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Author: H. L. G. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The sweetest song my heart e'er sung Refrain First Line: O hallelujah! Jesus saves Lyrics: 1 The sweetest song my heart e’er sung Was one about my Lord;— Of pardon free He gave to me, When I believed His word. Refrain: O hallelujah! Jesus saves; His blood avails for me. O hallelujah! praise the Lord; He sets His people free. 2 The hallelujahs, of that hour Have never passed away, For Christ abides, whate’er betides; My soul’s aglow today. [Refrain] 3 No harps on willow branches hang, But all in tune for God; My bounding soul, while ages roll, Will shout His praise abroad. [Refrain] 4 No Babylonian rivers now Flow by me when I weep; For tears of joy, without allow, Are mine while Christ doth keep. [Refrain] 5 Tho’ trials come, and troubles too, Temptations press severe, My Jesus is a conqueror, And tells me not to fear. [Refrain] 6 And still the carol of my soul, From early morn till night, Is, “whosoever will may come,” “And walk with me in white.” [Refrain] Topics: Adoration; Joy and Gladness Used With Tune: [The sweetest song my heart e'er sung]

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[The sweetest song my heart e'er sung]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 55435 17643 11325 Used With Text: A Song of Joy

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A Song of Joy

Author: H. L. G. Hymnal: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #152 (1891) First Line: The sweetest song my heart e'er sung Refrain First Line: O hallelujah! Jesus saves Lyrics: 1 The sweetest song my heart e’er sung Was one about my Lord;— Of pardon free He gave to me, When I believed His word. Refrain: O hallelujah! Jesus saves; His blood avails for me. O hallelujah! praise the Lord; He sets His people free. 2 The hallelujahs, of that hour Have never passed away, For Christ abides, whate’er betides; My soul’s aglow today. [Refrain] 3 No harps on willow branches hang, But all in tune for God; My bounding soul, while ages roll, Will shout His praise abroad. [Refrain] 4 No Babylonian rivers now Flow by me when I weep; For tears of joy, without allow, Are mine while Christ doth keep. [Refrain] 5 Tho’ trials come, and troubles too, Temptations press severe, My Jesus is a conqueror, And tells me not to fear. [Refrain] 6 And still the carol of my soul, From early morn till night, Is, “whosoever will may come,” “And walk with me in white.” [Refrain] Topics: Adoration; Joy and Gladness Languages: English Tune Title: [The sweetest song my heart e'er sung]

A Song of Joy

Author: H. L. G. Hymnal: The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #89 (1891) First Line: The sweetest song my heart e'er sung Refrain First Line: Oh, hallelujah! Jesus saves Languages: English Tune Title: [The sweetest song my heart e'er sung]

A Song of Joy

Author: H. L. G. Hymnal: Radiant Songs #89 (1891) First Line: The sweetest song my heart e'er sung Refrain First Line: Oh, hallelujah! Jesus saves Languages: English Tune Title: [The sweetest song my heart e'er sung]

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H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Person Name: H. L. G. Author of "A Song of Joy" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry