Christian HYMNS ADAPTED TO THE WORSHIP OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR. IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVOTION. COMPILED FROM THE MOST APPROVED ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS. FOR THE Central Universalist Society, IN BULFINCH STREET....CITY OF BOSTON, By a Committee, appointed for the purpose. "Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day His Salva- "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy WITH AN APPENDIX. Boston: CHARLES CROCKER, PRINTER. 1823. 450 BE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. E IT REMEMBERED, that on the fifteenth day of April, A. D. 1823, in the forty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, SAMUEL GRAY, as Chairman of the Committee of the Central Universalist Society in Boston, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit: Christian Hymns, adapted to the Worship of God our Saviour, in Public and Private Devotion. Compiled from the most approved Ancient and Modern Authors, for the Central Universalist Society, in Bulfinch Street, City of Boston, By a Committee, appointed for the purpose. Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day His Salvavation."-1 Chron. xvi. 23. "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High."-Psalm xcii. -With an Appendix. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned :" and also to an act entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other prints." JOHN W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. INDEX TO THE FIRST LINES, &c. Again the cheerful beams of day Again the Lord of life and light All hail, the power of Jesus' name All ye Gentiles, praise the Lord Almighty goodness, power divine Aloud we sing the wond'rous grace And is this heaven, and am I there And will the great eternal God Angels, roll the rock away Another fleeting day is gone Arise, and hail the happy day Are not thy mercies sovereign still As showers on meadows newly mown As shepherds in Jewry were guarding As we advance in wisdom's ways Array'd in clouds of golden light At anchor laid, remote from home Awake, my soul, in joyful lays Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve Awake, our souls, and bless his name Awake, each soul, and with the sun Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes Begin, my soul, the exalted lay Begin, my tongue, some heavenly Begin the high, celestial strain Doddridge |