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See how the wicked kingdom

Meter: 7.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1. See how the wicked kingdom Is falling every day, And still our blessed Jesus Is winning souls away; But O how I am tempted, No mortal tongue can tell, So often I'm surrounded With enemies from hell. Used With Tune: THE CHRISTIAN'S CONFLICTS

My friends, I am going a long and tedious journey

Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. My friends, I am going a long and tedious journey, Never to return; I am going a long journey, never to return. I am going a long journey, Never to return. (Repeat previous line). 215 Never to return, never to return, never to return; Never, never never, never, to return; Fare you well, my friends. (Repeat previous line twice), And God grant we may meet together in that world above, Where trouble shall cease and harmony shall abound, 216 Hark! hark! my dear friends, for death hath called me, And I must go, and lie down in the cold and silent grave, Where the mourners cease from mourning, and the prisoner is set free; Where the rich and poor are both alike; Fare you well, fare you well, fare you well, fare you well, Fare you well, my friends. Used With Tune: FAREWELL ANTHEM

Eternity draws nigh

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1. Come away to the skies. My beloved, arise, And rejoice in the day thou wast born; On this festival day, come exulting away, And with singing to Zion return. Used With Tune: NEW YEAR

Come, thou Almighty king

Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,817 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come, thou almighty King, Help us thy name to sing, Help us to praise! Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient of days! 2. Come, thou Incarnate Word, Gird on thy mighty sword, Our prayer attend; Come, and thy people bless, And give thy word success: Spirit of holiness, On us descend! 3. Come Holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear, In this glad hour: Thou who almighty art, Now rule in every heart, And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power! 4. To the great One and Three, The highest praises be Hence, evermore: His sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore Used With Tune: NEW HAVEN

Let me go to my home in the far distant west

Meter: 12.12.12.12.11 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Let me go to my home in the far distant west, To the scenes of my childhood, in innocence blest, Where the tall cedars wave, and the bright waters flow, Where my fathers repose, let me go, let me go, Where my fathers repose, oh! there let me go. 2. Let me go to the spot where the cataracts play, Where I often have sported in boyhood's bright day, And there greet my fond mother whose heart will o'erflow At the sight of her child, let me go, let me go, At the sight of her child, oh! there let me go. 3. Let me go to my sire, by whose battle scarred side I have sported so oft in the noon of new pride, And exulted to conquer the insolent foe; To my Father the chief, let me go, let me go, To my father, the chief, oh! there let me go. 4. And oh! do let me go to my flashing eyed maid, Who hath taught me to love 'neath the green willow's shade; Whose heart like the fawn leaps, and is pure as the snow: To the bosom I love, let me go, let me go, To the bosom I love, oh! there let me go. 5. And, oh! do let me go to my wild forest home, No more from its life cheering fond pleasures to roam 'Neath the grove of the glen let my ashes lie low, To my home in the wood let me go, let me go To my home in the wood, oh! there let me go. Used With Tune: THE INDIAN'S PETITION

My Shepherd will supply my need

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 240 hymnals Lyrics: 1. My Shepherd will supply my need; Jehovah is his name; In pastures fresh he makes me feed, Beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit back, When I forsake his ways, And leads me, for his mercy's sake, In paths of truth and grace. 2. When I walk through the shades of death Thy presence is my stay; One word of thy supporting breath Drives all my fears away. Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, Doth still my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head. 3. The sure provisions of my God Attend my all my days; O may thy house be mine abode, And all my work be praise! There would I find a settled rest, (While others go and come,) No more a stranger, nor a guest; But like a child at home. Used With Tune: RESIGNATION

Young people all, attention give

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 113 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Young people all, attention give, While I address you in God's name; You who in sin and folly live, Come hear the counsel of a friend. I've sought for bliss in glittering toys, And ranged the luring scenes of vice; But never knew substantial joys, Until I heard my Savior's voice. 2. He spake at once my sins forgiven, And washed my load of guilt away; He gave me glory, peace, and heaven, And thus I found the heavenly way. And now with trembling sense I view The billows roll beneath your feet; For death eternal waits for you, Who slight the force of gospel truth. 3. Youth, like the spring, will soon be gone By fleeting time or conquering death, Your morning sun may set at noon, And leave you ever in the dark. Your sparkling eyes and blooming cheeks Must wither like the blasted rose; The coffin, earth, and winding sheet Will soon your active limbs enclose. 4. Ye heedless ones that wildly stroll, The grave will soon become your bed, Where silence reigns, and vapors roll In solemn darkness round your head. Your friends will pass the lonesome place, And with a sigh move slow along; Still gazing on the spires of grass With which your graves are overgrown. 5. Your souls will land in darker realms, Where vengeance reigns and billows roar, And roll amid the burning flames, When thousand thousand years are o'er. Sunk in the shades of endless night, To groan and howl in endless pain, And never more behold the light, And never, never rise again. 6. Ye blooming youth, this is the state Of all who do free grace refuse; And soon with you 'twill be too late The way of life and Christ to choose. Come, lay your carnal weapons by, No longer fight against your God But with the gospel now comply And heaven shall be your great reward. Used With Tune: MISSION Text Sources: Baptist Harmony, p. 266

Come away to the skies. My beloved, arise

Meter: 6.6.9 Appears in 173 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come away to the skies. My beloved, arise, And rejoice in the day thou wast born; On this festival day, come exulting away, And with singing to Zion return. Used With Tune: MIDDLEBURY Text Sources: Methodist Hymn Book, p. 357

Salvation! O the joyful sound!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 841 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Salvation! O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears! A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. 2. Buried in sorrow and in sin, At hell's dark door we lay, But we arise by grace divine, To see a heavenly day. 3. Salvation! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. Used With Tune: PRIMROSE

Good morning, brother pilgrim

Meter: 7.6.8.7.7.6.7.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Good morning, brother pilgrim, What, bound for Canaan's coast? March you toward Jerusalem, To join the heavenly host? Pray, wherefore are you smiling, While tears run down your face? We soon shall cease from toiling, And reach that heavenly place, And reach that heavenly place; We soon shall cease from toiling, And reach that heavenly place. 2. To Canaan's coast we'll hasten, To join the heavenly throng, Hark! from the banks of Jordan, How sweet the pilgrims' song! Their Jesus they are viewing, By faith we see him too, We smile, and weep, and praise him, We smile, and weep, and praise him; And on our way pursue, We smile, and weep, and praise him, And on our way pursue. 3. Though sinners do despise us, And treat us with disdain, Our former comrades slight us Esteem us low and mean No earthly joy shall charm us, While marching on our way, Our Jesus will defend us, Our Jesus will defend us; In the distressing day, Our Jesus will defend us; In the distressing day. 4. The frowns of old companions, We're willing to sustain, And in divine compassion, To pray for them again; For Christ, our loving Savior, Our Comforter and Friend, Will bless us with his favor, Will bless us with his favor; And guide us to the end, Will bless us with his favor, And guide us to the end. 5. With streams of consolation, We're filled as with new wine, We die to transient pleasures, And live to things divine. We sink in holy raptures While viewing things above Why glory to my Savior, Why glory to my Savior; My soul is full of love, Why glory to my Savior, My soul is full of love. Used With Tune: SALUTATION Text Sources: Mercer's Cluster, p. 230

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