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The Southern harmony, and musical companion

containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems

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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]

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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]

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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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[God is our refuge in distress]

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The following poem is scored for music in the source text.

God is our refuge in distress,
A present help when dangers press;
In him undaunted we'll confide,
Though earth were from her centre toss'd,
And mountains in the ocean lost,
Torn piecemeal by the roaring tide.