye pilgrims, for the wayPage Scan
13Let those who love the Lord rejoicePage Scan
14Great Shepherd of thy people, hearPage Scan
15Lord, let thy Spirit deign to stayPage Scan
16O come, let us sing to the Lord, In God our salvationPage Scan
17Come sound his praise [name] abroad, And hymnsPage Scan
18Come, let us lift our joyful eyes Up to the [To heavenly] courts abovePage Scan
19Jesus, let not thy grace delayPage Scan
20Here in thy presence, gracious GodPage Scan
21How sweet the melting layPage Scan
22Sweet the time, exceeding sweetPage Scan
23Come dearest Lord, descend and dwellPage Scan
24O happy souls, that pray where GodPage Scan
25Come Christian brethren ere we partPage Scan
26'Tis time to seek the LordPage Scan
27Assembled round thine altar, LordPage Scan
28Lord, 'tis sweet to mingle wherePage Scan
29Glory to God the Father's namePage Scan
30For a season called to partPage Scan
31One more petition, O our God we layPage Scan
32Brethren, while we sojourn herePage Scan
33O keeper of thine Isr'lPage Scan
34Escape for thy life, O look not behindPage Scan
35Sinners, this solemn truth regardPage Scan
36Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw nearPage Scan
37Jesus, dear name, how sweet it [the] sound(s)Page Scan
38Lord, I am thine, entirely thinePage Scan
39A guilty, helpless sinner, LordPage Scan
40Hark, the Savior now is pleadingPage Scan
41O may I never turn asidePage Scan
42O Lord, our languid souls inspirePage Scan
43At anchor laid, remote from homePage Scan
44Blest are the souls that thirst for gracePage Scan
45O sinners, now to Christ draw nearPage Scan
46Life is the time to serve the LordPage Scan
47Oh for a closer walk with GodPage Scan
48Come, let us lift our joyful eyes Page Scan
49We've no abiding city herePage Scan
50Sinners, exposed to endless [dreadful] deathPage Scan
51Return, O wanderer, now returnPage Scan
52Come, my soul, thy suit preparePage Scan
53Sinners, behold the Lamb of GodPage Scan
54Hark! my soul, it is the LordPage Scan
55Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gonePage Scan
56Now the shades of night are gonePage Scan
57My God, how endless [lasting] is thy lovePage Scan
58Another day has fled, its record is on highPage Scan
59I love the closet's calm retreatPage Scan
60Once more, my soul, the rising day salutes thy waking eyesPage Scan
61Again, from calm and sweet repose, I rise to hailPage Scan
62Behold the morning sunPage Scan
63Awake, my soul, and with the sunPage Scan
64The day is past and gone, the evening shades appearPage Scan
65O how shall I repay the bountiesPage Scan
66On thee, each morning, O my God, My waking thoughts attendPage Scan
67Thus far the Lord hath [has] led me onPage Scan
68The mellow eve is gliding, serenely down the westPage Scan
69Great God, to thee my evening songPage Scan
70Welcome, delightful morn, Thou [Sweet] day of sacred restPage Scan
71Sweet is the work, O Lord, Thy glorious name to singPage Scan
72Sweet is the work, my [O] [our] God, [and] [my] [our] KingPage Scan
73Come dearest Lord, and bless this dayPage Scan
74Thine earthly Sabbath [Sabbaths], Lord we lovePage Scan
75When the worn spirit wants reposePage Scan
76How sweet the light of Sabbath evePage Scan
77Welcome, sweet day of restPage Scan
78Quench not the spirit of the LordPage Scan
79While life prolongs its precious lightPage Scan
80Broad is the road [stream] that leads to death [wrath]Page Scan
81Is this the kind returnPage Scan
82Ye sinners, fear the LordPage Scan
83Say, sinner, hath a voice withinPage Scan
84Sinner [sinners], O why so thoughtless grownPage Scan
85O turn ye [you], O turn ye [you], for why will ye [you] diePage Scan
86Acquaint thyself quickly, O sinner, with GodPage Scan
87Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleepPage Scan
88O sinner hear the heavenly voicePage Scan
89Haste [Hasten], [O] sinner [sinners] [now] to be wisePage Scan
90Where are the dead, in heaven or hellPage Scan
91And canst thou, sinner, slightPage Scan
92When thy mortal life is fledPage Scan
93Rouse ye at the Savior's callPage Scan
94There is a sin, a fearful sinPage Scan
95Sinner [sinners], the voice of God regardPage Scan
96Why will ye [you] waste on trifling caresPage Scan
97Awake, awake, each drowsy soulPage Scan
98What is the thing of greatest [highest] pricePage Scan
99Lo Jesus the Savior in mercy draws nearPage Scan
100Repent, the voice celestial criesPage Scan

[This hymnal has not been proofed - data may be incomplete or incorrect]
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