SONGS

TRIED AND PROVED

FOR THE USE OF

Prayer Meetings, Sunday Schools,
General Evangelistic Work,
and the Home Circle

RUSSELL H. CONWELL, Hymn Editor
THEODORE E. PERKINS, Musical Editor

PHILADELPHIA

A. J. ROWLAND

1420 Chestnut Street

1896

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A THOUGHT.

WHA

HAT touches the heart? Music. What elevates the mind, purifies the character, deepens the emotions, strengthens noble purposes and refines the affections? Music. What moves a congregation to devout worship? What brings the Prodigal sons to God? What fills the soul with peace and the Church with a vivifying sense of God's love? Music. But music is as dual as a human being-body, and soul.

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We bring you the body, lovely in form and draped with harmonious art; it is for you to give it a soul. These tunes and hymns have been found to be specially fitted for the soul of worship. But whether the best of them shall impel the listener to repentance and salvation, or whether their use shall comfort or inspire the singing Christian, will depend on the spirit which animates the musicians who sing them. These notes are so arranged and these verses so written as to give expression to reverence, prayer, praise, tenderness, pathos, love and religious joy. If those feelings be absent from the singers, the use of these notes becomes a hypocritical pretence, a lifeless sham.

Much more depends upon sincere religious emotion in Religious music than upon mechanical skill. Would you sing for God and sing with the heart more than with the vocal cords? If so, carefully secure a full appreciation of the meaning of the words, enter into the spirit of the music, and then sing your soul into the Beauty of Holiness.

Copyright 1896 by A. J. ROWLAND
HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE ESTATE OF
REV. CHARLES HUTCHINS

Musical composers of the greatest talents have prayerfully and diligently labored in many ways to produce here a book that will effectively aid all who worship the Father in spirit and in truth. It has been tried and has proven its claim as a most powerfu: helper in all forms of church life and evangelistic work.

Here 13 variety diversified enough, and sufficient in amount to save the world, if sung with the spirit and the understanding and accompanied with the blessing of God.

We send this book forth with our souis crying unto the Lord in prayer, asking Him to inspire all who sing from it, and thus nasten the preparation for His glorious Appearing.

RUSSELL H. CONWELL.

Tried and Proved.

CORONATION.

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name."-PHILL. 2: 9.

E. PERRONET.

OLIVER HOLDEN.

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1. All hail the pow'r of Je-sus' name! Let angels prostrate fall; 2. Crown Him ye morning stars of light, Who fixed this floating ball;

Bring forth the roy - al di a- dem, And crown Him Lord of all;
Now hail the strength of Israel's might, And crown Him Lord of all;

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of all.

Bring forth the royal di- a- dem, And crown Him Lord
Now hail the strength of Israel's might, And crown Him Lord of all.

3.

Ye seed of Israel's chosen race
Ye ransomed of the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.

4.
Sinners! whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,-
Go, spread your trophies at His feet
And crown Him Lord of all.

5.

Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lord of all.
6.

O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall,
We'll join the everlasting song
And crown Him Lord of all.

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PRAISE YE JEHOVAH.

"Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King."-PSALM 149: 2. REV. ALFRED TAYLOR.

1. Praise ye Je - ho- vah, praise the Lord most ho- ly, Who cheers the 2. Praise ye the Lord for all His loving kindness, And all the 3. Praise ye Je-ho-vah! source of ev'ry bless-ing- Before His 4. Praise ye the Father! God the Lord who gave us, With full and

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con-trite, girds with strength the weak; Praise Him who will with glo -ry ten - der mer-cies He hath shown: Praise Him who pardons all our gifts earth's richest boons are dim: Rest-ing in Him, His peace and per- fect love His only Son; Praise ye the Son who died Him

D.S.-Praise God the Father, praise the

crown the low - ly, And with sal - va- tion beau-ti-fy the meek. sin and blindness, And calls us sons, and takes us for His own. joy pos-sessing, All things are ours, for we have all in Him. self to save us! Praise ye the Spir - it! praise the Three in One!

ev - er bless'd Son, Praise God the Spirit, praise the Three in One. SEMI-CHORUS.

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D.S.

Praise Him for His constant care, His ever-present love;
Him, for

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COME AND TESTIFY OF JESUS.

MRS. M. A. KIDDER.

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Come and testify of
Come and tes- ti - fy of
Come and testi - fy of

REV. SAMUEL ALMAN.

1. Ye who know the Lord of glory, Ye who serve Him day by day— 2. Ye who la-bor in the vineyard, Ye who sail up- on the main3. Ye who feel His Holy Spirit. Ye who know His cleansing blood

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CHORUS.

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Je-sus, Who hath wash'd your sins away.
Je-sus, Who hath cleansed your ev'ry stain.
Je-sus, Who now in-tercedes with God.

You may save a dy-ing sinner, Christian brother, if you try;

Come and testify of Jesus, Come, oh, come and tes-ti-fy.