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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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[People of the living God]

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

People of the living God,
I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort nowhere found;
Now to you my spirit turns,
Turns a fugitive unblest;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
Oh! receive me into rest.
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