Poetry Codex

Romantic

James Montgomery

1771–1854

James Montgomery (1771–1854) was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, the son of a Moravian minister, and was educated at the Moravian school at Fulneck in Yorkshire. He settled in Sheffield, where he edited the Sheffield Iris newspaper, was twice imprisoned for political publications, and wrote on humanitarian causes including the abolition of the slave trade and the plight of child chimney sweeps.

He published long poems such as The Wanderer of Switzerland and The World before the Flood, but is remembered chiefly as one of the foremost English hymn writers; ‘Hail to the Lord’s Anointed’ and ‘Angels from the realms of glory’ remain widely sung. This selection is drawn from Sacred Poems and Hymns, for Public and Private Devotion (1854), with the author’s latest corrections.

Poems (371)

  1. "Thrice Holy!"--Isaiah vi. 3
  2. The Creation and Dissolution of all Things
  3. God the Creator
  4. The Glory of God in Creation
  5. God all in all
  6. The Guilt and Folly of denying God
  7. The Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace
  8. The Soul
  9. The Temple of the Soul
  10. The Earth full of the Goodness of God
  11. The Sabbath
  12. Universal Worship.--Ps. cxlviii
  13. The various Lots of Man in Life
  14. Man's Fall and Restoration
  15. The Heavens declare the Glory of God.--Ps. xix
  16. The Curse and the Blessing
  17. The Names and Offices of Christ
  18. The Spirit creating all Things New
  19. The Flood
  20. Escape from the Deluge of Old
  21. The Building of another Tower than Babel
  22. God in Creation, Providence, and Grace
  23. Rest for the Soul--Psalm cxvi. 7
  24. The Bible
  25. The Holy Scriptures
  26. The Bible a Light to the Christian's Feet
  27. The Law and the Testimonies.--Ps. xix
  28. The Word of God in all its power
  29. The invitation of Wisdom.--Prov. viii
  30. "Thou, God, seest me."--Gen. xvi. 13
  31. The Almightiness of God.--Mark, x. 27
  32. All have sinned; all may be saved
  33. Christ the Messiah manifested in his Advent and Offices
  34. The Name above every Name (Hymn XXXIV)
  35. Angels and Men
  36. Vain Confidence and Self-deception
  37. For Guardianship through Life and Death.--Acts, xvii. 28
  38. Covenanting to serve the Lord
  39. I will bless thee,--and thou shalt be a blessing."--Gen. xii. 2
  40. The Lord the Good Shepherd.--Ps. xxiii
  41. The Majesty of God.--Ps. xcii
  42. God Omnipresent and Omniscient--Ps. cxxxix
  43. The Christian Soldier
  44. The peaceful Summons of Salvation opposed to the Sounds of War.--(Anniversary.)
  45. God's great Deliverance of His People.--Ps. cvii
  46. Time past, Time Passing, Time to come.--Ps xc
  47. The Long-suffering, Loving-kindness, and Tender-mercies of God.--Ps. ciii
  48. Moses in the Desert
  49. The Death of Moses
  50. The Three Mountains
  51. Choosing the Heritage of God's People
  52. A Visit to Bethlehem in Spirit
  53. The Three Marys
  54. The Good Shepherd and His Flock (Hymn LIV)
  55. The Christian Israel
  56. The Waters of Life.--Numbers xxi
  57. A Fountain opened for Sin and Uncleanness
  58. Christ's Mission
  59. The Prince of Peace
  60. Christ our Example in Suffering
  61. Christ's Passion
  62. What is Prayer?
  63. The Lord's Prayer.--I
  64. Wants and Wishes in Prayer
  65. The Preparation of the Heart
  66. Remembrance and Resolution.--Ps. lxii
  67. Asking, Seeking, Finding.--Matt. vii. 7, 8
  68. "O Thou, that hearest Prayer!"--Ps. lxv. 2
  69. Scriptural Prayers
  70. Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom
  71. Our Saviour's Prayers
  72. Prayer for Increase of Holy Wisdom
  73. Pleading in Prayer
  74. Perseverance in Prayer
  75. The Name above every Name (Hymn LXXV)
  76. The Confidence of Prayer.--Matt. xiv. 22
  77. For Acceptance in Prayer, and daily Guidance.--Ps. cxli
  78. Closet Prayer.--Matt. vi. 6
  79. Daily Prayer.--Luke xviii. 1
  80. A prayer for every Day and all Day long
  81. An Evening Thought.--Ps. iv
  82. Fervent Supplication.--Ps. cxxx
  83. For Grace to surrender all to Christ
  84. For the Gift of the Holy Spirit
  85. Resignation
  86. Exhortation to Praise and Thanksgiving
  87. Exhortation to universal Praise and Thanksgiving.--Ps. cxvii
  88. The Lord of Hosts.--Ps. xlvi
  89. The Song of Songs
  90. Glory to God in the Highest.--Luke ii. 13
  91. Angels with Men, rejoicing in God
  92. God universally worshipped
  93. Te Deum laudamus
  94. Hallelujah
  95. The Lord's Day
  96. Longing for the Courts of the Lord's House.--Ps. xlii
  97. Preparation for Public Worship
  98. For Divine Blessing on the Ministry of the Word
  99. For a solemn Assembly
  100. For the Peace and Prosperity of the Church.--Ps. cxxii
  101. Ps. cxxii. 7-9
  102. Sabbath worship in the Sanctuary
  103. Public Worship
  104. Spiritual Worship
  105. The Courts of the Lord's House
  106. Waiting upon God in His House
  107. For the great Congregation
  108. For Grace to know ourselves
  109. The Communion of Saints.--Heb. xii. 18-26
  110. The Covenant of Peace renewed between Christians
  111. For Christ-likeness
  112. Assurance and Encouragement.--Matt. vii. 7, 8
  113. The House of Prayer.--Isaiah lvi. 7
  114. Efficacy of united and faithful Prayer
  115. A Day in the Lord's Courts
  116. Waiting on the Lord
  117. Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24
  118. The Day of Grace
  119. Invitation to seek the better Country
  120. Evening Song for the Sabbath-day
  121. Seeking the Lord's Face.--Psalm xxvii
  122. The Image of Christ
  123. Gratitude for Redemption.--Ps. cxvi
  124. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
  125. "Himself He could not save."--Mark xv. 31
  126. Christ Jesus our Pattern in doing and suffering
  127. The power of Christ's Resurrection
  128. The Resurrection
  129. "This do in remembrance of Me."--Luke xxii. 19
  130. The Lord's Supper
  131. Christ in the Midst of His People
  132. "And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh."--Genesis xxxii. 26
  133. For Ascension Day.--Ps. xxiv
  134. For Ascension Day
  135. The parting of Christian Friends
  136. The Descent of the Spirit.--Acts, ii. 1-4
  137. Gifts.--I Cor. xiii
  138. Barnabas.--Acts, xi. 22-26
  139. The universal Church.--Isa. lxvi. 12, 23
  140. The Lord's Prayer.--II
  141. The good Providence of the Lord.--Is. cxlvi
  142. Providence and Grace
  143. The Lighthouse
  144. Choosing the Better Part
  145. God's merciful Guardianship of his People.--Ps. xci
  146. Acknowledgment that Divine Providence chooses our Lot
  147. Change and Progress in Nature and Grace
  148. Prayer for Power to give our Hearts to God
  149. The fellowship of those who fear the Lord.--Malachi iii. 16-18; iv. 1
  150. Reception into Church Fellowship.--I
  151. Reception into Church Fellowship.--II
  152. Symbols of Christian Fellowship
  153. Fellow Travellers on Heaven's Highway
  154. Christian Union symbolized by Natural Objects
  155. The Bond of the Communion of Saints
  156. Working the Works of God
  157. Heaven in Prospect
  158. "Valiant for the Truth."
  159. For Spiritual Help and Health
  160. The Change of Heart
  161. The Good Shepherd and His Flock (Hymn CLXI)
  162. Watch and Pray.--Mark. xiv. 38
  163. Grace and Glory
  164. The Christian Graces.--1 Cor. xiii. 13
  165. Christ in various Characters
  166. Renewal in the Image of Christ
  167. The Walk of Faith
  168. The Surrender of the Heart
  169. Self-Knowledge
  170. Self-discoveries
  171. "I have sinned against the Lord."--
  172. In great Tribulation
  173. "O save me for thy mercies' sake."--Ps. vi. 4
  174. The Assurance of Hope.--Isaiah, liv. 10
  175. The first of all the Commandments.--Mark, xii. 30
  176. Earnest Supplication, under Trials of Faith.--Ps. cxliii
  177. For Peace of Mind.--Job, xxiii. 3, 4, 10, 16
  178. In Bereavement
  179. In Affliction
  180. Surrender of all to God
  181. A Complaint
  182. An After-Thought
  183. The Prisoner of the Lord
  184. Despondency
  185. Despondency Self-Corrected.--Ps. lxxvii
  186. The Image of God
  187. Prayer for Humility.--Ps. cxxxi
  188. Psalm. cix. 21.; Micah, vi. 9
  189. Trust in the Lord
  190. Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Trouble.--Ps. xxx
  191. "Lovest thou Me?--John, xxi. 15-17
  192. For Divine Protection on a Day's Journey
  193. Prayers on Pilgrimage
  194. Prayers on Pilgrimage.--"Lord help me."--Matt. xv. 25
  195. The Heritage of the Lord's People.--Rev. xxi. 5-7
  196. For Divine Manifestations
  197. The Believer's sure Trust.--Hab. iii. 17, 18
  198. The still small Voice.--2 Kings, xix. 11, 12
  199. Let Brotherly Love continue.--Ps. cxxxiii
  200. The Church Militant learning the Church Triumphant's Song
  201. Psalm xcvi. 1, 2
  202. For the Centenary Jubilee of a Christian Church
  203. The Lapse of Time
  204. Mercies acknowledged
  205. Providence
  206. The Family Altar
  207. The Family Table
  208. Morning (Hymn CCVIII)
  209. Morning (Hymn CCIX)
  210. Morning (Hymn CCX)
  211. Noon
  212. Midnight
  213. A Night Thought
  214. The Issues of Life and Death
  215. Life, Death, and Judgment.--Job xiv. 1-3. 11-13
  216. Past, Present, Future
  217. The Measures of Time
  218. Man's Birth, Death, and Judgment
  219. Life with its infinite Alternatives
  220. For Old Age.--Ps. lxxi
  221. Preparation through Life unto Death
  222. The Flight of Time an incentive to Religious Diligence
  223. The Body dies; the Soul suffers no Decay
  224. The Value of a Moment
  225. Translation of a paraphrase of part of chap. xxxi. of Jeremiah, by the late Felix Neff
  226. The Living and the Dead
  227. Preparation for Heaven
  228. Heaven on Earth
  229. An Antepast of Heaven.--Psalm xlvi
  230. The Valley of the Shadow of Death.--Psalm xxiii. 4
  231. Mercies remembered and anticipated.--Ps. xxiii. 4-6
  232. Sin and Death conquered.--Romans, x. 4
  233. The Day of Judgment
  234. At Home in Heaven--1 Thess. iv. 17
  235. The Security of Saints amidst the Destruction of Sinners
  236. The Day after Judgment
  237. The Song of the Hundred and forty and four thousand
  238. For ever with the Lord
  239. Good Tidings of Great Joy to all People
  240. Invitation to the Jews to acknowledge Christ
  241. The Restoration of Israel
  242. The Christians' Call to the Gypies.--Isa. xviii. 7
  243. For a Deaf Man
  244. For Mariners
  245. Invocation to Peace.--Phil. iv. 7
  246. For a Birthday
  247. For a Friend's Birthday
  248. For the renewal of Anniversary Blessings
  249. On a special Christian Festival Occasion
  250. For Christmas
  251. For a Religious Anniversary
  252. An Hundred Years ago
  253. Thy Kingdom come
  254. Farewell to a Missionary
  255. The Field of the World
  256. The Gathering of the Gentiles
  257. The Spirit accompanying the Word of God
  258. For a Juvenile Missionary Meeting
  259. Garden thoughts
  260. The success of the Gospel in our days
  261. On the Jubilee of the London Missionary Society
  262. For a Congregation of Negroes
  263. The Year of Jubilee
  264. On the Decease of an eminent Christian Missionary in the West Indies
  265. China Evangelized
  266. All nations shall serve Him.--Ps. lxxii. 11
  267. The Reign of Christ on Earth.--Ps. lxxii
  268. An universal Sabbath Day anticipated
  269. Jubilee Anniversary of the Baptist Missionary Society
  270. On the Jubilee of the Church Missionary Society
  271. For the Centenary Jubilee of the Moravian, or United Brethren's Church, June 17, 1822
  272. For the Centenary Celebration of the union of all hearts in the congregation of the United Brethren at Hernhut
  273. For the Centenary Anniversaries of the Brethren's Eldership and the Society for the furtherance of the Gospel
  274. For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848
  275. For the Jubilee of the Religious Tract Society, 1848
  276. The Poor praying for Bread in Time of Scarcity
  277. God cares for Birds and Flowers.--Luke, xii. 24-27
  278. For a wet Harvest Season
  279. Thanksgiving for Harvest
  280. Heart-Searching.--Jeremiah, viii. 20
  281. "O Lord! I beseech Thee, deliver my Soul."--Ps. cxvi. 4
  282. The Harvest of two Worlds.--John, iv. 33
  283. The Effect of God's Blessings
  284. A Bygone Year
  285. For a Female Friendly Society
  286. Hymn for the Opening of the Sheffield General Infirmary, October, 1797
  287. For the Molyneux Hospital, Dublin
  288. For a Sermon before a Society for the Recovery of Persons apparently Drowned
  289. For a Day of Humiliation during the Prevalence of the Cholera
  290. During the Cholera.--Confession and Supplication
  291. Thanksgiving for Deliverance from the Cholera
  292. Thanksgiving for the Removal of the Cholera from Sheffield, 1832
  293. On laying the Foundation Stone of a Church (Hymn CCXCIII)
  294. On laying the Foundation Stone of a Church (Hymn CCXCIV)
  295. On the Consecration of a Church
  296. On laying the Foundation Stone of a Place of Worship
  297. For the Opening of a Place of Worship
  298. On Commencing a Church and Cemetery
  299. For the Opening of a Place of Public Worship
  300. On laying the Foundation Stone of a Place for Worship
  301. On Opening a Place for Worship
  302. For the Opening of an Organ
  303. On the Preparation of a Burial Ground
  304. For the Opening of a Chapel and Sunday School
  305. On the Appointment of a Minister.--Phil. ii. 29
  306. For a Meeting of Ministers
  307. On the Death of a Minister
  308. On the Death of a Minister, cut off in his Vigour
  309. Prayer for an Aged Minister
  310. On a Minister's Jubilee
  311. On the Death of an aged Minister
  312. Appeal from Poor Children
  313. The Erection of a Sunday School
  314. The Happiness of those who walk with Christ
  315. The Souls of Children ransomed by the Death of Christ
  316. Poor Children praying for Grace
  317. Youth resolving by Vows and Prayer to serve the Lord
  318. The Heart given to God in acknowledgment of His Blessings
  319. Be Clothed with Humility.--I. Peter, v. 5
  320. Prayer for Spiritual Light, Holiness, and Peace
  321. God the Source of Natural and Spiritual Light
  322. For a Sunday School Meeting at Whitsuntide
  323. Unity in Faith, Hope, and Feeling
  324. Sabbath School Union
  325. Children singing Hosanna to Christ
  326. Children recalling Christ's Example and His Love
  327. Children acknowledging the Providence and Goodness of God
  328. Children numbering their Days
  329. The Government of the Tongue
  330. Prayer for Preservation from sinful Words
  331. Scriptural Examples of Piety and Obedience in the Young
  332. The Christian Sisterhood
  333. On the Death of a Sunday School Teacher
  334. Children praising God
  335. Christian confidence and stability
  336. Old and Young praising Jesus together
  337. For a Sunday School Anniversary
  338. Separation on earth--Reunion in heaven
  339. For Wadsley Church Schools
  340. For the Sunday-School Jubilee, the Birthday of Robert Raikes, the Founder of Sunday Schools, Sept. 14th, 1831
  341. For the Sunday School Jubilee, September 14th, 1831
  342. For an Infant School
  343. For the Children of National, British or Sunday Schools
  344. Hymn for the British Orphan Asylum
  345. For the Children in a Charity School
  346. For Ragged Schools
  347. Poor Children praying for themselves and their benefactors
  348. For Christian Adult Schools. Bristol, 1813
  349. Children Schools Nurseries for Paradise
  350. All Ages praising the Lord
  351. The Sabbath on Earth--The Sabbath in Heaven
  352. Sunday School Union Jubilee, 1853
  353. Gloria Patri
  354. After Divine Service
  355. On leaving the House of God
  356. Doxology (8.8.8.8)
  357. Doxology (8.6.8.6)
  358. Doxology (6.6.8.6)
  359. Doxology (7.7.7.7)
  360. Doxology (7.6.7.6)
  361. Friendship, Love, and Truth
  362. The Swiss Cowherd's Song in a Foreign Land
  363. German War-song
  364. Via Crucis, Via Lucis
  365. Verses to a Robin-redbreast
  366. Slavery That Was
  367. On Robert Burns
  368. The Patriot's Pass-word
  369. Night
  370. A Field Flower
  371. The Common Lot

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