1865-1951
Ida L. Reed (1865-1951)

November 30, 1865, near Ar­den, Bar­bour Coun­ty, West Vir­gin­ia.

Ju­ly 8, 1951, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia.

Eb­e­nez­er Meth­odi­st Church, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia.

Ida L. Reed (1865-1951)

Reed is said to have writ­ten 2,000 hymns in her life­time. In 1939, the Amer­i­can So­ci­e­ty of Com­pos­ers, Au­thors and Pub­lish­ers re­cog­nized her sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can mu­sic by award­ing her a small week­ly bo­nus.

  1. After the Storm Is Over
  2. All in Thy Hands I Leave, Dear Lord
  3. All in thy Hands I Leave, Dear Lord
  4. All the Pen­nies Ga­thered
  5. Are Thy Days Full Oft­en Drear
  6. Are You Cling­ing Close to Je­sus
  7. Are You Sow­ing, Daily Sow­ing
  8. Are You Thank­ful for the Bless­ing
  9. As We Jour­ney Down Life’s Path­way
  10. At the Day Dawn, O My Sav­ior
  11. At Thy Door the Sav­ior Tar­ries
  12. Be Not an Idle Dream­er
  13. Be of Good Cour­age, Sol­diers of Je­sus
  14. Be Sure to Make Some­bo­dy Hap­py
  15. Be Thou My Guide, Dear Lord
  16. Be Thou My Guid­ing Light, Dear Lord
  17. Bearing Our Torch­es High
  18. Beautiful Lights of Home
  19. Beyond the Bor­der Land
  20. Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Again
  21. Blessed Are they, the Un­de­filed
  22. Blessed Are They Who Trust in the Lord
  23. Blessed Is He that En­dur­eth
  24. Blessed Is He that Is Trust­ing the Lord
  25. Blessed Is Je­sus For­ev­er
  26. Blessed Rock of Our Sal­va­tion
  27. Bound Neath the World’s Heavy Burdens
  28. Bring Your Tri­als All to Je­sus
  29. Brother, Turn Thy Foot­steps Home­ward
  30. By and By, Be­yond Life’s Toil­ing
  31. Caroling Clear in the Morn­ing Sun­light
  32. Carry a Mess­age for Je­sus
  33. Cast Thy Bread upon the Wa­ters
  34. Children of the King Are We
  35. Choose My Path, O Bless­ed Sav­ior
  36. Choose Today, O Bro­ther, Stand­ing
  37. Clinging to His Prom­ise, Trust­ing in His Word
  38. Come and Join the Ar­my, It Is Mil­lions Strong
  39. Come, Bless­ed Sav­ior, with Pen­te­cost­al Pow­er
  40. Come, Bring Thy Sins to the Fount­ain
  41. Come, Drink of Life’s Crys­tal
  42. Come in Thy Love to Me
  43. Come to Je­sus All Ye Child­ren
  44. Come to the Cross To­day
  45. Come to the Fa­ther, O Wan­der­er, Come
  46. Come to the Fount­ain, So Free­ly ’tis Flow­ing
  47. Come to the Sav­ior, Come in Your Youth
  48. Come to the Sav­ior, Do Not De­lay
  49. Come un­to Me, O Pre­cious In­vi­ta­tion
  50. Come un­to Me, the Sav­ior’s voice
  51. Come, Young, and Old, and Join Our Band
  52. Coming to Thee in Life’s Morn­ing Hours
  53. Contrite, I Kneel to Thee
  54. Count Thy Bless­ings, O My Bro­ther
  55. Crown Him, Crown Him, Je­sus Our Won­der­ful Sav­ior
  56. Dear Father in Hea­ven, Thy Child­ren Draw Near
  57. Dear Sav­ior at Thy Feet in Hum­ble Prayer
  58. Dear Sav­ior at Thy Feet We Fall
  59. Dear Sav­ior, Bend Thine Ear
  60. Dear Sav­ior, Wouldst Thou Hon­or
  61. Do Life’s Storms Above Thee Roll
  62. Do Not Grieve the Holy Spir­it
  63. Do Thou Take Us, Dear­est Sav­ior
  64. Do What You Can for Je­sus
  65. Don’t Let It Be Said, Too Late, Too Late
  66. Draw Me Near to Thee, to Thy Bless­ed Side
  67. Fear Not, Dear Friend, Though Tem­pests Break
  68. Fear Not, Thou Care Worn One
  69. Fear Not Though Tem­pest’s
  70. Fear Not, to Tread Life’s Road
  71. Fear Thou Not, for I Am with Thee
  72. Fill My Days, Dear Lord, with Light
  73. Follow, Follow Where the Mas­ter Lead­eth
  74. For Me the Hea­vy Cross He Bore
  75. For the Har­bor Home of the Glo­ry Land
  76. Forsake Me Not, Dear Sav­ior
  77. Forth to the Bat­tle of Christ
  78. Forward, For­ward, Lo the Ba­ttle’s Rag­ing
  79. Forward, the Mas­ter Calls You
  80. Fret Not, Though Days Are Dreary
  81. From Day to Day, Along Your Way
  82. Give Me Thy Love, Dear Sav­ior
  83. Give Thy Life to Je­sus, Tell Him
  84. Give Us, Lord, Thy Ho­ly Spirit
  85. Give Us the Bat­tle, Lord Je­ho­vah
  86. Gladly the Bells Are Ring­ing
  87. Go Forth for Christ, and La­bor
  88. Go in the Strength of the Mas­ter
  89. Go Reap, for the Har­vest
  90. Go Tell to the Na­tions in Dar­kness
  91. Go with Christ’s Own Lov­ing Spirit
  92. Go with the Won­der­ful Sto­ry
  93. Go Ye Forth to Ev­ery Na­tion
  94. God Is Our Re­fuge, in Him We Abide
  95. Grant Us Thy Bless­ing, Dear Lord
  96. Guide Thou My Steps, I Cry to Thee
  97. Hail Morn­ing Voic­es, Ring Out
  98. Hail to Our Ris­en Sav­ior
  99. Hark, the Bells Are Ring­ing, Sweet and Low
  100. Hark, the Bells, I Hear Them Chim­ing
  101. Hark, the Call, the Bu­gle’s Sound­ing
  102. Has Thy Life a Hid­den So­rrow
  103. Have Joy in Thy La­bor
  104. Have You Found That Friend and Sav­ior
  105. Have You Found the Peace That Pass­eth Un­der­stand­ing?
  106. Have You Found the Sav­ior, Bro­ther
  107. Have You Found the Sav­ior Pre­cious
  108. He Heal­eth the Brok­en Heart­ed
  109. He Is Come, He Is Come
  110. He Know­eth Thy Grief, He Know­eth Thy Care
  111. He Lead­eth Me, My Lord and King
  112. He Mak­eth the Storm a Calm
  113. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shep­herd
  114. Hear the Mer­ry Ro­bins Sing­ing
  115. Hear the Tramp of Ar­mies March­ing
  116. Hearing the Bless­ed Sto­ry
  117. Help Us, O Lord, For Our Strength
  118. Here Am I, My Sav­ior
  119. Here to Thy H­oly Tem­ple
  120. High in the Tree­top
  121. Hold Up His Stand­ard
  122. How Good It Is, How Sweet It Is
  123. How Hap­py Must the Child­ren Dear
  124. How Sweet Are the Words
  125. Humbly, Dear Lord, I Wait
  126. Humbly, O Lord, I Wait Be­side
  127. I Am Com­ing Home, Dear Sav­ior
  128. I Am Hap­py, O So Hap­py
  129. I Am Walk­ing in the Sun­shine
  130. I Be­long to the King
  131. I Can­not Drift Be­yond Thy Love
  132. I Cannot Tell How Won­der­ful
  133. I Cannot Tell What Fu­ture Days
  134. I Cling to Thee, Dear Sav­ior
  135. I Have a Friend
  136. I Have a Home, a Home on High
  137. I Have a Little Light
  138. I Have Found a Bless­ed Ha­ven
  139. I Have Found a Friend in Je­sus, and I Love Him
  140. I Have Trust­ed in Thy Mer­cy
  141. I Know Not Now What Peri­ls Lie Along My Way
  142. I Know Not What Li­eth Be­fore Me
  143. I Trust Thee, Dear Sav­ior
  144. I Will Call Up­on the Lord
  145. I Will Cling to Thy Hand
  146. I Will Do All I Can in My Nar­row Sphere
  147. I Will Fol­low Thee, My Sav­ior, Though the Days
  148. I Will Lay My Cares on Je­sus
  149. I Will Love Thee, O My Sav­ior
  150. I Will Praise Thee, O Lord
  151. I Will Praise Thee, O, My Sav­ior
  152. I Will Sing of Thy Pow­er
  153. I Will Trust the Lord For­ev­er
  154. I Will Wait up­on the Lord
  155. If Je­sus Should Call You Today
  156. If the Days Are Dreary
  157. I’ll Not Be Dis­cour­aged
  158. I’m Near­er My Home To­day
  159. I’m Near­ing the Gates of the C­ity of Light
  160. In the Full­ness of His Mer­cy
  161. In the Morn­ing, in the Morn­ing
  162. In the Sha­dow of Thy Wings Dearest Sav­ior
  163. In Thy Pre­sence, O My Sav­ior
  164. Into Thy King­dom of Peace and Love
  165. It Was So Little, the Kind­ness You Offered
  166. It’s Just B­efore Christ­mas
  167. I’ve a Pre­cious, Price­less Trea­sure
  168. I’ve Given My Heart to Je­sus
  169. Je­sus Christ with Death Hath Striv­en
  170. Je­sus I My Sins Con­fess­ing
  171. Je­sus Is Here, Is Not Your Heart Burn­ing?
  172. Je­sus Is My Help­er, Mighty and Strong
  173. Je­sus Is Ris­­en!
  174. Je­sus Is Will­ing to Save and to Bless You
  175. Je­sus, Sav­ior, Hear and Help
  176. Je­sus, Sav­ior, We Are Com­ing, All Thy Child­ren
  177. Joy, Joy, Joy, Hark, How the Bells
  178. Joyfully, Joy­ful­ly Sing­ing, Join In
  179. Joyfully March­ing On­ward
  180. Just a Drop of W­ater from a Sum­mer Show­er
  181. Just a Word of Pi­ty
  182. Just One Word from Thee
  183. Keep a Song of Glad­ness Ring­ing
  184. King Je­sus Calls for Volunteer
  185. King of the Ag­es, The
  186. Knights of the New Cru­sade
  187. Lay Aside Thy Fears, O Pil­grim
  188. Lead Me, Ev­er Lead Me
  189. Leaning on Thy Breast, My Sav­ior
  190. Leave Me Not, O Pre­cious Sav­ior
  191. Let Me Trust Thee, Je­sus, Sav­ior
  192. Let Me Walk with Thee, Dear Sav­ior
  193. Let Us Bright­en All Life’s Pathway
  194. Let Us Do What We Can for Je­sus
  195. Let Us Keep the Love­light
  196. Let Your Heart Be Glad
  197. Life Has Its Sha­dy Side
  198. Lift Aloft the Ban­ner of Our Lord and King
  199. Lift Thy Face to the Light!
  200. Lift Up the Ban­ner of Je­ho­vah
  201. Lift Up the Ban­ner of Je­sus
  202. Lift Your Heart to Je­sus When the Sha­dows Ga­ther
  203. Little Boy in Our Town, A
  204. Little by Lit­tle We’re Build­ing a Tem­ple
  205. Little Evan­gels for Thee, Dear Sav­ior
  206. Lo We Come a Child­ish Band
  207. Long Ago at the Even­tide
  208. Long I’ve Wan­­dered
  209. Lord Je­sus, I Come in My Dark­ness
  210. Lord Je­sus, I Come in My Dark­ness to Thee
  211. Lord Je­sus, I Love Thee, Thy Laws I’ll Obey
  212. Lord Je­sus, We Are March­ing
  213. Loyal Army Ga­thers All over This Broad Land, A
  214. Loyal to Je­sus This Be
  215. My Dai­ly Pray­er
  216. My Sins Are For­giv­en, My Soul Is at Rest
  217. Nearer to Thee, Pre­cious Sav­ior
  218. Nearer to Thee, Pre­cious Sav­ior Draw Me Near­er
  219. Nearer to Thy Side, Dear Sav­ior
  220. No Night Within That Glor­i­ous Home
  221. Not What I Long to Do
  222. O Come, Let Us Wor­ship Our Sav­ior
  223. O Happy Land, So Far Away
  224. O Hearts, Re­joice
  225. O How Sweet to Think That Some­time
  226. O I Love to Think of the Home Above
  227. O Low­ly Ser­vant of Thy King
  228. O Sinner, the Har­vest Is Pass­ing
  229. O Star of Match­less Splen­dor
  230. O the Lark Sings in the Morn­ing
  231. On the Travel-Worn Road in the Old­en Time
  232. Once Again We’ve Met
  233. Once More the Child­ren’s Sab­bath Day
  234. Only a Co­ntrite Sin­ner
  235. Only a Little Deed of Kind­ness
  236. Only a Lit­tle While Here Be­low to Watch and Serve
  237. Only a Lit­tle Word Ten­der­ly Spok­en
  238. Only a Touch of Thy Hand, Dear Lord
  239. Only to Wait at Thy Feet, Dear Lord
  240. Onward, Christ­ian Work­ers
  241. Onward For­ev­er
  242. Onward, On­ward, Joy­ful­ly We Go, Dear Sav­ior
  243. Onward We Are Marc­hing ’Neath
  244. Out of the Dark­ness of Sor­row and Pain
  245. Out of the Sha­dows, Into
  246. Over the Hill­tops the Morn­ing
  247. Over the Si­lent Sea
  248. Over There Are Ma­ny Man­sions
  249. Praise to the Friend of the Child­ren
  250. Praise Ye the Lord For­ev­er
  251. Precious Is the Pro­mise Giv­en
  252. Put Your Shoul­der ’Neath the Burden
  253. Ready Now, Stea­dy Now, Every Gal­lant Knight
  254. Ready, Rea­dy, Shall the Watch­word
  255. Rest from Thy Sor­row He’ll Give Thee
  256. Rest in the Lord and Pa­tient­ly Wait
  257. Ring Out the Glad Car­ols
  258. Ring, Ye Bells of Chris­tmas
  259. Safe in the Fold of the Mas­ter
  260. Scatter Golden Sun­beams
  261. Scatter Love’s Sun­beams as On­ward
  262. Scattering Deeds of Love Like Flow­ers
  263. See the Gold­en Light
  264. Seeking for Je­sus, the Won­drous Phy­si­cian
  265. Send the Bless­ings All Around You
  266. Send Us Forth
  267. Serve with Glad­ness Christ the King
  268. Shine, Little Sun­beams, Shine
  269. Shoulder to Shoul­der, Stand in the Bat­tle
  270. Sing a Song of Birth­day Ban­ners
  271. Sing When the Dark Clouds Low­er
  272. Sing Ye His Prais­es, Christ the Re­deem­er
  273. Slain for the Sins of the World Was He
  274. So Much to Do for Je­sus
  275. Soldiers of Je­sus, March­ing
  276. Somebody’s Pray­ing for You © 1935
  277. Something to Do for the Mas­ter
  278. Speak, O Lord, Thy voice Obeying
  279. Spread the Light of Joy about You
  280. Stars of De­cem­ber
  281. Steady, Bro­ther, Stea­dy
  282. Step Over the Line, My Bro­ther
  283. Swing, Lit­tle Blos­soms, the Sun­shine Is Fall­ing
  284. Swing, Snowy Lil­­ies
  285. Take Hold of the Pro­mise of Je­sus
  286. Teach Me Thy Way, Dear Sav­ior
  287. Tell the Gos­pel Story, Far and Near
  288. Tell to Je­sus All Your Sor­row
  289. The Blood, the Blood Hath Cleansed
  290. The Blos­soms Swing­ing in the Light
  291. The Lord Is My Hope and Sal­va­tion
  292. The Lord Is My Re­fuge, in Him Will I Hide
  293. The Lord Is My Strength
  294. The Morn­ing Breaks, Behold Its Rays
  295. The Or­der Went Forth
  296. There Are Lambs Astray
  297. There Is a Bright, Gold­en Shore
  298. There Is a Ci­ty Out Over There
  299. There Is a Fair, Sweet, Hap­py Land
  300. There Is a Place Pre­pared
  301. There Is a Re­fuge, Sweet, Se­cure
  302. There Is Joy in the Love of Je­sus
  303. There Is Rest in Him When Life’s Cares Op­press
  304. There Is Rest, There Is Peace in the Pro­mise
  305. There Shall Be Rest for Wea­ry
  306. There’ll Be No Night there
  307. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Home That Awaits Us There
  308. There’s a Bright and Hap­py Home
  309. There’s a Far Off Hap­py Shore
  310. There’s a Fount of Love Filled
  311. There’s a Home That Waits for Me
  312. There’s a Man­sion Over Yon­der
  313. There’s a Mighty Ar­my March­ing, Mar­shaled
  314. There’s a Peaceful Shin­ing
  315. There’s a Place in the Mas­ter’s Vine­yard
  316. There’s a Song, When Morn Is Break­ing
  317. There’s a Thought That Cheers Me Ev­er
  318. There’s Light in the Hea­vens
  319. There’s No Other Sav­ior
  320. They Shall Walk with Me in White
  321. Thou Art My Hope When the Days Are Drea­ry
  322. Thou Art My Re­fuge, Dear Sav­ior
  323. Thou That Go­eth Forth and Weep­eth
  324. Though Dark the Path­way, Je­sus Is Our Light
  325. Though I Walk Through Death’s Dark Val­ley
  326. Thronging About Him, the Peo­ple Pressed
  327. Thy Field Is Wide, My Fa­ther
  328. Thy Will, Dear Lord, Be Done
  329. Thy Word, Dear Sav­ior, Is a Light
  330. To Him That O’er­com­eth, the Lord Will Give
  331. To the Love of the Father Thy Heart Un­seal
  332. To Thee, Dear Lord I Lift
  333. To Thee We Come, Dear Sav­ior
  334. Toil On­ward and Up­ward, Be True to Your God
  335. Toiling To­ge­ther with God
  336. Trust Thy Fa­ther, Ever Trust Him
  337. Trusting in Thy Pro­mise
  338. Turn to Je­sus, He Will Save Thee
  339. Under the Banner of Je­sus
  340. Unto Thee, in Life’s Fair Morning
  341. Unto Thee, O My Strength Will I Sing
  342. Up in the Old Ma­ple There Rocks and Swings
  343. Wait on the Lord
  344. Waiting at the Gates of Hea­ven
  345. Walking by Faith in the Mas­ter’s Love
  346. Walking in the Light
  347. Wash Me in Thy Blood
  348. We Are Bought with a Price, We Are Not Our Own
  349. We Are Go­ing Home to the Land of Light
  350. We Are Lit­tle Pil­grims, March­ing Hand in Hand
  351. We Are Lit­tle Sol­diers Toil­ing
  352. We Are Lit­tle Sow­ers
  353. We Are Lit­tle Toil­ers, For Our Lord and King
  354. We Are Sol­diers True in the Ar­my
  355. We Are Toil­ing in Life’s Har­vest
  356. We Praise Thee, Dear Sav­ior
  357. We Shall Reap What We Sow in the Har­vest Time
  358. We Shall Sing the Glad, New Song
  359. We Will Shine for Christ Our Sav­ior
  360. Welcome Even­ing Sha­dows, Wel­come Twi­light Gray
  361. Welcome, Sweet Sab­bath of Beauty
  362. We’re Shin­ing for Je­sus
  363. What a Com­fort to Know That He Loves Me
  364. What Are You Giv­ing to Je­sus
  365. What Does It Mat­ter if God Walks with Thee
  366. What if Here My Path Is Sha­dowed
  367. What Is That Light O’er
  368. What Makes the Christ­ian Hap­py
  369. What of the Night, O Watch­man
  370. What Though Cares and Tri­als Meet Us
  371. What Though Clouds May Ga­ther
  372. What Though the Days Be Drea­ry
  373. What Though the Way Be Wea­ry
  374. Whate’er Thou Sow­est, Thou Must Reap
  375. Whatsoever Be Thy Grief
  376. When the Sha­dows Deep Are Fall­ing
  377. When the Waves of My Sor­row O’er­whelm Me
  378. When We All Shall Ga­ther Home
  379. When We Enter the Por­tals of Glory Where
  380. Where Art Thou Sow­ing Today for Je­sus
  381. Where Does She Wan­der
  382. Where Does She Wan­der This Drea­ry Night
  383. Where the Saved Their Joys Are Tell­ing
  384. Where’er My Foot­steps Wan­der
  385. Wheresoever Thou Lead­eth Over vale and Hill
  386. Who Can Tell the Bound­less
  387. Why Art Thou Wan­der­ing Alone in the Dark­ness?
  388. Wonderful Star, Lo, I Fo­llow Thy Guid­ing
  389. Work for the Mas­ter
  390. Work Work for Je­sus
  391. Working for Je­sus
  392. Worn with Thy Wan­der­ings
  393. Worthy to Be Praised
  394. Would You Learn a Se­cret Sweet?