| FIRST LINE
| SONGWRITERS
| DATES
| METER
| LYRICS?
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| All creatures of our God and King
| St. Francis of Asissi tr/ad by William Henry Draper
| 1225
| 8 8 8 8 8 and refrain
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2
| All people that on earth do dwell
| William Kethe & Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
| 1561
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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3
| All things praise Thee Lord most high
| George William Conder
| 1874
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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4
| Angel voices ever singing Round Thy
| Francis Pott
| 1861
| 8 5 8 5 8 4 3
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5
| Angels holy high and lowly Sing the
| canticle from the Septuagint tr/ad by John Stuart Blackie
| 1845
| 8 7 8 8 7
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6
| Before Jehovah's awful throne Ye nations
| Isaac Watts tr/ad by John Wesley
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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7
| For all the love that from our
| L. J. Egerton Smith
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| 10 10 10 4
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8
| For the beauty of the earth For the
| Folliott Sandford Pierpont
| 1864
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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9
| Give to our God immortal praise Mercy
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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10
| God is good We come before Him
| E. Mildred Nevill
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| 8 7 8 7
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11
| God who created me
| H. C. Beeching
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12
| King of Glory King of Peace I will love
| George Herbert
| 1633
| 7 4 7 4 D
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13
| Let all the world in every corner sing
| George Herbert
| ©1633
| 10 4 6 6 6 6 10 4
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14
| Let the whole creation cry
| Stopford Augustus Brooke
| 1881
| 7 7 7 7 D
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15
| Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the
| John Milton
| 1623
| 7 7 7 7
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16
| Lo God is here let us adore And own how
| Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad by John Wesley
| 1729
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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17
| Lord we thank Thee for the pleasure
| Thomas William Jex-Blake
| 1855
| 8 7 8 7 D
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18
| Now thank we all our God With hearts
| Martin Rinkart tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| c.16
| 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
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19
| O give thanks to Him who made
| Josiah Conder
| 1836
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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20
| O love that wilt not let me go I rest my
| George Matheson
| 1882
| 8 8. 8 8 6
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21
| O splendour of God's glory bright
| of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by John Chandler
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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22
| O worship the King All glorious above
| William Kethe & Robert Grant
| 1561
| 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
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23
| Praise my soul the King of heaven
| Henry Francis Lyte
| 1834
| 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
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24
| Praise the Lord ye heavens adore Him
| Foundling Hospital Collection & Edward Osler
| 1796
| 8 7 8 7
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25
| Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King
| Joachim Neander & Rupert E. Davies tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth & others
| 1680
| 14 14 4 7 8
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26
| Round the Lord in glory seated Cherubim
| Richard Mant
| 1837
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
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27
| Sing alleluia forth to duteous praise
| Latin tr/ad by John Ellerton
| 5th
| 10 10 7
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28
| Sing praise to God who reigns above
| Johann Jakob Schütz & Honor Mary Thwaites tr/ad by Frances Elizabeth Cox
| 1675
| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
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29
| Sing to the LORD a joyful song
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| 1863
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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30
| The God of Abraham praise All praised be
| Daniel ben Judah tr/ad by Thomas Olivers
| c.14
| 6 6 8 4 D
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31
| Thy ceaseless unexhausted love
| Charles Wesley
| 1762
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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32
| To God be the glory Great things He has
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1875
| 11 11 11 11 with refrain
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33
| We praise we worship Thee O God
| Gell's collection
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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34
| We thank You Lord of heaven
| Joyce Maxtone Graham
| 1933
| 7 7 7 7 6 D
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35
| Worship the Lord in the beauty of
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| ©1863
| 12 10 12 10
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36
| Ye holy angels bright Who wait at God's
| Richard Baxter & John Hampden Gurney & Richard Robert Chope
| 1681
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
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37
| Ye servants of God Your Master proclaim
| Charles Wesley
| 1744
| 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
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38
| Father in whom we live in Whom we are
| Charles Wesley
| 1747
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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39
| Father of heaven whose love profound
| Edward Cooper
| 1805
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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40
| God almighty in Thy temple
| Robert Hall Baynes
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| 8 7 8 7 4 7
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41
| God is in His temple the almighty Father
| William Tidd Matson
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| 6 6 8 6 6 8 3 3 6 6
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42
| Holy holy holy Lord God almighty
| Reginald Heber
| 1826
| 11 12 12 10
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43
| Lead us heavenly Father lead us o'er the
| James Edmeston
| 1821
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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44
| O God of life whose power benign
| Arthur Tozer Russell
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| 8 8 8
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45
| Praise we God the Father's name
| Cyril Argentine Alington
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| 7 6 7 6 D
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46
| Thou Whose almighty word Chaos and
| John Marriott
| 1813
| 6 6 4 6 6 6 4
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47
| Three in One and One in Three Ruler of
| Gilbert Rorison
| 1849
| 7 7 7 5
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48
| All that's good and great and true
| Godfrey Thring
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| 7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
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49
| All things which live below the sky
| Edward John Brailsford
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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50
| Dear Lord and Father of mankind Forgive
| John Greenleaf Whittier
| 1872
| 8 6 8 8 6 extended
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51
| Eternal Light Eternal Light How pure
| Thomas Binney
| c.18
| 8 6 8 8 6
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52
| God is Love let heaven adore Him
| Timothy Rees
| ©1942
| 8 7 8 7 D
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53
| God moves in a mysterious way His wonder
| William Cowper
| 1774
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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54
| Grace tis a charming sound Harmonious
| Philip Doddridge & Augustus Montague Toplady
| 1755
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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55
| Great God of wonders All Thy ways
| Samuel Davies
| 1769
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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56
| High in the heavens eternal God
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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57
| How dearly God must love us
| Sybil Farish Partridge
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| 7 6 7 6 D
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58
| I sing the almighty power of God
| Isaac Watts
| 1715
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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59
| To the hills will lift mine eyes
| Francis Rous & William Barton
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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60
| I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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61
| Immortal invisible God only wise
| Walter Chalmers Smith
| 1876
| 11 11 11 11
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62
| Lord God almighty in Thy hand
| George Thomas Coster
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| 8 8 8 4
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63
| Lord of all being throned afar Thy glory
| Oliver Wendell Holmes
| 1848
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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64
| My God how wonderful Thou art Thy
| Frederick William Faber
| 1849
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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65
| Not Lord Thine ancient works alone
| Thomas Hornblower Gill
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| 8 8 6 D
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66
| O God of love whose spirit wakes
| Henry Hallam Tweedy
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| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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67
| O God the rock of ages Who evermore hast
| Edward Henry Bickersteth
| 1860
| 7 6 7 6 D
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68
| O Lord of heaven and earth and sea
| Christopher Wordsworth
| 1863
| 8 8 8 4
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69
| O love of God how strong and true
| Horatius Bonar
| 1861
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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70
| O thou my soul bless God the Lord And
| Francis Rous & William Barton
| 1650
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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71
| O God our help in ages past Our hope for
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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72
| The King of love my Shepherd is Whose
| Henry Williams Baker
| 1868
| 8 7 8 7 Iambic
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73
| The Lord's my Shepherd I'll not want
| Francis Rous
| 1650
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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74
| The spacious firmament on high With all
| Joseph Addison
| 1712
| 8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)
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75
| Thee will I love my God and King
| Robert Seymour Bridges
| ©
| 8 9 8 9 D
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76
| There is a book who runs may read
| John Keble
| 1827
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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77
| When all Thy mercies O my God
| Joseph Addison
| 1712
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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78
| Come Thou long expected Jesus
| Charles Wesley
| 1744
| 8 7 8 7
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79
| Earth was waiting spent and restless
| Walter Chalmers Smith
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| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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80
| Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
| James Montgomery
| 1821
| 7 6 7 6 D
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81
| Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
| Philip Doddridge
| 1735
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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82
| Lift up your heads ye mighty gates
| Georg Weissel tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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83
| O come O come Emmanuel And ransom
| Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholi Latin Hymn & Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 12 c
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
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84
| O joyful hope in weary hearts awakening
| Albert F. Bayly
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| 11 10 11 10 9 6
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85
| Of the Father's love begotten Ere the
| Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by John Mason Neale & Henry Williams Baker
| 5 ce
| 8 7 8 7 8 7 7
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86
| On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
| Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Chandler & Charles Winfred Douglas
| 1736
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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87
| A great and mighty wonder A full
| Germanus of Constantinople tr/ad by John Mason Neale & others
| 734,
| 7 6 7 6 r 7 6 7
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88
| All my heart this night rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1656
| 8 6 6 D
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89
| Angels from the realms of glory
| James Montgomery
| 1816
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
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90
| As with gladness men of old Did the
| William Chatterton Dix
| 1860
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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91
| Brightest and best of the sons of the
| Reginald Heber
| 1811
| 11 10 11 10
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92
| Child in the manger Infant of Mary
| Mary Macdougal Macdonald tr/ad by Lachlan MacBean
| 1888
| 10 8 10 8
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93
| Christians awake salute the happy morn
| John Byrom
| 1749
| 10 10 10 10 10 10
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94
| From east to west from shore to shore
| Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Ellerton
| 5 ce
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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95
| From the eastern mountains pressing on
| Godfrey Thring
| 1873
| 6 5 6 5 D
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96
| God rest ye merry gentlemen
| Traditional
| 18 c
| 8 6 8 6 8 6 and refrai
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97
| Good Christian men rejoice with heart
| Heinrich Suso & Valentin Triller tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 1853
| 6 6 7 7 7 8 5 5
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98
| Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
| Charles Wesley
| 1739
| 7 7 7 7 D and refrain
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99
| In the bleak mid-winter
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1872
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100
| Infant holy Infant lowly for His bed
| Polish traditional carol tr/ad by Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed
| ©1908
| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7
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101
| It came upon the midnight clear
| Edmund Hamilton Sears
| 1849
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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102
| Let all mortal flesh keep silence And
| From the Liturgy of St. James tr/ad by Gerard Moultrie
| 4 ce
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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103
| Love came down at Christmas
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1885
| 6 7 6 7
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104
| O come all ye faithful joyful and
| John Francis Wade tr/ad by Frederick Oakeley & others
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| 6 6 10 5 6 and refrain
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105
| O little town of Bethlehem How still we
| Phillips Brooks
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
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106
| Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
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107
| See amid the winter's snow
| Edward Caswall
| 1851
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
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108
| Still the night holy the night Sleeps
| Joseph Mohr tr/ad by Stopford Augustus Brooke
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109
| The first Noel the angel did say
| Traditional English Carol
| 13 c
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110
| The race that long in darkness pined
| John Morison & (1781) Scottish Paraphrases
| 1781
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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111
| Thou didst leave Thy throne And Thy king
| Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliot
| 1864
| 11 8 11 8 and refrain
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112
| Unto us a Boy is born King of all
| Unknown tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
| ©15 c
| 7 7 7 7 extended
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113
| While shepherds watched their flocks by
| Nahum Tate
| 1700
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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114
| All glory laud and honour To Thee
| Theodulph of Orleans tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| c.82
| 7 6 7 6 D
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115
| At work beside His father's bench
| Alice M. Pullen
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| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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116
| Behold a little child Laid in a manger
| William Walsham How & Donald McIlhagga
| 1872
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
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117
| Fierce raged the tempest over the deep
| Godfrey Thring
| 1862
| 8 8 8 3
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118
| Forty days and forty nights Thou wast
| George Hunt Smyttan & Francis Pott
| 1856
| 7 7 7 7
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119
| I love to hear the story Which angel
| Elizabeth (Emily) Huntington Miller
| 1867
| 7 6 7 6 D
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120
| I think when I read that sweet story
| Jemima Thompson Luke
| 1841
| 11 9 11 9
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121
| Immortal Love forever full Forever
| John Greenleaf Whittier
| 1856
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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122
| It fell upon a summer day When Jesus
| Stopford Augustus Brooke
| 1881
| 8 8 8 6
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123
| Jesus and Joseph day after day
| T. R. Glover
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124
| My dear Redeemer and my Lord
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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125
| O Lord and Master of us all Whatever our
| John Greenleaf Whittier
| 1866
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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126
| O love how deep how broad how high
| Latin & Thomas à Kempis tr/ad by Benjamin Webb
| 15 c
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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127
| O Son of Man our hero strong and tender
| Frank Fletcher
| 1921
| 11 10 11 10
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128
| Ride on Ride on in Majesty In lowly
| Henry Hart Milman
| 1820
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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129
| Son of the Lord most high
| George Wallace Briggs
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| 6 6 6 6 8 8
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130
| Tell me the stories of Jesus I love
| William Henry Parker & Ruth Fogg & Hugh Martin
| ©1885
| 8 4 8 4 5 4 5 4
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131
| Tis good Lord to be here Thy glory fills
| Joseph Armitage Robinson
| 1888
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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132
| We saw Thee not when Thou didst come
| Anne Rigby Richter & John Hampden Gurney
| 1834
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 extended
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133
| When the Lord of love was here
| Stopford Augustus Brooke
| 1881
| 7 7 5 D
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134
| Who is He in yonder stall
| Benjamin Russell Hanby
| 1866
| 7 7 and refrain
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135
| Wise men seeking Jesus Traveled from
| James Thomas East
| 1926
| 6 5 6 5
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136
| A time to watch a time to pray
| John Mason Neale
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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137
| Ah holy Jesus how hast Thou offended
| Johann Heermann tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
| 1930
| 11 11 11 5
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138
| All ye that pass by To Jesus draw nigh
| Charles Wesley
| 1779
| 5 5 6 5 D
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139
| Alone thou goest forth O Lord
| Peter (Pierre) Abelard
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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140
| And didst Thou love the race that loved
| Jean Ingelow
| 1863
| 10 10 10 6
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141
| In the cross of Christ I glory Towering
| John Bowring
| 1825
| 8 7 8 7
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142
| It is a thing most wonderful Almost too
| William Walsham How
| 1872
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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143
| My song is love unknown My Saviour's
| Samuel Crossman
| 1664
| 6 6 6 6 8 8 extended
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144
| O come and mourn with me awhile
| Frederick William Faber
| 1849
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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145
| O sacred Head once wounded With grief
| Paul Gerhardt & Bernard of Clairvaux tr/ad by James Waddel Alexander & Rupert E. Davies
| 1153
| 7 6 7 6 D
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146
| Sing my tongue the glorious battle
| Venantius Honorius Clementianu Fortunatus tr/ad by Percy Dearmer & John Mason Neale
| 569,
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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147
| The royal banners forward go The Cross
| Venantius Honorius Clementianu Fortunatus tr/ad by Rupert E. Davies
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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148
| There is a fountain filled with blood
| William Cowper & Unknown
| 1771
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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149
| There is a green hill far away Outside a
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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150
| We sing the praise of Him who died
| Thomas Kelly
| 1815
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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151
| When I survey the wondrous cross
| Isaac Watts & Hymns Ancient and Modern
| 1707
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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152
| Christ is risen Alleluia Risen
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| 1863
| 8 7 8 7 D and refrain
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153
| Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Richard Massie
| 1524
| 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 4
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154
| Christ the Lord is risen today Alleluia
| Latin tr/ad by Charles Wesley & Unknown
| 14 c
| 7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
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