1831–1899

Introduction

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Born: No­vem­ber 23, 1831, Bland­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Oc­to­ber 21, 1899, Go­shen, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Go­shen Cen­ter Ce­me­te­ry, Go­shen, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

A fifth gen­er­a­tion preach­er, Hast­ings be­gan hymn writ­ing and preach­ing at age 17, and worked as an ev­an­gel­ist in var­i­ous parts of Am­er­i­ca.

In 1865, he found­ed the Scrip­tur­al Tract Re­po­si­to­ry in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

In 1866, he es­tab­lished The Chris­tian, a month­ly pa­per in which ma­ny of his hymns ap­peared.

Publications

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Afar From Home, on an Is­land Lone
  2. Ah What Words of Dan­ger
  3. At Ev­en­ing Time May There Be Light
  4. Author of Sal­va­tion, Hear My Sup­pli­ca­tion
  5. Awake and Sing, Awake and Sing
  6. Awaked by Si­nai’s Aw­ful Sound
  7. Be Pa­tient Yet
  8. Be Strong, My Soul, in God Most High
  9. Before Us Lies a Val­ley Dim
  10. Behold, He Comes with Clouds
  11. Behold the Lamb of God
  12. Behold, There Comes an Hour Un­known
  13. Beyond the Ri­ver
  14. Bless, My Soul, the Lord, Thy Mak­er
  15. Blest Is the Place Where Trees
  16. Breaking Now the Loaf To­ge­ther
  17. Brightness of the Fa­ther’s Glo­ry
  18. Can You Stand for God?
  19. City of Our God Re­nowned
  20. Come, O My Soul, to Cal­va­ry
  21. Come to the Sav­ior Now
  22. Delight in the Lord
  23. Endue Us, Lord, with Hea­ven­ly Pow­er
  24. Fair Ci­ty, When Shall I Be­hold
  25. Forward, Chris­tian Sol­diers
  26. Grace Which Is in Christ Re­vealed, The
  27. Great Hus­band­man, at Thy Com­mand
  28. Great King of Glo­ry, Hear the Pray­er
  29. Halting, Lin­ger­ing, Fear­ing, Long­ing
  30. Hark! From the Man­sions of Glo­ry the Song
  31. Hark! From Yon­der Ra­di­ant Throng
  32. Hark, the Voice of Je­sus Call­ing
  33. Holy Day of Peace­ful Rest
  34. I Shall Rest
  35. It May Be at the Ev­en-tide
  36. Jesus, the Com­fort­er
  37. Just as I Am, O Lamb of God
  38. Keep the Sab­bath Ho­ly
  39. Lift the Voice and Sound the Trum­pet
  40. Light at Ev­en­tide
  41. Lonely and Wea­ry by Sor­rows Op­pressed
  42. Lord, Thou Art with Us While We Pray
  43. My Heart Shall Bless My Hea­ven­ly King
  44. Not Here, Where Spark­ling Wa­ters
  45. Now Sav­ior, Strength­en Ev­ery Heart
  46. Now to the Great, Eter­nal King
  47. Now un­to Him Who on the Tree
  48. Now un­to the King Eter­nal
  49. O Christ of Men the Life and Light
  50. O Fa­ther, God, Who Art in Hea­ven
  51. O Fa­ther, Who Rul­est the Wind and Wave
  52. O God, to Whom Our Fa­thers Prayed
  53. O Lord, Who Art with Two or Three
  54. O Rock of Ag­es
  55. O Sav­ior, Bless Us as We Go
  56. O Shame­ful Cross, on Thee Was Hung
  57. O Son of God, with Glo­ry Crowned
  58. O Sweet­ly Through the Gloomy Years
  59. Oh, Worn with Griefs and Pains and Fears
  60. On, On, Thou Wea­ry Mar­in­er
  61. On the North and the East
  62. Open Now Thy Gates of Beau­ty
  63. Our Fa­ther, God, to Thee Alone
  64. Perishing Splen­dors Pass Away
  65. Praise Ye the Lord! Let Heart and Voice
  66. Praise Ye the Lord, Our God
  67. Rejoice Around the Tomb Where Je­sus Lay
  68. Religion Is the Best of All
  69. Roll Thy Bur­den on the Lord
  70. Savior, Bless Us as We Part
  71. Shall We Meet by Life’s Pure Ri­ver
  72. Shall We Meet?
  73. Shall We Meet Each Other Yon­der
  74. Shall We Meet with Those Be­loved Ones
  75. Sing We the Song to Angels Giv­en
  76. Son of God, Earth’s Storms Are Break­ing
  77. Soon the Saints Shall Be Freed
  78. Strong to Re­deem Is the Lord
  79. Surely at the Ap­point­ed Time
  80. Sweet Me­di­ta­tion on the Lord
  81. Take Away the Child­ren
  82. There’s a Light That Is Shin­ing in Dark­ness
  83. Thou Prince of Glo­ry, Slain for Me
  84. Thou Who Dost with Thy Peo­ple Meet
  85. Through the Fur­nace, Through the Heat
  86. To Him Who Died up­on the Tree
  87. To Him Who in His Pre­cious Blood
  88. Unto the High and Migh­ty Lord
  89. We Are Sow­ing in Our Sad­ness
  90. We Know the Grace of Him Who Died
  91. We Praise and Ma­gn­ify Thy Name
  92. We Shall Meet Be­yond the Ri­ver
  93. Weep for the Fall­en, in Death Ly­ing Low
  94. Welcome, from Be­neath the Wave
  95. Whate’er God Doth Is Right­ly Done
  96. When a Few Swift­ly Fleet­ing Years
  97. When o’er the Deep We Rode
  98. When Signs and Won­ders There Shall Be
  99. With the Mouth Our Lord Con­fess­ing
  100. Within the Gar­den’s Whis­per­ing Shade
  101. Ye Ser­vants of the Lord
  102. Yet There Is Room

Music

  1. Doomsday
  2. My Help­less­ness
  3. North Pro­vi­dence (ar­rang­er)
  4. Under Thy Wings

Translations

  1. Just as God Leads Me I Would Go