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Select Melodies, Comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use not Found in the Standard Methodist Episcopal Hymnal

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d1A home in heaven, what a joyful thought
d2A poor wayfaring man of grief Hath often crossed
d3A voice from the savage, a voice from the slave
d4Accept our thanks for all your love
d5Adieu, my dear brethren, adieu
d6Afflictions, though they seem severe
d7All hail the power of Jesus' name, Let angels prostrate fall
d8All ye that pass by
d9Along the banks where Babel's current flows
d10Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved
d11An alien from God, and a stranger to grace
d12Angel [Angels], roll the rock [stone] away
d13Approach, my soul, the mercy seat
d14Attend, young friends, while [whilst] I relate
d15Awake, my faith, and bring to view
d16Awake, my soul, in [to] joyful [joyous] lays
d17Awake our drowsy souls, shake off
d18Awake, thy song, O earth
d19Awake, ye saints, and raise [lift] your eyes
d20Awaked by Sinai's awful sound
d21Away from his home and the friends of his youth
d22Be present at our lovefeast, Lord
d23Behold the pilgrim as he dies
d24Behold the wretch whose lust and wine
d25Blest hour, when mortal man retires [aspires]
d26Brethren farewell I do you tell
d27Brethren here are mourners pleading
d28Brethren, we have met to worship, and adore the Lord our God
d29Brethren, while we sojourn here
d30Burst, ye emerald [pearly] gates, and bring
d31By cool Siloam's shady rill
d32By faith I view my Savior dying
d33By faith we view fair Canaan's coast
d34By whom was David taught
d35Child of sin and sorrow, Filled with dismay
d36Come and taste along with me, consolation running free
d37Come brethren dear, who know the Lord
d38Come, children, let your voices rise
d39Come, gentle sleep, these eyelids close
d40Come, let us join our friends above, who [that] have obtained the prize
d41Come, my brethren, let us try
d42Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
d43Come sound his praise [name] abroad, And hymns
d44Come, trembling sinner, from thy seat
d45Come, trembling sinner, in whose breast
d46Come, ye weary sinners, come
d47Come, ye [you] disconsolate, where'er ye [you] languish
d48Creator, Preserver, Redeemer of men
d49Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness
d50Day of judgment, day of wonders
d51Days of my youth, ye have glided away
d52Death shall not destroy my comfort [comforts], Christ shall guide me through the gloom
d53Draw nigh to us, Jehovah
d54Drooping souls no longer grieve, Heaven
d55Earth to earth and dust to dust, here the evil and the just
d56Encompassed with clouds of distress
d57Endless praises to our Lord God
d58Far above yon glorious ceiling
d59Far from my [our] thoughts, vain world, be gone
d60Farewell, dear friends, I must be gone
d61Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand
d62Farewell to thee, brother
d63Father, I long, I faint to see The place of thine abode
d64Firmly, brethren, firmly stand
d65Forever with the Lord [our God], amen, so let it be
d66Friend after friend departs
d67From all that's mortal, all that's vain
d68From every stormy wind [sense] that blows
d69From Greenland's icy mountains
d70From the regions of love, lo, an angel descended
d71Give thanks to God most high
d72Glorious things of thee are spoken
d73Glory to God on high, Let earth and skies reply
d74Go forth to distant lands
d75God and his law are my delight
d76God counts the sorrows of his saints
d77God of our fathers, whose right hand
d78Grace, 'tis a charming [cheering] [joyful] [pleasing] sound
d79Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
d80Hail, happy day, when Christ, the Son
d81Hail, sweetest, dearest, tie that binds
d82Hail the blest morn when [see] the great Mediator
d83Hail the day that brought our freedom
d84Hail to the Lord's anointed
d85Hail ye sighing sons of sorrow
d86Hark, the voice of love and mercy
d87Haste, again, ye days of grace
d88Hear the royal proclamation, the glad tidings
d89Heaven is a place of endless rest
d90His vestments of righteousness
d91Hither, ye faithful, haste with [in] songs of triumph
d92Holy Bible, book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine
d93How blest the place where Jesus is
d94How firm a foundation, ye [you] saints of the Lord
d95How happy are the new born race
d96How lovely, how divinely sweet
d97How painfully pleasing the fond recollection Of youthful connections [emotions]
d98How peaceful is the closing scene
d99How pleasant 'tis to see
d100How sad are the moments when wandering from God

[This hymnal is not yet complete - may be missing texts or tunes]
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