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Thread #137474   Message #3150207
Posted By: Haruo
08-May-11 - 03:09 AM
Thread Name: Charles Albert Tindley songs (hymns)
Subject: RE: Charles Albert Tindley songs (hymns)
Today I got a copy of Beam of Heaven: Hymns of Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933), Cokesbury 2006, which purports to include all 46 of Tindley's published hymns in their entirety (the 1941 New Songs of Paradise, No. 6 had included all the hymns, but not always all their verses).

Here are the contents; lyrics are all his; tunes are his except where otherwise noted:
  1. Ye pilgrims through this vale of tears: Consolation, 6 vv.
  2. Go, ye humble pilgrim stranger: Pilgrim stranger, 6 vv., Scottish melody
  3. When the storms of life are ranging: Stand by me, 5 vv.
  4. Courage, my soul: The storm is passing over, 4 vv.
  5. Nothing between, 4 vv.
  6. Since I began to serve the Lord: I'm going there, 6 vv.
  7. You ask me where I get the joys: My secret of joy, 6 vv.
  8. I've wandered in the darkness: Today, 4 vv.
  9. It may be a brother: Someone is waiting for me, 4 vv.
  10. I often wonder why it is: It may be the best for me, 4 vv.
  11. Beams of heaven: Some day, 4 vv.
  12. The hills of life: The Lord will make the way, 5 vv.
  13. I have found at last a Savior, 5 vv. (first line reads '"the", not "a" Savior')
  14. This world is one great battlefield: I'll overcome some day, 6 vv.
  15. I am thinking of friends: What are they doing in heaven?, 4 vv.
  16. Christ is the way, 5 vv., music by Charles A. Tindley, Jr.
  17. Ever since I have been living: A better home, 5 vv.
  18. We are often tossed and driven: We'll understand it better by and by, 4 vv.
  19. When the pathway of duty: I will go, if my Father holds my hand, 5 vv.
  20. If the world from you withhold: Leave it there, 4 vv.
  21. I am free from condemnation: I believe it, 4 vv.
  22. Come, whosoever feels the need: Your faith has saved you, 6 vv.
  23. I'm on my way: Joyous anticipation, 6 vv.
  24. There is a land that is free: Will you be there?, 5 vv.
  25. If the Savior wants somebody: "Here am I, send me" Isaiah 6:8, 4 vv.
  26. I hear of a city: The home of the soul, 5 vv.
  27. What if all the world was given unto me: I'll be satisfied, 4 vv.
  28. Lifetime is like a single day: He'll take you through, 6 vv.
  29. I have found the peace of heaven: Just today, 3 vv.
  30. If your life in days gone by: Let Jesus fix it for you, 5 vv.
  31. Thou, O Christ, my Lord and King: In me, 6 vv.
  32. Come, saints and sinners: The heavenly union, 5 vv.
  33. I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow: The pilgrim's Song, 6 vv.
  34. Here I may be weak and poor: God will provide for me, 5 vv.
  35. The world of forms and changes: After awhile, 5 vv.
  36. One day, a wayward boy: A stranger cut the rope, 4 vv.
  37. I can see down yonder: Mountain top dwelling, 3 vv., music by Charles A. Tindley, Jr
  38. I have heard of a tree: Heaven's Christmas Tree, 5 vv.
  39. Like the action of the ground: Spiritual springtime, 6 vv.
  40. A better day is coming, 4 vv.
  41. I am thinking of the danger: Saved and satisfied, 5 vv., music by Frederick J. Tindley
  42. Come, everyone that loves the Lord: Our suffering Jesus, 6 vv.
  43. If some disease has robbed you: Go talk with Jesus about it, 4 vv.
  44. There was Naaman the leper: Go wash in the beautiful stream, 4 vv.
  45. My life, as a year: From youth to old age, 5 vv., music by J. Chandler Wright
  46. You have waited too long: Have you crossed the line?, 6 vv.