Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America

Publisher: Publishing House of the C.M.E. Church, Jackson, Tenn., 1891
Denomination: Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Language: English
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d201How blest the righteous when he dies
d202How can a sinner know
d203How can it be, thou heavenly king
d204How do thy mercies close me round?
d205How firm a foundation, ye [you] saints of the Lord
d206How gentle God's commands
d207How great the wisdom, power, and grace
d208How happy are they, Who the [their] Savior [Jesus] obey
d209How happy [happy's] every child of grace, who [that] feels [knows] his sins forgiven
d210How happy is the pilgrim's lot
d211How large the promise, how divine
d212How lost was [is] my [our] condition
d213How oft in holy converse
d214How pleasant, how [and] divinely fair
d215How precious is the book divine
d216How rich thy bounty, King of kings
d217How sad our state [fate] by nature is
d218How sweet, how [and] heavenly is the sight
d219How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
d220How tedious and tasteless [restless and tiresome] the hours
d221How vain are all things here below
d222I am coming to the cross, I am poor
d223I am far fr' my hame, an' I'm weary aftenwhil
d224I am so glad that our [my] Father [Savior] in heaven
d225I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice
d226I ask the gift of righteousness, The sin subduing power
d227I have read of a beautiful city, Far away
d228I hear thy welcome voice
d229I heard the voice of Jesus say, come unto me and rest
d230I know that my Redeemer lives, and ever prays for me
d231I know that my Redeemer lives, what joy the blest
d232I love thy kingdom, Lord
d233I love to steal awhile away
d234I love to tell the story of unseen things above
d235I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord
d236I saw a wayworn traveler
d237I the good fight have fought
d238I think, when I read that [the] sweet story of old
d239I want a principle within
d240I was a wandering sheep
d241I was once far away from the Savior, And as vile
d242I will sing you a song of that [a] [the] beautiful
d243I would be thine, thou knowest I would
d244I would not live alway [always], I ask not to stay
d245If human kindness meets return
d246I'm a pilgrim and I'm a stranger, I can tarry
d247In age and feebleness extreme
d248In evil long I took delight
d249In some way or other, the Lord will provide
d250In the Christian's home in [of] glory
d251In thy cleft, O rock of ages
d252In trouble and in grief, O God
d253I've reached the land of corn and wine
d254Jerusalem, my happy home, name ever dear to me
d255Jesus all redeeming Lord
d256Jesus, and shall it ever be
d257Jesus drinks the bitter cup
d258Jesus, gracious one, calleth now to thee
d259Jesus, great Shepherd of the [thy] sheep
d260Jesus hath died that I might live
d261Jesus, I love thy charming name
d262Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave
d263Jesus, if still thou art today
d264Jesus is our common Lord
d265Jesus, keep me near the cross
d266Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
d267Jesus, Lover [Savior] of my soul, Let me to thy bosom [refuge] fly
d268Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible
d269Jesus, my Lord, how rich thy grace
d270Jesus, my [mine] [our] all, to heaven is [has] gone
d271Jesus, my strength, my hope
d272Jesus, my truth, my way
d273Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
d274Jesus, the Conqueror, reigns
d275Jesus, the name high over all
d276Jesus, the sinner's friend, to thee
d277Jesus, the very [only] thought of Thee [You]
d278Jesus, the weary and wandrer's [wanderer's] rest
d279Jesus, the word bestow
d280Jesus, thou all redeeming Lord
d281Jesus, thou everlasting king
d282Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
d283Jesus, united by thy grace
d284Jesus, we look to thee
d285Jesus, we on the [thy] word [words] depend
d286Joy is a [the] fruit that will not grow
d287Joy to the world, the Lord is [has] come
d288Joyfully, joyfully, onward I [we] move
d289Kingdoms and thrones to God belong
d290Let all who truly bear the bleeding Savior's name
d291Let earth and heaven agree [combine]
d292Let everlasting glories crown
d293Let every mortal ear attend
d294Let every tongue thy goodness speak
d295Let him to whom we now belong
d296Let me alone this only [another] year
d297Let Zion in her King rejoice
d298Let Zion's watchman all awake
d299Life is a span, a fleeting hour
d300Light in our darkness, sailor, Day is at hand

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