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Songs of the Church: or, hymns and tunes for Christian worship

Editor: Rev. Charles S. Robinson
Publisher: Scribner & Co., New York, 1879
Denomination: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Language: English
Notes: Hymns, Doxologies and Chants are numbered separately. There are also some tunes in the back of the hymnal.
#TextTuneText InfoTune InfoTextScorePage ScanAudio
1101Jesus, my sorrow lies too deepPage Scan
1102My Jesus [Father] [Savior], as thou wiltPage Scan
1103O Father, compass me aboutPage Scan
1104Go preach my gospel, saith the [my] LordPage Scan
1105How beauteous are their [his] feetPage Scan
1106'Tis not a cause of small importPage Scan
1107Not to the terrors of the Lord the tempest fire and smokePage Scan
1108O holy Lord our GodPage Scan
1109One sole baptismal signPage Scan
1110Lo what a glorious corner stone [cornerstone]Page Scan
1111Savior, [Say], who thy flock are [art] feedingPage Scan
1112Great God, now condescendPage Scan
1113O Lord, thy covenant is surePage Scan
1114Our children thou dost claimPage Scan
1115O thou who hast died to redeem us from hellPage Scan
1116Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to facePage Scan
1117Forget thyself, Christ bade thee comePage Scan
1118Lord, may the spirit of this [thy] feastPage Scan
1119Lamb of God, whose bleeding [dying] lovePage Scan
1120Lord, at thy table I [we] behold The wonders of thy gracePage Scan
1121A parting hymn we singPage Scan
1122Behold the temple of the LordPage Scan
1123Great Shepherd of thine Isr'lPage Scan
1124Light of those whose dreary dwellingPage Scan
1125Daughter of Zion, from the dustPage Scan
1126Arm of the Lord, awake, awake, put on thy strengthPage Scan
1127Wake, the welcome day appearethPage Scan
1128Watchman, tell us of the nightPage Scan
1129Glorious things of thee are spokenPage Scan
1130Zion [Sion] stands by [with] hills surroundedPage Scan
1131Look ye saints the day is breakingPage Scan
1132Come, Thou long expected Jesus [Savior], Born to set thy people freePage Scan
1133When shall the voice of singing flowPage Scan
1134O that the Lord's salvationPage Scan
1135Roll on, thou mighty ocean, And as thy billowsPage Scan
1136Ye messengers of Christ [God]Page Scan
1137Wake the song of jubileePage Scan
1138Fear not, O little flock, the foePage Scan
1139Through every age, eternal GodPage Scan
1140Behold the path that [which] mortals treadPage Scan
1141O let me [us] gracious [heavenly] Lord, extendPage Scan
1142Of all the thoughts of God that are borne in upon the soul afarPage Scan
1143How vain is all beneath the skies [sky]Page Scan
1144There is a calm for those who [that] weepPage Scan
1145Behold the western evening lightPage Scan
1146At evening time, let there be lightPage Scan
1147When downward to the darksome tombPage Scan
1148Vital spark of heavenly flamePage Scan
1149Lift not thou the wailing voicePage Scan
1150No, no, it is not dyingPage Scan
1151Earth's transitory things decayPage Scan
1152Christian, the morn breaks sweetly o'er theePage Scan
1153Beneath our feet and o'er our headPage Scan
1154Time grows not old with length of yearsPage Scan
1155Ready now to spread my pinionsPage Scan
1156Bright glories rush upon my sightPage Scan
1157We would see Jesus, for the shadows lengthenPage Scan
1158What is life, 'tis but [all] a vaporPage Scan
1159There is an hour, when I must part With all I hold most dearPage Scan
1160One [A] sweetly [sweet] solemn thought comes to me o'er and o'erPage Scan
1161Morning breaks upon the tombPage Scan
1162The chariot, the chariot, its wheels roll [in] firePage Scan
1163In the sun, and moon, and starsPage Scan
1164That awful day will surely comePage Scan
1165Earth is past [passed] away and gonePage Scan
1166Eternity, Eternity, How long art thou, eternity, and yetPage Scan
1167This is not my [a] place of restingPage Scan
1168Time, thou speedest on but slowlyPage Scan
1169Come up hither; come awayPage Scan
1170As when the [a] weary traveler gainsPage Scan
1171From every earthly pleasurePage Scan
1172Lo what a glorious sight appearsPage Scan
1173Jerusalem, my happy home, name ever dear to mePage Scan
1174We speak of the realms of the blestPage Scan
1175There is an hour of hallowed peacePage Scan
1176Jesus, blessed MediatorPage Scan
1177Lo the seal of death is breakingPage Scan
1178Who are these [those] arrayed in whitePage Scan
1179Palms of glory, raiment brightPage Scan
1180For thee, O dear, dear countryPage Scan
1181Jerusalem, the glorious, the glory of the electPage Scan
1182Come, let us anew our journey pursue, Roll roundPage Scan
1183Awake, ye saints, and raise [lift] your eyesPage Scan
1184Great God of nations now to theePage Scan
1185God bless our native land, Firm may shePage Scan
1186Great is the Lord our GodPage Scan
1187Why, O God, thy people spurnPage Scan
1188Swell the anthem, raise the songPage Scan
1189Star of peace to wanderers weary [dreary]Page Scan
1190Great God, whom heaven, and earth, and seaPage Scan
1191Stern winter throws his [her] [its] icy chainsPage Scan
1192While verdant hill and blooming valePage Scan
1193When shall we meet again? Page Scan
D1Praise God, from whom all blessings flowPage Scan
D2To God the Father, God the SonPage Scan
D3Eternal Father! throned abovePage Scan
D4To Father, Son, and Holy GhostPage Scan
D5Let God the Father, and the SonPage Scan
D6The God of mercy be adoredPage Scan
D7Ye angels round the thronePage Scan

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