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The Southern harmony, and musical companion
containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems
1.
PART I. CONTAINING MOST OF THE PLAIN AND EASY TUNES COMMONLY USED IN TIME OF DIVINE WORSHIP.
[Young people all, attention give]
[Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched]
[Salvation! O the joyful sound]
[Thou Man of grief, remember me]
[To-day, if you will hear his voice]
[Come, humble sinner, in whose breast]
[O thou who hear'st when sinners cry]
[Mercy, O thou Son of David]
[Jesus, my all, to heav'n is gone]
[Children of the heav'nly King]
[Grace! 'tis a charming sound]
[Did Christ o'er sinner's weep]
[Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)]
[Lord I cannot let thee go]
[As on the cross the Saviour hung]
[Come, we that love the Lord]
[Am I a soldier of the cross]
[Jesus my all to heav'n is gone]
[How sweet the name of Jesus sounds]
[Lord, what is man, poor feeble man]
[Sweet is the day of sacred rest]
[Dear friends, farewell, I do you tell]
[O Thou in whose presence my soul takes delight]
[Hail the blest morn, see the great Mediator]
[Come away to the skies]
[Once more, my soul, the rising day]
[I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ]
[The time is swiftly rolling on]
[Welcome, welcome, ev'ry guest]
[How painfully pleasing the fond recollection]
[O come, loud anthems let us sing]
[So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r]
[Come, ye that love the Lord]
[Mercy, O thou Son of David]
[The faithless world promiscuous flows]
[Will God for ever cast us off]
[Saw ye my Saviour]
[When shall we all meet again]
[I love my blessed Saviour]
[My soul, repeat his praise]
[When I can read my title clear]
[Afflictions, though they seem severe]
[Remember, sinful youth, you must die, you must die]
[Our cheerful voices let us raise]
[And am I born to die]
[Teach me the measure of my days]
[When the midnight cry began, O what lamentation]
[Though troubles assail, and dangers affright]
[Come, O thou traveller unknown]
[Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand]
[The cross of Christ inspires my heart]
[Farewell, my lovely friends, farewell]
[Bright scenes of glory strike my sense]
[I find myself placed in a state of probation]
[My Shepherd will supply my need]
[Who is this that comes from far]
[From whence does this union arise]
[Do not I love thee, O my Lord]
[No more beneath th' oppressive hand]
[The people called Christians]
[Glorious things of thee are spoken]
[Hark! don't you hear the turtle dove]
[While beauty and youth are in their full prime]
[Am I a soldier of the cross]
[The day is past and gone]
[Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings]
[Broad is the road that leads to death]
[Come, humble sinner, in whose breast]
[How lost was my condition]
[Through all the world below]
[On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]
[By Babel's streams we sat and wept]
[O when shall I see Jesus, and dwell with him above]
[He dies, the Friend of sinners dies]
[Oh! may I worthy prove to see]
[O, once I had a glorious view]
[Come all, who love my Lord and master]
[The chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire]
[Come on, my partners in distress]
[O tell me no more of this world's vain store]
[In seasons of grief to my God I'll repair]
[Brethren, don't you hear the sound]
[Come, little children, now we may]
[There is a land of pleasure]
[Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing]
[The watchmen blow the trumpet round]
[Religion is the chief concern]
[Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord]
[No more beneath th' oppressive hand]
[How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord]
[To leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part]
[How tedious and tasteless the hours]
[Return, O God of love, return]
[Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings]
[When in death I shall calm recline]
[A few more days on earth to spend]
[The time is soon coming]
[Why do we mourn departing friends]
[Blow ye the trumpet, blow]
[Ye nations all, on you I call. Come, near this declaration]
[Come, all you weary travellers]
[Jesus, thou art the sinner's friend]
[Come, Christians, be valiant, our Jesus is near us]
[Come, all ye young people of every relation]
[There was a Romish lady brought up in popery]
[Dark and thorny is the desert]
[Come, humble sinner, in whose breast]
[The day of the Lord—the day of salvation]
[A story most lovely I'll tell]
[Wake, Isles of the South! your redemption is near]
[Hail! ye sighing sons of sorrow]
[Come away to the skies, My beloved, arise]
[O tell me where the Dove has flown]
[There is a happy land]
[The Lord into his garden comes]
[O how I have long'd for the coming of God]
[Father, I long, I faint to see]
[Why should we start, or fear to die]
[And if you meet with troubles]
[Come, thou fount of every blessing]
[No more shall the sound of the war-whoop be heard]
[Soldiers, go, but not to claim]
[Young people all, attention give]
[He comes! he comes! to judge the world]
[My days, my weeks, my months, my years]
[I sing a song which doth belong to all the human race]
[Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring]
[How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord]
[Vain, delusive world, adieu]
[Brethren, we have met to worship]
[When I can read my title clear]
[Come and taste, along with me]
[I am a stranger here below]
[Shall men pretend to pleasure]
[And let this feeble body fail]
[Hark! hark! glad tidings charm our ears]
[There's a friend above all others]
[This world's not all a fleeting show]
[From Greenland's icy mountains]
[Say now, ye lovely social band]
[My Christian friends, in bonds of love]
[With inward pain my heartstrings sound]
[How splendid shines the morning star]
[Those happy spirits, &c.]
[Hark! the jubilee is sounding]
2.
PART II. CONTAINING SOME OF THE MORE LENGTHY AND ELEGANT PIECES, COMMONLY USED AT CONCERTS, OR SINGING SOCIETIES.
[Death, 'tis a melancholy day]
[Let sinners take their course]
[God is our refuge in distress]
[O when shall I see Jesus]
[Jesus, I my cross have taken]
[How pleasant 'tis to see]
[My gracious Redeemer I love]
[How did his flowing tears condole]
[O, how happy are they]
[My soul forsakes her vain delight]
[Mine eyes are now closing to rest]
[See how the wicked kingdom]
[Soldiers of the cross, arise]
[In de dark woods, no Indian nigh]
[O Jesus, my Saviour, I know thou art mine]
[Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey]
[Hither, ye faithful, haste with songs of triumph]
[On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]
[How happy is the pilgrim's lot]
[He comes! he comes! the Judge severe! halle, hallelujah]
[Rejoice, my friends, the Lord is King]
[Hail, Columbia! happy land]
[Good morning, brother pilgrim]
[O come, come away! the Sabbath morn is passing]
[Thou great, mysterious God unknown]
[Hear the royal proclamation]
[What sorrowful sounds do I hear]
[When Gabriel's awful trump shall sound]
[See the Lord of glory dying]
[Come, all ye mourning pilgrims dear]
[The Lamb appears to wipe our tears]
[Ye children of Jesus, who're bound for the kingdom]
[Bless, O my soul, the living God]
[Thou great Instructor, lest I stray]
[Lord, what a feeble piece]
[Welcome, sweet day of rest]
[Hail, solitude! thou gentle queen]
[Lift up your heads, Immanuel's friends, O halle, hallelujah]
[And words of peace reveal]
[Farewell, farewell, farewell, my friends]
[My soul, be on thy guard]
[Come, thou Almighty king]
[Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee]
[O, if my soul was form'd for wo]
[Great God, attend while Zion sings]
[Young people all, attention give]
[Along the banks where Babel's current flows]
[Children of the heavenly King]
[Sinner, art thou still secure]
[Sweet rivers of redeeming love]
[No burning heats by day]
[Thy praise, O Lord, shall tune the lyre]
[Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove]
[Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I]
[Early, my God, without delay]
[Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive]
[Sweet is the work, my God, my King]
[My refuge is the God of love]
[The hill of Zion yields]
[With songs and honours sounding loud]
[From all that dwell below the skies]
[Thy works of glory, mighty Lord]
[Plung'd in a gulf of dark despair]
[Wide, ye heavenly gates, unfold]
[When for eternal worlds we steer]
[Approach, my soul, the mercy seat]
[Vital spark of heav'nly flame]
[I heard a great voice from heav'n, saying unto me]
[The Lord is ris'n indeed! Hallelujah]
[Hark! ten thousand harps and voices]
[Oh when shall I see Jesus]
[Jesus, grant us all a blessing]
[Jesus, my all, to heav'n is gone]
[Oh when shall I see Jesus]
[Away from his home and the friends of his youth]
[O'er the gloomy hills of darkness]
[Jerusalem, my happy home]
[Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes]
[Thou sweet gliding Kedron, by thy silver stream]
[I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley]
[I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number]
[The morning sun shines from the east]
[David the king was grieved and moved]
[My friends, I am going a long and tedious journey]
APPENDIX: CONTAINING SEVERAL TUNES ENTIRELY NEW.
[Hark! my soul, it is the Lord]
[When I can read my title clear to mansions in the skies]
['Mid scenes of confusion and creature complaints]
[What wondrous love is this, oh! my soul! oh! my soul]
[On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]
[Since man by sin has lost his God]
[See how the wicked kingdom]
[I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay]
[Thou art gone to the grave—but we will not deplore thee]
[Our bondage it shall end, by and by, by and by]
[In the floods of tribulation]
[Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise]
[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound]
[Today, if you will hear his voice]
[Sometimes a light surprises]
[High o'er the hills the mountains rise]
[Where are the Hebrew children]
[If God is mine, then present things]
[Let party names no more]
[In evil long I took delight]
[Let me go to my home in the far distant west]
[The glorious light of Zion Is spreading all around]
[Let ev'ry mortal car attend]
[I love the volume of thy word]
[My God, my life, my love]
[How beauteous are their feet]
[Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]
[Rock of Ages, shelter me]
[My God, my portion, and my love]
[Why do we mourn departing friends]
[How precious, Lord, thy sacred word]
[Ye nations of the earth, rejoice]
[On the mountain's top appearing]
[There is a land of pure delight]
[Ye trembling captives hear]
[Come, sound his name abroad]
[To God our voices let us raise]
[And am I born to die]
[Joy to the world, the Lord is come]
[How pleased and blest was I]
[How long, dear Jesus, oh! how long]
[Shall wisdom cry aloud]
[Give me the wings of faith, to rise]
[And must I be to judgment brought]
[How sweet the melting lay]
[My God, my life, my love]
[How pleasant, how divinely fair]
[Thus far the Lord has led me on]
[Life is the time to serve the Lord]
[Come ye who know the Lord indeed]
[Oh! thou, whose tender mercy hears]
[My dearest, lovely, native land]
['Tis by the faith of joys to come]
[Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear]
[Jesus, I my cross have taken]
[His hoary frost, his fleecy snow]
[When I can read my title clear to mansions in the skies]
[Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish]
[This life's a dream, an empty show]
[Let every creature join]
[How sweet to reflect on the joys that await me]
[All hail the power of Jesus' name]
[Oh! for a closer walk with God]
[Come, happy souls, approach your God]
[Hark! listen to the trumpeters]
[Jerusalem, my happy home]
[Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched]
[What's this that in my soul is rising?]
[Shed not a tear o'er your friend's early bier]
[What's this that steals, that steals upon my frame]
[Hasten, Lord, the glorious time]
[When converts first begin to sing]
[How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me]
[Hail the blest morn! see the great Mediator]
[Precious Bible, what a treasure]
[People of the living God]
[How condescending and how kind]
[Jesus, my all, to heav'n is gone]
[Farewell! vain world, I'm going home]
[Jesus died on Calvary's mountain]
[I've listed in the holy war]
[Christian, see the orient morning]
[Joy to the world, the Lord is come]
[While, with ceaseless course, the sun]
[On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]
[There is a world we have not seen]
[Behold! behold the Lamb of God]
[Ye objects of sense]
[His voice as the sound of the dulcimer sweet]
[We have our trials here below]
[Alas! and did my Saviour bleed]
[The Lord is ris'n indeed]
[Far from mortal cares retreating]
[Jesus, my all, to heav'n is gone]
[Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing]
[Yes, my native land, I love thee]
[Thou art passing away, thou art passing away]
[Father, who in the olive shade]
[Lord of the worlds above]
[Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish]
[When all thy mercies]
[Why should I be affrighted]
[Come away to the skies]
[Eternity draws nigh]
[Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand]
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The Southern harmony, and musical companion
The Southern harmony, and musical companion
containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems
Published by E. W. Miller
Philadelphia
[1854]
The Southern harmony, and musical companion