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his own solace,' were completed by Hopkins and others, this clause in the act gave authority for the public use in their church. The allowance permitted to this version was, in the opinion of Heylin, 'rather a connivance than an approbation, no such allowance being anywhere found by such as have been most industrious and concerned in the search.' So great was the zeal with which the reformers cultivated psalmody, that psalms and hymns are termed, by Burney, the opera songs of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the year 1551, Roger Ascham thus writes from Augsburg:'Three or four thousand singing at a time in a church in this city, is but a trifle. According to Beza, the Huguenots, at Paris, assembled in the Prez aux Chères,' and did nothing for many nights but go about in great numbers singing psalms,' joined by the King and Queen of Navarre. About the same time writes Bishop Jewel to Peter Martyr: A change now appears visible among the people; which nothing promotes more than the inviting them to sing psalms. This was begun in one church in London, and did quickly spread itself, not only through the city, but in the neighbouring place; sometimes, at Paul's Cross, there will be six thousand people singing together.'*

"NOTE FROM TODD.

"Almost every nation-perhaps all nations-have national airs by which the love of country is deepened, and a national feeling is created and maintained. The popular air, 'Yankee Doodle,' will, probably, create an American feeling as long as our nation exists; and the airs,' God save the King,' and 'Rule Britannia,' will never cease to call the heart of the Briton to his own glorious isle. The soldier from Switzerland and from the highlands of Scotland will weep at the national airs which call their hearts home to the place of their birth and childhood."

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It is the settled intention of the compiler of this book to send companies of Christian men and women to all parts of the nation, to sing these "Spiritual Songs," and sell the book.

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ADIEU, vain world! thou hast no 78 | Bright streams of glory
Afflictions, tho' they seem severe 53 | Brothers, sisters, come away
Against the Lord who rules the sky 71 | But if you still his grace refuse .. 59
A glorious light hath burst around 200 | By chance it was the other day.. 199
Ah, guilty sinner ruined by.... 104 | By faith I see my Saviour dying .. 72
Ah me, wretched sinner
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Ah, whither, whither shall I fly.. 195 By faith we now behold
All hail the power of Jesu's name 32 By foreign streams that
All hands on board,' the captain 39 CAN you slight your great Creator 92
Almighty God, in persons three. . 175 | Can you tell me what ship is a 198
A loud anthem of praise
150 | Cheer up, ye brave soldiers, the .. 82
An alien from God, and a stranger 83 |Christian soldiers, now arise .... 21
And now while daylight closes.. 114 | Christians, see the orient morning 14
And the house of the Lord shall be 71 Christian pilgrims, wandering 179
A pilgrim in the wilderness 131 | Christian, the morn breaks
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Arise, my soul, arise..
137 Christ the Lord of earth and sky 57
Arise, my soul ! arise and sing.... 23 | Come, all my brethren in the.... 118
As Jacob on travel was wearied by 26 Come, all my dear brethren, who've 21
A soldier, Lord, thou hast made 96 Come all ye Christian soldiers
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As pilgrims here we roam ........ 74 Come, all ye longing pilgrims .. 104
At the dawn of the day came Mary 69 | Come, all ye saints of God .
Awake, my soul ! in joyful lays.... 74 Come, all ye wandering pilgrims 118
BEAUTEOUS are the feet of those 78 | Come and let us praise our King 120
145 | Come, angels and men, assist.... 118
145 Come, angels, seize your harps of 197
Behold that great and awful day.. 85 Come, brethren and sisters, let 's 23
Beyond the grave there is a rest 137
Behold yon bright array
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Begone, vain world, thou hast. ... 151
Believers oft are tossed about .... 32
Be present at our table, Lord. . . . 200
Beyond the glittering starry skies 60
Bless God I'm on my journey 158
Blessings for ever on the Lamb.. 116
Blest be the voice now heard.... 142
Brethren and sisters in the Lord.. 6
Brethren and sisters, we must part 4
Brethren and sisters, we must part 73
Brethren dear, I now commend you 80
Brethren, this is sweet employment 86

Behold a bush that burns...
Behold a table richly spread

Come, brethren, sing our Saviour 115
| Come, children, come and let us 176
Come, friends and relations ...... 98
| Come friends, let's lift our voices. . 27
Come, let us go to heaven the way 2
Come, let us join to sing of Jesus 155
| Come, let us lift our voices high.. 60
Come, listening angels, attend.... 2
Come, my friends and neighbours 53
Come, now, ye mourners, come.. 132
Come, O my heart, and let us take 84
Come on, my brethren, dear in .. 157
Come on, ye valiant soldiers...... 19
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Hail sweetest, dearest tie that.... 12
Hail the day, so long expected 24
Hail, to the Lord's anointed 154
Hail, ye angels, hovering round us 184
Hark, brethren, don't you hear.. 124
Hark! don't you hear the turtle 120
Hark! hark! the gospel trumpet.. 79
Hark! hark! the notes of joy. 74
Hark! hark! what news is sounding 66
Hark! hear the trumpet sound.. 142
Hark! how the gospel trumpet.. 32
Hark! how the heralds of the cross 148
Hark! how the heralds of the Lord 40
Hark! listen to the trumpeters.. 120
Hark! the gospel news is
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Hark! what cry arrests my ear.. 62
Hark! what glad tidings, hark!.. 76
Hark! what is that note so
Hasten, poor sinners, to Calvary's 80
Hasten, sinners, to be wise
Haste, the gospel news is..
Hear him in the garden suffering 188
Heaven and earth and rolling.... 191
Heaven is the prilgrim's home.... 58
He dies! the friend of sinners 196
Here we suffer grief and pain.... 165
He that a sprinkled conscience.. 131
He who thus in mercy sought me 52
Holy God, and hast thou sent .. 179
How beauteous are their feet .... 64
How fine has the day been ...... 189
How firm a foundation, ye saints of 67
How great that compassion..... 128
How great will be the wonder 138
How many and great are the foes 47
How many have deserted

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Come, poor guilty anxious...... 156
Come, poor sinners,seek the Saviour 38
Come, sailors, can't you arise and 54
Come, saints and sinners, hear.. 106
Come, Saviour, help us, thy mercy 143
Come, sinners, haste to Jesus' side 6
Come, sinner, attend
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Come, soldiers, can't you arise and 55
Come,soldiers of Zion, triumphantly 35
Come, tell me, wandering sinner 124
Come, thou fount of every blessing 64
Come, thou Almighty King
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Come, thou soul-transporting Spirit 20
Come, thou who didst turn the 18
Come, ye children, praise the.. 181
8 Come, ye faithful valiant soldiers 65
Come, ye preachers, leaders .... 180
Come, ye weary souls, oppressed 106
DEAR sisters, can't you rise and 60
Dear brethren and sisters, awhile 144
Dear Christian friends, awhile 193
Delusive world, farewell
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De poor negro, he will go
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Distress'd by sad tempestuous.... 3
Drawn by the cords of love, I seek 51
Drooping souls, no longer grieve 95
ENLISTED in the cause of sin 87
FAITH is the Christian's prop.... 62
Faith has for its foundation .... 133
Farewell, dear friends, adieu, adieu 21
Farewell, sinful pleasures
Fare ye well, I'm going to Jesus 165
Fare ye well, my friends beloved
Father, to thy protection
Father, whate'er of earthly bliss
Fly, ye sinners, to yon mountain..
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For you and for me he prayed
How oft the sound our ears assail 10
Fountain of life and light......
How pleasant are these tents, O.. 86
Friends of Jesus, bound for .... 160 How precious is Jesus, he died on 57
Friends, the glittering chariot.. 114 How prone are professors to rest 141
From Calvary's rugged mount was 28 How sweet the gospel trumpet 156
From Egypt lately freed
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From every storm of wind that.. How sweet to praise the Saviour's 9
From Greenland's icy mountains 67 How tedious and tasteless the.... 76
From sorrow, grief, and pain 74 I AM a sinner saved by grace.... 30
From the cross uplifted high 25 I am on my way to heaven
From this world of vain delusion 8 If sorrows surround us, if friends 151
GLORIOUS things of thee are.... 87 I have become a beggar at the end 38
Glory be to God on high
159 I'll carve his passion on the bark 199
Glory to Jesus, for his love...... 124 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin 1
Go, and the Saviour's grace
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God bless our native land........ 48
God bless our Sabbath schools.... 91
Great Author of good, to thee.... 172
Great Author of salvation ........ 69
HAIL, my ever blessed Jesus 95

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I'm not ashamed to own my Lord 12
I'm but a stranger here
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I'm on my way to Zion
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In all my Lord's appointed ways.. 92
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In seasons of grief to my God I'll 72 | My soul is now united
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In vain my fancy strives to paint 68
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I saw a mighty angel fly
I see thy banners, mighty King.
I soar to the realms of the bright
Is there anybody here like
I think he is the Lord most high 61
I've launched my bark for glory 193
I've listed in the holy war
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I've no guide through this desert 194
I wander through this vale of tears 153
I want to know my Saviour's.... 143
I was a sinful, earthly child 128
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114 NOW, brethren, to your homes 86
Negro walk de golden street
No carnal weapons do we use.... 39
No refuge can earth or its trifles 9
Now, dear brethren, we must.... 83
Now in a song of grateful praise.. 39
Now my heart and flesh are.. 193
Now we raise the general chorus 71
O FATHER! hear our prayer 27
O'er mountain tops the mount 119
Oh, false as fair, the things...
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Oh, for a breeze of heavenly love 134
Oh, had I Gabriel's harp.
Oh, happy immortals
Oh, hasten, poor sinner, to...... 108
Oh! how I love thy name
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Oh! how sweet! oh! how sweet! 77
Oh, how sweet to remember 109
Oh, Jesus, my Saviour, to thee.. 100
Oh, Jesus, our Saviour, we wait 138
Oh, preachers, be faithful ...... 173
Oh, that I had some humble place 90
Oh! there will be mourning
Oh thou who reign'st above the 111
Oh thou who reign'st enthron'd 135
Oh, trust not my soul
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Jesus' blood was shed for sinners 199
Jesus came from heaven
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Jesus Christ is now amongst us.. 153
Jesus died for all mankind 172
Jesus from heaven came down
Jesus, I my cross have taken....
Jesus is my only treasure.
Jesus little children blesses .... 173
Jesus, revive us, Jesus, revive us 16
Jesus, send thy Holy Spirit... 77
Jesus, thou art the sinner's friend
Join now in praise and sing
Joy sounds her sweetest.......
Know ye that better land
LEAVE thee! no, my dearest .... 45
Leave me not, O God of
grace 136
Life's conflict soon will reach a 190
Lift up your heads, ye pious 139
Lift up your hearts, Immanuel
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Mid plans of exertions
'Mid scenes of confusion and
My captain sounds the alarm 113
My father he gave me a portion.. 108
My fetter'd spirit longs to be.... 191
My friends and hearers all adieu.. 75
My friends and old companions.. 182
My mind was dark, my soul was.. 73
My rest is in heaven, my rest is.. 81
My Saviour dwells upon his throne 40
My sins are many as the stars 111
My soul is beset with grief and
My soul is full of glory..
My soul is now cemented..

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Oh, turn ye! oh, turn ye! for why 11
Oh, we are going to see father 158
Oh, what hath Jesus done for me 190
Oh, when shall 1 see Jesus......
O Jesus! at thy feet I bow
O Jesus! my Saviour, I know thou 63
O land of rest! for thee I sigh 3
Old Jacob banished all his fears 29
Once more before we part
Once the world and its vain...
On dark Calvary's bloodstained 110
On Thibet's snow-capt mountains 14
On Zion's flowery banks I stray'd 146
Our bondage it will end

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Our friend and brother 's dead
Our Jesus is the Son of God
Our souls by love together knit 99
O, ye heralds of the Lord...
O ye who feel for others' woes.... 92
PITY, Lord, a wretched creature 46
Poor and afflicted, Lord, are thine 54
Poor Christian, look up to the joys 34
Poor guilty sinners to redeem.... 79
Poor sinner haste and go with me 140
Poor Zion lies in sore distress 101
Praise God for what he's done for 33
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Prayer is the simplest form of .... 59
Pray on, pray on, ye saints...... 130
Pray what's the reason when you 112
RENOUNCE your old master the 51
Raise my affections, God of light 104
Read the fifteenth of Numbers .. 148
Rejoice, my friends, the Lord is.. 94
Rejoice, ye redeemed, your... 139
Remember, sinful youth, your .. 163
Return to thy rest, return
Reviewing our lives, we with 64
Rise, immortal spirit, rise..
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SAINTS in Jesus they shall meet 40
Salvation to Jesus! he 's Zion's 15
Saviour of sinners, lend thine ear 5
Saw ye my Saviour? saw ye my 37
Say, my little flock, beloved 75
Says faith, Look yonder, there's 18
See, guilty sinner, see...
See how the scriptures are ...... 105
See Israel in the wilderness.
Servants of the living God
Shades of sin were wrapt around
Should any ask the reason why..
Since I've known a Saviour's 122
Sinners, come, let's fly to Jesus.. 51
Sinners, come, make no delay.... 133
Sinners hastening down to ruin.. 168
Sinners, turn, why will ye die 24
Sin's darkling train around me 48
Slowly sinks the orb of day...... 137
Softly the penitent....
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Soft the weary saint is sleeping 4
Soldiers of Christ, arise and fight 190
Soldiers of the cross, arise
So meet me when evening
Sometimes a light surprises..
Soon as we quit this cumbrous.. 169
Sound the high praises of Jesus.. 141
Sound the loud timbrel o'er
Still for thee this friend is pleading 20
Sweet home, happy rest of the.... 17
Sweet hour of prayer
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Sweetly let 's join our evening 46
Sweet rivers of redeeming love.. 122
Sweet the moments, rich in...... 70
Sweet the name of Jesus sounds.. 28
'TIS Jesus Christ I want to find.. 50
Tell us, O sister, we would know 174
That happy day soon will be ... 146
The blessed work is rising still.. 185
The blood of Jesus is the balm 55
The Christians of old united in one 130
The dying thief began to pray 38
The fountain of Christ, assist me 17
The godly pastor leads his flock 178

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The gospel ship is sailing..
The gospel ship she is on sail 152
The gospel trumpet's sounding.. 5
The great decisive day..
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The harvest is past, and the winter 48
The judgment day is drawing nigh 55
The line to heaven by Christ.... 159
The Lord from heaven came down 26
The Lord has to his garden
The Lord is my shepherd
The Lord my shepherd is.
The multitude is going away
The people called Christians
There is a better world on high.. 91
There is a fountain filled with ..
There is a friend above all others 20
There is a heaven above the sky 164
There is a heaven o'er yonder skies 93
There is a holy city

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There is a land of pleasure ...... 16
There is a land of pleasure
There's a refuge for mortals
There is a river deep and broad.. 31
There was gladness in Zion... 161
The Sabbath day, the Sabbath day 155
The Sabbath morn, the Sabbath 185
The Saviour laid his crown......
The Saviour's invitation
The Son of man they did betray.. 25
The sun has arisen
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The time is sweet when ........ 135
The warrior round his temple 109
The work of the Lord doth revive 70
The world, flesh, and Satan my.. 78
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This is the field the world below 197
This sacred spot, O Lord, to thee 85
Thou art gone to the grave, but we 78
Those happy hours
Though in a world of sickness
Though millions have entered the 22
Though Saul in his youth, to
Though the morning of life..
Though tribulation deep
Thus far, thro' Heaven's blessing 19
Though troubles assail
'Tis a joyful day we live in
To heaven I 'm bound, with
Trembling souls, who pant for
'Twas kind to send the news of 175
United in affection dear
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We are bound for Canaan's happy 190
We are travelling home to heaven 187
Weep not for me, but dry
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