Index of First Lines
(Italicized numbers, used where reference is made to several songs with the same first lines, indicate where the fuller text is given.)
[A] [B] [C] [D] E [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] K [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] U V [W] X [Y] Z
A Number Afflictions, though they seem severe[24], [49] Alas, and did my Savior bleed[223], [229], [250] Amazing grace, how sweet the sound[135] And am I born to die[137] And let this feeble body fail[225] An’ Phareeoh’s daughter went down to the water[27] Are there anybody here like Mary a-weeping[164] As on the cross the Savior hung[23], [35]
B Beautiful home, sweet home, beautiful[222] Be gone, unbelief, my Savior is near[117] Behold the lep’rous Jew[44] Brethren, we have met to worship[114] Bright scenes of glory strike my sense[67], [94]
C Children of the heavenly King[243] Christ is set on Zion’s hill[41] Come, all my dear brethren and help me sing[173] Come, all ye mourning pilgrims dear[98] Come all ye young people of every relation[12] Come along, come along and let us go home[210] Come and taste along with me[185] Come, brothers and sisters who love one another[39] Come, friends and relations[46], [48] Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove[131] Come, humble sinner in whose breast[95] Come life, come death, come then what will[150] Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell[37] Come, thou fount of every blessing[101], [160] Come to Jesus, come to Jesus[159] Come, ye sinners, poor and needy[239] Come, ye that love the Lord[78]
D Dark was the hour, Gethsemane[77] Death, ain’t you got no shame[158] Death shall not destroy my comfort[90] Death, ’tis a melancholy day[69] Did Christ o’er sinners weep[146] Did Christ the great example lead[91] Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord[52] Do I not love thee, O my Lord[147] Drooping souls, no longer grieve[62], [116]
F Farewell, dear brethren in the Lord[247] Farewell, vain world, I’m going home[152], [153], [181], [183], [215] Father, I sing thy wondrous grace[76] Forever here my rest shall be[200] Friends of freedom, swell the song[112] From whence doth this union arise[53]
G Glory to God on high[141] Good morning, brother pilgrim[36] Go, preachers, and tell it to the world[156]
H Hail the day so long expected[192] Hail! ye sighing sons of sorrow[22] Hark, from the tombs a doleful sound[128] Hark, I hear the harps eternal[63] Hark, listen to the trumpeters[70], [182] Hark, my soul, it is the Lord[64] Hear the royal proclamation[84] He comes, he comes, the Judge severe[184] Here at thy table, Lord, we meet[68] High in yonder realms of light[61] High o’er the hills the mountains rise[96] How bright is the day when the Christian[129] How can I vent my grief[71] How condescending and how kind[30] How long, O Lord our Savior[132] How lost was my condition[31], [127] How pleasant thus to dwell below[227] How tedious and tasteless the hours[60], [149]
I I am a poor wayfaring stranger[40] I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay[18] I’d rather live a beggar while here on earth I stay[2] If I in thy likeness, O Lord[148] If our fathers want to go[220] If you get there before I do[244] I have a loving old father at home[38] I know that my Redeemer lives[166] I’ll praise him while he gives me breath[232] I love thee, I love thee[134] I love the holy Son of God[140] I’m dying, mother, dying now[15] I’m not ashamed to own my Lord[87] I’m thinking today of the church of my youth[45] I’m trav’ling to my grave[234] I pitch my tent on this camp ground[226] I sing a song which doth belong[29] I’ve a long time heard that there will be a judgment[165] I’ve listed in the holy war[212] I went down to the valley to pray[207]
J Jerusalem, my happy home[143], [221] Jesus, and shall it ever be[97] Jesus, I love thy charming name[126] Jesus, my all, to heav’n is gone[189], [198], [209], [216], [224], [231], [237], [238], [240], [248] Jesus, thou art the sinner’s friend[123] Judgment day is rolling on[175]
L Lay up nearer, brother, nearer[10] Lift up your heads, Immanuel’s friends[72], [169] Lord, I believe a rest remains[108] Lord, shed a beam of heavenly day[65]
M Man at his first creation in Eden God did place[5] Mercy, O thou son of David[21] Mourning souls, no longer grieve[66] My bible leads to glory[233] My brethren all, on you I call[83] My father’s gone to glory[219] My father’s gone to view that land[178] My God, my Portion and my Love[79] My heavenly home is bright and fair[74] My home is over Jordan[154] My rest is in heaven[73] My soul forsakes her vain delight[107] My soul’s full of glory inspiring my tongue[110], [172]
N “No home, no home,” plead a little girl[19] No more shall the sound of the war-whoop be heard[115] No sleep nor slumber to his eyes[122] Not many years their rounds shall roll[82] Now see the Savior stands pleading[100]
O O brethren, will you meet me[180] O brother, be faithful[203] O, brother, in that day[188] O, for a thousand tongues to sing[124] O happy souls, how fast you go[50] Oh, brethren, I have found a land[113] Oh, for a heart to praise my God[106] Oh, good old way, how sweet thou art[170] Oh, how I love my Savior[167] Oh, once I had a glorious view[75] O I am so happy in Jesus[155] O land of rest, for thee I sigh[133] O Lord, send us a blessing[206] O may I worthy prove to see[177] One day while in a lonesome grove[34] On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand[86], [201], [235], [246] O sleep not my babe for the morn of tomorrow[42] O tell me no more of this world’s vain store[104], [130] O Thou almighty Father[179] O thou by long experience tried[195] O thou God of my salvation[89] O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight[163] O thou who hearest when sinners cry[105] O ’tis a glorious mystery[171] Our cheerful voices let us raise[54] O when shall I see Jesus[59], [151], [187], [197], [204], [241] O who will come and go with me[190] O who will join and help me sing[186] O ye young and gay and proud[111]
P Peace, troubled soul, thou need not fear[242] Poor drunkards, poor drunkards, take warning by me[11] Poor mourning soul in deep distress[28]
R Remember, sinful youth, you must die[145] Review the palsied sinner’s case[20]
S Saw ye my Savior, saw ye my Savior[16] Say, brothers, will you meet us[202] Say now, ye lovely social band[93] Since man by sin has lost his God[228] Sinner, go, will you go[80] Sinners, turn, why will ye die[157] Sister, thou was mild and lovely[103] Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay[125] Sweet is the day of sacred rest[120]
T Tempest-tossed, troubled spirit[144] The chariot of mercy is speeding its way[102] The Christian race is now begun[249] The day is past and gone[55] The happy day will soon appear[168] The news of his mercy is spreading abroad[174] The people called Christians[136] There are angels hovering round[211] There is a heaven o’er yonder skies[236] There is a land of pleasure[92] There is a land of pure delight[81] There was a little fam’ly that liv’d in Bethany[8] There was a Romish lady[1] The time is swiftly rolling on[4], [25] The trumpets are a-sounding[245] This world is beautiful and bright[119] Tho’ sinners would vex me[3] Thou man of grief, remember me[57] Through all the world below[142] Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love[199] ’Tis the old-time religion[218] To see a pilgrim as he dies[118] ’Twas on that dark and doleful night[109]
W We have fathers in the promised land[193] We have our trials here below[161] We have our troubles here below[162] What ship is this that will take us all home[191] What’s this that steals, that steals upon my frame[58] What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul[88] When Adam was created he dwelt in Eden’s shade[13], [43] When all thy mercies, O my God[121] When for eternal worlds we steer[6] When Gabriel’s awful trump shall sound[99] When I can read my title clear to mansions in the skies[230] When I’m happy, hear me sing[208] When I was young of tender years[32] When pity prompts me to look round[213] When to that blessed world I rise[217] When weeping Mary came to seek[47] Where are the Hebrew children[194] While traveling through this world below[85] Whither goest thou, pilgrim stranger[205] Who is this that comes from far[138] Why do we mourn departing friends[139]
Y Ye fleeting charms of earth, farewell[196] Ye nations all, on you I call[51] Yes, my native land, I love thee[56] You got to go that lonesome valley[214] You may tell them, father, when you see them[176] Young ladies all, attention give[17] Young people all, attention give[7], [14], [33] Young people who delight in sin[26] Young women all, I pray draw near[9]