Index of First Lines

(Italicized numbers, used where reference is made to several songs

with the same first lines, indicate where the _fuller_ text is given.)

A

Number

Afflictions, though they seem severe 24, _49_

Alas, and did my Savior bleed 223, 229, 250

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound 135

And am I born to die 137

And let this feeble body fail 225

An' Phareeoh's daughter went down to the water 27

Are there anybody here like Mary a-weeping 164

As on the cross the Savior hung 23, _35_

B

Beautiful home, sweet home, beautiful 222

Be gone, unbelief, my Savior is near 117

Behold the lep'rous Jew 44

Brethren, we have met to worship 114

Bright scenes of glory strike my sense 67, _94_

C

Children of the heavenly King 243

Christ is set on Zion's hill 41

Come, all my dear brethren and help me sing 173

Come, all ye mourning pilgrims dear 98

Come all ye young people of every relation 12

Come along, come along and let us go home 210

Come and taste along with me 185

Come, brothers and sisters who love one another 39

Come, friends and relations _46_, 48

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove 131

Come, humble sinner in whose breast 95

Come life, come death, come then what will 150

Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell 37

Come, thou fount of every blessing _101_, 160

Come to Jesus, come to Jesus 159

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy 239

Come, ye that love the Lord 78

D

Dark was the hour, Gethsemane 77

Death, ain't you got no shame 158

Death shall not destroy my comfort 90

Death, 'tis a melancholy day 69

Did Christ o'er sinners weep 146

Did Christ the great example lead 91

Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord 52

Do I not love thee, O my Lord 147

Drooping souls, no longer grieve 62, 116

F

Farewell, dear brethren in the Lord 247

Farewell, vain world, I'm going home _152_, 153, 181, 183, 215

Father, I sing thy wondrous grace 76

Forever here my rest shall be 200

Friends of freedom, swell the song 112

From whence doth this union arise 53

G

Glory to God on high 141

Good morning, brother pilgrim 36

Go, preachers, and tell it to the world 156

H

Hail the day so long expected 192

Hail! ye sighing sons of sorrow 22

Hark, from the tombs a doleful sound 128

Hark, I hear the harps eternal 63

Hark, listen to the trumpeters _70_, 182

Hark, my soul, it is the Lord 64

Hear the royal proclamation 84

He comes, he comes, the Judge severe 184

Here at thy table, Lord, we meet 68

High in yonder realms of light 61

High o'er the hills the mountains rise 96

How bright is the day when the Christian 129

How can I vent my grief 71

How condescending and how kind 30

How long, O Lord our Savior 132

How lost was my condition _31_, 127

How pleasant thus to dwell below 227

How tedious and tasteless the hours _60_, 149

I

I am a poor wayfaring stranger 40

I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay 18

I'd rather live a beggar while here on earth I stay 2

If I in thy likeness, O Lord 148

If our fathers want to go 220

If you get there before I do 244

I have a loving old father at home 38

I know that my Redeemer lives 166

I'll praise him while he gives me breath 232

I love thee, I love thee 134

I love the holy Son of God 140

I'm dying, mother, dying now 15

I'm not ashamed to own my Lord 87

I'm thinking today of the church of my youth 45

I'm trav'ling to my grave 234

I pitch my tent on this camp ground 226

I sing a song which doth belong 29

I've a long time heard that there will be a judgment 165

I've listed in the holy war 212

I went down to the valley to pray 207

J

Jerusalem, my happy home 143, _221_

Jesus, and shall it ever be 97

Jesus, I love thy charming name 126

Jesus, my all, to heav'n is gone _189_, 198, 209, 216, 224, 231,

237, 238, 240, 248

Jesus, thou art the sinner's friend 123

Judgment day is rolling on 175

L

Lay up nearer, brother, nearer 10

Lift up your heads, Immanuel's friends _72_, 169

Lord, I believe a rest remains 108

Lord, shed a beam of heavenly day 65

M

Man at his first creation in Eden God did place 5

Mercy, O thou son of David 21

Mourning souls, no longer grieve 66

My bible leads to glory 233

My brethren all, on you I call 83

My father's gone to glory 219

My father's gone to view that land 178

My God, my Portion and my Love 79

My heavenly home is bright and fair 74

My home is over Jordan 154

My rest is in heaven 73

My soul forsakes her vain delight 107

My soul's full of glory inspiring my tongue _110_, 172

N

"No home, no home," plead a little girl 19

No more shall the sound of the war-whoop be heard 115

No sleep nor slumber to his eyes 122

Not many years their rounds shall roll 82

Now see the Savior stands pleading 100

O

O brethren, will you meet me 180

O brother, be faithful 203

O, brother, in that day 188

O, for a thousand tongues to sing 124

O happy souls, how fast you go 50

Oh, brethren, I have found a land 113

Oh, for a heart to praise my God 106

Oh, good old way, how sweet thou art 170

Oh, how I love my Savior 167

Oh, once I had a glorious view 75

O I am so happy in Jesus 155

O land of rest, for thee I sigh 133

O Lord, send us a blessing 206

O may I worthy prove to see 177

One day while in a lonesome grove 34

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand _86_, 201, 235, 246

O sleep not my babe for the morn of tomorrow 42

O tell me no more of this world's vain store 104, _130_

O Thou almighty Father 179

O thou by long experience tried 195

O thou God of my salvation 89

O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight 163

O thou who hearest when sinners cry 105

O 'tis a glorious mystery 171

Our cheerful voices let us raise 54

O when shall I see Jesus _59_, 151, 187, 197, 204, 241

O who will come and go with me 190

O who will join and help me sing 186

O ye young and gay and proud 111

P

Peace, troubled soul, thou need not fear 242

Poor drunkards, poor drunkards, take warning by me 11

Poor mourning soul in deep distress 28

R

Remember, sinful youth, you must die 145

Review the palsied sinner's case 20

S

Saw ye my Savior, saw ye my Savior 16

Say, brothers, will you meet us 202

Say now, ye lovely social band 93

Since man by sin has lost his God 228

Sinner, go, will you go 80

Sinners, turn, why will ye die 157

Sister, thou was mild and lovely 103

Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay 125

Sweet is the day of sacred rest 120

T

Tempest-tossed, troubled spirit 144

The chariot of mercy is speeding its way 102

The Christian race is now begun 249

The day is past and gone 55

The happy day will soon appear 168

The news of his mercy is spreading abroad 174

The people called Christians 136

There are angels hovering round 211

There is a heaven o'er yonder skies 236

There is a land of pleasure 92

There is a land of pure delight 81

There was a little fam'ly that liv'd in Bethany 8

There was a Romish lady 1

The time is swiftly rolling on 4, _25_

The trumpets are a-sounding 245

This world is beautiful and bright 119

Tho' sinners would vex me 3

Thou man of grief, remember me 57

Through all the world below 142

Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love 199

'Tis the old-time religion 218

To see a pilgrim as he dies 118

'Twas on that dark and doleful night 109

W

We have fathers in the promised land 193

We have our trials here below 161

We have our troubles here below 162

What ship is this that will take us all home 191

What's this that steals, that steals upon my frame 58

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul 88

When Adam was created he dwelt in Eden's shade 13, _43_

When all thy mercies, O my God 121

When for eternal worlds we steer 6

When Gabriel's awful trump shall sound 99

When I can read my title clear to mansions in the skies 230

When I'm happy, hear me sing 208

When I was young of tender years 32

When pity prompts me to look round 213

When to that blessed world I rise 217

When weeping Mary came to seek 47

Where are the Hebrew children 194

While traveling through this world below 85

Whither goest thou, pilgrim stranger 205

Who is this that comes from far 138

Why do we mourn departing friends 139

Y

Ye fleeting charms of earth, farewell 196

Ye nations all, on you I call 51

Yes, my native land, I love thee 56

You got to go that lonesome valley 214

You may tell them, father, when you see them 176

Young ladies all, attention give 17

Young people all, attention give _7_, 14, 33

Young people who delight in sin 26

Young women all, I pray draw near 9

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