A selection of hymns, from the best authors, including a number of originals, by W. Williams

Selection

1819

Contents

• God of the seas thy thundring voice: 3
• God in three appears all glorious: 11
• Believers do wondrous appear 309: 16
• Emblem of sinners dead to God: 23
• Betrothd in love ere time began: 25
• O my Lord Ive often mused: 26
• Jesus whose almighty sceptre: 34
• Calld by grace the sinner see 227: 36
• Holy Comforter descend 175: 37
• Hail thou once despised Jesus 61: 42
• How good y how pleasant tis to see 381: 44
• Hark the herald angels sing: 49
• Jesus all praise is due to thee: 51
• Christ exalted is our song: 58
• Hark tis the solemn midnight cry 221: 63
• Thou dear Redeemer dying Lamb: 70
• Come thou Almighty King 9: 73
• Jesus the sum and substance is: 87
• Come all harmonious tongues: 98
• O thou gracious loving Jesus: 106
• Come all who love to pray: 108
• Jesus the churchs glorious bead 115: 115
• O thou from whom all goodness Hows 147: 116
• Jesus who bought us with his blood: 123
• Jesus my Redeemer God: 129
• O Jesns now we humbly pray: 133
• Come my soul thy suit prepare: 140
• Encompassd with clouds of distress: 143
• O patient spotless lamb: 146
• Jesus my kind and gracious friend: 148
• Thou very paschal Lamb: 153
• O give me Saviour give me still: 155
• Come thou long expected Jesus: 156
• Jesus the Saviour of my soul: 159
• Thou sayst dear Jesus all thy saints: 160
• love thy charming name: 165
• Hence from my soul sad thoughts begone: 167
• Come thou sweet celestial dove 199: 169
• Come let us join a cheerful strain: 176
• O what shall I do my Saviour to praise: 180
• Come thou fount of evry blessing: 186
• sleep for evry favour: 190
• High on a hill of dazzling tight 54: 195
• O what amazing words of grace: 197
• Come ye backsliding sons of God: 198
• Come ye sinners poor and wretched: 204
• O what a noble feast is this 347: 206
• my heart rejoice to hear 39: 207
• Fair as the moon my robes appear 224: 208
• Jesus cement our hearts as one 382: 209
• Jesus the plant of old renown: 216
• Thou great incarnate God 332: 217
• Jesus invites his saints 354: 223
• For mercies countless as the sands 300: 234
• Jesus whereer thy people meet 387: 239
• How pleasant how divinely fair 444: 244
• Come hither ye by sin distrest: 258
• From the dear flock of Jesus saints 424: 259
• How sweet the name of Jesus sounds: 262
• Mercy good Lord mercy I ask 147: 269
• How glorious is the Lamb 264: 279
• TisChrist is my Saviour and King: 295
• Mistaken souls that dream of heavn 166: 296
• T wait the visits of thy grace 132: 298
• Jesus is all my hope: 299
• Uprising from the darksome tomb 92: 313
• want not Indias pearly store: 319
• Rind are the words that Jesus speaks 384: 324
• My God the spring of all my joys: 326
• O ye bloodwashd ransomd sinners: 335
• My God my King thy various praise 1: 339
• From Candace s queen the eunuch caine: 343
• My soul with joy attend 247: 346
• Let Zions watchmen all awake: 361
• We all the sinners path have trod 130: 363
• Gather my saints together speaks: 366
• Welcome welcome blessed servant: 383
• In songs of praise before thy throne: 399
• Oh the mysterious deptiis of grace 19: 408
• In thee O Christ is all my hope 104: 410
• Gird thy loins up christian soldier 316: 426

Popular passages

Page 200 - BLOW ye the trumpet, blow ! The gladly solemn sound, Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of jubilee is come : Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

Page 383 - Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers: Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear, And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.

Page 181 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 ' ' Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus!

Page 170 - The men of grace have found Glory begun below : Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. 1 Watts's expression. Sermon 12. The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.

Page 131 - GUIDE me, O Thou Great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but Thou art mighty ; Hold me with Thy powerful hand ; Bread of Heaven ! Feed me till I want no more.

Page 187 - I'm fixed upon it, Mount of God's unchanging love. 2. Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I'm come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home.

Page 139 - GOD of my life, to thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall, When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail ! 2 Friend of the friendless, and the faint ! Where should I lodge my deep complaint, Where but with thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor...

Page 262 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.

Page 141 - With my burden I begin: Lord, remove this load of sin! Let Thy blood, for sinners spilt, Set my conscience free from guilt. 4 Lord, I come to Thee for rest; Take possession of my breast; There Thy "blood-bought right maintain, And without a rival reign.

Page 205 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A selection of hymns, from the best authors, including a number of originals, by W. Williams
• Author: Selection
• Editor: William Williams (of Soho sq, London)
• Published: 1819
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Sep 5, 2006