A bus­i­ness­man by trade, Mid­lane cred­it­ed his Sun­day School teach­er with in­spir­ing him to write po­e­try. He wrote over 300 hymns in his life. His works in­clude:

• Poetry Ad­dressed to Sab­bath School Teach­ers, 1844
• Vecta Gar­land, 1850
• Leaves from Ol­iv­et, 1864
• Gospel Echoes, 1865
• Above the Bright Blue Sky, 1867
• Early Lisp­ings, 1880

• Brown, p. 445
• Erickson, p. 349
• Julian, pp. 2, 3, 46, 83, 488, 490, 733-4, 957, 1162, 1164, 1562, 1593, 1597, 1672, 1692

1. Angels Re­joice o’er Sin­ners Saved
2. Apart from Ev­ery World­ly Care
3. Be Not Wea­ry, Toil­ing Christ­ian
4. Can Any Say, I Do Believe?
5. Church of God, Amaz­ing, Pre­cious Thought, The
6. Come and Wel­come to the Sav­ior
7. Come to the Roy­al Feast
8. Eighteen Hund­red Years Ago
9. Father, Bless the Hea­ven­ly Mess­age
10. Father, for Thy Prom­ised Bless­ing
11. God Be Gra­cious to a Sin­ner
12. God Bless Our Sun­day School
13. God Speaks from Hea­ven
14. Hark! In the Pre­sence of Our God
15. Hark! The Cry, Behold He Cometh
16. He Comes! He Comes! The Bride­groom Comes
17. He Says Be­cause He Will
18. Himself He Could Not Save
19. How Sol­emn Are the Words
20. How Sweet the Cheer­ing Words
21. How Vast, How Full, How Free
22. I Am Told Not to La­bor
23. I Once Was Bound in Sa­tan’s Chains
24. If Je­sus Came to Seek and Save
25. Jesus Died upon the Tree
26. Jesus Lived. He Lived for Sin­ners
27. Jesus Ne­ver An­swered Nay
28. Jesus the Bless­èd Cen­ter Is
29. Jesus, the Ris­en Sav­ior
30. Jesus, the Soul That Trusts in Thee
31. Kept by the Pow­er of God
32. Lamb Was Slain, the Blood Was Brought, The
33. Let the Waves of Bless­ing Roll
34. Life from the Dead, Eter­nal Life
35. Look, Poor Sin­ner, Look to Cal­va­ry
36. Lord Je­sus, Save!
37. Lord, Our Waiting Spir­its Bow
38. Lord, Pre­pare the Hearts of Sin­ners
39. Lord, When I Think upon the Love
40. Love Us Free­ly, Bless­èd Je­sus
41. Never Per­ish! Words of Mer­cy
42. Naught but the Voice of God Can Speak
43. No Separa­tion, O My Soul
44. Not All the Gold of All the World
45. Now, O Joy, My Sins Are Par­doned
46. Now We’ll Ren­der to the Sav­ior
47. O Art Thou an Heir of Glo­ry?
48. O What a Gift the Fa­ther Gave
49. O What a Glor­i­ous Truth Is This
50. O What a Sav­ior Is Je­sus the Lord
51. Once It Was Mine, the Cup of Wrath
52. Onward, Up­ward, Hea­ven­ward
53. Passing On­ward, Quick­ly Pass­ing
54. Peace with God! How Great a Trea­sure
55. Perfect Right­eous­ness of God, The
56. Perennial Spring of Pure De­light
57. Revive Thy Work, O Lord
58. Salva­tion, Lord, Is Thine
59. Salva­tion! What a Pre­cious Word
60. Scripture Says Where Sin Abound­ed
61. See the Bless­èd Sav­ior Dy­ing
62. Shall Je­sus’ Love Be Spok­en?
63. Sheltered by the Sprink­led Blood
64. Showers of Bless­ing, Gra­cious Prom­ise
65. Silver Trump­ets Sound­ing, the
66. Sinner, Where Is Room for Doubt­ing?
67. Soft the Voice of Mer­cy Sound­ed
68. Stern Jus­tice Cries for Blood
69. Sweet the Theme of Je­sus’ Love
70. There Is a Rest for Wea­ry Souls
71. There Is a Throne of Grace
72. There’s a Friend for Lit­tle Child­ren
73. Though Bil­lows Round Me Roll
74. Thy Word, O Lord
75. ’Tis Fin­ished, Cried the Dy­ing Lamb
76. ’Tis Hea­ven, Where Je­sus Is
77. ’Tis the Voice of Mer­cy Calls Thee
78. Together All Things Work for Good
79. Waiting for Je­sus, and Loving While Wait­ing
80. We Speak of the Mer­cy of God
81. When God Be­gins His Gra­cious Work
82. When the Sav­ior Said, ’Tis Fin­ished
83. Whispers of Thy Love Di­vine, The
84. Who Can Praise the Bless­èd God?
85. Why Those Fears, Poor Trem­bling Sin­ner?
86. Without a Cloud Be­tween
87. Yet Awhile; How Sweet the Thought