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THE
Story of the Hymns,
OR
HYMNS THAT HAVE A HISTORY.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF HYMNS OF PERSONAL RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
BY HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
150 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CONTENTS
PREFACE-
I. TONES IN THE CHURCH.
"All hail the Power of Jesus' Name." PERRONET-
"A Mighty Fortress is our God." LUTHER
"Praise God, from whom all Blessings flow." KEN-
"Glory to Thee, my God, this night." KEN
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me." TOPLADY
"A Debtor to Mercy alone." TOPLADY-
"Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah." WILLIAMS
"Lord of the Sabbath, hear our Vows." Doddridge-
"Come, ye Sinners, poor and needy." HART-
"Blest be the Tie that binds."
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"From Greenland's Icy Mountains." HEBER
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'Mighty God, while Angels bless Thee." ROBINSON--
"Far from the World, O Lord, I flee." COWPER
"God moves in a Mysterious Way." CowPER--
"I love to steal a while away." BROWN
"When All thy Mercies, O my God." ADDISON--
"O thou, my Soul, forget no more."
"Jesus, my All, to Heaven is gone."
'Father, whate'er of Earthly Bliss." STEELE
"Jesus, and shall it ever be ?" GRIGG
"Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame." POPE . --
"Lord, dismiss us with thy Blessing." SHIRLEY-
"Peace, troubled Soul." SHIRLEY
"Sweet the moments rich in blessing." SHIRLEY
“Watchman, tell us of the Night.” BOWRING-
"While Thee I seek, protecting Power." MISS WILLIAMS
"Hark, the Voice of Love and Mercy." EVANS ·
“When, marshalled on the nightly Plain." WHITE
"While with ceaseless Course the Sun." NEWTON
"On the Mountain-top appearing." KELLY
"If I must die, oh, let me die." BEDDOME-
"Awake, my Soul, in joyful Lays." MEDLEY
IV. ORIGIN OF FAVORİTE SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMNS.
Shepherd of tender Youth." ANON.
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"There is a Happy Land." YOUNG--
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"I think when I read that Sweet Story of Old." MRS. LJKE
"We speak of the Realms of the Blest." MRS. MILLS
"Now I lay me down to sleep."
"Golden Head so lowly bending." PUTNAM'S MAGAZINE-
"Now I lay,'-repeat it, darling." LUTHERAN MONTHLY-
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"I want to be an Angel." MRS. GILL
""Tis Religion that can give." MARY MASTERS
"He leadeth me! oh, blessed Thought." GILMORE--
"I am so glad that our Father in Heaven." BLISS -
"I gave my Life for thee." MISS F. R. HAVERGAL
V. SEAMEN'S HYMNS.
"Fierce was the wild Billow." ANATOLIUS
"Jesus, Lover of my Soul." CHARLES WESLEY
"When through the torn Sail." HEBER
"""Listed in the Cause of Sin." CHARLES WESLEY-
"I hear the Tempest's awful Sound." JOHN NEWTON
VI. INDIAN HYMNS.
"In de dark wood, no Indian nigh." APES-
"When shall we three meet again"-.
"Parted many a toil-spent year
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VII. RECENT HYMN-WRITERS AND THEIR HYMNS.
Frederick William Faber
Rev. John Keble
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