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CMMS # 137

Title:
Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
Publisher:
Methodist Publishing House
Date Published:
1954
ISBN:

No of songs:
984
.

FIRST LINE
SONGWRITERS
DATES
METER
LYRICS?
1
O for a thousand tongues to sing
Charles Wesley
1739
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
2
All people that on earth do dwell
William Kethe & Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
1561
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
3
Before Jehovah's awful throne Ye nations
Isaac Watts tr/ad by John Wesley
1719
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
4
From all that dwell below the skies Let
Isaac Watts & Anonymous & Robert Nelson Spencer
1719
8 8 4 4 8 8 and Alleluja
Yes
5
Let all the world in every corner sing
George Herbert
©1633
10 4 6 6 6 6 10 4
Yes
6
Eternal Power whose high abode
Isaac Watts tr/ad by John Wesley
1706
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
7
O heavenly King look down from above
Charles Wesley
1742
10 10 11 11
Yes
8
O worship the King All glorious above
William Kethe & Robert Grant
1561
5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
Yes
9
O worship the Lord in the beauty of
John Samuel Bowley Monsell
1863
12 10 12 10
Yes
10
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
11
With gladness we worship rejoice as we
George Rawson
1876
11 11 11 11
Yes
12
Praise my soul the King of heaven
Henry Francis Lyte
1834
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
13
Praise the Lord ye heavens adore Him
Foundling Hospital Collection & Edward Osler
1796
8 7 8 7
Yes
14
Praise the Lord who reigns above
Charles Wesley
1743
7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
Yes
15
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
16
Raise the psalm let earth adoring
Edward Churton
1854
8 7 8 7 D
Yes
17
Meet and right it is to sing
Charles Wesley
1749
7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
Yes
18
Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the
John Milton
1623
7 7 7 7
Yes
19
Praise O praise our God and King Hymns
Henry Williams Baker
1861
7 7 7 7
Yes
20
Come O come in pious lays
George Wither (Wyther)

7 7 7 7 D
Yes
21
The God of Abraham praise All praised be
Daniel ben Judah tr/ad by Thomas Olivers
c.14
6 6 8 4 D
Yes
22
Come let us all unite to sing God is
Unknown & Millennial Praises
1850
8 3 8 3 8 8 8 3
Yes
23
King of Glory King of Peace I will love
George Herbert
1633
7 4 7 4 D
Yes
24
O God my strength and fortitude In truth
Thomas Sternhold tr/ad by Unknown

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
25
Round the Lord in glory seated Cherubim
Richard Mant
1837
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
26
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
27
Angels holy high and lowly Sing the
canticle from the Septuagint tr/ad by John Stuart Blackie
1845
8 7 8 8 7
Yes
28
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
Yes
29
All things praise Thee Lord most high
George William Conder
1874
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
30
From glory to glory advancing We praise
From the Liturgy of St. James tr/ad by Charles William Humphreys
1906
14 14 14 15
Yes
31
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
32
Lord of all being throned afar Thy glory
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1848
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
33
Infinite God to Thee we raise our hearts
Charles Wesley
1746
8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
34
Immortal invisible God only wise
Walter Chalmers Smith
1876
11 11 11 11
Yes
35
For the beauty of the earth For the
Folliott Sandford Pierpont
1864
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
36
Holy holy holy Lord God almighty
Reginald Heber
1826
11 12 12 10
Yes
37
Hail holy holy holy Lord Whom one in
Charles Wesley
1767
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
38
Father of heaven whose love profound
Edward Cooper
1805
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
39
Father in whom we live in Whom we are
Charles Wesley
1747
6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)
Yes
40
We give immortal praise To God the
Isaac Watts
1709
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
41
God is a name my soul adores
Isaac Watts
1706
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
42
O God thou bottomless abyss
Ernst Lange tr/ad by John Wesley
1714
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
43
There is a book who runs may read
John Keble
1827
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
44
The spacious firmament on high With all
Joseph Addison
1712
8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)
Yes
45
My soul praise the Lord O God Thou art
William Kethe tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges

5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
Yes
46
I sing the almighty power of God
Isaac Watts
1715
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
47
Father of all whose powerful voice
John Wesley

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
48
High in the heavens eternal God
Isaac Watts
1719
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
49
Thy ceaseless unexhausted love
Charles Wesley
1762
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
50
The Lord's my Shepherd I'll not want
Francis Rous
1650
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
51
The God of love my Shepherd is And He
George Herbert
1633
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
52
O love of God how strong and true
Horatius Bonar
1861
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
53
God is love His mercy brightens All the
John Bowring
1825
8 7 8 7
Yes
54
My soul repeat His praise Whose mercies
Isaac Watts
1719
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
55
Lord God by whom all change is wrought
Thomas Hornblower Gill

8 8 6 8 8 6
Yes
56
Sweet is the memory of thy grace
Isaac Watts

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
57
In all my vast concerns with Thee
Isaac Watts
1719
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
58
The Lord Jehovah reigns His throne
Isaac Watts
1707
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
59
Good thou art and good thou dost
Charles Wesley
1763
7 6 7 6 7 8 7 6
Yes
60
Ere God had built the mountains Or raise
William Cowper
1779
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
61
Earth with all thy thousand voices
Edward Churton
1854
8 7 8 7 D
Yes
62
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.)
Yes
63
Eternal depth of love divine In Jesus
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad by John Wesley

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
64
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
65
O God of God in whom combine
German tr/ad by John Wesley

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
66
O God of all grace Thy goodness we
Charles Wesley

5 5 12
Yes
67
O God of good the unfathomed sea
Johann (Angelus Silesius) Scheffler tr/ad by John Wesley
1668
8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
68
None is like Jeshurun's God
Charles Wesley

7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
Yes
69
This this is the God we adore
Joseph Hart

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
70
All my hope on God is founded
Joachim Neander tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges
1899
8 7 8 7 6 7
Yes
71
We come unto our fathers' God Their rock
Thomas Hornblower Gill
1868
8 7 8 7 8 8 7
Yes
72
Begin my soul some heavenly theme
Isaac Watts

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
73
My God how wonderful Thou art Thy
Frederick William Faber
1849
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
74
Praise to the Holiest in the height
John Henry Newman
1865
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
75
Father whose everlasting love
Charles Wesley
1741
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
76
The King of love my Shepherd is Whose
Henry Williams Baker
1868
8 7 8 7 Iambic
Yes
77
What shall I do my God to love
Charles Wesley
1742
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
78
How shall I sing that majesty Which
John Mason
1683
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
79
Praise ye the Lord Tis good to raise
Isaac Watts
1719
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
80
Thee will I praise with all my heart
Charles Wesley

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
81
Not what these hands have done
Horatius Bonar
1861
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
82
Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
Philip Doddridge
1735
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
83
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
84
Thou art the King of Israel Thou David’s
Theodulph of Orleans tr/ad by John Mason Neale
c.82
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
85
Come let us join our cheerful songs
Isaac Watts
1707
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
86
Strong Son of God immortal love
Alfred Lord Tennyson
1850
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
87
Jesus comes with all His grace
Charles Wesley

7 7 7 7
Yes
88
We know by faith we surely know
Charles Wesley

8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
89
Christ of all my hopes the Ground
Ralph Wardlaw
1817
7 7 7 7 extended
Yes
90
Object of my first desire Jesus
Augustus Montague Toplady

7 7 7 7
Yes
91
All hail the power of Jesus Name
Edward Perronet & John Rippon
1779
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
92
Jesus the name high over all In hell or
Charles Wesley
1749
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
93
To the Name of our salvation Laud and
Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
8th
8 7 8 7 8 7
Yes
94
None other lamb none other name
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1892
8 10 10 4
Yes
95
Jesus sun and shield art Thou
Horatius Bonar
1861
7 6 7 6 7 7
Yes
96
Join all the glorious names Of wisdom
Isaac Watts
1709
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
97
O filial Deity Accept my new-born cry
Charles Wesley

6 6 7 7 7 7
Yes
98
Thou hidden source of calm repose
Charles Wesley
1749
8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
99
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
John Newton
1779
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
100
One there is above all others Well
John Newton
1779
8 7 8 7 7 7
Yes
101
Rest of the weary Joy of the sad
John Samuel Bowley Monsell
1863
9 9 9 9
Yes
102
Immortal Love forever full Forever
John Greenleaf Whittier
1856
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
103
O Lord and Master of us all Whatever our
John Greenleaf Whittier
1866
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
104
Thou great Redeemer dying Lamb We love
John Cennick

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
105
Jesus the First and Last
Charles Wesley

6 6 6 6 6 6
Yes
106
Jesu the very thought is sweet In that
Bernard of Clairvaux tr/ad by John Mason Neale
11 c
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
107
O Jesus King most wonderful
Bernard of Clairvaux tr/ad by Edward Caswall
12 c
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
108
Jesus the very thought of Thee With
Bernard of Clairvaux tr/ad by Edward Caswall
12 c
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
109
Jesu Thou joy of loving hearts
Unknown tr/ad by Ray. Palmer

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
110
Jesus lover of my soul Let me be to
Charles Wesley
1740
7 7 7 7 D
Yes
111
Jesus these eyes have never seen
Ray. Palmer
1858
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
112
I bless the Christ of God I rest on love
Horatius Bonar
1861
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
113
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
114
Let earth and heaven agree Angels and me
Charles Wesley

6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
115
My heart and voice I raise To spread
Benjamin Rhodes

6 6 8 6 6 8
Yes
116
Sing we the King who is coming to reign
Charles Silvester Horne
c191
10 10 10 10 and refrain
Yes
117
Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
Charles Wesley
1739
7 7 7 7 D and refrain
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
Angels from the realms of glory
James Montgomery
1816
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
120
Christians awake salute the happy morn
John Byrom
1749
10 10 10 10 10 10
Yes
121
All my heart this night rejoices
Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1656
8 6 6 D
Yes
122
Brightest and best of the sons of the
Reginald Heber
1811
11 10 11 10
Yes
123
Still the night holy the night Sleeps
Joseph Mohr tr/ad by Stopford Augustus Brooke


Yes
124
See amid the winter's snow
Edward Caswall
1851
7 7 7 7 and refrain
Yes
125
O little town of Bethlehem How still we
Phillips Brooks
1867
8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
Yes
126
Give heed my heart lift up thine eyes
Martin Luther tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
1531
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
127
Cradled in a manger meanly Laid the Son
George Stringer Rowe
1879
8 7 8 7 D
Yes
128
A virgin most pure as the prophets do
Traditional
1734
11 11 11 11 with refrain
Yes
129
While shepherds watched their flocks by
Nahum Tate
1700
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
130
It came upon the midnight clear
Edmund Hamilton Sears
1849
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
131
The first Noel the angel did say
Traditional English Carol
13 c

Yes
132
As with gladness men of old Did the
William Chatterton Dix
1860
7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
133
From the eastern mountains pressing on
Godfrey Thring
1873
6 5 6 5 D
Yes
134
Glory be to God on high And peace
Charles Wesley
1745
7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
Yes
135
Stupendous height of heaveny love
Charles Wesley

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
136
The Maker of the sun and moon
Laurence Housman
1906
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
137
In the bleak mid-winter
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1872

Yes
138
Love came down at Christmas
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1885
6 7 6 7
Yes
139
The race that long in darkness pined
John Morison & (1781) Scottish Paraphrases
1781
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
140
God from on high hath heard Let sighs
Charles Coffin tr/ad by James Russell Woodford

6 6 6 6
Yes
141
To us a Child of royal birth Heir of the
Charles Wesley
1782
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
142
Let earth and heaven combine Angels and
Charles Wesley
1745
6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
143
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
144
My song is love unknown My Saviour's
Samuel Crossman
1664
6 6 6 6 8 8 extended
Yes
145
What grace O Lord and beauty shone
Edward Denny
1839
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
146
Jesus who lived above the sky
Ann Gilbert

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
147
When the Lord of love was here
Stopford Augustus Brooke
1881
7 7 5 D
Yes
148
We saw Thee not when Thou didst come
Anne Rigby Richter & John Hampden Gurney
1834
8 8 8 8 8 8 extended
Yes
149
And didst Thou love the race that loved
Jean Ingelow
1863
10 10 10 6
Yes
150
Thou didst leave Thy throne And Thy king
Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliot
1864
11 8 11 8 and refrain
Yes
151
Who is He in yonder stall
Benjamin Russell Hanby
1866
7 7 and refrain
Yes
152
What means this eager anxious throng
Emma Campbell
1863
8 8 8 8 8 8 extended
Yes
153
Jesus Thy far-extended fame
Charles Wesley

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
154
I heard the voice of Jesus say Come unto
Horatius Bonar
1846
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
155
Heal us Emmanuel Hear our prayer
William Cowper
1779
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
156
O Thou whom once they flocked to hear
Charles Wesley

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
157
Jesus calls us over the tumult Of our
Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
1852
8 7 8 7
Yes
158
Thou sayest Take up thy cross O man
Francis Turner Palgrave
1865
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
159
One who is all unfit to count
Narayon Vaman Tilak tr/ad by Nicol MacNicol

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
160
Thou art the Way to Thee alone From sin
George Washington Doane
1824
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
161
Tell me the old old story of unseen
Arebella Catherine Hankey
1866
7 6 7 6 D and refrain
Yes
162
Thou art my life if thou but turn away
Francis Quarles

10 10 10
Yes
163
Dear Master in whose life I see
John Hunter

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
164
Behold a little child Laid in a manger
William Walsham How & Donald