| FIRST LINE
| SONGWRITERS
| DATES
| METER
| LYRICS?
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1
| Approach my soul the mercy seat
| John Newton
| 1779
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
2
| Blessed Jesus at Thy word We are
| Tobias Clausnitzer & Unknown tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1663
| 7 8 7 8 8 8
| Yes
|
3
| Father again in Jesus Name we meet
| Lucy Elizabeth Georgiana Whitmore
| 1824
| 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
4
| Eternal Light Eternal Light How pure
| Thomas Binney
| c.18
| 8 6 8 8 6
| Yes
|
5
| God reveals his presence Let us now
| Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad by Frederick William Foster & John Miller
| 1729
| 6 6 8 6 6 8 3 3 6 6
| Yes
|
6
| Great Shepherd of Thy people hear
| John Newton
| 1779
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
8
| Jesus wherever Thy people meet
| William Cowper
| 1769
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
9
| Lord Jesus Christ we seek Thy face
| Alexander Stewart
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
10
| My God how wonderful Thou art Thy
| Frederick William Faber
| 1849
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
11
| O worship the Lord in the beauty of
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| 1863
| 12 10 12 10
| Yes
|
12
| To Thy temple I repair Lord I love to
| James Montgomery
| 1812
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
13
| We love the place O God Wherein Thine
| William Bullock & Henry Williams Baker
| 1854
| 6 6 6 6
| Yes
|
14
| Brethren let us join to bless Jesus
| John Cennick
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| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
15
| Bright the vision that delighted Once
| Richard Mant
| 1837
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
16
| Come let us join our cheerful songs
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
17
| Come Thou fount of every blessing Tune
| Robert Robinson
| 1758
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
18
| For the beauty of the earth For the
| Folliott Sandford Pierpont
| 1864
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
19
| Gracious God we worship Thee
| Samuel Trevor Francis
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| 7 7 7 6
| Yes
|
20
| Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the
| John Milton
| 1623
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
21
| May the grace of Christ our Saviour
| John Newton
| 1779
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
22
| 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
| Yes
|
23
| O praise ye the Lord Praise Him In the
| Henry Williams Baker
| 1875
| 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
24
| 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
|
25
| Rejoice today with one accord Sing out
| Henry Williams Baker
| 1861
| 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7
| Yes
|
26
| Songs of praise the angels sang Heaven
| James Montgomery
| 1819
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
27
| Stand up and bless the Lord Ye people of
| James Montgomery
| 1824
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
28
| We would extol thee ever blessed Lord
| Nichol Grieve
| 1940
| 10 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
29
| Praise the Lord ye heavens adore Him
| Foundling Hospital Collection & Edward Osler
| 1796
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
30
| How good is the God we adore Our
| Joseph Hart
| 1759
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
31
| From all that dwell below the skies Let
| Isaac Watts & Anonymous & Robert Nelson Spencer
| 1719
| 8 8 4 4 8 8 and Alleluja
| Yes
|
32
| By every nation race and tongue
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| Yes
|
33
| O Jesus Lord of heavenly grace
| of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by John Chandler
| 4 ce
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
34
| Awake my soul and with the sun
| Thomas (Bishop) Ken
| 1674
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
35
| Christ hath a work for thee to do
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36
| Christ whose glory fills the skies
| Charles Wesley
| 1740
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
37
| Glory to thee who safe hast kept
| Thomas (Bishop) Ken
| 1692
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
38
| Come my soul thou must be waking
| Friedrich Rudolph Ludwig von Canitz tr/ad by Henry James Bucknoll
| 1700
| 8 4 7 D
| Yes
|
39
| God of the morning at whose voice
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
40
| Let hearts awaken now the night is ended
| Latin tr/ad by Charles Stanley Phillips
| 1932
| 11 11 11 5
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41
| My Father for another night Of quiet
| Henry Williams Baker
| 1875
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
42
| My God how endless is thy love
| Isaac Watts
| 1770
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
43
| New every morning is the love Our
| John Keble
| 1827
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
44
| Now that the daylight fills the sky
| of Milan. Ambrose & Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Mason Neale & John Chandler
| 6 ce
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
45
| Rise my soul adore thy Maker Angels
| John Cennick
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| 8 6 6 D
| Yes
|
46
| At Thy feet O Christ we lay Thine own
| William Bright
| 1867
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
47
| Now the morn new light is pouring
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48
| Ere I sleep for every favour This day
| John Cennick
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| 8 3 3 6
| Yes
|
49
| At even when the sun was set The sick
| Henry Twells
| 1868
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
50
| Father in high heaven dwelling May our
| George Rawson
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| 8 8 7 8 8 7
| Yes
|
51
| For all who watch tonight
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52
| The day Thou gavest Lord is ended
| John Ellerton
| 1870
| 9 8 9 8
| Yes
|
53
| Inspirer and hearer of prayer Thou
| Augustus Montague Toplady
| 1774
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
54
| Hail gladdening Light Of His pure glory
| Greek tr/ad by John Keble
| 3 ce
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| Yes
|
55
| Jesus Lord Redeemer Once for sinners
| Patrick Miller Kirkland
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| 6 5 6 5 D
| Yes
|
56
| Lord dismiss us with Thy blessing fill
| John Fawcett & Godfrey Thring & William Walter Shirley
| 1773
| 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
| Yes
|
57
| Now all the woods are sleeping
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1648
| 7 7 6 7 7 8
| Yes
|
58
| Now at the night's return we raise
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59
| Now the day is over Night is drawing
| Sabine Baring-Gould
| 1865
| 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
60
| O God of ages in whose light
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61
| Round me falls the night Saviour be my
| William Romanis
| 1878
| 10 8 8 10
| Yes
|
62
| Sun of my soul Thou Saviour dear It is
| John Keble
| 1820
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
63
| Saviour again to Thy dear name
| John Ellerton
| 1866
| 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
64
| Glory to Thee my God this night
| Thomas (Bishop) Ken
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
65
| The day is past and over All thanks
| Anatolius tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| c.60
| 7 6 7 6 8 8
| Yes
|
66
| Behold we come dear Lord to Thee
| John Austin
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
67
| Again the Lord's own day is here The day
| Thomas à Kempis tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 1854
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
68
| This is the day of light Let there be
| John Ellerton
| 1867
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
69
| Come let us with our Lord arise
| Charles Wesley
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
70
| On this day the first of days God the
| Breviary of Diocese of Le Mans tr/ad by Henry Williams Baker
| 1748
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
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71
| Sweet is the work my God my King
| Isaac Watts & Unknown
| 1719
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
72
| O day of rest and gladness Of day of joy
| Christopher Wordsworth & Charles P. Price
| 1858
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
73
| Most glorious Lord of life that on this
| Edmund Spenser
| 1595
| 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
74
| This is the day the Lord hath made
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
75
| When came in flesh the incarnate Word
| Joseph Anstice
| 1863
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
76
| Hark a thrilling voice is sounding
| Latin tr/ad by Edward Caswall
| 5 ce
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
77
| Sleepers wake the watch cry pealeth
| Philipp Nicolai tr/ad by Frances Elizabeth Cox
| 1599
| 8 9 8 8 9 8 6 6 4 8 8
| Yes
|
78
| Great God what do I see and hear
| Bartholomäus Ringwaldt tr/ad by William Bengo Collyer & Thomas Cotterill
| c.15
| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
| Yes
|
79
| 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
|
80
| Lift up your heads ye mighty gates
| Georg Weissel tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1642
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
81
| Lo He comes wIth clouds descending
| John Cennick tr/ad by Charles Wesley & Martin Madan
| 1752
| 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
| Yes
|
82
| Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
| Philip Doddridge
| 1735
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
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
| Yes
|
84
| Jesus came the heavens adoring
| Godfrey Thring
| 1864
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
85
| Hark tis the watchman's cry
| Anonymous & The Revival
| 1859
| 6 4 6 4 6 7 6 4
| Yes
|
86
| Come Thou long expected Jesus
| Charles Wesley
| 1744
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
87
| Thou art coming O my Saviour Thou art
| Frances Ridley Havergal
| 1873
| 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
89
| The Lord will come and not be slow
| John Milton
| 1648
| 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
| God rest ye merry gentlemen
| Traditional
| 18 c
| 8 6 8 6 8 6 and refrai
| Yes
|
92
| All my heart this night rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1656
| 8 6 6 D
| Yes
|
93
| Angels from the realms of glory
| James Montgomery
| 1816
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
94
| All poor men and humble
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95
| Away in a manger no crib for a bed
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell & J.T. McFarland
| 1885
| 11 11 11 11
| Yes
|
96
| Child in the manger Infant of Mary
| Mary Macdougal Macdonald tr/ad by Lachlan MacBean
| 1888
| 10 8 10 8
| Yes
|
97
| Christians awake salute the happy morn
| John Byrom
| 1749
| 10 10 10 10 10 10
| Yes
|
98
| Give heed my heart lift up thine eyes
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1531
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
99
| 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
|
100
| In the bleak mid-winter
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1872
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| Yes
|
101
| Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour
| Frank Houghton tr/ad by Old French Carol
| ©1934
| 9 8 9 8 9 8
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102
| A child is born this day
| Anonymous
| 1987
| 8 4 8 8
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103
| 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
|
104
| It came upon the midnight clear
| Edmund Hamilton Sears
| 1849
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
| Yes
|
105
| Love came down at Christmas
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1885
| 6 7 6 7
| Yes
|
106
| 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
| Yes
|
107
| Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
108
| The holly and the ivy Are dancing in a
| Emily Chisholm
| ©
| 7 6 8 7
| Yes
|
109
| 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
|
110
| O leave your sheep your lambs that
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111
| Shepherds came their praises bringing
| George Bradford Caird
| ©
| 8 8 8 6
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112
| Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
| Charles Wesley
| 1739
| 7 7 7 7 D and refrain
| Yes
|
113
| Silent night holy night All is calm
| Joseph Mohr & Franz Xaver Gruber tr/ad by Stopford Augustus Brooke & John Freeman Young
| c.18
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| Yes
|
114
| On Christmas night all Christians sing
| Traditional English Carol
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
115
| Sing lullaby Lullaby baby now reclining
| Basque Carol tr/ad by Sabine Baring-Gould
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| 4 9 4 8 9 9 4
| Yes
|
116
| Sing O sing this blessed morn Unto us a
| Christopher Wordsworth
| 1862
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
117
| The first Noel the angel did say
| Traditional English Carol
| 13 c
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| Yes
|
118
| When Christ was born of Mary free
| Traditional
| 15 c
| 8 8 8 7
| Yes
|
119
| See amid the winter's snow
| Edward Caswall
| 1851
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
120
| To us a Child of royal birth Heir of the
| Charles Wesley
| 1782
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
121
| Unto us a Boy is born King of all
| Unknown tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
| ©15 c
| 7 7 7 7 extended
| Yes
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122
| O little town of Bethlehem How still we
| Phillips Brooks
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
| Yes
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123
| While shepherds watched their flocks by
| Nahum Tate
| 1700
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
124
| Hail Thou Source of every blessing
| Basil Woodd
| c.18
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
125
| Brightest and best of the sons of the
| Reginald Heber
| 1811
| 11 10 11 10
| Yes
|
126
| As with gladness men of old Did the
| William Chatterton Dix
| 1860
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
127
| Earth has many a noble city Bethlehem
| Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by Edward Caswall
| c.40
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
128
| From the eastern mountains pressing on
| Godfrey Thring
| 1873
| 6 5 6 5 D
| Yes
|
129
| Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
| James Montgomery
| 1821
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
130
| How bright appears the morning star
| Philipp Nicolai tr/ad by William Mercer
| 1597
| 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8
| Yes
|
131
| Songs of thankfulness and praise
| Christopher Wordsworth & F. Bland-Tucker
| 1862
| 7 7 7 7 D
| Yes
|
132
| The heavenly Child in stature grows
| Jean-Baptiste de Santeuil tr/ad by John Chandler
| 1689
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
133
| The people that in darkness sat
| John Morison
| 1770
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
134
| There is a book who runs may read
| John Keble
| 1827
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
135
| Almighty God Thy word is cast Like seed
| John Cawood & others
| 1815
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
136
| Lord thy word hath taught
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137
| Christian dost thou see them On the holy
| Andrew of Crete tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 7th
| 6 5 6 5 D
| Yes
|
138
| Lord Jesus think on me And purge away
| (5th Century) Synesius of Cyrene tr/ad by Allen William Chatfield
| c.43
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
139
| Revive thy work O Lord Thy mighty arm
| Albert Midlane
| 1858
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
140
| When wounded sore the stricken heart
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1858
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
141
| Forty days and forty nights Thou wast
| George Hunt Smyttan & Francis Pott
| 1856
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
142
| Lord when we bend before Thy throne
| Joseph Dacre Carlyle
| 1802
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
143
| Come let us to the Lord our God With
| John Morison
| 1781
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
144
| Lord who throughout these forty days
| Claudia Frances Ibotson Hernaman
| 1873
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
145
| O Thou Who dost to man accord His high
| Gregory I (the Great) tr/ad by John William Hewett
| 1859
| 8 8 6 D
| Yes
|
146
| Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide
| Isaac Williams
| 1842
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
147
| O for a closer walk with God A calm and
| William Cowper
| 1772
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
148
| Search me O God my actions try
| Francis Bottome
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
149
| Still nigh me O my Saviour stand
| Charles Wesley
| 1739
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
|
150
| Sinful sighing to be blest Bound and
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell
| 1857
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
151
| Ah holy Jesus how hast Thou offended
| Johann Heermann tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
| 1930
| 11 11 11 5
| Yes
|
152
| Beneath the Cross of Jesus I fain
| Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane
| 1868
| 7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
| Yes
|
153
| O dearest Lord Thy sacred head
| Henry Ernest (Father Andrew) Hardy
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
154
| Glory be to Jesus Who in bitter pains
| S. Alfonso tr/ad by Edward Caswall
| c.18
| 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
155
| My song is love unknown My Saviour's
| Samuel Crossman
| 1664
| 6 6 6 6 8 8 extended
| Yes
|
156
| Nature with open volume sounds (stands)
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
157
| Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish
| Isaac Watts
| 1709
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
158
| O sacred head sore wounded Defiled
| Robert Bridges
| 1899
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
159
| Man of sorrows What a Name For the Son
| Philip Paul Bliss
| 1875
| 7 7 7 8
| Yes
|
160
| Praise to the Holiest in the height
| John Henry Newman
| 1865
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
161
| 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
| Yes
|
162
| We sing the praise of Him who died
| Thomas Kelly
| 1815
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
163
| There is a green hill far away Outside a
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
164
| When I survey the wondrous cross
| Isaac Watts & Hymns Ancient and Modern
| 1707
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
165
| When my love to Christ grows weak
| John Reynell Wreford
| 1837
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
166
| All glory laud and honour To Thee
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