Hymns / Music :: Thomas Kelly

Born: July 13, 1769, Kellyville, Stradbally, Queens County, Ireland.

Died: May 14, 1855, Dublin, Ireland.

Son of a judge, Kelly attended Trinity College and planned to be a lawyer. After converting to Christ, though, his career plans changed to the ministry. He became an Anglican priest in 1792, but eventually became one of the famous “dissenting” ministers. He wrote over 760 hymns. Miller’s Singers of the Church (1869) says of him:

Mr. Kelly was a man of great and varied learning, skilled in the Oriental tongues, and an excellent Bible critic. He was possessed also of musical talent, and composed and published a work that was received with favour, consisting of music adapted to every form of metre in his hymn-book. Naturally of an amiable disposition and thorough in his Christian piety, Mr. Kelly became the friend of good men, and the advocate of every worthy, benevolent, and religious cause. He was admired alike for his zeal and his humility; and his liberality found ample scope in Ireland, especially during the year of famine.

Kelly’s works include:

• A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Extracted from Various Authors, 1802
• Hymns on Various Passages of Scriptures, 1804
• Hymns of Thomas Kelly, not before Published, 1815

Hymns:

1. Atoning Work Is Done, The
2. Behold the Lamb with Glory Crowned
3. Behold the Temple of the Lord
4. Blessèd Fountain, full of Grace
5. Boundless Glory, Lord, Be Thine
6. Brethren, Come, Our Savior Bids Us
7. By Whom Shall Jacob Now Arise?
8. Come, O Lord, the Heavens Rending
9. Come, See the Place Where Jesus Lay
10. Come, Ye Saints, Look Here and Wonder
11. Day of Rest Once More Comes Round, The
12. Far from Us Be Grief and Sadness
13. Fly, Ye Seasons, Fly Still Faster
14. From Egypt Lately Come
15. Give Us Room That We May Dwell
16. Glory, Glory, Everlasting
17. Glory, Glory, to Our King
18. God Has Turned My Grief to Gladness
19. God Is Love, His Word Has Said It
20. God of Israel, We Adore Thee
21. God of Our Salvation, Hear Us
22. Grace Is the Sweetest Sound
23. Gracious Lord, My Heart Is Fixed
24. Grant Us, Lord, Thy Gracious Presence
25. Happy Those Who Trust in Jesus
26. Hark, a Voice! It Comes from Heaven
27. Hark, Ten Thousand Harps and Voices
28. Hark, Ten Thousand Voices
29. Hark, that Shout of Rapturous Joy
30. Hark, the Notes of Angels Singing
31. Hark! ’Tis a Martial Sound
32. Head That Once Was Crowned, The
33. How Pleasant Is the Sound of Praise
34. How Sweet to Leave the World Awhile
35. I Hear a Sound That Comes from Far
36. If Our Warfare Be Laborious
37. In Form I Long Had Bowed the Knee
38. In Thy Name, O Lord, Assembling
39. It Is Finished! Sinners, Hear It
40. Jesus, Immortal King, Go On
41. Jesus Is Gone Up on High
42. Jesus, the Shepherd of the Sheep
43. Joyful Be the Hours Today
44. Keep Us, Lord, O Keep Us Ever
45. Let Reason Vainly Boast Her Power
46. Let Sinners Saved Give Thanks, and Sing
47. Lo, He Comes, Let All Adore Him
48. Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious
49. Lord, Behold Us, Few and Weak
50. Lord Is Risen Indeed!, The
51. Meet Thy People, Savior, Meet us
52. Night Is Far Spent, The
53. Nothing Know We of the Season
54. Now Let a Great Effectual Door
55. Now May the Gospel’s Conquering Power
56. Now May the Mighty Arm Awake
57. Now May the Spirit from Above
58. O Had I the Wings of a Dove
59. O Where Is Now That Glowing Love
60. O Zion, When I Think on Thee
61. On the Mountain’s Top Appearing
62. Our Father Sits on Yonder Throne
63. Ours Is a Rich and Royal Feast
64. Precious Volume, What Thou Doest
65. Poor and Afflicted, Lord, Are Thine
66. Praise the Lord Who Died to Save Us
67. Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him
68. Praise We Him to Whose Kind Favor
69. Salvation Is of God Alone
70. Savior, Come, Thy Friends Await Thee
71. Savior, Send a Blessing to Us
72. Savior, Through the Desert Lead Us
73. See from Zion’s Sacred Mountain
74. Shepherd of the Chosen Number
75. Sing of Jesus, Sing Forever
76. Sing, Sing His Lofty Praise
77. Sound, Sound the Truth Abroad
78. Spared a Little Longer
79. Speed Thy Servants, Savior
80. Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
81. Sweet Were the Sounds That Reached Our Ears
82. Through the Day Thy Love Has Spared Us
83. Unfold to Us, O Lord, Unfold
84. We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died
85. Welcome Sight! The Lord Descending
86. We’ll Sing of the Shepherd That Died
87. We’re Bound for Yonder Land
88. We’ve No Abiding City Here
89. What Is Life? ’Tis but a Vapor
90. When We Cannot See Our Way
91. Who Is This That Calms the Ocean?
92. Who Is This That Comes from Edom
93. Why Those Fears? Behold, ’Tis Jesus
94. Without Blood Is No Remission
95. Yes, We Trust the Day Is Breaking
96. Zion Is Jehovah’s Dwelling
97. Zion Stands by Hills Surrounded
98. Zion’s King Shall Reign Victorious