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CMMS # 74

Title:
Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
Publisher:
ABC Publishing
Date Published:
1998
ISBN:
1-55126-204-5
No of songs:
769
.

FIRST LINE
SONGWRITERS
DATES
METER
LYRICS?
1
Holy holy holy Lord God almighty
Reginald Heber
1826
11 12 12 10
Yes
2
When morning gilds the skies My heart
Katholisches Gesangbuch tr/ad by Edward Caswall & Robert Seymour Bridges
1744
6 6 6 6 6 6
Yes
3
Morning has broken like the first
Eleanor Farjeon
©1957
5 5 5 4 D
Yes
4
O God creation's secret force
of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by John Mason Neale
4 cn
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
5
Christ whose glory fills the skies
Charles Wesley
1740
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
6
This day at Thy creating Word First over
William Walsham How
1871
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
7
New every morning is the love Our
John Keble
1827
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
8
Awake my soul and with the sun
Thomas (Bishop) Ken
1674
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
9
Today I awake and God is before me




10
We the Lord's people heart and voice
John E. Bowers

11 11 11 5
Yes
11
Blessed be the God of Israel
Carl P. Jr. Daw



12
We bless you God of Israel




13
O gladsome light O grace
Greek tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
3 ce
6 6 7 6 6 7
Yes
14
O gracious Light Lord Jesus Christ
Greek tr/ad by Francis Bland Tucker
3 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
15
Light of the world in grace and beauty




16
O Light whose splendour thrills

1859


17
Christ mighty Saviour Light of all creat
Mozarabic tr/ad by Alan C. McDougall & Anne K. LeCroy
10 c
11 11 11 5
Yes
18
O Laughing Light O first born of




19
The duteous day now closeth Each flower
Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
1648
7 7 6 7 7 8
Yes
20
Day is done but love unfailing


8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4
Yes
21
Come Holy Ghost soon we should




22
Now from the altar of my heart
John Mason
1683
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
23
Now God be with us For the night
Petrus Herbert tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1566
11 11 11 5
Yes
24
Abide with me fast falls the eventide
Henry Francis Lyte
1847
10 10 10 10
Yes
25
Glory to Thee my God this night
Thomas (Bishop) Ken

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
26
To Thee before the close of day
Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale & John David Chambers
7 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
27
Most holy God the Lord of heaven
Latin tr/ad by Anne K. LeCroy

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)

29
The day Thou gavest Lord is ended
John Ellerton
1870
9 8 9 8
Yes
30
God that madest earth and heaven Slumber
Reginald Heber & William Mercer & Richard Whateley
1827
8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4
Yes
31
Saviour again to Thy dear name
John Ellerton
1866
10 10 10 10
Yes
32
Be our light in the darkness
Arthur Charles Lawson
©


33
We praise you Father for your gift




35
Wash O God our sons and daughters




36
Now there is no male or female




37
We'll sing in the morning




38
This child of ours this miracle




39
You are God's work of art




41
Spirit of God unleashed on earth
John W. Arthur

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)

42
Crashing waters at creation




43
From all the wind's wide quarters
TImothy Dudley-Smith
©1985
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
44
I believe in God Almighty




45
Down Galilee's slow roadways




46
I believe in God the Almighty




47
We praise you Lord for Jesus Christ




48
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
Yes
50
Now my tongue the mystery telling
Thomas Aquinas tr/ad by Edward Caswall
13 c
8 7 8 7 8 7
Yes
52
O God unseen yet ever near Thy presence
Edward Osler
1936
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
53
Now the silence now the peace
Jaroslav Jan Vajda
©1968

Yes
54
Bread of the world in mercy broken Wine
Reginald Heber
1827
9 8 9 8
Yes
55
When Jesus died to save us
F. Bland-Tucker

7 7 7 7
Yes
56
I am the bread the bread of life
Brian R. Hoare
©

Yes
57
Thou Who at Thy first Eucharist
William Harry Turton
1881
10 10 10 10 10 10
Yes
58
O Christ was a good guest




59
Jesus calls us here to meet him




60
I come with joy a child of God
Brian A. Wren
©1971
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
61
As we gather at your table


8 7 8 7 D
Yes
62
Come let us eat




63
Eat this bread drink this cup
Taizé
©

Yes
64
Author of life divine Who hast a table
Charles Wesley
1746
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
65
Here Lord we take the broken bread
Charles Venn Pilcher

8 7 8 7
Yes
66
And now O Father mindful of the love
William Bright
1874
10 10 10 10 10 10
Yes
67
God of all time all seasons of our livin
Shirley Erena Murray
©1992
11 10 11 10
Yes
68
We hold the death of the Lord




69
We who live by sound and symbol




70
Jesus Thou joy of loving hearts Thou
Bernard of Clairvaux tr/ad by Ray. Palmer
12 c
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
73
One bread one body one Lord of all
John B. Foley
©1978

Yes
74
For the bread which Thou hast broken
Louis Fitzgerald Benson
1924
8 7 8 7
Yes
75
With the body that was broken
Carl P. Jr. Daw
©1989
8 7 8 7 8 7
Yes
76
Thee we adore O hidden Saviour Thee
Thomas Aquinas tr/ad by James Russell Woodford
13 c
10 10 10 10
Yes
77
The Son of God proclaim
Basil E. Bridge


Yes
78
Deck thyself my soul with gladness
Johann Franck tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1649
8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)
Yes
79
To you O kindly Jesus Christ




80
We hail thee now O Jesus thy presence
Frederick George Scott
1885
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
82
Alleluia we sing your praises




83
O saving Victim opening wide




84
Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour
George Hugh Bourne
1874
8 7 8 7 4 7
Yes
85
Shepherd of souls refresh and bless
James Montgomery
1825
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
86
More than we can ask or imagine




87
Strengthen for service Lord the hands
Liturgy of Malabar tr/ad by Charles William Humphreys & Percy Dearmer
©5 ce
8 7 8 7 Iambic
Yes
88
Come Thou long expected Jesus
Charles Wesley
1744
8 7 8 7
Yes
89
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
90
How the world longs for your birth




91
People look east The time is near
Eleanor Farjeon
1928
8 7 9 8 8 7
Yes
92
O day of God draw nigh In beauty and
Robert Balgarnie Young Scott
1937
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
93
Ye servants of the Lord Each in his
Philip Doddridge
1755
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
94
Wait for the Lord
Taizé
©

Yes
95
O come divine Messiah The world in silen



Yes
96
Creator of the starry height Thy peoples
Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
97
Jesus came the heavens adoring
Godfrey Thring
1864
8 7 8 7 8 7
Yes
98
Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
Philip Doddridge
1735
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
99
Break day of God O break Sweet light of
Henry Burton
1900
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
100
Comfort comfort ye My people
Johannes Olearius tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1671
8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8
Yes
101
Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
James Montgomery
1821
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
102
Prepare the way O Zion Ye awful
Frans Mikael Franzčn tr/ad by Augustus Nelson
1812
7 6 7 6 7 7 & refrain
Yes
103
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
104
Joy shall come even to the wilderness




105
Where Jordan cuts the wilderness




106
There's a voice in the wilderness crying
James Lewis Milligan
1930

Yes
108
Hark a thrilling voice is sounding
Latin tr/ad by Edward Caswall
5 ce
8 7 8 7
Yes
109
When the King shall come again
Christopher M. Idle
©

Yes
110
Sleepers wake A voice astounds us
Philipp Nicolai tr/ad by Carl P. Jr. Daw

8 9 8 8 9 8 6 6 4 8 8
Yes
111
Herald sound the note of judgment
Moir A. J. Waters

8 7 8 7 and refrain

112
Behold the mountain of the Lord In
Michael Bruce & John Logan & Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
1791
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
113
Come O Lord and set us free




114
Lo He comes wIth clouds descending
John Cennick tr/ad by Charles Wesley & Martin Madan
1752
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
115
Awake O sleeper rise from death
Francis Bland Tucker

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
116
Thy kingdom come on bended knee
Frederick Lucian Hosmer
1891
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
117
Lo how a rose ever blooming from tender
16th Century German Carol & Friedrich Layritz & John Casper Mattes tr/ad by Theodore Baker & Harriet
15 c
7 6 7 6 6 7 6
Yes
118
O come all ye faithful joyful and
John Francis Wade tr/ad by Frederick Oakeley & others

6 6 10 5 6 and refrain
Yes
119
Silent night holy night All is calm
Joseph Mohr & Franz Xaver Gruber tr/ad by Stopford Augustus Brooke & John Freeman Young
c.18

Yes
120
O little town of Bethlehem How still we
Phillips Brooks
1867
8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
Yes
122
In the bleak mid-winter
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1872

Yes
123
Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
1848
8 7 8 7 7 7
Yes
124
Stay my child my body sharing
Anna Briggs
©1992
8 7 8 7 6 7 3
Yes
125
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
Yes
126
Away in a manger no crib for a bed
John Samuel Bowley Monsell & J.T. McFarland
1885
11 11 11 11
Yes
127
O come little children O come one and
Christoph von Schmid tr/ad by Melanie Schulte
1794
11 11 11 11
Yes
128
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
Unknown


Yes
129
No crowded eastern street




130
Born in the night Mary's Child
Geoffrey Ainger
©1964

Yes
131
Love came down at Christmas
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1885
6 7 6 7
Yes
132
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
133
From heaven above to earth I come
Martin Luther tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth & Unknown
1531
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
134
While by the sheep we watched at night
Traditional German Carol tr/ad by Theodore Baker


Yes
135
Shepherds in the field abiding
Traditional French Carol tr/ad by James Russell Woodford
1910
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
136
While shepherds watched their flocks by
Nahum Tate
1700
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
138
Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
Charles Wesley
1739
7 7 7 7 D and refrain
Yes
139
The first Noel the angel did say
Traditional English Carol
13 c

Yes
140
It came upon the midnight clear
Edmund Hamilton Sears
1849
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
143
Angels from the realms of glory
James Montgomery
1816
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
144
Sleep sweet child thy mother watches




145
Good King Wenceslas looked out
John Mason Neale
1849
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
146
Twas in the moon of wintertime When all
Jean de Brébeuf tr/ad by J. Edgar Middleton
c.19
8 6 8 6 8 8 and refrai
Yes
147
Break forth O beauteous Heavenly Light
Johann Rist & Joseph Barlowe tr/ad by John Troutbeck
1641
8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7
Yes
148
See amid the winter's snow
Edward Caswall
1851
7 7 7 7 and refrain
Yes
149
All my heart this night rejoices
Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1656
8 6 6 D
Yes
150
On this day earth shall ring with the
(1582) Piae Cantiones tr/ad by Jane Marion Joseph
©1582
6 6 6 6 6 and refrain
Yes
151
All poor men and humble




152
Let folly praise that fancy loves




153
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
Yes
154
Joy to the world the Lord is come
Isaac Watts
1719
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
155
From east to west from shore to shore
Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Ellerton
5 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
156
The people that in darkness sat
John Morison
1770
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
157
Rise up and shine Your light has come
Carl P. Jr. Daw
©1990
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
158
Earth has many a noble city Bethlehem
Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by Edward Caswall
c.40
8 7 8 7
Yes
159
Brightest and best of the sons of the
Reginald Heber
1811
11 10 11 10
Yes
160
As with gladness men of old Did the
William Chatterton Dix
1860
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
161
Wise men they came to look for wisdom
Christopher M. Idle
©

Yes
162
Sing of God made manifest
Carl P. Jr. Daw
©1990
7 7 7 7 D
Yes
163
When Christ's appearing was made
Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Mason Neale
5 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
164
What king would wade




165
Mark how the Lamb of God's self-offering
Carl P. Jr. Daw
©1990
9 8 9 8 and refrain
Yes
166
We have come at Christ's own bidding




167
Tis good Lord to be here Thy glory fills
Joseph Armitage Robinson
1888
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
168
Transfigured Christ none comprehends
Alan Gaunt
©1991
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
169
Jesus on the mountain peak
Brian A. Wren
©1977
7 8 7 8 and alleluias
Yes
170
The glory of these forty days We
Gregory I (the Great) tr/ad by Maurice Frederick Bell
6 ce
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
171
What does the Lord require For praise
Albert F. Bayly
©
6 6 6 6 3 3 6
Yes
172
Now let us all with one accord
Gregory I (the Great) tr/ad by Praise the Lord
1972
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
173
Creator of the earth and skies To whom
Donald Hughes
©
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
174
Eternal Lord of love behold your Church
Thomas H. Cain

10 10 10 10 10
Yes
175
Forty days and forty nights Thou wast
George Hunt Smyttan & Francis Pott
1856
7 7 7 7
Yes
176
By the Holy Spirit sent




177
A spendthrift Lover is the Lord
Thomas Troeger

8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
178
Restore in us O God the splendour
Carl P. Jr. Daw
©1989
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
179
Tree of life and awesome mystery