Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons

Editor: Priscilla Gurney
Publisher: Benjamin and Thomas Kite, Philadelphia , 1826
Language: English
Notes: Page scans: https://archive.org/details/hymnssfro00gurn
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d1A glance from heaven with sweet effect
d2Afflicted saint [saints] [soul] [souls], to Christ [God] draw near
d3Almighty Maker of my frame
d4Almighty Power, amazing are thy ways
d5And is the gospel peace and love
d6Arise, my soul, arise, shake off
d7Arise, my soul, with joy arise
d8As I lingered last night
d9As needles point towards the pole
d10As pants the hart for cooling flood [springs] [streams]
d11As some tall rock amidst the waves
d12As the sun's enlivening eye
d13As when a child secure of harms
d14As when the [a] weary traveler gains
d15Awake, my soul, and with the sun
d16Away, thou dying saint, away
d17Be still, my heart, these anxious cares
d18Be with me where'er I go
d19Begin, my soul, the exalted lay
d20Behold the morning sun
d21Behold, where in a mortal form
d22Behold where [when] breathing love divine
d23Beset with snares on every hand
d24Bestow, O [dear] Lord, upon our youth
d25Bitter indeed, the waters are
d26Blest are the humble souls that [who] see
d27Blest be the [that] dear uniting love
d28Blinded in youth by Satan's arts
d29Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord
d30By faith in Christ I walk with God
d31By various maxims, forms and rules
d32By whom was David taught
d33Cease here longer to detain me
d34Christ [God], whose glory fills the skies [sky]
d35Come all whoe'er have set Your face Zion-ward
d36Come, blessed Spirit, source of [heavenly] light
d37Come descend O heavenly Spirit
d38Come, heavenly peace of mind
d39Come holy [and] celestial Dove
d40Come, Holy Spirit, come; Let thy bright beams divine
d41Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
d42Come, Thou long expected Jesus [Savior], Born to set thy people free
d43Come, thou universal blessing
d44Compared with Christ, in all beside No comeliness I see
d45Constrained by their Lord to embark
d46Courage, my soul, behold the prize
d47Darkness overspreads us here
d48Dear refuge of my [the] weary soul, On thee, when sorows rise
d49Death's but a path that must be trod
d50Deep are the wounds which [that] sin has [hath] made
d51Ere God had built the mountains
d52Faith, 'tis [is] a precious grace
d53Far from my [our] thoughts, vain world, be gone
d54Far from the [these] narrow [gloomy] scenes of night [life]
d55Far from the world, O Lord, I [I'd] [we] flee
d56Father, whate'er of earthly bliss
d57Fierce passions discompose the mind
d58Fix my heart and eyes on thine
d59Fountain of blessing [blessings], ever blest
d60From all that [who] dwell [dwells] below the [in earth and] skies
d61From Egypt lately come
d62Glorious things of thee are spoken
d63Glory to thee, my [our] God [O Lord], this night [day]
d64Go, worship at Emmanuel's feet
d65God is a spirit, just and wise
d66God moves in a mysterious way
d67God of love, that [who] hearest [the] prayer
d68God of my life, through all its [my] days
d69God of my [our] life, to [on] thee I [we] call
d70Gracious Lord [God], our children see
d71Great God, let thy constraining power
d72Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
d73Hail, thou once despised Jesus
d74Happiness, thou lovely name
d75Happy soul that [who] free [safe] from harm [harms]
d76Happy soul, thy days are ended [ending]
d77Happy the child, whose youngest [early] [tender] years
d78Hark, my soul, it is the Lord
d79Heal us, Immanuel, here we are [stand]
d80Hear what God the Lord hath [has] spoken
d81His master taken from his head, Elisha saw
d82Holy Ghost, who fire celestial
d83Honey though the bee prepares
d84How are thy servants blest, O Lord [God]
d85How blest is he who ne'er consents
d86How blest is the child of the Lord
d87How blest the union, how divine
d88How blest thy creature is, O God
d89How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour
d90How fair is the rose what a beautiful flower
d91How fine has the day been, how bright was the sun
d92How glorious is our heavenly King
d93How many of their wisdom boast
d94How pleasant, how [and] divinely fair
d95How pleasing is the scene, how sweet
d96How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
d97How sweet thy dwellings, Lord, how fair
d98How sweet to leave the world awhile
d99How tedious and tasteless [restless and tiresome] the hours
d100Hush, my dear babe [child], lie still and slumber

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