Olney Hymns

About this book

The Olney Hymns, including "Amazing Grace"

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. Preface
2. 1. On man, in his own image made
3. 2. When Adam fell he quickly lost
4. 3. O! for a closer walk with God
5. 4. By faith in CHRIST I walk with God
6. 5. How hurtful was the choice of Lot
7. 6. The saints should never be dismayed
8. 7. Though troubles assail
9. 8. Poor Esau repented too late
10. 9. If the LORD our leader be
11. 10. Nay, I cannot let Thee go
12. 11. My soul once had its plenteous years
13. 12. When Joseph his brethren beheld
14. 13. Bitter, indeed, the waters are
15. 14. Heal us, EMMANUEL, here we are
16. 15. Manna to Israel well supplied
17. 16. The manna favored Israel’s meat
18. 17. By whom was David taught
19. 18. When Israel heard the fiery law
20. 19. See Aaron, God’s anointed priest
21. 20. How blest the righteous are
22. 21. When Joshua, by GOD’s command
23. 22. Jesus, whose blood so freely streamed
24. 23. The signs which GOD to Gideon gave
25. 24. The lion that on Sampson roared
26. 25. When Hannah pressed with grief
27. 26. When first to make my heart his own
28. 27. The kine unguided went
29. 28. When first my soul enlisted
30. 29. How David, when by sin deceived
31. 30. Poor, weak, and worthless though I am
32. 31. Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
33. 32. If Solomon for wisdom prayed
34. 33. Behold the throne of grace!
35. 34. From Sheba a distant report
36. 35. Elijah’s example declares
37. 36. By the poor widow’s oil and meal
38. 37. Though Jericho pleasantly stood
39. 38. Before Elisha’s gate
40. 39. The prophets sons, in time of old
41. 40. Alas! Elisha’s servant cried
42. 41. Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
43. 42. Joy is a fruit that will not grow
44. 43. Sweet was the time when first I felt
45. 44. Savior shine and cheer my soul
46. 45. In mercy, not in wrath, rebuke
47. 46. How tedious and tasteless the hours
48. 47. Incarnate God! the soul that knows
49. 48. That man no guard or weapons needs
50. 49. When Israel was from Egypt freed
51. 50. For mercies, countless as the sands
52. 51. What a mournful life is mine
53. 52. Ere God had built the mountains
54. 53. One there is, above all others
55. 54. The evils that beset our path
56. 55. God gives his mercies to be spent;
57. 56. Honey though the bee prepares
58. 57. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
59. 58. I Will praise thee every day
60. 59. He who on earth as man was known
61. 60. Glorious things of thee are spoken
62. 61. As the serpent raised by Moses
63. 62. How lost was my condition
64. 63. Pensive, doubting, fearful heart
65. 64. The LORD will happiness divine
66. 65. Hear what God the LORD hath spoken
67. 66. As parched in the barren sands
68. 67. My God! how perfect are thy ways!
69. 68. My God! till I received thy stroke
70. 69. From pole to pole let others roam
71. 70. Once perishing in blood I lay
72. 71. The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!
73. 72. As birds their infant brood protect
74. 73. Supported by the word
75. 74. Poor sinners! little do they think
76. 75. As once for Jonah, so the Lord
77. 76. Son of God! thy people’s shield!
78. 77. With Satan, my accuser near
79. 78. Jesus Christ, the Lord’s anointed
80. 79. There is a fountain filled with blood
81. 80. When sinners utter boasting words
82. 81. Encouraged by thy word
83. 82. Oft as the leper’s case I read
84. 83. Physician of my sin–sick soul
85. 84. When Jesus claims the sinner’s heart
86. 85. Ye sons of earth prepare the plow
87. 86. Though in the outward church below
88. 87. A Word from JESUS calms the sea
89. 88. Prayer an answer will obtain
90. 89. What think you of Christ? is the test
91. 90. When descending from the sky
92. 91. When Peter boasted, soon he fell
93. 92. Legion was my name by nature
94. 93. Could the creatures help or ease us
95. 94. When the disciples crossed the lake
96. 95. Mercy, O thou Son of David!
97. 96. Thy mansion is the christian’s heart
98. 97. One aweful word which JESUS spoke
99. 98. Once a woman silent stood
100. 99. How kind the good Samaritan
101. 100. Martha her love and joy expressed
102. 101. The castle of the human heart
103. 102. My barns are full, my stores increase
104. 103. The church a garden is
105. 104. Afflictions, though they seem severe;
106. 105. A Worldling spent each day
107. 106. Our Lord, who knows full well
108. 107. Zaccheus climbed the tree
109. 108. Simon, beware! the Savior said
110. 109. Father, forgive (the Savior said)
111. 110. Sovereign grace has pow’r alone
112. 111. Jesus, to what didst thou submit
113. 112. Beside the gospel pool
114. 113. Here at Bethesda’s pool, the poor
115. 114. Constrained by their LORD to embark
116. 115. When any turn from Zion’s way
117. 116. I Am, saith CHRIST our glorious head
118. 117. Mary to her Savior’s tomb
119. 118. Hark, my soul! it is the LORD;
120. 119. ’Tis a point I long to know
121. 120. As some tall rock amidst the waves
122. 121. Lord, thou hast won, at length I yield
123. 122. Fervent persevering prayers
124. 123. A Believer, free from care
125. 124. Then the apostle wonders wrought
126. 125. If Paul in Caesar’s court must stand
127. 126. I would, but cannot sing
128. 127. Darkness overspreads us here
129. 128. When Israel’s tribes were parched with thirst
130. 129. Oppressed with unbelief and sin
131. 130. Strange and mysterious is my life
132. 131. Fierce passions discompose the mind
133. 132. Israel in ancient days
134. 133. The word of CHRIST, our Lord
135. 134. By various maxims, forms and rules
136. 135. Afflictions do not come alone
137. 136. Thus saith the LORD to Ephesus
138. 137. The message first to Smyrna sent
139. 138. Write to Sardis, saith the Lord
140. 139. Thus saith the holy One, and true
141. 140. Hear what the Lord, the great Amen
142. 141. When the beloved disciple took
143. 1. While with ceaseless course the sun
144. 2. Time, with an unwearied hand
145. 3. See! another year is gone!
146. 4. Time, by moments, steals away
147. 5. Hark! how time’s wide sounding bell
148. 6. Oft in vain the voice of truth
149. 7. Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal
150. 8. Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth
151. 9. Now may fervent prayer arise
152. 10. When Peter through the tedious night
153. 11. Sin has undone our wretched race
154. 12. Gracious Lord, our children see
155. 13. The Shunemite, oppressed with grief
156. 14. Does it not grief, and wonder move
157. 15. Preachers may, from Ezekiel’s case
158. 16. When Moses waved his mystic rod
159. 17. The God who once to Israel spoke
160. 18. O Thou, at whose almighty word
161. 19. Elisha, struck with grief and awe
162. 20. O David’s Son, and David’s Lord!
163. 21. Let us adore the grace that seeks
164. 22. Jesus, who bought us with his blood
165. 23. Ensnared, too long, my heart has been
166. 24. Zion! the city of our God
167. 25. Beneath the tyrant Satan’s yoke
168. 26. What contradictions meet
169. 27. Thy message, by the preacher, seal
170. 28. When Paul was parted from his friends
171. 29. Alas! by nature how depraved
172. 30. See, how rude winter’s icy hand
173. 31. Though cloudy skies, and northern blasts
174. 32. Bleak winter is subdued at length
175. 33. Pleasing spring again is here!
176. 34. Though the morn may be serene
177. 35. The grass, and flow’rs, which clothe the field
178. 36. See! the corn again in ear!
179. 37. Sweeter founds than music knows
180. 38. My song shall bless the LORD of all
181. 39. Now let us join with hearts and tongues
182. 40. Safely through another week
183. 41. The LORD, our salvation and light
184. 42. Let hearts and tongues unite
185. 43. O LORD, our languid souls inspire
186. 44. Jesus, where’er thy people meet
187. 45. How welcome to the saints, when pressed
188. 46. O happy they who know the Lord
189. 47. Happy are they, to whom the LORD
190. 48. Once, while we aimed at Zion’s songs
191. 49. Gladness was spread through Israel’s host
192. 50. Chief Shepherd of thy chosen sheep
193. 51. Savior, visit thy plantation
194. 52. My harp untuned, and laid aside
195. 53. This is the feast of heav’nly wine
196. 54. When on the cross, my Lord I see
197. 55. The Savior! what a noble flame
198. 56. Let me dwell on Golgotha
199. 57. In evil long I took delight
200. 58. When Israel by divine command
201. 59. Refreshed by the bread and wine
202. 60. What various hindrances we meet
203. 61. In themselves, as weak as worms
204. 62. The Spirit breathes upon the word
205. 63. Precious Bible! what a treasure
206. 64. The gath’ring clouds, with aspect dark
207. 65. O, may the pow’r which melts the rock
208. 66. While Joshua led the armed bands
209. 67. See the gloomy gath’ring cloud
210. 68. Although on massy pillars built
211. 69. Wearied by day with toils and cares
212. 70. Kindred in CHRIST, for his dear sake
213. 71. As the sun’s enliv’ning eye
214. 72. In vain my fancy strives to paint
215. 73. His master taken from his head
216. 74. Oft as the bell, with solemn toll
217. 75. My soul, this curious house of clay
218. 76. Courage, my soul! behold the prize
219. 77. Day of judgment, day of wonders!
220. 78. God, with one piercing glance, looks through
221. 79. John in vision saw the day
222. 80. That was a wonder–working word
223. 81. The book of nature open lies
224. 82. When the sun, with cheerful beams
225. 83. When a black overspreading cloud
226. 84. A Glance from heav’n, with sweet effect
227. 85. The moon in silver glory shone
228. 86. The moon has but a borrowed light
229. 87. If for a time the air be calm
230. 88. Though small the drops of falling rain
231. 89. The ice and snow we lately saw
232. 90. As needles point towards the pole
233. 91. On the same flow’r we often see
234. 92. The subtle spider often weaves
235. 93. A Lion, though by nature wild
236. 94. The Savior calls his people sheep
237. 95. A Garden contemplation suits
238. 96. A Shelter from the rain or wind
239. 97. The water stood like walls of brass
240. 98. When slumber seals our weary eyes
241. 99. See, the world for youth prepares
242. 100. Blinded in youth by Satan’s arts
243. 1. No words can declare
244. 2. Stop, poor sinner! stop and think
245. 3. Shall men pretend to pleasure
246. 4. Sinner, art thou still secure?
247. 5. Sinner, hear the Savior’s call
248. Similar Hymns
249. 6. Ah, what can I do
250. 7. O LORD, how vile am I
251. 8. My former hopes are dead
252. 9. My soul is beset
253. 10. Breathe from the gentle South, O LORD
254. 11. Cheer up, my soul, there is a mercy–seat
255. 12. Approach, my soul, the mercy–seat
256. 13. To those who know the LORD I speak
257. 14. Does the gospel–word proclaim
258. Similar Hymns
259. 15. God moves in a mysterious way
260. 16. ’Tis my happiness below
261. 17. O How I love thy holy word
262. 18. The billows swell the winds are high
263. 19. God of my life, to thee I call
264. 20. My soul is sad and much dismayed;
265. 21. ’Tis past—the dreadful stormy night
266. 22. Unless the LORD had been my stay
267. 23. When darkness long has veiled my mind
268. 24. The Savior hides his face!
269. 25. When my prayers are a burden and task
270. 26. Dear Lord accept a sinful heart
271. 27. Kindle, Savior, in my heart
272. 28. Lord, who hast suffered all for me
273. 29. O Lord, my best desire fulfill
274. 30. When my Savior, my Shepherd is near
275. 31. Return to bless my waiting eyes
276. 32. Though sore beset with guilt and fear
277. 33. Forest beasts, that live by prey
278. 34. When the poor pris’ner through a grate
279. 35. Uncertain how the way to find
280. 36. I asked the LORD that I might grow
281. 37. Begone unbelief
282. 38. If to Jesus for relief
283. 39. Unbelief the soul dismays
284. 40. Be still my heart! these anxious cares
285. 41. One glance of thine, eternal LORD
286. 42. From Egypt lately freed
287. Similar Hymns
288. 43. Sight, hearing, feeling, taste and smell
289. 44. How blest thy creature is, O God
290. 45. Far from the world, O Lord, I flee
291. 46. Why should I fear the darkest hour
292. 47. To tell the Savior all my wants
293. 48. Sometimes a light surprises
294. 49. Lord my soul with pleasure springs
295. 50. Honor and happiness unite
296. 51. I was a groveling creature once
297. 52. Yes! since God himself has said it
298. 53. O, speak that gracious word again
299. 54. Saved by blood I live to tell
300. 55. While I lived without the Lord
301. 56. When the wounded spirit hears
302. 57. When Hagar found the bottle spent
303. 58. As when the weary travell’r gains
304. Similar Hymns
305. 59. Let worldly minds the world pursue
306. 60. Happy the birth where grace presides
307. 61. I thirst, but not as once I did
308. 62. No strength of nature can suffice
309. 63. Sin enslaved me many years
310. 64. Holy LORD GOD! I love thy truth
311. 65. Quiet, LORD, my froward heart
312. 66. Fix my heart and eyes on thine!
313. 67. Ten thousand talents once I owed
314. Similar Hymns
315. 68. The new–born child of gospel–grace
316. 69. O God, whose favorable eye
317. 70. Zeal is that pure and heav’nly flame
318. 71. The LORD receives his highest praise
319. 72. Too many, LORD, abuse thy grace
320. 73. What thousands never knew the road!
321. 74. To keep the lamp alive
322. 75. Grace, triumphant in the throne
323. 76. Sin, when viewed by scripture light
324. 77. Destruction’s dangerous road
325. 78. The wishes that the sluggard frames
326. 79. How soon the Savior’s gracious call
327. Similar Hymns
328. 80. Of all the gifts thine hand bestows
329. 81. Almighty King! whose wondrous hand
330. 82. Let us love, and sing, and wonder
331. 83. Winter has a joy for me
332. 84. Rejoice, believer, in the LORD
333. 85. Salvation! what a glorious plan
334. 86. Now may the LORD reveal his face
335. 87. Prepare a thankful song
336. 88. Lord, what is man! extremes how wide
337. Similar Hymns
338. 89. Confirm the hope thy word allows
339. 90. Now, LORD, inspire the preacher’s heart
340. 91. Thy promise, LORD, and thy command
341. 92. Hungry, and faint, and poor
342. 93. Remember us, we pray thee, LORD
343. 94. Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze
344. 95. Often thy public means of grace
345. 96. With Israel’s God who can compare?
346. 97. JESUS is mine! I’m now prepared
347. 98. We seek a rest beyond the skies
348. 99. The saints EMMANUEL’S portion are
349. 100. Now may He who from the dead
350. 101. May the grace of CHRIST our Savior
351. 102. The peace which God alone reveals
352. 103. To thee our wants are known
353. 104. The Father we adore
354. 105. Father of angels and of men
355. 106. Glory to God, the FATHER’S name
356. 107. Ye saints on earth ascribe with heav’ns high host