John Newton

Lyricist Collection

Passing through another week

Composer: Lowell Mason

Though troubles assail

Composer: William Croft

Why should I fear the darkest hour

Composer: F. R. Grey

Be still, my heart! these anxious cares

Composer: Robert Henry Earnshaw

Begone, unbelief

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

Glorious things of thee are spoken

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

How fragrant, sweet is Jesus’ name

Composer: J. C. Lowry

How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds

Composer: J. C. Lowry

How tedious and tasteless the hours

Composer: Early American melody

Lord, Thou hast won, at length I yield

Composer: Anonymous

“Father, Forgive,” the Savior Said

Composer: John Camp, 1905

As the Sun’s Enlivening Eye

Composer: Lewis Downes, 1851

For Mercies, Countless as the Sands

Composer: William Bradbury, 1849

The Gathering Clouds, with Aspect Dark

Composer: 15th Century English tune

Oft as the Bell, with Solemn Toll

Composer: George Elvey, 1862

Oft as the Leper’s Case I Read

Composer: Jeremiah Clark, 1707

On Man, in His Own Image Made

Composer: John Camp, 1905

On What Has Now Been Sown

Composer: John Darwall, 1770

Once a Woman Silent Stood

Composer: James Nares, 1742

Once More the Constant Sun

Composer: John Darwall, 1770

One Awful Word Which Jesus Spoke

Composer: George Chadwick, 1888

One There Is, Above All Others

Composer: Darmstadt Gesangbuch, 1698

O Happy They Who Know the Lord

Composer: François Barthélémon (1741–1808)

O Lord, How Vile Am I

Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1868

Though Cloudy Skies and Northern Blasts

Composer: George Martin (1844–1916)

Though in the Outward Church Below

Composer: Genevan Psalter, 1551

Though Jericho Pleasantly Stood

Composer: Johann Bach, 1742

Though Troubles Assail Us

Composer: Welsh melody

Thy Mansion Is the Christian’s Heart

Composer: Henry Smith, 1874

Time, by Moments, Steals Away

Composer: Arthur Sullivan, 1872

Time, with an Unwearied Hand

Composer: John Dykes, 1861

’Tis a Point I Long to Know

Composer: William Bradbury, 1858

The Signs Which God to Gideon Gave

Composer: John Gould, 1849

Sin, When Viewed by Scripture Light

Sinner, Art Thou Still Secure?

Composer: Ignaz Pleyel, 1791

Sinner, Hear the Savior’s Call

Composer: James Nares, 1742

Stop, Poor Sinner, Stop and Think

Conflicting Feelings

Composer: William Bradbury, 1863

Supported by the Word

Composer: John Goss, 1853

Sweet Was the Time When First I Felt

Composer: William Havergal, 1847

Sweeter Sounds Than Music Knows

Composer: William Bradbury, 1858

That Man No Guard or Weapons Needs

Composer: George Coles, 1835

Rejoice, Believer, in the Lord

Composer: Richard Farrant (1530–1580)

Return to Bless My Waiting Eyes

Composer: William Squires, 1895

The Ruler’s Daughter

Composer: Thomas Williams, 1890

Safely Through Another Week

Composer: Lowell Mason, 1824

Saved by Blood, I Live to Tell

Composer: George Elvey, 1858

Savior, Shine and Cheer My Soul

Composer: French and Welsh melody

Savior, Visit Thy Plantation

Composer: Ithamar Conkey, 1849

See, Another Year Is Gone

Composer: Marcus Wells, 1858

See, How Rude Winter’s Icy Hand

Composer: Johann Schein, 1628

See the Gloomy Gathering Cloud

Composer: Samuel Webbe, 1792

See, When a Black O’erspreading Cloud

Composer: Chetham’s Psalmody, 1718

We Seek a Rest Beyond the Skies

Composer: Joshua Gill, 1891

What a Mournful Life Is Mine

Composer: William Monk, 1875

What Contradictions Meet

Composer: John Goss, 1874

What Think Ye of Christ?

Composer: Bach

Composer: Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789

Our Lord, Who Knows Full Well

Composer: John Goss, 1872

The Peace Which God Alone Reveals

Composer: Thomas Southgate, 1855

Pensive, Doubting, Fearful Heart

Composer: D. T. Browne, 1899

Poor Esau Repented Too Late

Composer: John Goss (1800–1880)

Poor, Weak and Worthless Though I Am

Composer: Lowell Mason, 1824

Precious Bible! What a Treasure

Composer: Darmstadt Gesangbuch, 1698

Prepare a Thankful Song

Composer: James McGranahan, 1904

Quiet, Lord, My Froward Heart

Composer: Paul Heinlein, 1676

Uncertain How the Way to Find

Composer: Secular tune

He Who on Earth as Man Was Known

Composer: George Allen, 1844

Here at Bethesda’s Pool

Composer: John Dykes, 1875

How Blest the Righteous Are

Composer: George Martin, 1862

How Hurtful Was the Choice of Lot

Composer: Jeremiah Clark, 1707

How Kind the Good Samaritan

Composer: John Gould, 1849

How Lost Was My Condition

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, 1847

In Mercy, Not in Wrath, Rebuke

Composer: George Allen, 1844

Incarnate God! The Soul That Knows

Composer: Michael Lonneke, 2005

How Tedious and Tasteless

Composer: Lewis Edson, 1782

Hungry, and Faint, and Poor

Composer: John Goss, 1872

I Am, Saith Christ

Composer: John Camp, 1905

I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow

Composer: Herbert Oakeley, 1874

I Saw One Hanging on a Tree

Composer: Edwin Excell, 1917

I Would, but Cannot Sing

Composer: William Daman, 1579

If Solomon for Wisdom Prayed

Composer: Henry Baker, 1854

Jacob’s Ladder (Newton)

Composer: George Elvey, 1858

Hark! How Time’s Wide Sounding Bell

Composer: Raymond Mallary, 1901

Lord, Thou Hast Won

Composer: Lowell Mason, 1839

Mary to Her Savior’s Tomb

Composer: William Gilchrist, 1895

May the Grace of Christ Our Savior

Composer: Arranged from Beethoven

Mercy, O Thou Son of David!

Composer: George Oliver, 1916

My Barns Are Full

Composer: 16th Century

My Harp Untuned, and Laid Aside

Composer: John Dykes, 1861

The Legion Dispossessed

Composer: John Hughes (1872–1914)

Let Hearts and Tongues Unite

Composer: John Goss, 1872

Let Me Dwell on Golgotha

Composer: William Monk, 1875

Let Us Adore the Grace That Seeks

Composer: Thomas Haweis, 1792

Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder

Composer: Darmstadt Gesangbuch, 1698

Let Worldly Minds the World Pursue

Composer: Anonymous

The Lion That on Sampson Roared

Composer: Scottish Psalter, 1615

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