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 Salya- "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto the WITH AN APPENDIX. Boston : 1823. BV Co? DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. BE 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, bas 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 Strett, 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. Tation."-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 anthors 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 203 31 34 INDEX TO THE FIRST LINES, &c. Again the cheerful beams of day Again the Lord of life and light Mrs. Barbauld All glorious God! what hymns of praise Epis. All hail, victorious Saviour, hail All hail, the power of Jesus' name Rippon's Col. All ye Gentiles, praise the Lord Montgomery Almighty goodness, power divine Aloud we sing the wond'rous grace And is this heaven, and am I there And is the gospel peace and love And will the great eternal God 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 Doddridge Awake, our souls, and bless his name Awake, each soul, and with the sun Bp. Ken. Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes Doddridge Begin, my soul, the exalted lay B. Willians' Coll. Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme Watts Begin the high, celestial strain Behold that splendour, hear Knapp's Psalmody Watts |