Olney Hymns

at the Cross

58: Supplies in the Wilderness

59: Communion with the Saints in Glory

On Prayer

1. 60: Exhortation to Prayer
2. 61: Power of Prayer

On the Scripture

1. 62: The Light and Glory of the Word
2. 63: The Word More Precious Than Gold

III: Providences

1. 64: On the Commencement of Hostilities in America
2. Fast Day Hymns
   1. 65: Confession and Prayer. Dec. 13, 1776
   2. 66: Moses and Amalek
   3. 67: The Hiding-Place. Feb. 10, 1779
   4. 68: On the Earthquake. Sept. 8, 1775
   5. 69: On the Fire at Olney. Sept. 22, 1777
   6. 70: A Welcome to Christian Friends
   7. 71: At Parting
3. Funeral Hymns
   1. 72: On the Death of a Believer
   2. 73: On the Death of a Minister
   3. 74: The Tolling Bell
   4. 75: Hope Beyond the Grave
   5. 76: There the Weary Are at Rest
   6. 77: The Day of Judgment
   7. 78: The Day of the Lord.
   8. 79: The Great Tribunal

IV: Creation

1. 80: The Old and New Creation
2. 81: The Book of Creation
3. 82: The Rainbow
4. 83: Thunder
5. 84: Lightning in the Night
6. 85: On the Eclipse of the Moon. July 30, 1776
7. 86: Moonlight
8. 87: The Sea.
9. 88: The Flood
10. 89: The Thaw
11. 90: The Loadstone
12. 91: The Spider and Bee
13. 92: The Bee Saved from the Spider
14. 93: The Tamed Lion
15. 94: Sheep
16. 95: The Garden
17. 96: For a Garden-Seat or Summer-House
18. 97: The Creatures in the Lord’s Hands
19. 98: On Dreaming
20. 99: The World
21. 100: The Enchantment Dissolved

Book III: On the Rise, Progress, Changes, and Comforts of the Spiritual Life

1. I: Solemn Addresses to Sinners
   1. 1: Expostulation
   2. 2: Alarm
   3. 3: We Were Once as You Are
   4. 4: Prepare to Meet God
   5. 5: Invitation
2. II: Seeking, Pleading, and Hoping
   1. 6: The Burdened Sinner
   2. 7: Behold, I Am Vile
   3. 8: The Shining Light
   4. 9: Encouragement
   5. 10: The Waiting Soul
   6. 11: The Effort
   7. 12: The Effort-in Another Measure
   8. 13: Seeking the Beloved
   9. 14: Rest for Weary Souls
3. III: Conflict
   1. 15: Light Shining Out of Darkness
   2. 16: Welcome Cross
   3. 17: Afflictions Sanctified by the Word
   4. 18: Temptation
   5. 19: Looking Upwards in a Storm
   6. 20: The Valley of the Shadow of Death
   7. 21: The Storm Is Hushed
   8. 22: Help in the Time of Need
   9. 23: Peace After a Storm
   10. 24: Mourning and Longing
   11. 25: Rejoice the Soul of Thy Servant
   12. 26: Self-Acquaintance
   13. 27: Bitter and Sweet
   14. 28: Prayer for Patience
   15. 29: Submission
   16. 30: Why Should I Complain?
   17. 31: Return, O Lord, How Long?
   18. 32: Cast Down, but Not Destroyed
   19. 33: The Benighted Traveler
   20. 34: The Prisoner
   21. 35: Perplexity Relieved
   22. 36: Prayer Answered by Crosses
   23. 37: I Will Trust and Not Be Afraid
   24. 38: Questions to Unbelief
   25. 39: Good Effects by Weak Means
   26. 40: Why Art Thou Cast Down?
   27. 41: The Way of Access
   28. 42: The Pilgrim’s Song
4. IV: Comfort
   1. 43: Faith a New and Comprehensive Sense
   2. 44: The Happy Change
   3. 45: Retirement
   4. 46: Jesus My All
   5. 47: The Hidden Life
   6. 48: Joy and Peace in Believing
   7. 49: True Pleasure
   8. 50: The Christian
   9. 51: Lively Hope and Gracious Fear
   10. 52: Confidence
   11. 53: Peace Restored
   12. 54: Hear What He Has Done for My Soul!
   13. 55: Freedom from Care
   14. 56: Humiliation and Praise
   15. 57: For the Poor
   16. 58: Home in View
5. V: Dedication and Surrender
   1. 59: Old Things Are Passed Away
   2. 60: The Power of Grace
   3. 61: My Soul Thirsteth for God
   4. 62: Love Constraining to Obedience
   5. 63: The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy
   6. 64: Hatred of Sin
   7. 65: The Child
   8. 66: True Happiness
   9. 67: The Happy Debtor
6. VI: Cautions
   1. 68: The New Convert
   2. 69: True and False Comforts
   3. 70: True and False Zeal
   4. 71: A Living and a Dead Faith
   5. 72: Abuse of the Gospel
   6. 73: The Narrow Way
   7. 74: Dependence
   8. 75: Not of Works
   9. 76: Sin’s Deceit
   10. 77: Are There Few That Shall Be Saved?
   11. 78: The Sluggard
   12. 79: Not in Word, but in Power
7. VII: Praise
   1. 80: Praise for Faith
   2. 81: Grace and Providence
   3. 82: Praise for Redeeming Love
   4. 83: I Will Praise the Lord at All Times
   5. 84: Perseverance
   6. 85: Salvation
   7. 86: Reigning Grace
   8. 87: Praise to the Redeemer
   9. 88: Man by Nature, Grace, and Glory
8. VIII: Short Hymns
   1. Before Sermon
      1. 89
      2. 90
      3. 91
      4. 92
      5. 93: Psalm 106:4–5
      6. 94
      7. 95
   2. After Sermon
      1. 96: Deuteronomy 33:26, 29
      2. 97: Habakkuk 3:17–18
      3. 98
      4. 99: Deuteronomy 32:9–10
      5. 100: Hebrews 13:20, 22
      6. 101: 2 Corinthians 13:14
      7. 102
      8. 103
   3. Gloria Patri
      1. 104
      2. 105
      3. 106
      4. 107

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Olney Hymns

Preface

Copies of a few of these Hymns have already appeared in periodical publications and in some recent collections. I have observed one or two of them attributed to persons who certainly had no concern in them but as transcribers. All that have been at different times parted with in manuscript are included in the present volume; and (if the