Hymns For Christian Devotion

1 PREFACE. 2 GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS 3 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 4 PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 5 1. -- Humble Worship 6 2. -- Solemn Invocation. 7 3. -- Exhortation to Praise. 8 4. -- Public Worship. 9 5. -- The Same. 10 6. -- |How amiable are thy Tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts.| 11 7. -- The Lord's Day. 12 8. -- The Blessing of the Sabbath. 13 9. -- Love of Sabbath Service. 14 10. -- A Prayer for Lord's Day. 15 11. -- Invoking God's Aid. 16 12. -- Invocation for Lord's Day Morning. 17 13. -- Attendance on Worship. 18 14. -- Delight in the House of God. 19 15. -- Divine Love. 20 16. -- Universal Worship. 21 17. -- Prayer for special Favor. 22 18. -- Daily and nightly Devotion. 23 19. -- The Delight of Worship. 24 20. -- Call to the House of Prayer. 25 21. -- Delight in Public Worship. 26 22. -- A Blessing humbly requested. 27 23. -- For Opening or Close of Service. 28 24. -- Seeking Refuge. 29 25. -- The House of God. 30 26. -- The Fount of Blessing. 31 27. -- A Blessing sought. 32 28. -- Preparation for Worship. 33 29. -- |Hallowed be Thy name.| 34 30. -- Pleasures of Spiritual Worship. 35 31. -- God present in the Sanctuary. 36 32. -- A Blessing sought. 37 33. -- Public Worship. 38 34. -- Truth and Love. 39 35. -- Invoking a Blessing. 40 36. -- A Prayer for Lord's Day. 41 37. -- Evening Worship. 42 38. -- The Sabbath of the Soul. 43 39. -- Lowly Praise. 44 40. -- The Day of Rest. 45 41. -- Improvement of the Sabbath. 46 42. -- Sabbath Worship. 47 43. -- The Delights of the Sabbath. 48 44. -- The Hour of Prayer. 49 45. -- Devout Worship of God. 50 46. -- The Sabbath Welcomed. 51 47. -- Public Worship. Ps. 95. 52 48. -- Homage and Devotion. 53 49. -- The Lord's Day. 54 50. -- Christian Worship. 55 51. -- The Lord's Prayer. 56 52. -- Mutual Invitation. 57 53. -- |The Lord God is a Sun and Shield.| Ps. 84. 58 54. -- House of God. 59 55. -- Sabbath Day. 60 56. -- Introduction to Evening Worship. 61 57. -- Going to Church. Ps. 122. 62 58. -- Sabbath Morning. 63 59. -- The Sabbath. 64 60. -- The Lord's Day Morning. 65 61. -- Sabbath on Earth and in Heaven. Ps. 92. 66 62. -- The Sabbath and the Earthly Temple. 67 63. -- Longing for the House of God. 68 64. -- The Worship of Earth and Heaven. 69 65. -- Watchfulness and Brotherly Reproof. Ps. 141. 70 66. -- The Pleasure of Public Worship. Ps. 84. 71 67. -- |Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.| 72 68. -- For a Blessing on Worship. 73 69. -- Sabbath Hymn. 74 70. -- The Worship of the Heart. 75 71. -- Sunday Evening. 76 72. -- Invitation to pure Worship. 77 73. -- Worship in spirit and in truth. 78 74. -- Subjection to the Father of Spirits. 79 75. -- Public Worship. 80 76. -- The Divine Spirit implored. 81 77. -- |The healthful spirit of God's grace.| 82 78. -- Life dedicated to God. 83 79. -- Sabbath Evening. 84 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. -- 85 80. -- Close of Worship. Evening. 86 81. -- Prayer for Divine Direction. 87 82. -- Prayer for a Blessing. 88 83. -- After Divine Service. 89 84. -- Closing Hymn. 90 85. -- Closing Supplication. 91 86. -- |The Seed is the Word of God.| 92 87. -- |God giveth the Increase.| 93 88. -- Dismission. 94 89. -- The Same. 95 90. -- Thanks at the Close of Service. 96 91. -- Close of Worship. Evening. 97 92. -- Close of Evening Worship. 98 93. -- Close of Service. 99 94. -- Praise from all Lands. 100 95. -- The Joy and Blessing of Worship. 101 96. -- Close of Worship. 102 97. -- Close of Worship. Evening. 103 98. -- Dismission. 104 99. -- Sunday Evening. 105 100. -- The Lord's Prayer. 106 101. -- Being of God. 1 There is a God--all nature speaks 107 102. -- God our Father. 108 103. -- The Paternal Love of God. 109 104. -- Omnipotence of God. 110 105. -- Almighty Power and Majesty of God. 111 106. -- God is Everywhere. 112 107. -- Eternity of God. 113 108. -- Where is God? 114 109. -- The all-seeing God. 115 110. -- God Good and Omniscient. 116 111. -- Omniscience and Omnipresence. 117 112. -- Infinity of God. 118 113. -- The Majesty of God. 119 114. -- God is Love. 120 115. -- God the Creator. 121 116. -- Omnipresence of God. 122 117. -- The Perfections of God. 123 118. -- |God is a Spirit.| 124 119. -- Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God. 125 120. -- God our Father. 126 121. -- God Incomprehensible. 127 122. -- God seen in his Works. 128 123. -- God the Creator. 129 124. -- God, our Creator and Benefactor. 130 125. -- The Good Providence of God. Ps. 36. 131 126. -- God Incomprehensible. 132 127. -- God Unchangeable. 133 128. -- Purposes of God developed by his Providence. 134 129. -- |The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.| 135 130. -- Universal Goodness of God. 136 131. -- The Omnipresent Peace of God. 137 132. -- Providence Kind and Bountiful. 138 133. -- A Holy God. Ps. 99. 139 134. -- God's Condescension. 140 135. -- God the Universal Benefactor. 141 136. -- The Holiness of God. 142 137. -- Unity of God. 143 138. -- All-embracing Providence of God. 144 139. -- The Mysteries of Providence. 145 140. -- |Whither shall I go from thy presence?| 146 141. -- Perfection of God. 147 142. -- |Canst thou find out the Almighty?| 148 143. -- The surpassing Glory of God. 149 144. -- Majesty of God. Ps. 18. 150 145. -- Decrees and Providence of God. 151 146. -- |God, with whom is no Variableness.| 152 147. -- God Omnipresent. 153 148. -- Providence Mysterious. 154 149. -- Praise to the great Jehovah. 1 Be thou 155 150. -- Adoration. 156 151. -- God Glorious. 157 152. -- Invitation to offer Praise. 158 153. -- Praise to God. 159 154. -- Praise and Holiness. 160 155. -- The Divine Glories Celebrated. 161 156. -- Perpetual Praise. 162 157. -- The Same. 163 158. -- The Same. Ps. 145. 164 159. -- The Same. Ps. 150. 165 160. -- Praise from Heaven and Earth. 166 161. -- Praise from all Nature. Ps. 148. 167 162. -- A Call to Praise. 168 163. -- Universal Praise. 169 164. -- Te Deum. 170 165. -- God of our Salvation. 171 166. -- General Praise. 172 167. -- The Same. 173 168. -- God revealed in his Works. 1 Great God! the heavens' well ordered frame Declares the glory of thy name 174 169. -- Praise from all Nature. 175 170. -- God of Life. 176 171. -- Universal Praise. 177 172. -- Goodness of God in his Works. 178 173. -- The Beauties of Creation. 179 174. -- All Things are of God. 180 175. -- The Heavens declare the Glory of God. 181 176. -- The Creator, God. 182 177. -- Nature's Evening Hymn. 183 178. -- |Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.| 184 179. -- |Consider the lilies of the field;--behold the fowls of the air.| 185 180. -- Religious Influences of Nature. 186 181. -- |Day unto day uttereth speech.| 187 182. -- The Visible World a Shadow of the Invisible. 188 183. -- Nature a Temple. 189 184. -- Perfection of God's Law. 1 God's perfect law converts the soul 190 185. -- Nature and Scripture. Ps. 19. 191 186. -- Light and Glory of the Word. 192 187. -- Praise to God for his Word. 193 188. -- Nature and Scripture. Ps. 19. 194 189. -- The Value of the Scriptures. 195 190. -- Sufficiency of the Scriptures. 196 191. -- Superiority of the Scriptures. 197 192. -- The Gospel Revelation. 198 193. -- Revelation. Ps. 119. 199 194. -- The Scriptures. 200 195. -- Comfort from the Bible. 201 196. -- The Same. 202 197. -- The Bible. 203 198. -- The Saviour Foretold. 1 Behold my servant; see him rise Exalted in my might! Him have I chosen 204 199. -- |Prepare ye the Way of the Lord.| 205 200. -- Report of the Watchman. 206 201. -- Song of the Angels of Bethlehem. 207 202. -- Christmas Hymn. 208 203. -- Christmas Hymn. 209 204. -- Christmas Hymn. 210 205. -- Christmas Hymn. 211 206. -- Christmas Hymn. 212 207. -- Christmas Hymn. 213 208. -- Christmas Hymn. 214 209. -- Star of the East. 215 210. -- Christ's Birth. 216 211. -- Christmas Hymn. 217 212. -- The Mission of Christ. 218 213. -- The Kingdom of Christ. 219 214. -- John the Herald of Christ. 220 215. -- The Baptism of Jesus. 221 216. -- Christ the Light of the World. 222 217. -- Jesus Preaching the Gospel. 223 218. -- Miracles of Christ. 224 219. -- |That ye through his poverty might be rich.| 225 220. -- |Peace! be still!| 226 221. -- The Pool of Bethesda. 227 222. -- The Holy Guest. 228 223. -- |He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.| 229 224. -- Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. 230 225. -- Christ's New Command to his Disciples. 231 226. -- The Agony in Gethsemane. 232 227. -- Christ's Passion. 233 228. -- Christ in Gethsemane. 234 229. -- Agony in the Garden. 235 230. -- Christ our Example in Sufferings. 236 231. -- The Crucifixion of Christ. 237 232. -- A Dying Saviour. 238 233. -- Christ Suffering on the Cross. 239 234. -- Christ's Death and Resurrection. 240 235. -- Christ's Resurrection. 241 236. -- The Same. 242 237. -- Ascension and Reign of Christ. 243 238. -- Example of Christ. 244 239. -- The Same. 245 240. -- Excellency of Christ. 246 241. -- Christ's Submission to his Father's Will. 247 242. -- |Greater love hath no man than this.| 248 243. -- |I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.| 249 244. -- Christ All and in All. 250 245. -- Christ the Resting-Place. 251 246. -- The Spiritual Coronation. 252 247. -- Attraction of the Cross. 253 248. -- |They shall look on Him whom they pierced.| 254 249. -- Following Christ. 255 250. -- Jesus our Leader. 256 251. -- Christ's Example in Forgiving. 257 252. -- God's Servant. 258 253. -- The Image of the Invisible God. 259 254. -- Christ the Corner-Stone. 260 255. -- The Hiding-place. 261 256. -- Blessings of the Gospel. 262 257. -- The Gospel Trumpet. 1 Let every mortal ear attend 263 258. -- |The entrance of thy Word giveth Light.| 264 259. -- Gospel Invitations. 265 260. -- God's Glory in the Gospel. 266 261. -- The Jubilee Proclaimed. 267 262. -- Gospel Call to the Church. 268 263. -- The Gospel Advancing. 269 264. -- The Fountain of Living Waters. 270 265. -- Now is the Day of Grace. 271 266. -- Invitation to the Gospel Feast. 272 267. -- The Same. 273 268. -- The Sinner entreated to awake. 274 269. -- The Gospel gives Peace and Rest. 275 270. -- Invitation. 276 271. -- The Same. 277 272. -- Call to the Wandering. 278 273. -- |Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.| 279 274. -- To the Prodigal Son. 280 275. -- Gospel Invitations. 281 276. -- The Blessings of the Gospel. 282 277. -- All Things Ready. 283 278. -- Coming to Christ. 284 279. -- Saviour's Voice. 285 280. -- Power of the Gospel. 286 281. -- Gospel Invitation. 287 282. -- The Same. 288 283. -- The Weary, Pained, and Guilty, Invited. 289 284. -- Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles. 1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 For him shall endless prayer be made, And endless praises 290 285. -- The Kingdom of God on Earth. 291 286. -- The Same. 292 287. -- The Universal King. 293 288. -- Blessings of Christ's Kingdom. 294 289. -- Blessings of Christ's Universal Reign. 295 290. -- The Gospel Feast. 296 291. -- The Fulness of the Gentiles. 297 292. -- Influence of the Gospel like Rain. 298 293. -- Efficacy of the Gospel. 299 294. -- Universal Redemption. 300 295. -- |The Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness.| 301 296. -- Progress of Gospel Truth. 302 297. -- Universal Reign of Christ. 303 298. -- Predicted Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom. 304 299. -- Encouraging Prospects. 305 300. -- Universal Hallelujah. 306 301. -- Prospect of Universal Blessedness. 307 302. -- The Cloud and Pillar of Fire. 308 303. -- The Kingdom of God. 309 304. -- The Kingdom of Christ. 310 305. -- Christ's Triumph. 311 306. -- The Progress of the Gospel. 312 307. -- The Reconciliation. 313 308. -- Glory of the Church. 314 309. -- Christian's Song of Triumph. 315 310. -- Gospel Freedom Universal. 316 311. -- Reign of Christ. Isaiah 35. 317 312. -- The Wilderness Transformed. Is. 41:18, 19. 318 313. -- The Gospel Triumphant. 319 314. -- The Church exulting in the Government of Jehovah. 320 315. -- Restoration of Israel. 321 316. -- The Same. 322 317. -- Prayer for the Jews. 323 318. -- The Missionary Angel. 324 319. -- The Glory of the Church in the Latter Day. Is. 60:1. 325 320. -- Desiring Christ's Triumph. 326 321. -- Millennium Hymn. 327 322. -- Kingdom of Christ. 328 323. -- Prayer for Mercy in Spiritual Need. 1 Lord 329 324. -- The Prodigal's Return. 330 325. -- Imploring Forgiveness and Renewal of Heart. 331 326. -- Inconstancy Lamented. 332 327. -- God's Mercy to the Penitent. 333 328. -- Returning to God. 334 329. -- Sense of Sin. 335 330. -- The True Penitent. 336 331. -- Translated by J. Wesley. 337 332. -- Vain Repentance. 338 333. -- |There is Joy in Heaven over one Sinner that Repenteth.| 339 334. -- Freedom from Error, Guilt and Folly. 340 335. -- For Divine Guidance. 341 336. -- Pardon. 342 337. -- Peace after a Storm. 343 338. -- For a Life devoted to God's Glory. 344 339. -- |Ye shall know them by their Fruits.| 1 So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess: So let our works and virtues shine 345 340. -- The Christian's Life and his Hope. 346 341. -- |Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.| 347 342. -- Walking with God. 348 343. -- Watchfulness and Prayer inculcated. 349 344. -- The Beatitudes. 350 345. -- Patience. 351 346. -- |Who shall abide in thy tabernacle?| Ps. 15. 352 347. -- The Same. 353 348. -- |Blessed are the Meek.| 354 349. -- The Blessing of Meekness. 355 350. -- The Pure Heart. 356 351. -- |Blessed are the Pure in Heart.| 357 352. -- Prudence. 358 353. -- Humility. 359 354. -- Humility and Submission. 360 355. -- Love to God and our Neighbor. 361 356. -- Active Piety. 362 357. -- Example of the Saviour. 363 358. -- |Again, I say--Watch!| 364 359. -- The Use of Present Opportunities. 365 360. -- The Christian's Contest, Rest, and Hope. 366 361. -- The whole Armor. 367 362. -- The Christian Warrior. 368 363. -- Religion. 369 364. -- The Humble and Pure Accepted. 370 365. -- A Call to Prayer. 371 366. -- Secret Prayer. 372 367. -- The Warfare of the Soul. 373 368. -- The Christian Race. 374 369. -- Christian Courage and Self-denial. 375 370. -- The Christian Race. 376 371. -- What is Prayer? 377 372. -- |I will that men pray everywhere.| 378 373. -- Pray without ceasing. 379 374. -- |We walk by faith, not by sight.| 380 375. -- The Power of Faith. 381 376. -- Excellence of Faith. 382 377. -- Prayer for Strong Faith. 383 378. -- Hope. 384 379. -- The Christian rejoicing in Hope. 385 380. -- The Hope, the Star, the Voice. 386 381. -- Law of Love. 387 382. -- The Same. 388 383. -- Love to God. 389 384. -- Love to all Mankind. 390 385. -- The Two Commandments. 391 386. -- Christ's Love to Enemies our Example. 392 387. -- Faith, Hope and Charity. 393 388. -- The Christian Graces. 394 389. -- A Living and a Dead Faith. 395 390. -- |Two men went up into the temple to pray.| 396 391. -- Brotherly Love. Ps. 133. 397 392. -- The Harmony of Love. 398 393. -- The Bond of Peace. 399 394. -- |The unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.| 400 395. -- The Church on Earth and in Heaven, One. 401 396. -- Christian Unity. 402 397. -- Christian Friendship. 403 398. -- Charitable Judgment. 404 399. -- The Same. 405 400. -- Private Judgment and Accountability. 406 401. -- True Zeal. 407 402. -- Moderation. 408 403. -- The Independent and Happy Man. 409 404. -- Wisdom. 410 405. -- |They shall walk and not faint.| 411 406. -- Hidden Life of the Christian. 412 407. -- |That they also may be one in us.| 413 408. -- Religion a Support in Life. 414 409. -- The Righteous and the Wicked. 415 410. -- The Influence of Habitual Piety. 416 411. -- The Happiness of a Christian. 417 412. -- |He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely.| 418 413. -- The Happiness of the Righteous. 419 414. -- |Not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but keep them from its evil.| 420 415. -- Joy and Peace in Believing. 421 416. -- For a Right Spirit. 422 417. -- Heavenly Joy on Earth. 423 418. -- Where is Heaven? 424 419. -- Heaven Here. 425 420. -- God's Kingdom Here. 426 421. -- The Heaven Within. 427 422. -- Habitual Devotion. 1 While thee I seek 428 423. -- Perpetual Praise. 429 424. -- Secret Prayer. 430 425. -- Prayer for Self-Consecration. 431 426. -- Breathings of Grace. 432 427. -- Dependence on God. 433 428. -- The Soul panting for God. 434 429. -- Wisdom and Virtue sought from God. 435 430. -- Holy Resignation. 436 431. -- Prayer for the Comforter. 437 432. -- A Peaceful Conscience. 438 433. -- Self-knowledge, and Abstraction from Earth. 439 434. -- Rising towards Heaven. 440 435. -- Christ Desired. 441 436. -- |Unto you who believe he is precious.| 442 437. -- The Lord's Prayer. 443 438. -- The Same. 444 439. -- The Same. 445 440. -- The Lord's Prayer. 446 441. -- From Boethius. 447 442. -- Abba, Father. 448 443. -- The Christian's Resolve. 449 444. -- |Giving thanks to God in all things.| 450 445. -- |Now are we sons of God.| 451 446. -- Praying for Divine Help. 452 447. -- Come, let us Pray. 453 448. -- Imploring the constant Presence of God. 454 449. -- Watchfulness. 455 450. -- For Prudence and Wisdom. 456 451. -- Heaven Desired. 457 452. -- The Mercy-seat. 458 453. -- Thirsting after God. 459 454. -- Self-Distrust. 460 455. -- Choosing the Better Part. 461 456. -- Sincerity and Hypocrisy. 462 457. -- True Wisdom. 463 458. -- For the Understanding and Influence of God's Word. 464 459. -- Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom. 465 460. -- Walking with God. 466 461. -- For Freedom from Secret Sin. 467 462. -- Self-abandonment to God. 468 463. -- Religious Retirement. 469 464. -- Silent Worship. 470 465. -- |Help thou my unbelief.| 471 466. -- Doing all to the Glory of God. 472 467. -- God the Pilgrim's Guide and Strength. 473 468. -- Prayer for Faith. 474 469. -- Safety in God. 475 470. -- Prayer for Grace in Trial. 476 471. -- The Solace of Faith. 477 472. -- For Purity of Heart. 478 473. -- God's sustaining Presence. 479 474. -- Ark of Safety. 480 475. -- |O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes.| 481 476. -- |Lord, remember me.| 482 477. -- Prayer for Divine Guidance. 483 478. -- The Repose of Faith. 484 479. -- A Rest Remaineth. 485 480. -- Angels from Heaven Strengthening Him. 486 481. -- Filial Submission. 487 482. -- Universal Prayer. 488 483. -- The Same. 489 484. -- Seeking God. 490 485. -- |Thy Will be done.| 491 486. -- Confidence in God. 492 487. -- Prayer for Religious Principle. 493 488. -- Prayer for Divine Help. 494 489. -- Prayer for the Christian Temper. 495 490. -- For Holiness. 496 491. -- |Thy Kingdom Come.| 497 492. -- Seeking God. 498 493. -- |O God, my soul thirsteth for thee.| 499 494. -- The Knowledge of God. 500 495. -- God our Shepherd. 501 496. -- The Fatherly Love of God. 502 497. -- Clinging to God. 503 498. -- God our Refuge and Hope. 504 499. -- For Grateful Submission. 505 500. -- The Soul Returning to God. 506 501. -- Invocation of the Divine Spirit. 507 502. -- For Inward Truth. 508 503. -- Seeking God. 509 504. -- Not Ashamed of Christ. 510 505. -- The Simplicity of Christ. 511 506. -- Docility and Trust. 512 507. -- God's Care our Comfort. 513 508. -- The Water of Life. 514 509. -- Peace with God. 515 510. -- The Way of God with the Spirit. 516 511. -- Foretaste of Heaven. 517 512. -- Jesus precious to them that believe. 518 513. -- The Hope of Heaven. 519 514. -- |From everlasting to everlasting 520 515. -- The Providence of Life. 521 516. -- The Pilgrimage of Life. 522 517. -- |Looking for another country, that is an heavenly.| 523 518. -- Redeeming the Time. 524 519. -- What is your Life? 525 520. -- Our Times are in thy Hand. 526 521. -- |Why sayest thou--my way is hid from the Lord?| 527 522. -- The Dead speaking to the Living. 528 523. -- The Pilgrimage of Life. 529 524. -- |We are fearfully and wonderfully made.| 530 525. -- |Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.| 531 526. -- Lightning in the Night. 532 527. -- The Changes of Life. 533 528. -- |The Fathers, where are they?| 534 529. -- The Close of Life. 535 530. -- To God pertain the issues of Life and Death. 536 531. -- Universal Warning of Death. 537 532. -- The Shortness of Life. 538 533. -- Prayer for Support in Death. 539 534. -- Christ's Presence makes Death easy. 540 535. -- Deliverance from the Fear of Death. 541 536. -- Prayer for the dying Christian. 542 537. -- |Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.| Ps. 23. 543 538. -- Prayer for Support in Death. 544 539. -- The Happy Death. 545 540. -- The Hour of Death, and Entrance on Immortality. 546 541. -- Meditation on Death. 547 542. -- The Dying Christian to his Soul! 548 543. -- Death of the Righteous. 549 544. -- The Christian's Death. 550 545. -- Dirge. 551 546. -- The Same. 552 547. -- |Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord.| 553 548. -- |Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord.| 554 549. -- |Asleep in Christ.| 555 550. -- The Resurrection. 556 551. -- The Changes of Nature Types of Immortality. 557 552. -- Resurrection of Christ. 558 553. -- The Same. 559 554. -- Nature Transitory--the Soul Immortal. 560 555. -- A Prospect of Heaven. 561 556. -- Surpassing Glories of Eternity. 562 557. -- Heaven Anticipated. 563 558. -- The Society of Heaven. 564 559. -- Heaven. 565 560. -- The World to Come. 566 561. -- Heavenly Zion. 567 562. -- The Saints in Glory. 568 563. -- Heavenly Rest. 569 564. -- The Better Land. 570 565. -- The Everlasting Bliss of Heaven. 571 566. -- |Blessed are they that mourn.| 572 567. -- Farewell to a Friend Departed. 573 568. -- The Mourner's Thoughts of Heaven. 574 569. -- Blessedness of the Pious Dead. 575 570. -- |Weep for yourselves, and for your children.| 576 571. -- |Weep not for me!| 577 572. -- Friends die, but to live again. 578 573. -- Hope of Reunion above. 579 574. -- Comfort under Bereavements. 580 575. -- Invitation to the Mercy-seat. 581 576. -- The Christian's Burial. 582 577. -- Peaceful Death of the Righteous. 583 578. -- At a Funeral. 584 579. -- Burial of a Friend. 585 580. -- The Re-union of Friends after Death. 586 581. -- |Not lost, but gone before.| 587 582. -- Death of an Infant. 588 583. -- The Same. 589 584. -- Death of a Child. 590 585. -- Children in Heaven. 591 586. -- Death of a Young Girl. 592 587. -- Dirge for an Infant. 593 588. -- Death of a Child. 594 589. -- Death of the Young. 595 590. -- Death of a Young Girl. 596 591. -- Burial of a Christian Brother. 597 592. -- Death of a Christian in his prime. 598 593. -- On the Death of an aged Christian. 599 594. -- Death of a Christian. 600 595. -- Death of Parents. 601 596. -- The Pastor's Funeral. 602 597. -- Death of a Minister. 603 598. -- The Same. 604 599. -- The Same. 605 600. -- Adieu to a Departed Christian Friend. 606 601. -- The Christian's Death. 607 602. -- The Mourner Comforted. 608 603. -- Consolations in Bereavement. 609 604. -- The Peaceful Death of the Righteous. 610 605. -- |And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.| 611 606. -- |Trust ye in the Lord.| 1 When grief and anguish press me down 612 607. -- Weeping Seed-Time and Joyful Harvest. Ps. 126. 613 608. -- |He is able to save unto the uttermost.| 614 609. -- God, the Refuge of the Afflicted. 615 610. -- |Thy will be done.| 616 611. -- Holy Contentment. 617 612. -- Invocation of our Father's Presence. 618 613. -- Praising God in all Changes. 619 614. -- Welcome, Cross. 620 615. -- |Thy will be done.| 621 616. -- |My times are in thy hand.| 622 617. -- Praising God through all Changes. 623 618. -- Trusting in God. 624 619. -- Resignation and Trust. 625 620. -- The Same. 626 621. -- Trust and Submission. 627 622. -- Confidence in God. 628 623. -- Comforts of Religion. 629 624. -- Confidence in the Divine Care. 630 625. -- Contentment and Resignation. 631 626. -- Fear not. 632 627. -- Trust in the Presence and Help of God. 633 628. -- Submission. 634 629. -- Rejoicing in Adversity. 635 630. -- |Blessed are they that mourn.| 636 631. -- God Merciful in Affliction. 637 632. -- |He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.| 638 633. -- |God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble.| 639 634. -- The Same. 640 635. -- Trust amid the Severities of God. 641 636. -- Confidence in God. Ps. 27. 1 God is my strong salvation; What foe have I to fear? In darkness and temptation My Light 642 637. -- Reliance on God. 643 638. -- Praising God in Life and in Death. 644 639. -- Faithfulness of God's Promise. 645 640. -- Salvation. 646 641. -- Praise from Earth and Heaven. 647 642. -- Experience of God's Grace. 648 643. -- Fear not. 649 644. -- Rejoicing in God, our Father. 650 645. -- The Same. 651 646. -- The Same. 652 647. -- Triumph. 653 648. -- Psalm 23. 654 649. -- The Cross of Christ. 655 650. -- Glorying in Christ. 656 651. -- The Way to the Heavenly City. 657 652. -- Grace first and last in Salvation. 658 THE CHURCH, AND ORDINANCES. -- 659 653. -- |Glorious things spoken of Zion.| 660 654. -- Safety of the Church. 661 655. -- The Jewish and the Christian Zion. Ps. 48. 662 656. -- Gospel Order. 663 657. -- Attachment to the Church. 664 658. -- Christian Fellowship. 665 659. -- Christian Fellowship. 666 660. -- Joined to God's People. 667 661. -- On Receiving Members. 668 662. -- A Welcome to Christian Fellowship. 669 663. -- A Welcome to Fellowship. 670 664. -- On Joining the Church. 671 665. -- Dedication of Children to God and Christ. 672 666. -- Infants, living or dying, in the Arms of Christ. 673 667. -- Dedication of Children. 674 668. -- Children commended to Christ. 675 669. -- Christ calling Children to Himself. 676 670. -- Infant Baptism. 677 671. -- Hymn for Baptism. 678 672. -- Baptism. 679 673. -- After Baptism. 680 674. -- The Same. 681 675. -- Before Communion. 682 676. -- Proper Dispositions for the Communion. 683 677. -- Institution of the Lord's Supper. 684 678. -- |This do in remembrance of me.| 685 679. -- A Communion Hymn. 686 680. -- |And all that believed were together.| Acts 4:44. 687 681. -- Spiritual Nourishment. 688 682. -- A Communion Hymn. 689 683. -- Christ Blessing the Bread. 690 684. -- Christ's Law of Love. 691 685. -- The Saviour Commemorated. 692 686. -- Communion with God and Christ. 693 687. -- The Eucharist. 694 688. -- Room at the Lord's Table. 695 689. -- A Communion Hymn. 696 690. -- |This do in remembrance of me.| 697 691. -- |We love him because he first loved us.| 698 692. -- |Whosoever will, let him come!| 699 693. -- A View of the Cross. 700 694. -- Close of Communion Service. 701 695. -- The Same. 702 696. -- On Laying the Corner-stone of a Church. 1 This stone to thee in faith we lay 703 697. -- Dedication Hymn. 704 698. -- The Same. 705 699. -- The Same. 706 700. -- God's Temple in the Heart. 707 701. -- Dedication Hymn. 708 702. -- Dedication of a Country Church. 709 703. -- Dedication Hymn. 710 704. -- A House for God. 711 705. -- Prayer for God's Presence and Blessing. 712 706. -- The Same. 713 707. -- Ordination Hymn. 714 708. -- Benefits of the Ministry. 715 709. -- Ordination or Installation. 716 710. -- Ordination Hymn. 717 711. -- A Pastor Welcomed. 718 712. -- Charge to a Pastor. 719 713. -- Ordination or Installation. 720 714. -- The Same. 721 715. -- The Same. 722 716. -- The Same. 723 717. -- The Same. 724 718. -- The Same. 725 719. -- For a Meeting of Ministers. 1 Let Zion's watchmen all awake 726 720. -- Burden and Conflict of the Ministry. 727 721. -- Ministers Charged and Encouraged. 728 722. -- Call to Labor in God's Vineyard. 729 723. -- For Laborers in God's Harvest. 730 724. -- A Blessing invoked on Christian Teachers. 731 725. -- At an Annual Convention. 732 726. -- The Same. 733 727. -- The Same. 734 728. -- The Same. 735 729. -- The Same. 736 730. -- Closing Hymn at an Association. 737 731. -- The Same. 738 732. -- Prayer for the Success of the Gospel. 739 733. -- Missionary Hymn. 740 734. -- The Same. 741 735. -- The Western Churches. 742 736. -- On Western Missions. 743 737. -- Missionaries Encouraged. 744 738. -- Prayer for Children. 1 God of mercy 745 739. -- Early Religion. 746 740. -- |Remember thy Creator.| 747 741. -- Early Piety. 748 742. -- The Same. 749 743. -- Permanence of Early Religious Impressions. 750 744. -- Importance of the Bible to the Young. 751 745. -- Youth and the Spring-time. 752 746. -- |Remember thy Creator.| 753 747. -- Children's Prayer. 754 748. -- Sabbath School Hymn. 755 749. -- Opening of the School. 756 750. -- Youthful Example. 757 751. -- Sabbath School Anniversary. 758 752. -- For the Close of a Sabbath School. 759 753. -- Sabbath School Anniversary. 760 754. -- The Same. 761 755. -- Anniversary of Independence. 762 756. -- Autumn Warnings. 763 757. -- Death of a Teacher. 764 758. -- The Same. 765 759. -- Death of a Scholar. 766 760. -- The Same. 767 761. -- On the Death of a Female Scholar. 768 762. -- A Child's Prayer. 769 763. -- God--Our Father. 770 764. -- Acceptable Offering. 1 Father of our feeble race 771 765. -- Kindness to the Poor. 772 766. -- All Men are equal. 773 767. -- Charity. 774 768. -- |Ye are the Salt of the Earth.| 775 769. -- All Things vain without Love. 776 770. -- The Sower and the Seed. 777 771. -- The Sower and his Sheaves. 778 772. -- Active Effort to do Good. 779 773. -- Faith without Works is Dead. 780 774. -- Christian Beneficence. 781 775. -- Liberality Rewarded. Ps. 112. 782 776. -- Love and Charity. 783 777. -- Anniversary of a Charitable Association. 784 778. -- Imitation of Christ's Kindness. 785 779. -- For a Charitable Occasion. 786 780. -- The Blessedness of considering the Poor. Ps. 41:1-3. 787 781. -- For a Charitable Meeting. 788 782. -- Care of Widows and Orphans. 789 783. -- For a Charitable Occasion. 790 784. -- The Same. 791 785. -- Kindness to the Afflicted. 792 786. -- Prayer for a Beneficent Spirit. 793 787. -- For a Public Hospital or Asylum. 794 788. -- Anniversary of an Orphan Asylum. 795 789. -- For a Temperance Anniversary. 796 790. -- The Same. 797 791. -- Temperance Hymn. 798 792. -- The Same. 799 793. -- The Same. 800 794. -- Morning Hymn for Family Worship. 801 795. -- God's Blessing Implored on the Temperance Cause. 802 796. -- The Upas Tree. 803 797. -- Dedication of a Temperance Hall. 804 798. -- Prayer for the Abolition of Slavery. 805 799. -- For Faithfulness in the Cause of Human Freedom. 806 800. -- Prayer for Zeal and Love. 807 801. -- Prayer for the Slave. 808 802. -- That God Would hear the Cries of the Slave. 809 803. -- For a Liberty Meeting on the Fourth of July. 810 804. -- |'Tis good to be merciful.| 811 805. -- The Progress of Freedom. 812 806. -- Peace. 813 807. -- For an Anniversary Meeting of the Friends of Peace. 814 808. -- Prayer for Universal Peace. 815 809. -- The Gospel of Peace. 816 810. -- Peace. 817 811. -- Prospect of Universal Peace. 818 812. -- The Blessings of Peace. 819 813. -- Compassion for the Sinning. 820 814. -- The Same. 821 815. -- Reclaiming Power of Love. 822 816. -- For the Prisoner. 823 817. -- The Same. 824 818. -- The Same. 825 819. -- The Coming of Christ in Power. 826 820. -- Honor all Men. 827 821. -- The Call of Truth. 828 822. -- Encouragement to Christian Effort. 829 823. -- Forgiveness. 830 824. -- |And he arose and rebuked the winds and sea.| 831 825. -- |They that go down to the sea in ships.| 1 Lord of the wide extended main! Whose power the winds and seas controls 832 826. -- The Seaman's Song. 833 827. -- |These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.| 834 828. -- The Mariner's Hymn. 835 829. -- The Same. 836 830. -- Thanksgiving for Deliverance in a Storm. 837 831. -- Hymn at Sea. 838 832. -- Temptation compared to a Storm. 839 833. -- Prayer at Sea. 840 834. -- The Sailor's Grave. 841 835. -- Prayer for Seamen. 842 836. -- National Hymn. 1 My country 'tis of thee 843 837. -- Prayer for our Country. 844 838. -- The God of our Fathers. 845 839. -- |Thou shall teach them to thy children.| 846 840. -- |We have a goodly heritage.| 847 841. -- God Acknowledged in National Blessings. 848 842. -- Remembrance of our Fathers. 849 843. -- The Pilgrims. 850 844. -- Anniversary Hymn. 851 845. -- The Virtuous Love of Country. 852 846. -- Anniversary Hymn. 853 847. -- The Same. 854 848. -- National Praise and Prayer. 855 849. -- Prayer for our Country. 856 850. -- Our Country. 857 851. -- The God of the Seasons. 1 Great God! let all our tuneful powers Awake and sing thy mighty name; Thy hand rolls on our circling hours 858 852. -- The Goodness of God in the Seasons. 859 853. -- Seasons. 860 854. -- Providence acknowledged in the Seasons. 861 855. -- The Seasons. 862 856. -- The Same. 863 857. -- The Goodness of God in the Seasons. Ps. 65. 864 858. -- The Promises of the Year. 865 859. -- Blessings of Spring. 866 860. -- Spring. 867 861. -- Spring. 868 862. -- Spring-Time. 869 863. -- Summer. 870 864. -- |The Hymn of Summer.| 871 865. -- Autumn. 872 866. -- Winter. 873 867. -- The Same. 874 868. -- The Acceptable Fast. 875 869. -- Humiliation and Prayer. 876 870. -- The Same. 877 871. -- |Is it such a fast that I have chosen?| 878 872. -- Public Humiliation. 879 873. -- Public Supplication. 880 874. -- Judgments for National Sins Deprecated. 881 875. -- In time of War. 882 876. -- Thanksgiving Hymn. 883 877. -- The Same. 884 878. -- The Same. 885 879. -- Harvest Home. 886 880. -- The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving. 887 881. -- Thanksgiving. 888 882. -- |Thou crownest the year with goodness.| 889 883. -- Goodness of God Celebrated. 890 884. -- Harvest. 891 885. -- Thanksgiving for National Prosperity. 892 886. -- New Year's Day. 893 887. -- Reflections for a New Year. 894 888. -- New Year's Day. 895 889. -- The Same. 896 890. -- New Year. Providential Goodness. 897 891. -- |He holdeth our soul in life.| 898 892. -- New Year. Prayer for a Blessing. 899 893. -- Self-Examination. New Year. 900 894. -- Invocation. New Year. 901 895. -- The Closing Year. 902 896. -- The Same. 903 897. -- The Same. 904 898. -- God eternal, and Man mortal. Ps. 90. 905 899. -- The Closing Year. 906 900. -- The Same. 907 901. -- Reliance for the Future. 908 902. -- The Joy of Social Worship. 1 How good and pleasant is the sight 909 903. -- The Joy of Social Devotion. 910 904. -- For a Prayer Meeting. 911 905. -- Call to Social Worship. 912 906. -- Call to Social Worship. 913 907. -- Call to Worship. 914 908. -- For Brotherly Love. 915 909. -- Meeting of Christian Friends. 916 910. -- For Social Worship. 917 911. -- Commendatory of Christian Union. 918 912. -- For Union. 919 913. -- For Union of Heart. 920 914. -- The Blessedness of the Devout. 921 915. -- For Mutual Edification. 922 916. -- Invocation. 923 917. -- The Love of the Brethren. 924 918. -- Christian Union. 925 919. -- Morning Prayer Meeting. 926 920. -- Social Evening Worship. 927 921. -- Parting Hymn. 928 922. -- The Same. 929 923. -- The Christian Farewell. 930 924. -- Domestic Worship. 931 925. -- The Same. Ps. 128. 932 926. -- Family Religion. 933 927. -- Religion at Home. 934 928. -- Family Affection from Religious Principles. 935 929. -- The Family Altar. 936 930. -- For a Sick Child. 937 931. -- In Times of Domestic Distress. 938 932. -- Sickness and Recovery. 939 933. -- A Family Evening Prayer. 940 934. -- Family Hymn. Evening. 941 935. -- Morning Hymn. 1 Oh! timely happy 942 936. -- Morning Resolutions. 943 937. -- Acknowledging God's Hand. Morning. 944 938. -- Morning Hymn. 945 939. -- The Same. 946 940. -- The Same. 947 941. -- Morning or Evening Hymn. 948 942. -- Confidence in God's Protection. 949 943. -- Morning or Evening.--All from God. 950 944. -- Reflections at Sunset. 951 945. -- Evening Hymn. 952 946. -- Trusting God. Evening Hymn. 953 947. -- Evening Hymn. 954 948. -- |Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is far spent.| 955 949. -- Evening Hymn. 956 950. -- Flight of Time. 957 951. -- Evening Hymn. 958 952. -- An Evening Offering. 959 953. -- Evening Hymn. 960 954. -- Evening Aspiration. 961 955. -- Evening Hymn. Ps. 141:2. 962 956. -- Midnight. 963 957. -- Saturday Evening. 964 958. -- The Same. 965 959. -- Sabbath Morning. 966 960. -- Sabbath Evening. 967 MISCELLANEOUS. -- 968 961. -- Sabbath Hymn with Nature. 969 962. -- The Soul's Beauty Unfading. 970 963. -- Evening Hymn with Nature. 971 964. -- |He shall be like a tree planted in the rivers of water.| 972 965. -- |Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise.| 973 966. -- Light and Darkness. 974 967. -- |It is I, be not afraid.| 975 968. -- Joy after Sorrow. 976 969. -- Pious Worship. 977 970. -- An Ancient Church. 978 971. -- The Widow's Prayer. 979 972. -- The Orphan's Hymn. 980 973. -- |The rich and poor meet together.| 981 974. -- Temptation. 982 975. -- The Faithful Minister. 983 976. -- Fall of Israel. 984 977. -- Remonstrance with the Jews. 985 978. -- The Glory of the Redeemed. 986 979. -- The Noble Army of Martyrs. 987 980. -- The Death of Martyrs. 988 981. -- Thanks for all Saints. 989 982. -- Quiet Religion. 990 983. -- |A Hiding-place from the Wind,| &c. 991 984. -- On Opening an Organ. 992 985. -- Marriage Hymn. 993 986. -- The Same. 994 987. -- For the Blessing of Schools. 995 988. -- Dedication of a School-house. 996 989. -- The Same. 997 990. -- The Same. 998 991. -- The River of Life. 999 992. -- The Soldier of the Cross. 1000 993. -- On Occasion of a Destructive Fire. 1001 994. -- During or after a Great Storm. 1002 995. -- The Traveller's Hymn. 1003 996. -- Influence of Christian Woman. Matthew 26:13. 1004 997. -- |She hath done what she could.| Mark 14:8. 1005 998. -- |Walk in the Light.| 1006 999. -- The Cause of Humanity Hopeful. 1007 1000. -- Joyful Hope. 1008 1001. -- For a Holy Heart. 1009 1002. -- |As for the truth, it endureth and is always strong.| 1010 1003. -- Active Benevolence. 1011 1004. -- Death of a Magistrate or Public Man. 1012 1005. -- True Prayer. 1013 1006. -- Doxology. 1014 1007. -- Doxology. 1015 1008. -- Doxology.