Sacred Poems and Hymns

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Montgomery's hymns

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

Contents

1. Sacred Poems and Hymns
2. Preface
3. introduction
4. Hymn 1: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
5. Hymn 2: In the beginning, God said Be
6. Hymn 3: Praise the High, the Holy One
7. Hymn 4: The God of nature and of grace
8. Hymn 5: Hail, all hail, the King of kings
9. Hymn 6: There is a God, all Nature cries
10. Hymn 7: The glorious universe around
11. Hymn 8: What is the thing of greatest price
12. Hymn 9: Thus saith the high and lofty One
13. Hymn 10: God, in the high and holy place
14. Hymn 11: God the Creator blessed
15. Hymn 12: Heralds of creation! cry
16. Hymn 13: One human pair, and only one
17. Hymn 14: The days of Paradise were few
18. Hymn 15: Thy glory, Lord, the heavens declare
19. Hymn 16: To Adam thus Jehovah spake
20. Hymn 17: Bright and joyful is the morn
21. Hymn 18: Spirit of power and might, behold
22. Hymn 19: In vain the preacher cried, Repent
23. Hymn 20: A world of sinners once was drowned
24. Hymn 21: When men once more were multiplied
25. Hymn 22: Creator, Redeemer, and Spirit of Truth
26. Hymn 23: Return, my soul, unto thy rest
27. Hymn 24: Behold the Book, whose leaves display
28. Hymn 25: Words of eternal life to me
29. Hymn 26: What is the World?
30. Hymn 27: Thy law is perfect, Lord of light
31. Hymn 28: The Word of God, the Word of truth
32. Hymn 29: To us the voice of Wisdom cries
33. Hymn 30: O God, unseen, but not unknown
34. Hymn 31: With men impossible
35. Hymn 32: A child of man, a child of God
36. Hymn 33: A child is born, the birth proclaim
37. Hymn 34: The Name, the Name o'er every name
38. Hymn 35: Angels, the firstborn sons of light
39. Hymn 36: Let not the strong, the, rich, the wise
40. Hymn 37: To Thee in whom we live and move
41. Hymn 38: Come, ye that fear the Lord
42. Hymn 39: Where'er the Patriarch pitched his tent
43. Hymn 40: The Lord is my Shepherd
44. Hymn 41: The Lord is King: upon His throne
45. Hymn 42: Searcher of hearts, to Thee are known
46. Hymn 43: The Christian warrior
47. Hymn 44: Not by the brazen trumpet's voice
48. Hymn 45: Thank and praise Jehovah's name
49. Hymn 46: Lord, Thou hast been Thy people's rest
50. Hymn 47: O my soul! with all thy powers
51. Hymn 48: Go where a foot hath never trod
52. Hymn 49: He climbed the mountain; and behold
53. Hymn 50: When on Sinai's top I see
54. Hymn 51: People of the living God
55. Hymn 52: The scene arround me disappears
56. Hymn 53: Like Mary, when the angel came
57. Hymn 54: Green pastures and clear streams
58. Hymn 55: Thus far on life's perplexing path
59. Hymn 56: Spring up, O well, sweet fountain, spring
60. Hymn 57: Come to Calvary's holy mountain
61. Hymn 58: The world in condemnation lay
62. Hymn 59: When war on earth suspended
63. Hymn 60: Go to dark Gethsemane
64. Hymn 61: The morning dawns upon the place
65. Hymn 62: Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
66. Hymn 63: Our heavenly Father, hear our prayer
67. Hymn 64: What shall we ask of God in prayer?
68. Hymn 65: Lord, teach us how to pray aright
69. Hymn 66: O God! Thou art my God alone
70. Hymn 67: Ask, and ye shall receive
71. Hymn 68: Thou, God, art a consuming fire
72. Hymn 69: With wandering Jacob, let us say
73. Hymn 70: Almighty God, in humble prayer
74. Hymn 71: High Priest for sinners, Jesus, Lord
75. Hymn 72: O for the wisdom from above
76. Hymn 73: How shall a contrite spirit pray
77. Hymn 74: Patient prayer has power with God
78. Hymn 75: Bow every knee at Jesus' name
79. Hymn 76: Why thus, my soul, cast down?
80. Hymn 77: Lord, let my prayer like incense rise
81. Hymn 78: O! What a privilege to kneel
82. Hymn 79: Come to the Morning Prayer
83. Hymn 80: In the morning hear my voice
84. Hymn 81: While many cry in nature's night
85. Hymn 82: Out of the depths of woe
86. Hymn 83: Jesus, our best-beloved friend
87. Hymn 84: Power from on high, O God, impart
88. Hymn 85: One prayer I have, all prayers in one
89. Hymn 86: Stand up, and bless the Lord
90. Hymn 87: All ye gentiles, praise the Lord
91. Hymn 88: Come and behold the works of God
92. Hymn 89: Come let us sing the song of songs
93. Hymn 90: Songs of praise the angels sang
94. Hymn 91: Give glory to the Lord
95. Hymn 92: All Thy works, with one accord
96. Hymn 93: O God, we praise Thee, and we own
97. Hymn 94: Hark, the song of Jubilee
98. Hymn 95: This is the day the Lord hath made
99. Hymn 96: As the hart, with eager looks
100. Hymn 97: How shall we come before the Lord?
101. Hymn 98: Assembled in Thy house of prayer
102. Hymn 99: Command thy blessing from above
103. Hymn 100: Glad was my heart to hear
104. Hymn 101: God in his temple let us meet
105. Hymn 102: Again, on this rejoicing day
106. Hymn 103: Father of Jesus Christ our Lord
107. Hymn 104: With reverence and with godly fear
108. Hymn 105: How amiable, how fair
109. Hymn 106: All hearts are open to Thy view
110. Hymn 107: God is in His holy temple
111. Hymn 108: Here young and old, here great and small
112. Hymn 109: Not to the Mount that burn'd with fire
113. Hymn 110: The peace of God surpassing thought
114. Hymn 111: Son of the living God, display
115. Hymn 112: While these commands endure
116. Hymn 113: My House shall be an House of Prayer
117. Hymn 114: Come to the throne of Grace
118. Hymn 115: To Thy Temple I repair
119. Hymn 116: Joyful in Thy House of Prayer
120. Hymn 117: All hearts to Thee are open here
121. Hymn 118: Another day, a day of grace
122. Hymn 119: Come, let us go to heaven
123. Hymn 120: Millions within Thy courts have met
124. Hymn 121: One thing, with all my soul's desire
125. Hymn 122: To me to live, let it be Christ
126. Hymn 123: I love the Lord; He lent an ear
127. Hymn 124: We know the condescending grace
128. Hymn 125: He saved others, scorners cried
129. Hymn 126: And did the Son of God appear
130. Hymn 127: Come see the place where Jesus lay
131. Hymn 128: Morning of the Sabbath day
132. Hymn 129: According to thy gracious word
133. Hymn 130: Communion of my Saviour's blood
134. Hymn 131: On the first Christian Sabbath eve
135. Hymn 132: Let me go, the day is breaking
136. Hymn 133: Lift up your heads, ye gates!
137. Hymn 134: Praise the Lord through every nation
138. Hymn 135: Once more to Bethany,
139. Hymn 136: Lord God, the Holy Ghost
140. Hymn 137: Could I command with voice or pen
141. Hymn 138: Of him the sacred record saith
142. Hymn 139: Thus saith the Lord, My Church, to thee
143. Hymn 140: Our Heavenly Father! hear
144. Hymn 141: Praise ye the Lord, from pole to pole
145. Hymn 142: Lord of all power and might
146. Hymn 143: The lighthouse founded on a rock
147. Hymn 144: The one thing needful be our choice
148. Hymn 145: Call Jehovah thy salvation
149. Hymn 146: Father of lights from whom alone
150. Hymn 147: A race on earth, a race we run
151. Hymn 148: My Son, give me thine heart
152. Hymn 149: When those who feared the Lord of old
153. Hymn 150: Come in, thou blessed of the Lord
154. Hymn 151: Head of Thy Church, her glorious Head
155. Hymn 152: Union of faith, and hope, and love
156. Hymn 153: Come on, companions of our way
157. Hymn 154: Free, though in chains, the mountains stand
158. Hymn 155: The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord
159. Hymn 156: Work while it is to-day
160. Hymn 157: Palms of glory, raiment bright
161. Hymn 158: Fight the good fight
162. Hymn 159: Lord! give us ears to hear
163. Hymn 160: What is our life?
164. Hymn 161: To-day the Lord Our Shepherd leads
165. Hymn 162: Our Saviour's words are Watch and Pray:
166. Hymn 163: The Lord will grace and glory give
167. Hymn 164: Faith, Hope, and Charity
168. Hymn 165: Father! reveal Thy Son in me
169. Hymn 166: Dust and ashes, sin and guilt
170. Hymn 167: Humbly, my God, with Thee I walk
171. Hymn 168: Upon Thine altar, Lord, I lay
172. Hymn 169: Thine eye, Lord God, alone can see
173. Hymn 170: Lord, when we search the human heart
174. Hymn 171: I left the God of truth and light
175. Hymn 172: God! be merciful to me
176. Hymn 173: Mercy alone can meet my case
177. Hymn 174: The mountains shall depart
178. Hymn 175: I will love the Lord; for He
179. Hymn 176: Hear me, O Lord! in my distress
180. Hymn 177: O that I knew where I might find
181. Hymn 178: Lift Up thine eyes, afflicted soul
182. Hymn 179: Father! Thy will, not mine, be done
183. Hymn 180: Body and soul to Thee I give
184. Hymn 181: In spirit when I took my flight
185. Hymn 182: I cannot call affliction sweet
186. Hymn 183: Thousands, O Lord of Hosts! this day
187. Hymn 184: Him wilt Thou keep in perfect peace
188. Hymn 185: In time of tribulation
189. Hymn 186: Father of eternal grace
190. Hymn 187: Lord, for ever at Thy side
191. Hymn 188: Sweet is Thy mercy, O my God
192. Hymn 189: God is my strong salvation
193. Hymn 190: Yea, I will extol Thee
194. Hymn 191: Lovest thou Me? I hear my Saviour say
195. Hymn 192: I take the journey of a day
196. Hymn 193: In the hour of trial
197. Hymn 194: Blessed be Thy name
198. Hymn 195: He that overcomes through me
199. Hymn 196: Hid in the rock-cleft, let me stand
200. Hymn 197: Though the fig-tree's blossom fail
201. Hymn 198: The wind that brake the rocks, and rent
202. Hymn 199: How beautiful the sight
203. Hymn 200: Sing we the song of those who stand
204. Hymn 201: Sing a new song unto the Lord
205. Hymn 202: Now in holy convocation
206. Hymn 203: Moments and minutes, hours and days
207. Hymn 204: Less than the least of all
208. Hymn 205: The tender mercies of our Lord
209. Hymn 206: Food, raiment, dwelling, health and friends
210. Hymn 207: Be known to us in breaking bread
211. Hymn 208: What secret hand, at morning-light
212. Hymn 209: The blessing of a night's repose
213. Hymn 210: My God, beneath Thy watching eye
214. Hymn 211: Full speed along the world's highway
215. Hymn 212: In a land of strange delight
216. Hymn 213: Thee, in the watches of the night
217. Hymn 214: O where shall rest be found
218. Hymn 215: Few, few and evil are thy days
219. Hymn 216: A hundred years ago, not one
220. Hymn 217: A child, a youth, a man
221. Hymn 218: Nothing into this world we brought
222. Hymn 219: On our span-long pilgrimage
223. Hymn 220: Lord, I have put my trust in Thee
224. Hymn 221: The end of all things is at hand
225. Hymn 222: To-day is added to our time
226. Hymn 223: Time grows not old with length of years
227. Hymn 224: At every motion of our breath
228. Hymn 225: Weep no more, Zion, dry thy streaming tears
229. Hymn 226: Where are the dead?
230. Hymn 227: Heaven is a place of rest from sin
231. Hymn 228: While through this changing world we roam
232. Hymn 229: There is a river pure and bright
233. Hymn 230: Though I walk the downward shade
234. Hymn 231: Mercy and goodness, O my God
235. Hymn 232: The sting of death is sin
236. Hymn 233: How many generations dead
237. Hymn 234: For ever with the Lord
238. Hymn 235: When the overwhelming waters
239. Hymn 236: The days and years of time are fled
240. Hymn 237: What are these in bright array
241. Hymn 238: Eternity! Eternity
242. Hymn 239: Angels from the realms of glory
243. Hymn 240: Children of Zion, know your King
244. Hymn 241: Daughter of Zion, from the dust
245. Hymn 242: Strangers, whence came ye to the West
246. Hymn 243: To me, though neither voice nor sound
247. Hymn 244: Now weigh the anchor, hoist the sail
248. Hymn 245: Peace, that passeth understanding
249. Hymn 246: Is this the day that gave me birth?
250. Hymn 247: Brother and friend, with heart and voice
251. Hymn 248: O Thou, in whom we live and move
252. Hymn 249: The sun clear-shining after showers
253. Hymn 250: Sleep, weary world, and take thy rest
254. Hymn 251: Once more, to pay our annual vows
255. Hymn 252: One song of praise, one voice of prayer
256. Hymn 253: Send out Thy light and truth, O God
257. Hymn 254: Home, kindred, friends, and country, these
258. Hymn 255: Sow in the morn thy seed
259. Hymn 256: The heathen perish
260. Hymn 257: O Spirit of the living God
261. Hymn 258: A grain of corn an infant's hand
262. Hymn 259: In a garden, man was placed
263. Hymn 260: Let there be light: thus spake the Word
264. Hymn 261: Arise and shine, your light is come
265. Hymn 262: Our Master, Jesus, reign'd above
266. Hymn 263: Fair shines the morning star
267. Hymn 264: Oh! Valiant-for-the-Truth
268. Hymn 265: Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass
269. Hymn 266: Fall down ye nations, and adore
270. Hymn 267: Hail to the Lord's Anointed
271. Hymn 268: Will e'er that sabbath-morning rise
272. Hymn 269: O be joyful, every nation
273. Hymn 270: The King of Glory we proclaim
274. Hymn 271: Thine arm, O Lord, of old
275. Hymn 272: The God of your forefathers praise
276. Hymn 273: All hail! our Church's Elder dear
277. Hymn 274: The sunbeams, infinitely small
278. Hymn 275: Proclaim the year of Jubilee
279. Hymn 276: To God most awful and most high
280. Hymn 277: Flowers grow in sweet societies
281. Hymn 278: We lift our eyes, our hands, to Thee
282. Hymn 279: The God of harvest praise
283. Hymn 280: Is summer ended, harvest past
284. Hymn 281: O take away this evil heart
285. Hymn 282: Lift up your eyes, look round
286. Hymn 283: As from the winter sky
287. Hymn 284: A year, another year is fled
288. Hymn 285: Our soul shall magnify the Lord
289. Hymn 286: When, like a stranger on our sphere
290. Hymn 287: Father of light, and life, and love
291. Hymn 288: When Israel, press'd by Pharaoh, stood
292. Hymn 289: Let the land mourn through all its coasts
293. Hymn 290: It is the Lord! Behold His hand
294. Hymn 291: Walking on the winged wind
295. Hymn 292: Sing Hallelujah; sing
296. Hymn 293: Heaven as a tent Thine hand displayed
297. Hymn 294: The ground on which this day we stand
298. Hymn 295: Not in Jerusalem alone
299. Hymn 296: A sure and tried foundation stone
300. Hymn 297: Not here, as to the prophet's eye
301. Hymn 298: Father of glory, God of grace
302. Hymn 299: Behold yon bright array
303. Hymn 300: This stone to Thee in faith we lay
304. Hymn 301: Lord of hosts, to Thee we raise
305. Hymn 302: The morning stars in concert sang
306. Hymn 303: We plan foundations for the dead
307. Hymn 304: Hallow'd be this humble spot
308. Hymn 305: We bid thee welcome in the Name
309. Hymn 306: Pour out Thy Spirit from on high
310. Hymn 307: Rest from thy labours
311. Hymn 308: Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime
312. Hymn 309: A blessing on our pastor's head
313. Hymn 310: Hallelujah! heart and voice
314. Hymn 311: Servant of God, well done
315. Hymn 312: Friends of the poor, the young, the weak
316. Hymn 313: A children's temple here we build
317. Hymn 314: Happy the child, who early makes
318. Hymn 315: Lord Jesus Christ, the children's Friend
319. Hymn 316: O Lord our God, Thy light and truth
320. Hymn 317: Youth, health, and strength are ours to-day
321. Hymn 318: Our parents, brothers, sisters, friends
322. Hymn 319: The bird that soars on highest wing
323. Hymn 320: God, o'er all supremely bless'd
324. Hymn 321: God said, Let there be light
325. Hymn 322: With heart and soul, with mind and might
326. Hymn 323: Around the throne of grace we meet
327. Hymn 324: On earth we meet again below
328. Hymn 325: Hosanna be the children's song
329. Hymn 326: When Jesus left His Father's throne
330. Hymn 327: The children's angels always view
331. Hymn 328: The pure and peaceful mind
332. Hymn 329: The tongue, the tongue, with all its powers
333. Hymn 330: With lawless lips, unbridled tongue
334. Hymn 331: Isaac was ransom'd when he lay
335. Hymn 332: On His pilgrimage of woe
336. Hymn 333: Weep, little children, weep
337. Hymn 334: Glory to the Father give
338. Hymn 335: I build my house upon a rock,--
339. Hymn 336: O come, let us raise
340. Hymn 337: The brightest morning of the year
341. Hymn 338: Friend after friend departs:
342. Hymn 339: Come, from your dwellings, girls and boys
343. Hymn 340: Let songs of praise arise
344. Hymn 341: Love is the theme of saints above
345. Hymn 342: Sun, moon and stars, by day and night
346. Hymn 343: Thy throne, O God, in righteousness
347. Hymn 344: Thou Father of the fatherless
348. Hymn 345: While saints and angels, glorious King
349. Hymn 346: The poorest of the poor are we
350. Hymn 347: God over all, the sun by day
351. Hymn 348: Lord! are there eyes that see the sun
352. Hymn 349: Our schools are nurseries below
353. Hymn 350: Now Lord of lords and King of kings
354. Hymn 351: The Sabbath of the Lord
355. Hymn 352: The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord
356. Hymn 353: Maker, Upholder, Ruler
357. Hymn 354: Again our ears have heard the voice
358. Hymn 355: Thy word, Almighty Lord
359. Hymn 356: Doxology (L.M.)
360. Hymn 357: Doxology (C.M.)
361. Hymn 358: Doxology (S.M.)
362. Hymn 359: Doxology (7s. M.)
363. Hymn 360: Doxology (7s 6s M.)