INDIAN
Methodist Hymn-Book
Staylim=Paypa ta Methodist=Ts’hayilth.

HYMNS
used on the
Fraser River Indian Mission,
of the
Methodist Church, B. C. Conference.
to which are appended
Hymns in Chinook, and the
Lord’s Prayer and Ten Commandments.

TRANSLATED BY
Rev’s. Thos. Crosby, Chas. M Tate,
and Wm. H Barraclough, B.A., Missionaries.

Compiled and Printed by Rev. W.H. Barraclough,
Chilliwack, B.C. 1898.

NOTES

The following hymns are in the Chill-way-uk dialect of the language of the Alkomaylum nation of Indians, who live along the Fraser River, from Yale to the Coast, and on Vancouver Island, at Cowichan and Nanaimo. The Alkomaylum, (or Ankomeenum, sometimes called Stawlo or River language,) as spoken by the Cowichans, is sweet and rythmical. The Chillwayuk dialect is harsher and more guttural. The Nanaimos, the Yales, the Sumas, the Kwantuls, etc. of B.C., and the Nooksaks of Wash., U.S.A., each speak a slightly different dialect of the same language.

⇒ PRONUNCIATION.

` When before k, sound the letter by pressing the back of the tongue against the soft palate, and expelling the letter with a clicking sound. When before t, ts, or tz, press the tip of the tongue against the hard palate, and expel the sound as before.

kh, Is sounded by lightly pressing the back of the tongue against the soft palate, and emitting the sound in a slurring manner.

tl, and lth, Are sounded by pressing the tip of the tongue against the hard palate and emit as in kh.

a, Is pronounced ah; while all others are regular as in English.

T.C., C.M.T., and W.H.B., at the end of each hymn, are the initials of the translators.

Ts’hayilth Staylim

1
ARISE MY SOUL ARISE.
Canadian Hymnal No. 72.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Whee talswal skwi-la-wal whee,

Wheesit ta kul see-see;

Ta sat-see-ul Jesus

Aylakut telth-le-melth:

Tokla tl’khaylikh ska ta See-am,

S’khayl talswal skwikh lay ta tchalikhs.

T.C.

2

Owe-awts tokla Jesus

My-ate talswal skwi-la-wal,

Al stlay tokla See-am,

E ta swas sat-see-ul;

Tokla Jesus swas sat-see-ul

Ay-la-kut tomuk sawlth skwi-lawal.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

Arise, my soul arise,

Shake off thy guilty fears;

The bleeding sacrifice

In my behalf appears;

Before the throne my surety stands;

My name is written on his hands.

2
WE’LL WORK TILL JESUS COMES.
Gospel Hymns 1-6 Complete No. 180.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Lay ta ay-e tumokh al stlay-kwus ka-wom,

Temtam kwuls lam al tus;

Temtam kwus tlakit talswal see-ize

E ka-wom lay ta Ay-e.

Ay-e-kwus see-ize ka tatsel ta Jesus,

||:See-ize-tchit ka tatsel ta Jesus,:||

Lam ka-put alokh.

2

Lay-wilth kukh ta ay-e mestayokh lay,

Hayluk taswas skwilawal.

Kla al stlay-kwus lam kwatsit toklalim

Lay ta ay-e tumokh.

3

Owita ay-e e-tila tumokh,

Owe-awts telth-le-melth kham;

Owa-tcha staas lay ta ay-e tumokh,

Laysit ta sawlth See-am.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

O land of rest, for thee I sigh,

When will the moment come,

When I shall lay my armor by,

And dwell in peace at home.

||: We’ll work till Jesus comes, :||

And we’ll be gathered home.

3
I AM SO GLAD THAT OUR FATHER.
G.H. 1-6 No. 18.

ALKOMAYLUM

Hayluk tal skwilawal tal mal lay ta tchee-tchilth,

Shkha-khayl taswas skwell tokla may awkwus-thawmikh,

Kukh ta ay-e stem shkha-khayl lay taswas skwell

Kla ewal ay-e tokla Jesus stlay-il-thawmikh.

||:Hayluk tal skwilawal ta Jesus stlayil-thawmikh:||

Jesus stlay-il-thawmikh ta-alsa.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

1 I am so glad that our Father in Heaven

Tells of His love in the Book He has given,

Wonderful things in the Bible I see,

This is the dearest, that Jesus loves me.

||: I am so glad that Jesus loves me, :||

Jesus loves even me.

2 Though I forget Him and wander away,

Still He doth love me wherever I stray;

Back to His dear loving arms would I flee,

When I remember that Jesus loves me.

3 Jesus loves me, and I know I love Him,

Love brought Him down my poor soul to redeem.

Yes! it was love made Him die on the tree,

Oh! I am certain that Jesus loves me.

4
COME THOU FOUNT.
Can. Hym’l, No. 218.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Maytla Jesus ska telth-le-melth,

Ewis-tawlokh ta sawlth staylim;

Sta-a kwo stawlo taswas ay-e skwilawal,

Owe-awts ma-tatsel whimay ta-alsa.

Al stlay ta Jesus, hallelujah,

Al stlay ta Jesus osthayte tal skwell;

Al stlay ta Jesus, a-yelokh-sthawmikh,

Tokla Jesus stlays ta-alsa.

2

Talowa Jesus Christ tal stlay,

Ooli talowa Ay-e See-am;

Tsukh-wemit-tchuh tomuk salawa,

A-yelokh-tchuh towuk `kaw-`kie.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing,

Tune my heart to sing thy grace,

Streams of mercy never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest praise.

I love Jesus, hallelujah, &c.

2 Teach me some celestial measure,

Sung by ransomed hosts above;

Oh, the vast, the boundless treasure,

Of my Lord’s unchanging love.

5
SWEET BY-AND-BYE.
Can. Hym’l, No. 255.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Lay kwa tchee-tchilth ta ay-e tumokh,

Awkwus-tawlokwus ta Tcheetchilth-Seeam,

Theeilth-sitawlokwus kwa ay-e shwaw-met,

Almit-stawlokwus tokla sawlth Mal.

||: Tchalal may hayluk tasawlth skwilawal,

Olamit `kup lay ta tchee-tchilth tumokh.:||

2

Lay kwa tchee-tchilth ta ay-e staylim,

Tchalal kwus staylim skaka ta ay-e mes-tayokh,

Lamtcha hi owe-awts may kulth skwilawal,

Skwi kwuls kham lam al-tus ay-e lalam.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

1 There’s a land that is fairer than day,

And by faith we can see it afar,

For the Father waits over the way,

To prepare us a dwelling place there.

||: In the sweet by-and-bye,

We shall meet on that beautiful shore. :||

2 We shall meet, we shall sing, we shall reign

In the land where the saved never die;

We shall rest free from sorrow and pain,

Safe at home in the sweet by-and-bye.

6
THY WILL BE DONE.
G.H. 1-6 No. 229.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Tchee-tchilth-See-am talswal lay Mal,

Tlay talswal ke-a’tl e-tila tumokh,

Ay-e-kwus may e-wis-thawmikh kwulls skwell

“Taswas skwi-la-wal.”

2

Yawswa tawtayls-thawmikh ta lee-awm,

Yawswa mays kulth tal skwilawal,

Ay-e-kwus owe-awts thuts-thawma See-am;

“Taswas skwilawal.”

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

1 My God and Father, while I stray

Far from my home, on life’s rough way,

Oh, teach me from my heart to say,

“Thy will be done.”

2 What tho’ in lonely grief I sigh

For friends beloved, no longer nigh,

Submissive still would I reply,

“Thy will be done.”

3 Renew my will from day to day,

Blend it with thine, and take away

All that now makes it hard to say,

“Thy will be done.”

7
TITLE CLEAR.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Temtam may ay-e tal skwi-la-wal,

Aye-aw-wilth ta kul see-see;

Tchalal kwus kwatsit ay-e shwaw-met,

Tchalal kwus hi kwus kham.

Aye-kwus kween-tal ta lee-awm,

Tchalal-e ka wom lay ta tchee-tchilth tumokh.

2

Owe-awth may kulth tal skwi-la-wal,

Tomuk stem ay-e tal shwa-lay;

Al stlay kwus makh tokla lee-awm,

Ta Tchee-thilth-See-am tal stlay.

3

Tchalal kwuls tsats-aye lay ta tchee-tchilth,

Tchalal kwuls ka-wom lay;

Tchalal lay hi tokla lee-awm

Kal-kul-aylt tal skwi-la-wal.

C. M. T.

ENGLISH

When I can read my title clear

To mansions in the skies,

I’ll bid farewell to every fear,

And wipe my weeping eyes.

||: We will stand the storm,

We will anchor by-and-bye. :||

8
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
G. H. 1-6 No. 195.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Stem kwa ts’kwot tal skwi-la-wal,

Ooli ta sat-see-ul ta Jesus;

Stem kwa may sthay-lawmikh talsa,

Ooli ta sat-see-ul ta Jesus.

O ay-e taswas sat-see nl

Ts’kwot talswal skwi-la-wal,

Owita kwa lat`z al stlay,

Ooli ta sat-see-ul ta Jesus.

2

Owita stem aylaka-sthawmikh,

Owa tlaws ta ay-e talswal see-ize.

3

Owita stem may hayluk-sthawmikh,

Owita shwa-lays tal skwi-lawal.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

1 What can wash away my stain,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole again,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

O precious is the flow,

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

2 Nothing can for sin atone,

Naught of good that I have done.

9
HOLY SPIRIT, FAITHFUL GUIDE.
Can. Hym’l. No. 20.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Holy Spirit ewis-thawmikh,

Owe-awth stitaysh ta ay-e mestay-okh,

Kwilat-sthawmikh talowa see-am,

Kwus e-mikh e-tila tumokh;

Owe-awth hayluk tlawat tl’jeuse,

Tchit-tcha-lam ta ay-e a skwell,

Tchalkam-sthawmikh talowa tasos

Lam-asthawm ta ay-e lalam.

2

Osthayte talowa sawlth see-aya,

Owe-awth stitaysh kwus sthukh-wemit-stawlokh;

Hi-stukh-tchukh ta sawlth see-see,

Tawit-tchukh ta sawth skwi-la-wal;

Omays-kawlthsit tokla lee-awm,

Omays-kaykalam taswa skwilawal;

Tchalkam-sthawmikn talowa tasos

Lam-asthawm ta ay-e lalam.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

Holy Spirit, faithful Guide,

Ever near the Christian’s side,

Gently lead us by the hand,

Pilgrims in a desert land;

Weary souls fore’er rejoice,

While they hear that sweetest voice,

Whispering softly, ‘Wanderer, come!

Follow me, I’ll guide thee home.’

10
STAND UP FOR JESUS.
Can. Hym’l No. 195.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Tl’khay-likh whulam ta Jesus,

Tl-welop soldiers ta lak-wail;

Ay-e-kwos os-thayte lam kweental

Whulam taswas shu-mal;

Tchalal kwos lam tl’whuluk,

O tchal-tokh ta see-am;

Tchalal stakhail ta Jesus,

Ka hi tokla lee-awm.

C.M.T.

2

Tl’khay-likh whulam ta Jesus,

Tl’khay-likh lay ta tokla;

Owita tasawlths kwawm-kwum,

Ooli tokla kwawm-kwum.

Ay-e-kwus owe-awts ts’khulth-kham

Whulam ta sawlth See-am;

Owita kwus stem sawlth see-see,

Owe-awts tokla my-ate-tawlokh.

W.H.B.

ENGLISH

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

Ye soldiers of the Cross!

Lift high his royal banner;

It must not suffer loss:

From victory unto victory

His army will he lead,

Till every foe is vanquished,

And Christ is Lord indeed.

11
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN.
G. H. 1-6 No. 733.

ALKOMAYLUM

1

Tokla Jesus swas sat-see-ul

Aylth ma-kwutl lay ta lak-wail;

Ka yawswa wat lay shaw-kwa-kwom

May ay-e taswas skwi-la-wal.

2

Ta-laykwus kwuts-alokh ta ay-e stawlo

Sat-see-ul tokla Jesus;