The Psalms of Life: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns, Chants, Anthems, &c. Embodying the Spiritual, Progressive and Reformatory Sentiment of the Present Age

Editor: John S. Adams
Publisher: Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, 1857
Notes: Published in New York by S.T. Gordon, in Philadephia by Back & Lawton, and in Cincinnati by Traux & Baldwin
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101The hour of freedom! come it mustPage Scan
102How shall we praise thee, Lord of light?Page Scan
103How blest is he whose tranquil mindPage Scan
104O thou true life of all that live!Page Scan
105O Father! humbly we reposePage Scan
106How pure in heart and sound in headTextPage Scan
107Do we indeed desire the deadTextPage Scan
108O, yet we trust that somehow, goodTextPage Scan
109When long the soul had slept in chainsPage Scan
110Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord!Page Scan
111How happy is he born or taughtPage Scan
112'See how he loved!' exclaimed the JewsPage Scan
113The Sage his cup of hemlock quaffedPage Scan
114Though life be dark with grief and crimePage Scan
115My country, shall thy honored namePage Scan
116Ring out, wild bells, to the wild skyPage Scan
117What precept, Jesus, is like thinePage Scan
119Immortal praise to God be givenPage Scan
120Thy name be hallowed evermorePage Scan
121From North and South, from East and WestPage Scan
122Father of angels and of menPage Scan
123Thou art, O God, exalted highPage Scan
124Another hand is beckoning usPage Scan
125The dead are like the stars by dayPage Scan
126Calm on the bosom of thy GodPage Scan
127While thee I seek, protecting Power!Page Scan
129Prayer is the soul's sincere desirePage Scan
130Jehovah God! thy gracious powerPage Scan
131Sweet is the prayer whose holy streamPage Scan
132O God! we praise thee, and confessPage Scan
133True prayer is not th' imposing soundPage Scan
134O pure Reformers! not in vainPage Scan
135Be firm, be bold, be strong, be truePage Scan
136All men are equal in their birthPage Scan
137Hail, Love of Country! noble flamePage Scan
138O, guard our shores from every foePage Scan
139Dear friend, whose presence in the housePage Scan
140How sweet, how calm, this Sabbath mornPage Scan
141Night prays with rosary of starsPage Scan
142We will not ask thee, Lord, to comePage Scan
143Unheard the dews around me fallPage Scan
144Time with his pencil dipt in lightPage Scan
145Life is the hour that lies betweenPage Scan
146Death is the fading of a cloudPage Scan
147The ocean looketh up to heavenPage Scan
148Hail, great Creator, wise and good!Page Scan
149Oh, influence sweet, from spheres abovePage Scan
150Come, gentle spirits, to us nowPage Scan
151The year had lost its leaves againPage Scan
152When our dear father's nearest, mostPage Scan
153Awake my soul! stretch every nervePage Scan
154Walk in the light! so shalt thou knowPage Scan
155Up, man of reason, rouse thee upPage Scan
156Oh! tell me not there is no lovePage Scan
157Three angel spirits walk the earthPage Scan
158Lord, thou art good! all nature showsPage Scan
159Jehovah, God! thy gracious powerPage Scan
160Why should I pause, when at my doorPage Scan
161The man of charity extendsPage Scan
162The heart, the heart! oh, let it bePage Scan
163Hail, great Creator--wise and good!Page Scan
164There's not a tint that paints the rosePage Scan
165O, all ye nations, praise the LordPage Scan
166It is a faith sublime and surePage Scan
167We watched her breathing through the nightPage Scan
168As distant lands beyond the seaPage Scan
169The myst'ry of the Spirit's birthPage Scan
170A light is dawning from on highPage Scan
171O not alone, when like a birdPage Scan
172There's good in everything we viewPage Scan
173I may not scorn the lowliestPage Scan
174There is a spell in every flowerPage Scan
175With downy pinion they enfoldPage Scan
176The sun may warm the grass to lifePage Scan
177By the lone wayside bending lowPage Scan
178The world has much of beautifulPage Scan
179Should Sorrow's gate be open widePage Scan
180O not to crush with abject fearPage Scan
181How little recks it where men diePage Scan
182There is a book, who runs may readPage Scan
183Scorn not the slightest word or deedPage Scan
184Spirit of peace, celestial Dove!Page Scan
185When, in the busy haunts of menPage Scan
186The world may change from old to newPage Scan
187To truth, the joyful nations roundPage Scan
188When all thy mercies, O my God Page Scan
189Father divine! before thy viewPage Scan
190Angels, where'er we go, attendPage Scan
191Joy to the world--the darkness fliesPage Scan
192The heavenly spheres to thee, O GodPage Scan
193It visiteth the desolatePage Scan
194Thou giver of all earthly goodPage Scan
195Each tiny leaf unfolds a scrollPage Scan
196Bland as the morning breath of JunePage Scan
197In life's young morn, with buds and flowersPage Scan
198There's not a place in earth's vast roundPage Scan
199O for a faith that will not shrinkPage Scan
200Check not the oar when skies are clearPage Scan
201O God! we praise thee, and confessPage Scan
202Our God! our God! thou shinest herePage Scan

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