| FIRST LINE
| SONGWRITERS
| DATES
| METER
| LYRICS?
|
1
| All people that on earth do dwell
| William Kethe & Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
| 1561
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
2
| Begin my tongue some heavenly theme
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
3
| Father in heaven Grant to Your
| Daniel Thambyrajah Niles
| ©
| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
| Yes
|
4
| Father in whom we live in Whom we are
| Charles Wesley
| 1747
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
5
| Father most holy merciful and loving
| Latin tr/ad by Alfred Edward Alston
| 11 c
| 11 11 11 5
| Yes
|
6
| Hail holy holy holy Lord Whom one in
| Charles Wesley
| 1767
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
7
| Holy holy holy Lord God almighty
| Reginald Heber
| 1826
| 11 12 12 10
| Yes
|
8
| How shall I sing that majesty Which
| John Mason
| 1683
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
| Yes
|
9
| Immortal invisible God only wise
| Walter Chalmers Smith
| 1876
| 11 11 11 11
| Yes
|
10
| Let all the world in every corner sing
| George Herbert
| ©1633
| 10 4 6 6 6 6 10 4
| Yes
|
11
| Lord of all being throned afar Thy glory
| Oliver Wendell Holmes
| 1848
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
12
| My God my King thy various praise
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
13
| Praise my soul the King of heaven
| Henry Francis Lyte
| 1834
| 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
| Yes
|
14
| Praise the Lord His glories show
| Henry Francis Lyte
|
| 7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
| Yes
|
15
| Praise the Lord ye heavens adore Him
| Foundling Hospital Collection & Edward Osler
| 1796
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
16
| 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
| Yes
|
17
| Sing to the LORD a joyful song
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| 1863
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
18
| We give immortal praise To God the
| Isaac Watts
| 1709
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
19
| With gladness we worship rejoice as we
| George Rawson
| 1876
| 11 11 11 11
| Yes
|
20
| Ye holy angels bright Who wait at God's
| Richard Baxter & John Hampden Gurney & Richard Robert Chope
| 1681
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
21
| Father of all whose powerful voice
| John Wesley
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
22
| Give to our God immortal praise Mercy
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
23
| God speaks and all things come to be
| Erik Routley
|
| 8 8 7 8 8 7 D
| Yes
|
24
| God is a name my soul adores
| Isaac Watts
| 1706
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
25
| He's got the whole world in His hands
| Traditional Spiritual
|
|
| Yes
|
26
| High in the heavens eternal God
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
27
| Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the
| John Milton
| 1623
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
28
| O worship the King All glorious above
| William Kethe & Robert Grant
| 1561
| 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
29
| Thou Whose almighty word Chaos and
| John Marriott
| 1813
| 6 6 4 6 6 6 4
| Yes
|
30
| As the bridegroom to His chosen
| Johannes Tauler tr/ad by Emma Frances Shuttleworth Bevan
| 1858
| 8 7 8 7 6
| Yes
|
31
| Come let us all unite to sing God is
| Unknown & Millennial Praises
| 1850
| 8 3 8 3 8 8 8 3
| Yes
|
32
| Ere God had built the mountains Or raise
| William Cowper
| 1779
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
33
| Come let us to the Lord our God With
| John Morison
| 1781
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
34
| Eternal depth of love divine In Jesus
| Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad by John Wesley
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
35
| Glory love and praise and honour
| Charles Wesley
|
| 8 3 3 6 D
| Yes
|
36
| God is Love let heaven adore Him
| Timothy Rees
| ©1942
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
37
| Good thou art and good thou dost
| Charles Wesley
| 1763
| 7 6 7 6 7 8 7 6
| Yes
|
38
| Great God of wonders All Thy ways
| Samuel Davies
| 1769
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
39
| Lord God by whom all change is wrought
| Thomas Hornblower Gill
|
| 8 8 6 8 8 6
| Yes
|
40
| Thee will I love my God and King
| Robert Seymour Bridges
| ©
| 8 9 8 9 D
| Yes
|
41
| Thee will I praise with all my heart
| Charles Wesley
|
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
42
| O love of God how strong and true
| Horatius Bonar
| 1861
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
43
| The God of love my Shepherd is And He
| George Herbert
| 1633
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
44
| The Lord is my Shepherd There is nothing
|
| ©
|
| Yes
|
45
| The great love of God
| Daniel Thambyrajah Niles
|
| 5 6 5 6 Anapaestic
| Yes
|
46
| What shall I do my God to love
| Charles Wesley
| 1742
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
47
| What shall I do my God to love
| Charles Wesley
|
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
48
| Thy ceaseless unexhausted love
| Charles Wesley
| 1762
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
49
| Eternal Power whose high abode
| Isaac Watts tr/ad by John Wesley
| 1706
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
50
| Behold the mountain of the Lord In
| Michael Bruce & John Logan & Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
| 1791
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
51
| My God how wonderful Thou art Thy
| Frederick William Faber
| 1849
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
52
| O God thou art the Father
| Columba tr/ad by Duncan MacGregor
| 1897
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
53
| God is the refuge of his saints When
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
54
| O God Thy being who can sound
| Ernst Lange tr/ad by John Wesley & Rupert E. Davies
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
55
| Praise the Lord who reigns above
| Charles Wesley
| 1743
| 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
| Yes
|
56
| Praise to the living God All praised be
| Medieval Jewish Doxology tr/ad by Max Lansberg & Newton Mann
| c.14
| 6 6 8 4 D
| Yes
|
57
| Sing a new song to the Lord
| TImothy Dudley-Smith
| ©
| 7 7 11 8
| Yes
|
58
| The Lord is King lift up thy voice O
| Josiah Conder
| 1824
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
59
| The Lord Jehovah reigns His throne
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
60
| Timeless love We sing the story
| TImothy Dudley-Smith
| ©1970
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
61
| Sing to the Lord with joyful voice
| Isaac Watts
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
62
| Captain of Israel's host and Guide
| Charles Wesley
| 1762
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
63
| All my hope on God is founded
| Joachim Neander tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
| 1899
| 8 7 8 7 6 7
| Yes
|
64
| God has spoken by His prophets
| George Wallace Briggs
|
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
65
| God moves in a mysterious way His wonder
| William Cowper
| 1774
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
66
| Great is Thy faithfulness O God my
| Thomas Obediah Chisholm
| ©1923
| 11 10 11 10 and refrain
| Yes
|
67
| Lead kindly Light amid the encircling
| John Henry Newman & Edward Henry Bickersteth
| 1833
| 10 4 10 4 10 10
| Yes
|
68
| Lead us heavenly Father lead us o'er the
| James Edmeston
| 1821
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
69
| The King of love my Shepherd is Whose
| Henry Williams Baker
| 1868
| 8 7 8 7 Iambic
| Yes
|
70
| The Lord's my Shepherd I'll not want
| Francis Rous
| 1650
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
71
| Lord You have searched and known my ways
| Peter G. Jarvis
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
72
| In all my vast concerns with Thee
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
73
| Through all the changing scenes of life
| Nicholas Brady & Nahum Tate
| 1698
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
74
| At the Name of Jesus every knee shall
| Caroline Maria Noel
| 1870
| 6 5 6 5 D
| Yes
|
75
| Christ our King before creation
| Ivor H. Jones
| ©
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
76
| Can we by searching find out God
| Elizabeth Cosnett
|
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
77
| Joy to the world the Lord is come
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
78
| Join all the glorious names Of wisdom
| Isaac Watts
| 1709
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
79
| 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
| Yes
|
80
| To the Name of our salvation Laud and
| Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 8th
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
81
| Come Thou long expected Jesus
| Charles Wesley
| 1744
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
82
| Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
| Philip Doddridge
| 1735
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
83
| Long ago prophets knew
| Fred Pratt-Green
| ©1971
| 6 6 6 6 6 and refrain
| Yes
|
84
| 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.)
| Yes
|
85
| 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
| Yes
|
86
| Tell out my soul the greatness of the
| TImothy Dudley-Smith
| ©1961
| 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
87
| The Angel Gabriel from heaven came
| Basque Carol tr/ad by Sabine Baring-Gould
|
| 10 10 12 10
| Yes
|
88
| The holly and the ivy Are dancing in a
| Emily Chisholm
| ©
| 7 6 8 7
| Yes
|
89
| The race that long in darkness pined
| John Morison & (1781) Scottish Paraphrases
| 1781
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
90
| 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
| Yes
|
91
| All my heart this night rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1656
| 8 6 6 D
| Yes
|
92
| Angels from the realms of glory
| James Montgomery
| 1816
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
93
| A virgin most pure as the prophets do
| Traditional
| 1734
| 11 11 11 11 with refrain
| Yes
|
94
| Away in a manger no crib for a bed
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell & J.T. McFarland
| 1885
| 11 11 11 11
| Yes
|
95
| Born in the night Mary's Child
| Geoffrey Ainger
| ©1964
|
| Yes
|
96
| Christians awake salute the happy morn
| John Byrom
| 1749
| 10 10 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
97
| See the shepherds Hurry down to
| Eden R. (Valerie) Collison
| ©1972
| 11 14 and refrain
| Yes
|
98
| Cradled in a manger meanly Laid the Son
| George Stringer Rowe
| 1879
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
99
| From east to west from shore to shore
| Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Ellerton
| 5 ce
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
100
| From heaven above to earth I come
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth & Unknown
| 1531
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
101
| Glory be to God on high And peace
| Charles Wesley
| 1745
| 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
| Yes
|
102
| God from on high has heard Let sighs
| Charles Coffin tr/ad by James Russell Woodford
| 1736
| 6 6 6 6
| Yes
|
103
| God rest ye merry gentlemen
| Traditional
| 18 c
| 8 6 8 6 8 6 and refrai
| Yes
|
104
| Good Christians all rejoice With heart
| John Mason Neale
|
| 6 6 7 7 7 8 5 5
| Yes
|
105
| Love came down at Christmas
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1885
| 6 7 6 7
| Yes
|
105
| Love came down at Christmas
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1885
| 6 7 6 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
106
| Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
| Charles Wesley
| 1739
| 7 7 7 7 D and refrain
| Yes
|
107
| In the bleak mid-winter
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1872
|
| Yes
|
108
| It came upon the midnight clear
| Edmund Hamilton Sears
| 1849
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
| Yes
|
109
| Let earth and heaven combine Angels and
| Charles Wesley
| 1745
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
110
| O come all ye faithful joyful and
| John Francis Wade tr/ad by Frederick Oakeley & others
|
| 6 6 10 5 6 and refrain
| Yes
|
111
| O little one sweet O little one mild
| Valentin Thilo tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
|
| 10 9 8 8 10
| Yes
|
112
| Silent night holy night All is calm
| Joseph Mohr & Franz Xaver Gruber tr/ad by Stopford Augustus Brooke & John Freeman Young
| c.18
|
| Yes
|
113
| O little town of Bethlehem How still we
| Phillips Brooks
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
| Yes
|
114
| Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
115
| On Christmas night all Christians sing
| Traditional English Carol
|
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
116
| On the eve of Christmas
| Bemba Song tr/ad by Arthur Morris Jones
|
| 6 6 7 6 6 6 6
| Yes
|
117
| See amid the winter's snow
| Edward Caswall
| 1851
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
118
| See Him lying on a bed of straw
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
|
| Yes
|
119
| The first Noel the angel did say
| Traditional English Carol
| 13 c
|
| Yes
|
120
| While shepherds watched their flocks by
| Nahum Tate
| 1700
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
121
| As with gladness men of old Did the
| William Chatterton Dix
| 1860
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
122
| Bethlehem of noblest cities
| Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by Edward Caswall & others
|
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
123
| Brightest and best of the sons of the
| Reginald Heber
| 1811
| 11 10 11 10
| Yes
|
124
| Child of the stable's secret birth
| TImothy Dudley-Smith
| ©1983
| 8 9 9 9 9 8
| Yes
|
125
| Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
| James Montgomery
| 1821
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
126
| Hail to the Lord who comes Comes to His
| John Ellerton
| 1880
| 6 6 6 6 6 6
| Yes
|
127
| Unto us a Boy is born King of all
| Unknown tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
| ©15 c
| 7 7 7 7 extended
| Yes
|
128
| Wise men seeking Jesus Traveled from
| James Thomas East
| 1926
| 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
129
| Christ when for us you were baptized
| F. Bland-Tucker
|
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
130
| Forty days and forty nights Thou wast
| George Hunt Smyttan & Francis Pott
| 1856
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
131
| Lord who throughout these forty days
| Claudia Frances Ibotson Hernaman
| 1873
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
132
| When Jesus came to Jordan
| Fred Pratt-Green
| ©1980
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
133
| Blest are the poor in spirit
|
|
|
| Yes
|
134
| Forgive our sins as we forgive
| Rosamond E. Herklots
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
135
| He possessed no riches no home
| Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor
|
|
| Yes
|
136
| I heard the voice of Jesus say Come unto
| Horatius Bonar
| 1846
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
| Yes
|
137
| Jesus the Lord said I am the Bread
| Anonymous tr/ad by Dermott Monahan & Urdu Melody
|
|
| Yes
|
138
| Seek ye first the kingdom of God
| Karen Lafferty
| ©1972
|
| Yes
|
139
| The kingdom of God is justice and joy
| Bryn Austin Rees
|
| 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
140
| The voice of God goes out to all the
| Peter Icarus
|
| 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
141
| Jesus calls us over the tumult Of our
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1852
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
142
| At even when the sun was set The sick
| Henry Twells
| 1868
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
143
| Behold a little child Laid in a manger
| William Walsham How & Donald McIlhagga
| 1872
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
144
| Fierce raged the tempest over the deep
| Godfrey Thring
| 1862
| 8 8 8 3
| Yes
|
145
| Kneels at the feet of his friends
| Thomas Stevenson Colvin
| ©1969
| 7 7 9 and refrain
| Yes
|
146
| Jesus friend of little children Be a
| Walter John Mathams
| 1882
| 8 5 8 3
| Yes
|
147
| Jesus my Lord how rich Thy grace
| Philip Doddridge
| 1755
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
148
| Jesus Thy far-extended fame
| Charles Wesley
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
149
| One there is above all others Well
| John Newton
| 1779
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
150
| O Thou whom once they flocked to hear
| Charles Wesley
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
151
| When Jesus the healer passed through
| Peter D. Smith
| ©
| 11 6 11 5
| Yes
|
152
| Son of the Lord most high
| George Wallace Briggs
|
| 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Yes
|
153
| Tell me the stories of Jesus I love
| William Henry Parker & Ruth Fogg & Hugh Martin
| ©1885
| 8 4 8 4 5 4 5 4
| Yes
|
154
| Thou didst leave Thy throne And Thy king
| Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliot
| 1864
| 11 8 11 8 and refrain
| Yes
|
155
| Christ upon the mountain peak
| Brian A. Wren
| ©1977
| 7 8 7 8 and alleluias
| Yes
|
156
| How good Lord to be here
| Joseph Armitage Robinson
|
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
157
| Once on a mountain-top
| Michael Hewlett
|
| 6 6 8 5 6 6 8 4
| Yes
|
158
| Stay Master stay upon this heavenly hill
| Samuel Greg
| 1854
| 10 10 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
159
| Ride on Ride on in Majesty In lowly
| Henry Hart Milman
| 1820
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
160
| All glory laud and honour To Thee
| Theodulph of Orleans tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| c.82
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
161
| The glory of our King was seen
| Margaret Beatrice Cropper
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
162
| Trotting trotting through Jerusalem
| Eric Reid
| ©
| 9 9 8 12
| Yes
|
163
| Children of Jerusalem Sang the praise of
| John Henley
|
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
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