Hymns and Tunes Found in the Caster Family Account Book

(Prepared by Erin Fulton, 2020)

* = not known from other sources

Page TextEarliest SourceTune NameMelodyCommon NameNotes
32a PDFTis a point I long to know / Oft it causes anxious thoughtOlney Hymns, 1779ADMONITION5345321-757U1D765-1134553-4653421PILGRIM’S HYMN
32b PDFCome and tast[e] along with me / Consolation running freeDivine Hymns or Spiritual Songs for… Religious Assemblies and Private Christians, 1799*CONSOLATION1112345-4321432-2224345-321321D7U1
32c PDFSoon will my Pilgrimage end here below, / Home to the land of bright Spirits I goHunter, Select Melodies, 1843JOYFUL, PILGRIM5321234321-5321234565-U1D6U1D5314565-1234565321“Gaily the Troubadour Touched His Guitar”Cento from “Joyfully, joyfully, onward I move”
32d PDFA noble Lord in foreign parts; / Who had a fair young daughter dearThe Golden Ball or the Running Lady (broadside), Salem, n.d. but ca. 1770s*THE GOLDEN BALLS13213545-55435432-D7U1134545-531231D7U1Sacred coda found in MS not attested till 1790s
33a PDFO god of mercy hear my call. / My load of guilt removeWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719WANTAGE1D775567U1-1D75675-53213475-557U121WANTAGE
33b PDFSweet spirits attend me till Jesus shall come. / Protect and defend me till I am called homeGranade, Pilgrim’s Songster, 1804?; first confirmed source Mead,
General Selection, 1807
*PROTECTION132131D75U1D7U1-13455U11D7545-13455U11D7547-D7U175421D757U11Cento from “My soul’s full of glory, inspiring my tongue”
35a PDFFarewell my dear Brethren thy Lord bids me come / Farewell my dear Sisters I’m now going homeGranade, Pilgrim’s Songster, 1804?; first confirmed source Mead,
General Selection, 1807
SWEET HOME1346543543423-1346543543421-5U1D765543543423-5U1D765543543421“Home, Sweet Home”Cento from “My soul’s full of glory, inspiring my tongue”
35b PDFFast my sun of lifes declining, / Soon will sit in endless nightGridley, The Mill of the Muses, 1828GLOOM OF AUTUM[N]55U1D5U1322-5551321-D55U1D5U1322-5551321-432345432-543456543-D55U1D5U1322-5551321HARWELLCento from “Hail, ye sighing sons of sorrow”; note change in musical and hymnic meter from Mason’s original
36a PDFCome all you wandering pilgrims dear / That’s bound to Canaans landHymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians, 1803GREEN BAY 13111357-U1D543111-13455U332-311D57U1-D5U1D7U12332-311D57U1-321D7U1D1357-U1D543111TRAVELLER; PILGRIM; CONQUERING SOLDIER
36b PDFOn Jordan’s stormy banks I stand / And cast a wishfull eyeRippon, Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, 1787THE BANKS OF JORDAN1345457U1D3-4554321-1345457U11-2311D7U1-132311D7U1-2323212-D7U121D757U1D3-4554321PRODIGAL SONMore distant from WAKEFIELD/DAY OF WRATH and LOVE THE LORD variants
36c PDFSweet is the [work] my god my king / To praise […]Watts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719DAVIDS HARP5U111D7U1232-D5U111D7U1232-D5U111D7U12234-3453132111-355543444-32315312D55-5U111D7U12234-3453132111DUANE STREET?Passing similarity to opening of ALEXANDRIA; more likely rhythmic variant of DUANE STREET
37a PDFCome humble sinners in whose breast / A thousand thoughts revolveRippon, Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, 1787HUMILITY5U121D57U1D5-45457U1-D5U121D57U1D5-45457U1-35553454-351D7U1D5-7U121D757U1D5-45457U1FIDUCIATune-text pairing attested in 1869 edition of Hillman Revivalist
37b PDFYoung people all attention give; / And hear what I doo saySelection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, from the Best Authors, Together, with a Number Never Before Published, 1803*WARNING VOICE55U11321D7-U21D7555-55U11321D7-U354521-3545211F5-5777567-75U11321D7-U21D7555
37c PDFThe [Ye?] reapers of lifes harvest, / Why stand with rusted bladeWoodbury, The New Lute of Zion, 1856LIFE’S HARVEST5UY11F7655-5U11D6U1D5-5U11D7655-56U21D7U1-D5U221231-D5U22123-5U11D7655-56U21D7U1LIFE’S HARVESTMost recent selection; very close transcription
37d PDFCome and tast[e] along with me, / Consolation running freeDivine Hymns or Spiritual Songs for… Religious Assemblies and Private Christians, 1799CONSOLATION5345321-757U1D765-1134553-4653421PILGRIM’S SONGSecond setting of this text and shares a tune name with the first
37e PDFChildren of the heavenly king: / As you journey sweetly singCennick, Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, 1742*KINGDOM1D7U12354-32132D7U1-534531D7-U12354321
37f PDFArise my soul arise; / shake off thy guilty fearWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742INTERCESSION1D75U3212-345521D7U1-1D75U3212-345521D7U1-3444345521-D7U321D7557U1D7U1VOYAGEUsually strongly associated with “Through tribulations deep”
38a PDF‘Tis glorious hope upon my head. / Upon my breast a shieldHymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians, 1803VICTORY1D5U121D7567-U1D75457U1-1D5U121D7567-U1D75457U1-D7U1134554-32D77U234-354321D7567-U1D5457U1FIDUCIACento from “Come, all ye wandering pilgrims dear”
38b PDFA glimps[e] of bright glory oerpowers my soul; / I faint in sweet raptures to view the bright gold [goal?]Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians, 1803*HARMONY5U1132D77D4577-U345565445311D5-U3556445311D5-U71132D77457U1Cento from “My soul’s full of glory, inspiring my tongue;” opening similar to SPRING PLACE
38c PDF*Let them live; but keep them safely; / From impending harm*THE SAVIOURS PRAYER55U135321-32123-22315321-D5U1321Probably from an unattested Sabbath school source; cf. LIFE’S HARVEST
39a PDFCome sinners to the gospel feast: / Let every soul be jesus guestWesley, Hymns for Those Who Seek and Those Who Have Redemption, 1747GOSPEL FEAST5U1134111-D7U113D7U345-5775531D7-5U1134111BOURBON
39b PDFYe mourning saints whose streaming tears, / Glow o’er your children deadDoddridge, Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, 1755*ORLEANS1D557U1221-D57U3D75755-57U1D7U12D7U1D75U1-D3577U32D7U2321Possibly in Scottish Paraphrases, did not pursue
41a PDF;
2a MS
While I am blest with youthful bloom: / I will adore the lovely LambAlline, Hymns and Songs, 1786 RESOLUTION13331555-5U1D565632-13657U1-D5U1113212-31D565632-13657U1GANGES
41b PDF;
2b MS
Life,s a warfare I;m a soldier: / Death will not my soul suppriseBernard, Zion’s Harp, 1840*LIFES WARFARE5U1D7U13545-321D7U1321D-U1D7U13545-321D7U1321-53453745-532321D7U1
41c PDF;
3a MS
Come thou fount of every blessings [sic] / Tune my heart to sing thy praiseCollection of Hymns for the Use of the Church of Christ Meeting in Angel-Alley, 1759REDREST1135442D7-442345321D7U1-1135442D7-4423457U1D765-7757U1D3521D7-44234521D7U1NEW MONMOUTHCloser to NEW MONTHMOUTH variants than KINGSTON variants
41d PDF;
3b MS
When shall wee three meet again, / When shall we three meet againLa Belle Assemblée: or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine
(London: July, 1807)
THREE FRIENDS5553215-777U1D545-U1D5755434-35U3211D7-U321D7U121D754-34554U1D7U1INDIAN’S FAREWELL
41e PDF;
3c MS
I,m not ashamed to own my lord: / Or to defend his causeWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707CONFIDENCE55345765-5U1D76465-356453134-651432OLD INDIAN HYMN/IN EVIL LONG I TOOK DELIGHTHalf as long as either of the other known tunes in this group
44 PDF;
9 MS
How tedious and tasteless the hour; / When Jesus no longer I seeOlney Hymns, 1779COMPLAINT134521D7U1-13457545-55U11D757U1-1D7U1D75345-534521D7U1WEEPING SAVIOR?Several leaves missing before this selection
46a PDF;
14a MS
My god my life my love; / To thee to thee I callWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707ORANGE5U1D6U121D65-5U1D6U12321-35321D6U1321D65-5U1D6U1232193RD PSALM
46b PDF;
14b MS
O what amazing love is this; / On earth I tast[e] im[m]ortal blissAlline, Hymns and Songs, 1786 or 1795*TRANSPORT11234231-23453453-11667U1D65-13553231
47a PDF;
15a MS
Let those that sow in sadness wait, / Till the fair harvest comeWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719ASSURANCE5U11314456-753431D7-5U11314456-7534311-U1D75567U11D7-U1D5431D7-5U11314456-7534311“Guilderoy”; BABE OF BETHLEHEM, etc.Cento from “When God revealed His gracious name”
47b PDF;
15b MS
Lord we come before thee now, / At thy feet we humbly bowHammond, Psalms and Hymns, 1745*SUBMITION1D65U1321-D5655645U5312123-31531D65-U5312111
48a PDF;
16a MS
As on some lounly building top; / The sparrow tells her moanWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719SOLLITUDE1132D75U34521-5343214345-5543432345-542345-75432321D7567U312-4543231D757U1HILLSBOROCento from “Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face”
48b PDF;
16b MS
O who,s like my saviour he,s Salem,s bright king, / He smiles and he loves me and learns me to singAllen, Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, 1801*NEW, SALEM11345775545-567575453135-55434553134-5677545431D7U1Cento from “O Jesus, my Savior, to Thee I submit”
48c PDF;
16c MS
Hail the day that saw him rise: / Ravished from our wishful eyesWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749MIDLETOWN123453123432-21D765U14321-1231443-123451D765-U3322443234-5654343212345-645235432-12345U1D321MIDDLETOWN
49a PDF;
18a MS
How hap[p]y are they whom the saviour obey; / And hath laid up their treasures aboveWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749EXPRESS55655U111D765-55656U1D7U12-D55655U111D765-55U32121D7U1-112234323335-555311D7U12-D555655U111D765-55U32121D7U1“Be Kind to Thy Father”
49b PDF;
18b MS
I have a father in the promised land, I have a Father in the promised landLovell, Songs of Praise for Sabbath Schools and Families, 1851LAND OF PROMISE5565434564-4454323453-111U1D6665-55654321-[CHORUS]34556534564-23445423453-111U1D6665-55654321I HAVE A FATHERRefrain: “I’ll away to the promised land…” Possibly in earlier eds. of Lovell
49c PDF;
18c MS
In jordans stormy banks I stand, / And cast a wishfull eyeRippon, Selection of Hymns, 1787*JORDAN55U2234D6U1D65-5U11D6545-65U2234D6U1D65-5U11D6545-U12255321-1113212-D55U2234D6U1D65-5U11D6545
49d PDF;
18d MS
Wandering pilgrims mourning christian;s / Weak and tempted lambs of ChristPeak, New Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1793*WANDERING PILGRIM54655465-555434345-543234544-5434551-7775777757-U1D755U11D5-775U11D77543-5345765
49e PDF;
18e MS
All o,er in sin defil’d / Saviour I comeThe Register
(Monroe, LA), 8 December 1859
*SAVIOUR I COME543134-5775-543134-5345-57577U1-D755313-345435-5321Verse circulated widely in newspapers in late 1859 and early 1860
50 PDF;
20 MS
My souls full of glory which inspires my thongue, / Could I meet with bright angels I,d sing them a songHymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians, 1803*TRANSPORT13D5U321D6U1D56U11-13556531354312-353165354312-13D5U321D6U13221Second tune named TRANSPORT; passing resemblance to FOUNDATION
51 PDF;
21 MS
How tedious and tasteless the hour […]Olney Hymns, 1779CORIDEN55455U1D7U1-45457675-32111234-5545U1D765-7U11112D7U1-2311D7551-3454575U1-D75553455PASTORAL ELEGY
53a PDF;
29a MS
No chilling winds nor poisonous breath, / Can reach this healthful shoreRippon, Selection of Hymns, 1787*CANAAN35535553-551312-35535553-5664321-566U1D6555-566U1D766-66546533-5554321Cento from “On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand”
53b PDF;
29b MS
God of my salvation heare / And help me to believeWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742SALISBURY1542332-D7U1321D7U1-2233444-553112-D77U311D7U1-345432D7U334323-5313444-35654331321D77U1SALISBURY
65a PDF;
100a MS
Come and taste along with me / Consolation running freeDivine Hymns or Spiritual Songs, 1799
65b PDF;
100b MS
Our days Alass our mortal days / Are short and fleeting tooWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719
65c PDF;
101a MS
My dearest friends in bonds of love / Whose hearts in sweetest union proveFoster, Portsmouth Selection, 1823
65d PDF;
101b MS
Prayer was appointed to convey / The blessings God designs to giveHart, Appendix to ‘Hymns Composed on Various Subjects,’ 1765
66a PDF;
102a MS
A soldier Lord thou hast me made / Thou art my captain king and headHymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians, 1806
66b PDF;
102b MS
Come thou fount of every blessing / Tune my heart to sing thy graceCollection of Hymns for the Use of the Church of Christ Meeting in Angel-Alley, 1759
66c PDF;
103a MS
What think ye of christ is the test / To try both your state and your schemeOlney Hymns, 1779
66d PDF;
103b MS
When shall we three meet again / When shall we three meet againLa Belle Assemblée: or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine
(London: July, 1807)
67a PDF;
104a MS
Joyfully, Joyfully, onward i move / Bound for the land of bright spirits aboveHunter, Select Melodies, 1843
Attributed “By Mrs. Martin” (?)
67b PDF;
104b MS
As slumbering in sleep i lay / Twas all alone in bedA Comfortable New Ballad of a Dreame of a Sinner, Being Very Sore Troubled with the Assaults of Sathan
(London: 1624)
67c PDF;
105a MS
When weeping Mary came to see / Her lovely Lord and SaviourChase, Divine Songs, 1814
Notably broad variant
67d PDF;
105b MS
God of my salvation hear / And help me to believeWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742
68a PDF;
106a MS
Lifes a warfare i,m a soldier / Death shall not my soul supriseGoddard, New and Beautiful Collection, 1801
68b PDF;
106b MS
Our life contains a thousand springs / And dies if one be goneWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs,
1709
Cento of “Let others boast how strong they be”; one verse only
68c PDF;
106c MS
Children of the heavenly king / As ye journey sweetly singCennick, Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, 1742
68d PDF;
107a MS
The son of man they did betray / He was condemed and led awayMead, General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use, 1807
68e PDF;
107b MS
When we,ve been there ten thousand years / Bright shining as the sunBroaddus and Broaddus, Collection of Sacred Ballads, ca. 1790One verse only
69a PDF;
108a MS
Young people all attention give / And hear what i doo sayA Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, from the Best Authors, 1803
69b PDF;
108b MS
O; what amazing love is this / On earth i tast[e] im[m]ortal blissCollection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of All Denominations, 1816
69c PDF;
109a MS
Arise my soul arise / Shake off thy guilty fearsWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742
69d PDF;
109b MS
Come all you wandering pilgrims dear /Thats bound to canaans landHymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians, 1803
70a PDF;
110a MS
How tedious and tast[e]less the hours / When Jesus no longer i se[e]Olney Hymns, 1779
70b PDF;
110b MS
O, tell me no more / Of this worlds vain storeMoravian Hymn Book, 1742
70c PDF;
111a MS
Saw you my saviour / Saw you my saviourElliott and Stevens, Discipline of the United Freewill Baptist Church or
Spiritual Songster, both 1819
70d PDF;
111b MS
Come sinners to the gospel feast / Let every soul be jesus’s guestWesley, Hymns for Those Who Seek and Those Who Have Redemption, 1747
71a PDF;
112a MS
Come ye sinners poor and needy / Weak and wounded sick and soreHart, Hymns Composed on Various Subjects, 1759
71b PDF;
112b MS
Lord we come before thee now / At thy feet we humbly bowHammond, Psalms and Hymns, 1745
71c PDF;
112c MS
Firm as the earth thy gospel stands / My Lord my hope my trustWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
71d PDF;
113a MS
The Lord into his garden come / The spices yeald a rich perfumeThe Christian’s Duty, 1801
71e PDF;
113b MS
I,m not ashamed to own my lord / Nor to defend his causeWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
71f PDF;
113c MS
*How easy it would be with god / To arm his dreadfull coldCited “Roberson” or “Robinson”
72a PDF;
114a MS
Almighty love inspires / My heart with sacred fireNorthup, Divine Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1799
72b PDF;
114b MS
Jesus my all to heaven is gone / He whom i fixt my hopes uponCennick, Sacred Hymns for the Use of Religious Societies, 1743
72c PDF;
115a MS
Begone unbelief, my saviour is near / And for my relief, will surely appearOlney Hymns, 1779
72d PDF;
115b MS
Tis a point i long to know / Oft it causes anxious thoughtOlney Hymns, 1779
73a PDF;
116a MS
My soul,s full of glory which inspires my tongue / Could i meet with bright angels i,d sing them a songGranade, Pilgrim’s Songster, 1804? First confirmed source Mead,
General Selection, 1807
73b PDF;
117a MS
O; Jesus my saviour to thee i submit / With love and thanksgiving fall down at thy feetAllen, Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, 1801
73c PDF;
117b MS
Death it is the king of terrors / And a terror to all kingsDupuy, Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs from the Best Authors, 1811
74a PDF;
118a MS
My days my weeks my months my years / Fly rapid like the rolling spheresGreen, Poems on Various Subjects, Chiefly Sacred, 1780
74b PDF;
118b MS
Satan the prince of hell / Tempts the dear Child of godHimes and Wilson, Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, 1817
74c PDF;
118c MS
Salvation o; the joyful sound / Tis pleasure to the earsWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
74d PDF;
119a MS
How happy are they whomn the saviour obey / And hath laid up their treasures aboveWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749
74e PDF;
119b MS
My faith looks up to thee / Thou Lamb of CalvaryBabcock, Greene and Mason, Manual of Christian Psalmody, 1832
74f PDF;
119c MS
Glory to thee my god this night / For all the blessings of the lightKen, Manual of Prayers For the Use of the Scholars, 1695
75a PDF;
120a MS
Show pity Lord; O Lord forgive / Let a repenting rebel liveWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719
75b PDF;
120b MS
O god of mercy hear my call / My loads of guilt removeWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719
75c PDF;
120c MS
Sweet is the work my god my king / To praise thy name give thanks and singWatts, Psalms of David Imitated, 1719
75d PDF;
120d MS
Now in the heat of youthful blood / Remember your creative godWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707Begins long selection of Watts hymns
75e PDF;
125a MS
My drowsy powers why sleep ye so / Awake my sluggish soulWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
75f PDF;
125b MS
Stoop down my thoughts that used to rise / Converse awhile with deathWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
75g PDF;
125c MS
Come Holy spirit heavenly Dove / With all thy quick’ning pow’rsWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76a PDF;
126a MS
Come, we that love the Lord / And let our Joys be knownWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76b PDF;
126b MS
Why should we start and fear to die / What tim’rous worms we mortals areWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76c PDF;
126c MS
Is this the kind return / And these the thanks we oweWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76d PDF;
127a MS
My soul come meditate the day, / And think how near it standsWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76e PDF; 127bHark! from the tombs a doleful sound / Mine ears attend the cryWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76f PDF;
127c MS
When i can read my title clear / To mansions in the skiesWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
76g PDF;
127d MS
And must this body die This mortal frame decayWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
77a PDF;
128a MS
My God, my life, my love / To thee, to thee i callWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
77b PDF;
128b MS
How can i sink with such a prop / As my eternal godWatts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
77c PDF;
128c MS
How happy every child of grace / Who knows his sins forgivenWesley, Funeral Hymns, 1759
77d PDF;
129a MS
O for a closer walk with god / A calm and heavenly frameOlney Hymns, 1779
77e PDF;
129b MS
Give ear to me ye sons of men / Why stand you gazing round my bedCurrier, Dying Hymn on the Death of Miss Polly Goold, 1790Noted to be 70th hymn, meaning that there were eight hymns on the missing leaves
78a PDF;
131a
From whence doth this union arise / This hatred is conquerd by loveAsplund, New Collection, 1793
78b PDF;
131b
And let this feeble body fail / And let it faint and dieWesley, Funeral Hymns,
1759
79a PDF;
132a
How many and great are the foes that infest / The way through this world to the season of restStrong, Flint and Steward, Hartford Selection of Hymns, 1799Marked “From my aged mother”
79b PDF;
132b
*Come my blessed Saviour, long has been thy stay / O revive us quickly or our foes will sayAttributed “by John Caster”
79c PDF;
133a
Listed into the cause of sin / Why should a good be evilWesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749Along with (spurious) anecdote about composition
79d PDF;
133b
How fair is the Rose what a beautiful flower / The glory of April and MayWatts, Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, 1715
80a PDF;
134a
Ashamed of christ my soul disdain / The mean ungenerous thoughtNeedham, Hymns Devotional and Moral on Various Subjects, 1768
80b PDF;
134b
Come my soul thy suit prepare / Jesus loves to answer prayerOlney Hymns, 1779
80c PDF;
134c
Come Brethering and Sisters that love my dear Lord / I pray give attention and ear to my wordClay, Hymns and Spiritual Songs Selected from Several Approved Authors, 1793
80d PDF;
135a
When converts first begin to sing / Their happy souls are on the wingClay, Hymns and Spiritual Songs Selected from Several Approved Authors, 1793
80e PDF;
135b
How happy is the man that has chosen wisdoms ways / And has measherd out his span to his god in prayer and praiseThree printings in 1842: Second Advent Hymns (Lowell, MA), Second Advent Hymns (Exeter, MA), and Sacred Melodies (Dover, NH)
81a PDF;
136a
How happy how joyful how loving i feel / I want to feel more love yea more love and zealGraves, Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs, 1825
81b PDF;
136b
My god my heart with love inflame / That i may in thy holy nameGoddard, New and Beautiful Collection of Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1801
81c PDF;
137a
Whats this that steals that steals upon my frame / Is it death is it deathJuvenile Songs, 1835With word repetitions suggesting use with the particular tune
81d PDF;
137b
What various hindrances we meet / In coming to the mercy seatOlney Hymns, 1779
82a PDF;
138a
*Whats this that steals upon my frame / Oh tell me is it deathModification into Common Meter
82b PDF;
138b
You that in concert sing / Play on the pipe or ringFrench, Harmony of Harmony, 1802
82c PDF;
139a
Come my Brethring let us try / For a little seasonHart, Hymns Composed on Various Subjects, 1759
82d PDF;
139b
I came to the place where the white pilgrim lay / And pensively stood by the tombKnight and Tillinghast, Old Baptist Hymn Book, 1842
82e PDF;
139c
Farewell vain world i must be gone / I have no home nor stay to theeCrossman, Young Man’s Meditation, 1664
83a PDF;
140a
Come all you good people of every degree / And listen with attention one moment to meTharp, Elegy on the Death of Capt. Annanias Valentine, Thomas Pinkney, Isaac Elliot, Jocamiah Cropsey, and Leonard Merritt… 1800Later the baasis for an 1873 disaster ballad from Vermont (“The Calais Disaster”)
83b PDF;
140b
*Let them live but keep them safely / From impending harm
83c PDF;
141a
Beautiful zion built above / Beautiful city that i loveJuvenile Missionary Magazine, 1852
83d PDF;
141b
A noble lord in foreign parts / Who had a fair young daughter dearThe Golden Ball or the Running Lady, (broadside), ca. 1770s
84a PDF;
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Jesus i my cross have taken / All to leave [love?] and follow theeLyte, Sacred Poetry, 1824
85a PDF;
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All o’er with sin defiled; / Saviour i comeThe Register
(Monroe, LA), Dec. 8, 1859
Minor transcription error suggesting initial confusion over word order and/or rhyme
85b PDF;
144b
*Come all you lovely youth thats called to mourn / For: that one blooming youth now dead and goneAttributed “John Caster”
85c PDF;
145a
A mixture of Joy and trouble i daily do pass through, / Sometimes i’m in a valley sinking down with woeHimes and Wilson, Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, 1817
85d PDF;
145b
Jesus to every willing mind / Opens a Hevenly treasureSpringer, Songs of Zion, 1819
86a PDF;
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To Jesus the crown of my hope: / My soul is in hast[e] to be goneHayley, Life of the Late William Cowper, 1803
86b PDF;
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I asked the Lord, that i might grow / In faith and love, and every graceOlney Hymns, 1779
86c PDF;
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When natures first morning in glory and splender / Arose o’er the empire of chaos and nightThe Herald of Salvation (Watertown, NY), Jan. 11, 1823
87a PDF;
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How lost was my condition / Till Jesus made me whol[e]Olney Hymns, 1779
87b PDF;
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O: when shall i see Jesus; / And reign with him aboveClay, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1793
87c PDF;
149a
Farewell, farewell to all below, / My Jesus calls and i must goPutnam, Revival Melodies or Songs of Zion, 1842Refrain: “This world is not my home, / This world is not my home, / This world is all a wilderness, / This world is not my home”
87d PDF;
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My heavenly home is bright and fair, / Nor pain nor death can enter thereHunter, Minstrel of Zion, 1845Refrain: “I,m going home, i,m going home, / I,m going home to die no more. / To die no more to die no more; / I,m going home to die no more” (not in Hunter printings, but common in 1850s)
87e PDF;
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My head and stay: is took away / And i am left alonePeak, New Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1793
88 PDF;
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To thee when called awhile to part / With friends or kindred dearHastings and Mason, Spiritual Songs for Social Worship, 1833