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Church Poetry: being Portions of the Psalms in Verse and Hymns suited to the Festivals and Fasts, and Various Occasions of the Church

Editor: Wm. Augustus Muhlenberg
Publisher: S. Potter & Co., Philadelphia, 1823
Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
Language: English
Notes: Numbers are the page numbers the hymn starts on. If two hymns start on the same page, letters are added after the page number.
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1Bless'd is the man who shuns the placePage Scan
2aWhy do the heathen rage?Page Scan
2bLord, how my numerous foes increase!Page Scan
3Lord, thou wilt hear me when I prayPage Scan
4aWhile many cry, in Nature's nightPage Scan
4bPonder my words, O Lord, give earPage Scan
5In tender mercy, not in wrathPage Scan
6O Lord, how exc'llent is thy namePage Scan
7aThe Lord forever shall endurePage Scan
7bThe Lord is in his holy placePage Scan
8How long wilt thou, O God of gracePage Scan
9aThere is no God, the wicked sayPage Scan
9bWho shall inhabit on thy hillPage Scan
10I strive each action to approvePage Scan
11aThe pleasures of this worldPage Scan
11bIn deep distress I rais'd my voice on highPage Scan
12The spacious firmament on highPage Scan
13God's perfect law converts the soulPage Scan
14aBlest instructor! from thy waysPage Scan
14bThe king shall in thy strength rejoicePage Scan
15aThe Lord himself, the mighty LordPage Scan
15bThe Lord is my shepherd, no want shall I knowPage Scan
16Of earth, and all that dwell thereinPage Scan
17Thy mercies and thy lovePage Scan
18Judge me, O Lord; my trust art thouPage Scan
19aOne wish, with holy transport warmPage Scan
19bThou sacred spring of all my joysPage Scan
20Sing, ye sons of might! O singPage Scan
21aCome, O ye saints, your voices raisePage Scan
21bHear, O my God, in mercy hearPage Scan
22aO how shall all who seek thy lovePage Scan
22bBlest is the man, supremely blestPage Scan
23Rejoice, ye righteous, in the LordPage Scan
24Through all the changing scenes of lifePage Scan
25aThe hosts of God encamp aroundPage Scan
25bO Lord, thy mercy my sure hopePage Scan
26aFount of Life! alone in theePage Scan
26bWait on the Lord, ye sons of menPage Scan
27aLord let me know my endPage Scan
27bAt thy rebuke the bloomPage Scan
28aThus saith the Lord: your work is vainPage Scan
28bThe man whose heart with pity glowsPage Scan
29As panting in the sultry beamPage Scan
30O God, my heart within me faintsPage Scan
31aLet me with light and truth be blestPage Scan
31bMy heart its noblest theme hath foundPage Scan
32God is our refuge and defensePage Scan
33aClap your hands with sacred joyPage Scan
33bIn the midst of thy temple, O God, hath our mindPage Scan
34The mighty God, Jehovah speaksPage Scan
35aThus saith the Lord: the spacious fieldsPage Scan
35bO God! whose love is ever freePage Scan
36Let all my sins, though deep their dyePage Scan
37aMy guilt of crimson dye erasePage Scan
37bMy heart is pain'd: the shades of deathPage Scan
38aO God, my heart is fix'd, 'tis bentPage Scan
38bWhen overwhelm'd with griefPage Scan
39aOn God, my soul, with patient hopePage Scan
39bO God, my gracious God, to theePage Scan
40For thee, O God, at Zion's gatePage Scan
41The rising morn, the closing dayPage Scan
42aTo bless thy chosen racePage Scan
42bLet God, th'immortal God, arise!Page Scan
43My God, my everlasting hopePage Scan
44aMy God, my everlasting friendPage Scan
44bThe strains that ancient DavidPage Scan
45Messiah's uncontroll'd domainPage Scan
46Jesus shall reign where'er the sunPage Scan
47Thy presence, Lord, hath me suppliedPage Scan
48aWhy hast thou cast us off, O God?Page Scan
48b"Will God," I mourning criedPage Scan
49The waters saw thee, mighty Lord!Page Scan
50aLet children hear the mighty deedsPage Scan
50bTo God, our everlasting strengthPage Scan
51Lord of the worlds above!Page Scan
52aHappy are they, my God and KingPage Scan
52bMercy and truth together meetPage Scan
53O thou God of my salvation!Page Scan
54aWhat Seraph of celestial birthPage Scan
54bIn thee the sover'ign right remainsPage Scan
55O thou, the first, the greatest friendPage Scan
56Our days alas! how short their boundPage Scan
57aCall Jehovah thy salvationPage Scan
57bGod shall charge his angel legionsPage Scan
58Oh, how grateful is the songPage Scan
59aWith glory clad, with strength array'dPage Scan
59bCome let us to Jehovah singPage Scan
60O come let us sing to the LordPage Scan
61Worship before Jehovah's facePage Scan
62aJehovah reigns! with sounds of joyPage Scan
62bO ye, who love Jehovah's namePage Scan
63aSing to the Lord a new made songPage Scan
63bJoy to the world! the Lord is comePage Scan
64With one consent, let all the earthPage Scan
65aBefore Jehovah's awful thronePage Scan
65bMercy, judgment, now my tonguePage Scan
66From heaven, his everlasting thronePage Scan
67aThrough endless years thou art the samePage Scan
67bO bless the Lord, my soulPage Scan
68Come, let our souls repeat his praisePage Scan

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