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Help Me to Sing 376

Tune: Benjamin Franklin White, 1859
Alto: Mrs. Anna L. (Cooper) Blackshear, 1902
Lyrics: Dover Selection, 1828
Meter: 9s,8s Double (9,8,9,8,9,8,9,8)
Ye souls, who are bound unto Canaan,
Come, join in and help me to sing
The praises of my loving Jesus,
My Prophet, my Priest and my King.
His name is most sweetly melodious,
‘Twill help you most swiftly to move,
While Jesus Himself is the leader,
We’re bound by the cords of His love.