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Select Melodies, Comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use not Found in the Standard Methodist Episcopal Hymnal

Editor: William Hunter
Publisher: Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, Oh., 1843
Denomination: Methodist Episcopal Church (North)
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d201Seek, my soul, the narrow gate
d202Shed not a tear, o'er your friend's early bier
d203Since Jesus freely [purely] did appear
d204Since man by sin has lost [gone from] [strayed from] his God
d205Sing to the Lord, ye [you] distant lands
d206Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep
d207Sinner [sinners], come, mid thy gloom
d208Sinner [sinners], will you [ye] scorn [slight] the message
d209Sinners, the city where you dwell
d210Soft be the gently breathing notes
d211Soldiers of the cross, arise, lo, your Captain
d212Songs of praise the angels sang
d213Soon we shall see, shall see the glorious morning
d214Stoop down, my thoughts, that [which] used [use] to rise
d215Stop, poor sinner [sinners], stop and think
d216Sweet muse, descend, and bless the shade
d217Sweet rivers of redeeming love
d218Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
d219Tell me no more of earthly toys
d220The chariot, the chariot, its wheels roll [in] fire
d221The heavenly home is bright and fair
d222The Lord my Shepherd is, I shall be well supplied
d223The Lord shall [will] come, the earth shall [will] quake
d224The ransomed spirit to her home
d225The scene was more beautiful far to my [the] eye
d226The spacious world promiscuous flows
d227The stars the stars those lamps of light
d228The voice of free grace cries escape
d229There comes a day, a fearful day
d230There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel's vein [veins]
d231There is a Heaven above the skies
d232There is a holy city
d233There is a land of pleasure, Where streams of joy forever roll
d234There is a place where my hope is [hopes are] stayed [staid]
d235There is a pure and [a] peaceful wave
d236There is a spot to [for] me more dear
d237There is a tear of sweet relief
d238There is an hour of peaceful rest
d239There's not a tint that paints the rose
d240They have gone to the land where the patriarchs rest
d241Think of me when at the altar of prayer
d242This life's a dream, an empty show
d243Thou art gone to the grave but we will not deplore thee
d244Thou God of harmony and love
d245Thou only Sovereign of my heart
d246Thou soft [sweet] flowing [gliding] Kedron [Cedron], by thy silver [limpid] stream
d247Though in the outward, earthly church below
d248Though to a distant region
d249Through shades and solitudes profound
d250'Tis a point I long to know
d251'Tis good to wait upon the Lord
d252'Tis pleasant to sing the sweet praise
d253To leave my dear friends, and with [from] my neighbors [kindred] to depart
d254Unvail [Unveil] thy bosom, faithful tomb
d255Vital spark of heavenly flame
d256Wake [wake], isles of the south
d257Watchman, tell us of the night
d258We are traveling home to heaven above Will you go
d259We come with joy and gladness
d260Weary of struggling with my pain
d261Welcome home, welcome home
d262We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy
d263We're marching to the promised land
d264We've no abiding city here
d265What if our (my) bark, o'er life's rough wave
d266What various hindrances we meet
d267What wondrous love is this, O my soul
d268What's this that steals, that steals upon my frame
d269When God is near, To quell the soul's commotion
d270When God restored our captive state
d271When God revealed his gracious name
d272When I look o'er the waste of years
d273When I survey the wondrous cross
d274When marshalled on the nightly [mighty] plain
d275When morning pours its [her] golden rays
d276When my soul is distressed and my comforts
d277When on Sinai's top I see
d278When our Lord was crucified
d279When shall we three meet again
d280When sore afflictions throng around
d281When the harvest is past and the summer is o'er
d282When torn is the [thy] bosom by [with] sorrow [anguish] or [and] care
d283When tossed on error's stormy tide
d284Where we, our wearied limbs to rest
d285While in this hostile region
d286While thee I [we] seek, protecting power
d287While wandering to and fro
d288While with ceaseless [careless] course the sun
d289Whither goest thou, pilgrim stranger
d290Who is this that comes from far
d291Who will go to rear the standard
d292Why wanderest thou so far from home
d293With joy we meet, With smiles we greet Our schoolmates bright and gay
d294Woe, woe to the sinner who lives in his sin
d295Ye angels who mortals attend
d296Ye angels, who stand round the throne
d297Ye erring souls that wildly roam
d298Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu
d299Ye jewels of my [our] master
d300Ye virgin [waiting] souls, arise

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