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Blest is the man, whose softening heart

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1 Blest is the man whose softening heart
Feels all another's pain;
To whom the supplicating eye
Was never raised in vain:

2 Whose breast expands with generous warmth
A stranger's woes to feel;
And bleeds in pity o'er the wound
He wants the power to heal.

3 He spreads his kind supporting arms
To every child of grief;
His secret bounty largely flows,
And brings unasked relief.

4 To gentle offices of love
His feet are never slow:
He views, through mercy's melting eye,
A brother in a foe.

5 Peace from the bosom of his God,
The Saviour's grace shall give;
And, when he kneels before the throne,
His trembling soul shall live.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in the prayer-meeting #469

Author: Mrs. Barbauld

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia, née Aikin, daughter of the Rev. John Ailrin, D.D., a dissenting minister, was b. at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20, 1743. In 1753 Dr. Aikin became classical tutor at a dissenting academy at Warrington. During her residence there she contributed five hymns to Dr. W. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, &c, Warrington, 1772. In the following year these were included in her Poems, Lond., J. Johnson, 1773. In May, 1774, Miss Aikin was married to the Rev. Rochemont Barbauld, a descendant of a French Protestant family, and a dissenting minister. For some years Mr. Barbauld conducted, in addition to his pastoral work, a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk. From this he retired in 1785. In 1786 he undertook t… Go to person page >

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ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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SERENITY (Wallace)


REMSEN (Holbrook)


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A Collection of Choral Hymns for the ... Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation #d17

A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship approved by the Presbytery of Charleston #d27

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #857

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A Collection of Hymns #280

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d45

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Designed for the Use of the Pious #d18

A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, Designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d72

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Every Sunday ... Diocese of Quebec #d13

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #28c

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A Selection of Psalms with occasional hymns (Charleston hymnal) #H.XXVII

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #797

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d19

Busy Work Songs #d2

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d93

Chapel Hymns #d70

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #251

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Church Choral-Book #215

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Church Harmonies #514

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Church Melodies #46

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Church Psalmist #348

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Church Psalmist #348

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Church Psalmist #348

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Church Psalmody #H662

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Church Psalmody #662

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Evangelical Hymnal #386

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Evangelical Hymns #254

Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d27

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Freedom's Lyre #130

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #386

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d71

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d62

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Hymns for Christian Melody #433

Hymns for Schools and Families #d15

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Hymns for Schools #176

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Hymns for Social Worship #267

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #809

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d43

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a808

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Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #115

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d37

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Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #49

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Laudes Domini #474

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Laudes Domini #896

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Laudes Domini #469

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #662

Mennonite Hymn Book #d38

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Mission Songs #101

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #316

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #316

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New Manual of Praise #460

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Plymouth Collection #a1047

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1047

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d63

Progressive Songster #d14

Psalmista #d34

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #70

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d96

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H305

Sacred poetry #d70

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Sacred Poetry #aH.XXXIX

Sacred Poetry #d69

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Sacred Poetry #H.XXXIX

Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d64

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Seamen's Hymns #348

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d77

Select Hymns #d56

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Select Hymns #517

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Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre #H115

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #504

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Social Psalmist #348

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #224

Songs for the New Life #d55

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #944

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #944

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #944

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Songs for the Sanctuary #944

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Songs for the Sanctuary #944

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Songs for the Sanctuary #944

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Songs of the Church #555

Spiritual Songs of the First National Association of Spiritualists #d19

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Temple Melodies #156

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #174a

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #645

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #237.645

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1047

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The Baptist Hymn Book #645

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The Baptist Praise Book #913

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The Baptist Psalmody #605

The Book of Praise #d71

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The Book of Worship #224

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #477

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #645

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