Having No Hope

Can sinners hope for heaven

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Published in 49 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Can sinners hope for heaven,
Who love this world so well?
Or dream of future happiness,
While on the road to hell?

2 Shall they hosannas sing,
With an unhallowed tongue?
Shall palms adorn the guilty hand
Which does its neighbor wrong?

3 Thy grace, O God, alone,
Good hope can e'er afford!
The pardoned and the pure shall see
The glory of the Lord.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in the prayer-meeting #226

Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Can sinners hope for heaven
Title: Having No Hope
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Source: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 49 of 49)
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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #471

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #394

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Baptist Chorals #245

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d114

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d156

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Church Psalmody #H230

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Church Psalmody #230

Hymns for Schools and Families #d19

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Hymns for Schools and Families #111

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #409

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d49

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d148

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Hymns of the Church Militant #117a

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Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #242

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Laudes Domini #255

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Laudes Domini #558

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Laudes Domini #226

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #230

Melodies of the Church #d150

Plymouth Collection #d8

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #617

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Psalms and Hymns #255

Sacred Melodies #d37

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #612

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #439

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #439

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #439

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Songs for the Sanctuary #439

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Songs for the Sanctuary #439

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Songs for the Sanctuary #439

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Songs of the Church #240

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The American Vocalist #105c

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The Baptist Psalmody #387

The Book of Praise #d85

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #212

The Christian Hymn Book #d103

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d106

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The Christian Psalmist #198

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d113

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The Cyber Hymnal #13976

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #1068

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The Lyrica #178

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The New Laudes Domini #573

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D285

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #314a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d122

The School Psalter #d40

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #387

Union Hymns #d62

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