The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original

Editor:	Rev. William Hunter, Rev. Samuel Wakefield
Publisher:	Sorin & Ball, Philadelphia, 1845
Language:	English
Notes:	Numbering is by page number. Letters are added to hymns that start on the same page.

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#	Text	Tune
11	Oh praise the Lord! he dwells on high	PRAISE
12	Happy the spirit released from its clay	THE CHRISTIAN VICTOR
13a	Joyfully, joyfully, onward I move
13b	Wake, Christian soldiers, wake	CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
15	The vernal flowers their beauties spread	FADING FLOWERS
16	Father in heaven, how great the grace	SOCIETY IN HEAVEN
17	Soon we shall see, shall see the glorious morning	SAINTS, ARISE
19	The child! the child! the kind old prophet said
20	Oh no, I never can forget	THE BACKSLIDER
21	Go, bring me said the dying fair	THE DYING BACKSLIDER
23	Oh! had I the wings of a dove, I would fly	LONGING FOR HEAVEN
24	When day first dawn'd upon my soul	THE CONVERT IN DOUBT
26	Come, tell of your vessel, and what is her name?	"THE OLD SHIP OF ZION"
28	As on the cross our Saviour hung	PENITENT THIEF
29	Broad is the road that leads to death	THE BROAD AND NARROW WAY
30	Pray, brethren, pray!	"PRAY, BRETHREN, PRAY"
31a	Rise, sinner, rise!
31b	Come, ghastly death, and lay me low	VICTORY
33	A pilgrim and a stranger here	THE PILGRIM
34	To Jordan's banks our hosts are come	CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS
35	Sinner, come	"SINNER, COME"
36	Christ is set on Zion's hill	"FAITHFUL SOLDIERS"
37	O blessed Lord, be near us	PETITION
38	Why wanderest thou so far from home?	"FLY TO JESUS"
39	God of the forests, fields, and floods	AN EVENING HYMN IN THE WILDERNESS
40	Who would mourn, and pine, and languish	INTERROGATION
41	Father of all! Creator blest	TRAVELLER'S MORNING HYMN
42	Ye erring souls, that wildly roam	THE PRODIGAL
43	Let others delight in the gambols of mirth	THE CLASS-ROOM
44	See, Christian, see, how time steals on	THE CHRISTIAN'S WELCOME HOME
46	If some kind wealthy friend should wait	EXPOSTULATION
47	The day is past and gone	EVENING HYMN
48	'Twas in the days of vernal prime	THE BETTER PART
50	Let others choose the place of mirth	THE MERCY-SEAT FOR ME
51	While wandering to and fro	GIVE ME JESUS
52	The rosy light is dawning	SABBATH MORNING
53	What a wonder of mercy is this!	THE CONVERT'S SONG
54a	Haste, haste, the clouds arise	THE ARK OF SAFETY
54b	Safe, safe within the ark	THE ARK OF SAFETY
55	Our kindred dear to heav'n have gone	MARCHING TO GLORY
57	Blissful hours, when first I knew him	BLISSFUL HOURS
58	Oh! who would remain in this prison of clay	OH! WHO WOULD REMAIN
59	Child of sorrow, child of care	"CHILD OF SORROW"
60	Cease, fond nature, cease this clinging	"CEASE, FOND NATURE"
61	You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale	"THE HOUSE OF THE LORD"
62	Oh! how can I forget the hour	OH! HOW CAN I FORGET THE HOUR
63	Earth's stormy night will soon be o'er	EARTH'S STORMY NIGHT
64	Though flowers of hope so early fade	THE YOUTHFUL MINISTER'S DECLINE
65	Oh! give me the flowers that never decay	TRUE RICHES
66a	Though poor my condition, and low my degree
66b	Mary to her Saviour's tomb	MARY AT THE SAVIOUR'S TOMB
68	Oh! how shall I praise my adorable Saviour	PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER
70	The Sabbath is come! The Sabbath is come!	"THE SABBATH IS COME"
71	Why weepest thou and sighest	THE PENITENT'S DIALOGUE
72	How blest the place where Jesus is!	HOW BLEST THE PLACE
73	Awake, my faith, and bring to view	AWAKE, MY FAITH
74	A home in heaven! what a joyful thought	A HOME IN HEAVEN
75	Oh! bless the Lord! for the shining sun
76a	Give me but some humble spot	RELIGIOUS CONTENTMENT
76b	Happy are our days below
77	Wo, wo to the sinner, who lives in his sin	"WO, WO TO THE SINNER"
78	Oh! meet me at the throne of grace	THE ITINERANT HUSBAND'S ADIEU
80	I'll meet thee at the hour of pray'r	THE ITINERANT'S WIFE'S ADIEU
81	We're marching to the promised land	PILGRIM BAND
83	Life, let us cherish, while yet the taper glows	LIFE LET US CHERISH
84	Approach, my soul, the mercy seat	PENITENCE
85	Sinners, the city where you dwell
86	United in affection dear	LOVE-FEAST
88	Thou sweet gliding Kedron, by thy silver stream	KEDRON
89	There comes a day, a fearful day	DAY OF WRATH
91	Our Father, God, and King	GOD IS OUR KING
92	There is a place where my hopes stay'd	FATHERLAND
93	I seek a place which is out of sight
94	We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy	THE EDEN ABOVE
96	Firmly, brethren, firmly stand	FIELD OF BATTLE
97	Though to a distant region	MISSIONARY SEWING SOCIETY
98	The heavenly home is bright and fair	THE HEAVENLY MANSION
100	I'm fading away to the land of the blest	THE CHRISTIAN'S DEATH SONG
102	Saints, exult! adieu to tears	MILLENNIAL DAWN
103	My Lord, my Life, at last to thee	SUPPLICATION
104	Come to Calvary's holy mountain	COME TO CALVARY
105	God of our fathers, whose right hand	LAND OF LIBERTY
106	Review the palsied sinner's case	THE PARALYTIC
107	There is a spot to me more dear	THE PLACE OF CONVERSION
109	In this glad employ	CONCERT VALEDICTORY
110	Oh! happy the day he was born	CHRISTMAS HYMN
111	Hail, happy day! when Christ, the Son	CHRISTMAS
112	Come, children, let your voices rise
113	Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!	ZION'S GLAD MORNING
114	In error's ways you vainly roam	THE WAY OF THE SINNER
115	In this calm impressive hour	MORNING PRAYER
116	Now from labor and from care
117	This earth hath many a pleasant sweet	THE FLOWERS OF EARTH AND HEAVEN
118	O'er the gloomy hills of darkness	O'ER THE GLOOMY HILLS
119	Who but thou, Almighty Spirit
120	Zion! the marvelous story be telling	SHOUT THE GLAD TIDINGS
121	Christ the Lord is risen today	THE LORD IS RISEN
122	Oh yes, I'll join the union band	THE UNION BAND
123	My soul is happy in its choice	CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
125	And may I still get there?	TRIUMPH OVER DESPONDENCY