Ye humble souls, approach your God

Ye humble souls, approach your God

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 176 hymnals

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1 Ye humble souls, approach your God
With songs of sacred praise,
For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.

2 All nature owns his guardian care,
In him we live and move;
But nobler benefits declare
The wonders of his love.

3 He gave his Son, his only Son,
To ransom rebel worms;
'Tis here he makes his goodness known
In it diviner forms.

4 To this dear refuge, Lord we come,
'Tis here our hope relies;
A save defense, a peaceful home,
When storms of trouble rise.

5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard,
The souls who trust in thee;
Their humble hope thou wilt regard,
With bliss divinely free.

6 Great God,to thy Almighty love,
What honors shall we raise?
Not all the raptured songs above,
Can render equal praise.

The Christian's duty, exhibited in a series of hymns, 1791

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Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was born at Broughton, Hampshire, in 1717. Her father was a timber merchant, and at the same time officiated as the lay pastor of the Baptist Society at Broughton. Her mother died when she was 3. At the age of 19 she became an invalid after injuring her hip. At the age of 21 she was engaged to be married but her fiance drowned the day of the wedding. On the occasion of his death she wrote the hymn "When I survey life's varied scenes." After the death of her fiance she assisted her father with his ministry and remained single. Despite her sufferings she maintained a cheerful attitude. She published a book of poetry "Poems on subjects chiefly devotional" in 1760 under the pseudonym "Theodosia." The remaining works were published… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ye humble souls, approach your God
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d900
A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors: for the use of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York #10Image
A Choice Selection of Hymns. 2nd ed. #d218
A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d281
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches: to which are added prayers for families and individuals #3Image
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (New and Enl. Stereotype Ed.) #3Image
A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d301
A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d618
A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #17Image
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d378
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; suited to the various kinds of Christian worship; and especially designed for and adapted to the Fraternity of the Brethren... #19Image
A Collection of Sacred Song: being an eclectic compilation for the use of churches, families, and boarding-schools... #4(H132)Image
A Collection of Sacred Song: being an eclectic compilation for the use of churches, families and schools... (2nd ed.) #4(H132)Image
A Collection of Spiritual Hymns: adapted to the Various Kinds of Christian Worship, and especially designed for the use of the Brethren in Christ. 2nd ed. #5Image
A New Selection of Hymns; designed for the use of conference meetings, private circles, and congregations, as a supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #46TextImage
A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, Adapted to Public and Private Worship. 2nd ed. #d568
A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: from the best authors; designed for the use of conference meetings, private circles, and congregations (21st ed. with an appendix) #204Image
A Selection of Hymns #d341
A Selection of Hymns for the use of social religious meetings, and for private devotions 2d ed. #172Image
A Selection of Hymns....3d ed #d277
A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #729Image
A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Social Religious Meetings and for Private Devotions. 7th ed. #67Image
A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #46Image
A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, Designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d762
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.: including a great number of originals: intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. (Woodward's rev. and corr. ed.; Sterotype ed.) #12aImage
A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors: adapted to Public Worship and Social Prayer Meetings #d457
A Selection of Hymns & Psalms: from the most approved authors: principally from Watts & Rippon: together with originals #16Image
American Psalmody: a collection of sacred music, comprising a great variety of psalm, and hymn tunes, set-pieces, anthems and chants, arranged with a figured bass for the organ...(3rd ed.) #78aImage
American Psalmody: a collection of sacred music, comprising a great variety of psalm, and hymn tunes, set-pieces, anthems and chants, arranged with a figured bass for the organ...(3rd ed.) #82bImage
Baptist Harmony #d259
Bible School Echoes, and Sacred Hymns #d196
Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #90Image
Cantica Laudis: or, the American Book of Church Music #d360
Chapel Hymns #d679
Choice Hymns: for social and private devotion, Lord's Day schools and revivals. (2nd ed.) #6Image
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... #478Image
Christian Psalmody, in Four Parts; containing Dr. Watt's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watt's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony: together with directions... (2nd. ed.) #SH2Image
Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1098
Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns: collected from various authors, designed for the worship of God, and for the edification of Christians, recommended to the serious..(4th ed. improved) #339Image
Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #76Image
Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d643
Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #352Image
Church Hymn Book: consisting of newly composed hymns with the addition of hymns and psalms, from other authors, carefully adapted for the use of public worship, and many other occasions (1st ed.) #CCCXXXIVImage
Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1209
Church Melodies: collection of psalms and hymns, with appropriate music. For the use of congregations. #104Image
Church Psalmist: or Psalms and Hymns Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians ... with Supplement. 53rd ed. #19Image
Church Psalmist: or psalms and hymns for the public, social and private use of evangelical Christians (5th ed.) #19Image
Church Psalmist: or, psalms and hymns, for the public, social and private use of Evangelical Christians. With Supplement. (50th ed.) #19Image
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns adapted to public worship #H26Image
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship #26Image
Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d341
Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d837
Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #446Image
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs for ... Religious Assemblies and Private Christians ... 9th ed. #d178
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs: for the Use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians. 8th ed. #d177
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs: for the use of religious assemblies and private Christians: being formerly a collection (12th ed.) #88Image
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs: for the use of religious assemblies and private Christians (Latest and largest ed.) #CXLVIIIImage
Family Hymns #d295
Gospel Hymns and Tune Book #d424
Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #9Image
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #29Image
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #29Image
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #39Image
Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #39Image
Hymns for Christian Melody #13Image
Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d290
Hymns for Social Worship: selected from Watts, Doddridge, Newton, Cowper, Steele and others #23Image
Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d579
Hymns for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, by the Authority of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania #72Image
Hymns for the Use of the New Jerusalem Church #d283
Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation #d469
Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d373
Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention: with an additional selection #132Image
Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d364
Hymns Selected #d249
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #45Image
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship (1st ed.) #45Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (30th ed.) #45Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (4th ed. 3rd rev. ed.) #45Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (60th ed., 1st rev. ed.) #45Image
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d964
Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d249
Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #136Image
Hymns : selected from various authors for the use of the Evangelical Association, and all lovers of pious devotion (5th ed.) #17Image
Hymns suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church and Other Occasions of Public Worship ... approved by the Convention of 1826 #d207
Manual of Christian Psalmody: a collection of psalms and hymns for public worship #26Image
Melodies of the Church: a collection of psalms and hymns adapted to publick and social worship, seasons of revival, monthly concerts of prayer, and various similar occasions... #d1162
New Select Hymns: designed to accompany Watts' Psalms & Hymns #9Image
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Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #d433
Psalmista: or, Choir Melodies #d280
Psalms and Hymns: adapted to social, private and public worship in the Cumberland Presbyterian Chruch #28Image
Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d988
Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H77Image
Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d500
Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #32Image
Sacred lyrics, or Select hymns: particularly adapted to revivals of religion, and intended as a supplement to Watts. #144Image
Sacred Melodies #d294
Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in public and private, selected from the best authors, with variations and additions #H.CCXCVIImage
Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Publick and Private. New Ed. #d566
Sacred poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns adapted to Christian devotion in publick & private. New ed. #d567
Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d602
Seamen's Devotional Assistant, and Mariners' Hymns; prepared under direction of the American Seamen's Friend Society #15Image
Seamen's Hymns #19Image
Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d724
Select Hymns: the third part of Christian Psalmody; with directions for musical expression (Stereotype ed.) #2Image
Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #XIIImage
Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre: with hymns suited to the feasts and fasts of the church, and other occasions of public worship #H132Image
Social and Campmeeting Songs For the Pious (4th ed.) #88Image
Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: adapted to private and public worship, selected from various authors #143Image
Social Psalmist: or hymns, selected for the private use and social meetings of evangelical Christians #19Image
Songs for the New Life #d746
Songs of Zion: a manual of the best and most popular hymns and tunes, for social and private devotion #128Image
Songs of Zion Enlarged: a manual of the best and most popular hymns and tunes, for social and private devotion #217Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles in seasons of revival, to missionary meetings, to the monthly concert, and to other occasions... (3rd ed.) #24Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles in seasons of revival, to missionary meetings, to the monthly concert, and to other occasions... (3rd ed.) #243Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles in seasons of rivival, to missionary meetings, to the monthly concert, and to other occasions of special interest #24Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles in seasons of rivival, to missionary meetings, to the monthly concert, and to other occasions of special interest #243Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles, to missinary meetings, to monthly concert, and to other occasions of special interest.(Rev. and Enl. Ed.) #24Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles, to missinary meetings, to monthly concert, and to other occasions of special interest.(Rev. and Enl. Ed.) #243Image
Supplement to Watts: a Selection of More than Five Hundred Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors on a Great Variety of Subjects ... #d499
The Baptist Harmony #d462
The Baptist Harmony #d476
The Baptist Harp: a new collection of hymns for the closet, the family, social worship, and revivals #205Image
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #65.109Image
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #109Image
The Baptist Hymn Book #109Image
The Baptist Hymn Book: comprising a large and choice collection of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, adapted to the faith and order of the Old School, or Primitive Baptists (2nd stereotype Ed.) #18Image
The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d660
The Baptist Hymn Book: original and selected: in two parts #5Image
The Baptist Praise Book #214Image
The Baptist Psalmody: a selection of hymns for the worship of God #83Image
The Book of Praise: or, Hymns for Public and Social Worship #d929
The Brick Church Hymns, Designed for the Use of Social Prayer Meetings and Families, selected from the most approved authors #173Image
The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #128Image
The Chapel hymn book, with tunes: for the worship of God #114Image
The Choir: or, Union collection of church music. Consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, &c. original and selected. Including many beautiful subjects from the works.. (2nd ed.) #108bImage
The Choralist #d407
The Christian Hymn Book #d724
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d725
The Christian Melodist: a new collection of hymns for social religious worship #336Image
The Christian Minstrel: a New System of Musical Notation with a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and Chants. 3rd ed. #d347
The Christian Minstrel: a New System of Musical Notations; with a Collectionof Psalm Tunes, Anthems, & Chants ... 104th ed. #d396
The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns: with copious selections from other sources; the whole carefully revised and arranged, with directions for musical expression #13Image
The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns: collected from various authors, designed for the worship of God, and for the edification of Christians (1st Ed.) #CCCXXXIXTextImage
The Christian's Duty: exhibited in a series of hymns collected from various authors designed for the worship of God, and for the edification of Christians (2nd ed.) #CCCXXXIXImage
The Church Hymn Book #d1207
The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book: for social and public worship #37Image
The Devotional Hymn Book #d578
The Ebenezer Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with an appendix Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces. 6th ed. #d682
The Harp #20Image
The Key-Stone Collection of Church Music: a complete collection of hymn tunes, anthems, psalms, chants, & c. to which is added the physiological system for training choirs and teaching singing schools #108bImage
The King's Message in Song #d155
The Lecture-Room Hymn-Book: containing the psalms and hymns of the book of common prayer, together with a choice selection of additional hymns, and an appendix of chants and tunes... #T34Image
The Lecture-Room Hymn-Book: containing the psalms and hymns of the book of common prayer, together with a choice selection of additional hymns, and an appendix of chants and tunes... #H132Image
The Missionary Tune Book #d97
The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies: compiled from approved authors, with variations and additions (9th ed.) #374Image
The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies: compiled from approved authors, with variations and additions. Second Ed. #374Image
The Old School Hymnal No. 7. Rev. #d314
The Pocket Selection of Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Churches and Religious Assemblies in the U. S. lst ed. #d300
The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs and Sacred Poems Regularly Selected, Classified and Set in Order ... Stereotype ed. #d680
The Psalmist: a new collection of hymns for the use of Baptist churches; with a supplement #153Image
The Psalmist: a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches #153Image
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #163Image
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #730aImage
The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D.: to which are added select hymns, from other authors; and directions for musical expression (New ed.) #D2Image
The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d274
The Reformed Church Hymnal: with tunes #26Image
The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book, for the Service of Song in the House of the Lord #210aImage
The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d1273
The Sabbath School Hymn and Tune Book: selected from the Sabbath hymn and tune book #33Image
The Sacred Harp or Eclectic Harmony: a collection of church music, consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, sacred songs and chants...(New ed., Rev. and Corr.) #63bImage
The Social Psalmist: a new selection of hymns for conference meetings and family worship #14Image
The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs: from the most approved authors; adapted to the various occasions of public and social meetings (New Ed. Enl. and Imp.) #8Image
The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #85Image
Year of Worship for Sunday Schools and Homes #87
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