| FIRST LINE
| SONGWRITERS
| DATES
| METER
| LYRICS?
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1
| Blessed Jesus at Thy word We are
| Tobias Clausnitzer & Unknown tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1663
| 7 8 7 8 8 8
| Yes
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2
| Come Holy Ghost God and Lord
| Martin Luther
| 1524
| 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 8
| Yes
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3
| Come let us with our Lord arise
| Charles Wesley
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Yes
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4
| In Jesus' Name we pause to pray
| Johan Frederiksen
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5
| Lord Jesus though but two or three
| Matthias Loy
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6
| Alleluia Let praises ring To God the
| Bartholommäus Crasselius & Unknown tr/ad by Composite
| 1655
| 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 4 4 8
| Yes
|
7
| Praise to the Father the glorious King
| John Henry Jr. Hopkins
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8
| Christ is made the sure foundation
| Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| 7 ce
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
| Yes
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9
| Come down O Love Divine
| Bianco da Siena tr/ad by Richard Frederick Littledale
| ©1434
| 6 6 11 6 6 11
| Yes
|
10
| Come Holy Ghost Creator blest Vouchsafe
| Rhabanus Maurus tr/ad by Richard Mant & Edward Caswall
| 856,
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
11
| Come Holy Ghost in love shed on us from
| Robert II of France tr/ad by Ray. Palmer
| 996,
| 6 6 4 6 6 6 4
| Yes
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12
| Come Thou Almighty King Help us Thy
| Charles Wesley
| 1757
| 6 6 4 6 6 6 4
| Yes
|
13
| Dearest Jesus draw Thou near me
| Thomas Hansen Kingo
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| 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8
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14
| Father who the light this day
| Julia Anne (Marshall) Elliott
| 1835
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
15
| Holy holy holy Lord God almighty
| Reginald Heber
| 1826
| 11 12 12 10
| Yes
|
16
| From all that dwell below the skies Let
| Isaac Watts & Anonymous & Robert Nelson Spencer
| 1719
| 8 8 4 4 8 8 and Alleluja
| Yes
|
17
| Awake and sing the song Of Moses and
| William Hammond
| 1745
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
18
| God the Father be our Stay Oh let us
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Richard Massie
| 14 c
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
19
| Now may He who from the dead
| John Newton
| 1779
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
20
| Holy Ghost dispel our sadness pierce the
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by John Christian Jacobi & Augustus Montague Toplady
| 1648
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
21
| To God be glory
| Nicholas Brady & Nahum Tate
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22
| Let all the world in every corner sing
| George Herbert
| ©1633
| 10 4 6 6 6 6 10 4
| Yes
|
23
| Lord Jesus Christ be present now
| Duke of Sachsen-Weimar Wilhelm II
| 1651
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
24
| Lord open Thou my heart to hear
| Johannes Olearius
| 1671
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
25
| O Holy Spirit grant us grace
| Bartholomäus Ringwaldt tr/ad by Oluf Hanson Smeby
| 1581
| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
| Yes
|
26
| O Holy Ghost Thou gift divine
| Bartholomäus Ringwaldt
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
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27
| O Holy Spirit enter in Among these heart
| Michael Schirmer tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1640
| 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 4 4 8
| Yes
|
28
| O how holy is this place
| Benjamin Schmolck
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| 7 8 7 8 7 7
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29
| Open now thy gates of beauty
| Benjamin Schmolck tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1730
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
31
| This day at Thy creating Word First over
| William Walsham How
| 1871
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
32
| This is the day the Lord hath made
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
33
| We now implore God the Holy Ghost
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Composite
| 1524
| 9 9 11 10 4
| Yes
|
34
| Kyrie God Father in heaven above
| Latin tr/ad by Unknown
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| Yes
|
35
| All glory be to God on high and peace
| Nikolaus Decius tr/ad by Francis Bland Tucker
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
| Yes
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36
| All glory be to God alone
| Gesangbuch
| 1543
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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37
| We all believe in one true God Father
| Tobias Clausnitzer tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1668
| 8 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
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38
| We all believe in one true God Maker
| Martin Luther
| 1524
| 8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.) 8 8
| Yes
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39
| Whoever would be saved
| Harry Bartels
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40
| Isaiah mighty seer in days of old
| Martin Luther & Dennis William Marzolf
| 1526
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| Yes
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41
| Lamb of God pure and holy
| Nikolaus Decius
| 1531
| 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
| Yes
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42
| God we praise you God we bless you
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
43
| Holy God we praise Thy name Lord of all
| Ignace Franz & Hugh T. Henry tr/ad by Clarence Alphonsus Walworth & Francis Bland Tucker
| 1774
| 7 8 7 8 7 7
| Yes
|
44
| Thee God we praise Thy name we bless
| Niceta of Remesiana
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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45
| We sing Thy praise O God
| Martin Luther
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46
| Sing praise to the God of Israel
| Stephen Starke
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| 9 8 9 8 9 8
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47
| My soul doth magnify the Lord
| Anonymous
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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48
| In peace and joy I now depart
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Leonard W. Bacon
| 1524
| 8 5 8 4 7 7
| Yes
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49
| All hail the power of Jesus Name
| Edward Perronet & John Rippon
| 1779
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
50
| Rejoice today with one accord Sing out
| Henry Williams Baker
| 1861
| 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7
| Yes
|
51
| All people that on earth do dwell
| William Kethe & Scottish Psalter and Paraphras
| 1561
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
52
| All ye who on this earth do dwell
| Paul Gerhardt
| 1648
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
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53
| At the Name of Jesus every knee shall
| Caroline Maria Noel
| 1870
| 6 5 6 5 D
| Yes
|
54
| Beautiful Saviour King of Creation
| German Jesuits tr/ad by Joseph A. Seiss
| 1677
| 10 7 10 8
| Yes
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55
| Crown Him with many crowns The Lamb
| Matthew Bridges & Godfrey Thring
| 1852
| 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)
| Yes
|
56
| Ye lands to the Lord make a jubilant
| Ulrik Vilhelm Koren tr/ad by Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth
| 1874
| 11 5 12 9
| Yes
|
57
| Evening and morning sunset and
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Richard Massie
| 1666
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| Yes
|
58
| Give praise to God our King
| Arthur Tozer Russell
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59
| Lord of all hopefulness Lord of all joy
| Joyce Maxtone Graham
| ©
| 10 11 11 12
| Yes
|
60
| O bless the Lord my soul let all
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
61
| My heart is longing
| Eugenie, Princess of Sweden
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| 10 10 10 10
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62
| O love divine how sweet thou art When
| Charles Wesley
| 1749
| 8 8 6 8 8 6
| Yes
|
63
| 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
|
64
| Praise the Lord ye heavens adore Him
| Foundling Hospital Collection & Edward Osler
| 1796
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
65
| 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
|
66
| Come let us join our cheerful songs
| Isaac Watts
| 1707
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
67
| Praise my soul the God of heaven
| Henry Francis Lyte
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| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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68
| Eternal Son of God
| Latin
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69
| The God of Abraham praise All praised be
| Daniel ben Judah tr/ad by Thomas Olivers
| c.14
| 6 6 8 4 D
| Yes
|
70
| I see Thee standing
| Hans Adolf Brorson
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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71
| The Lord hath helped me hitherto By His
| Ämilie Juliane tr/ad by August Crull
| 1699
| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
| Yes
|
72
| Thy strong word did cleave the darkness
| Martin H. Franzmann
| 1969
| 8 7 8 7 D
| Yes
|
73
| Thine be the glory risen conquering Son
| Edmond Louis Budry tr/ad by Richard Birch Hoyle
| ©1884
| 10 11 11 11 and refrain
| Yes
|
74
| Awake my soul and with the sun
| Thomas (Bishop) Ken
| 1674
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
75
| Come Thou Bright and Morning Star
| Christian Knorr von Rosenroth
| 1684
| 7 8 7 8 7 3
| Yes
|
76
| Father we praise Thee now the night is
| Gregory I (the Great) tr/ad by Percy Dearmer
| 1906
| 11 11 11 5
| Yes
|
77
| God who madest earth and heaven
| Heinrich Albert
| 1644
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
78
| The radiant sun shines in the skies
| Nikolaus Herman
| 1560
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
79
| My inmost heart now raises
| Georg Nigidius
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| 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 6
| Yes
|
80
| O blessed Holy Trinity
| Martin Behm
| 1608
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
81
| O splendour of God's glory bright
| of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by Robert Seymour Bridges & John Mason Neale
| 4 ce
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
82
| With the Lord begin thy task
| Morgen- und Abend-segen
| 1734
| 7 6 7 6 D
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83
| The sun arises now
| Thomas Hansen Kingo
| 1699
| 6 5 6 5 11 6 6 5
| Yes
|
84
| Jesus Sun of righteousness Brightest
| Christian Knorr von Rosenroth tr/ad by Jane Laurie Borthwick
| 1684
| 7 7 7 7 7 3
| Yes
|
85
| 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
|
86
| While yet the morn is breaking
| Johannes Mühlmann
| 1618
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
87
| Come Thou long expected Jesus
| Charles Wesley
| 1744
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
88
| Come Thou precious Ransom come
| Johann Gottfried Olearius tr/ad by August Crull
| 1664
| 7 8 7 8 7 7
| Yes
|
89
| Jesus came the heavens adoring
| Godfrey Thring
| 1864
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
90
| Saviour of the nations come
| of Milan. Ambrose tr/ad by Martin Luther & William J. Reynolds
| c.39
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
92
| Lift up your heads ye mighty gates
| Georg Weissel tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6
| Yes
|
93
| The new church year again is come
| Johannes Olearius
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|
95
| Wake the welcome day appeareth
| Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen
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| 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
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96
| Hark a thrilling voice is sounding
| Latin tr/ad by Edward Caswall
| 5 ce
| 8 7 8 7
| Yes
|
97
| O Saviour rend the heavens wide Come
| Friedrich von Spee
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
98
| Lo He comes wIth clouds descending
| John Cennick tr/ad by Charles Wesley & Martin Madan
| 1752
| 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
| Yes
|
99
| The Advent of our King/God
| Charles Coffin tr/ad by John Chandler
| 1736
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
100
| The Bridegroom soon will call us
| Johann Walther tr/ad by Matthias Loy
| 1552
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
101
| The King shall come when morning
| Greek tr/ad by John Brownlie
| 1907
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
102
| Comfort comfort ye My people
| Johannes Olearius tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1671
| 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8
| Yes
|
103
| Hail to the Lord's Anointed Great David
| James Montgomery
| 1821
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
104
| O Bride of Christ rejoice
| Danish melody tr/ad by Johan Olaf Wallin & Victor Olof Petersen
| c160
| 6 6 7 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
105
| Arise sons of the Kingdom The King is
| Johann Rist tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1651
| 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 6
| Yes
|
105
| Rise children of the kingdom
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106
| 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
|
107
| When all the world was cursed
| Johann Gottfried Olearius
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| 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
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|
108
| Creator of the starry height Thy peoples
| Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
|
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
109
| Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
| Philip Doddridge
| 1735
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
110
| 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
|
111
| When sinners see their lost condition
| Magnus Brostrup Landstad tr/ad by Oluf Hanson Smeby
| 1863
| 9 8 9 8 8 8
| Yes
|
112
| A Boy is born in Bethlehem Allelujah
| Latin tr/ad by Unknown
| 14 c
| 8 4 8 8
| Yes
|
113
| 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
|
114
| Angels from the realms of glory
| James Montgomery
| 1816
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
115
| All my heart sings and rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt
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| 8 3 3 6 D
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116
| Angels we have heard on high
| Traditional French Carol tr/ad by James Chadwick
| 1862
| 7 7 7 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
117
| As each happy Christmas Dawns on earth
| Johann Wilhelm Hey tr/ad by Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth
| 1833
| 6 5 6 5
| Yes
|
118
| 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
|
118
| Arise my soul sing joyfully
| Johann Rist
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7
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119
| Away in a manger no crib for a bed
| John Samuel Bowley Monsell & J.T. McFarland
| 1885
| 11 11 11 11
| Yes
|
120
| Bright and glorious is the sky
| Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig tr/ad by Unknown
| 1810
| 7 7 8 8 7 7
| Yes
|
120
| O how beautiful the sky
| Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig
|
| 7 7 8 8 7 7
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121
| 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
|
121
| Behold a branch is growing
| Trier
| c.15
| 7 6 7 6 6 7 6
| Yes
|
122
| We Christians may Rejoice Today
| Caspar Füger tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1592
| 8 11 8 11
| Yes
|
123
| From heaven above to earth I come
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Lutheran Book of Worship
| 1531
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
124
| From heaven above to earth I come
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth & Unknown
| 1531
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
125
| Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the
| Charles Wesley
| 1739
| 7 7 7 7 D and refrain
| Yes
|
126
| God rest you merry gentlemen
| Traditional tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©18 c
| 8 6 8 6 8 6
| Yes
|
127
| I am so glad when Christmas comes
| IInger Marie Lycke Wexelsen
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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128
| Come your hearts and voices raising
| Paul Gerhardt
| 1667
| 8 8 8 7
| Yes
|
129
| Beside Thy manger
| Paul Gerhardt
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
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|
129
| I stand beside Thy manger here
| Paul Gerhardt
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
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130
| I sing the birth was born tonight the
| Ben Jonson
| 1640
| 8 8 7 8 8 7
| Yes
|
131
| To us is born a blessed Child
| Latin
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7
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131
| Now hail the day so rich in cheer
| Latin
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| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7
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132
| Rejoice rejoice ye Christians
| Geistliche Lieder tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1540
| 7 6 7 6 D
| Yes
|
133
| 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
|
134
| Let us all with gladsome voice
| Urban Langhans tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1620
| 7 6 7 6
| Yes
|
135
| Now sing we now rejoice
| Latin tr/ad by Arthur Tozer Russell
|
| 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 extended
| Yes
|
136
| All praise to Thee eternal God
| Martin Luther
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| 8 8 8 8 4
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136
| O Jesus Christ all praise to Thee
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Arthur Tozer Russell
| 1535
| 8 8 8 8 4
| Yes
|
137
| O little town of Bethlehem How still we
| Phillips Brooks
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
| Yes
|
138
| Joy to the world the Lord is come
| Isaac Watts
| 1719
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
139
| Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1848
| 8 7 8 7 7 7
| Yes
|
140
| 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
|
141
| Once He came in blessing
| Johann Roh (Horn) tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1544
| 6 6 6 6 6 6
| Yes
|
142
| Rejoice rejoice this happy morn
| Birgitte Cathrine Johannessen Boye tr/ad by Carl Døving
| 1778
| 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8
| Yes
|
143
| The happy Christmas comes once more
| Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig tr/ad by Charles Porterfield Krauth
| 1810
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
144
| Thy little ones dear Lord are we
| Hans Adolf Brorson tr/ad by Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth
| 1732
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
145
| What Child is this who laid to rest
| William Chatterton Dix
| c.18
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
| Yes
|
146
| When Christmas morn is dawning
| Abel Burckhardt tr/ad by Claude William Foss
| 1851
| 7 6 7 6 7 6
| Yes
|
147
| While shepherds watched their flocks by
| Nahum Tate
| 1700
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
148
| Praise God the Lord ye sons of men
| Nicolaus Hermann tr/ad by August Crull
| 1560
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
149
| In Thee is gladness amid all sadness
| Johann Lindemann tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1598
|
| Yes
|
150
| In this our happy Christmastide
| Birgitte Cathrine Johannessen Boye & Hans Adolf Brorson
|
| 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7
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151
| Thou Light of Gentile nations
| Johann Franck tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1674
|
| Yes
|
152
| We sing Immanuel Thy praise
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Composite
| 1653
| 8 8 8 8 4
| Yes
|
153
| The people that in darkness sat
| John Morison
| 1770
| 8 6 8 6 extended
| Yes
|
154
| To shepherds as they watched by night
| Martin Luther tr/ad by Richard Massie
| 1543
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
155
| How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
| John Newton
| 1779
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| Yes
|
156
| Jesus Name of wondrous love name all
| William Walsham How
| 1854
| 7 7 7 7
| Yes
|
157
| O blessed day when first was poured
| Abbé Sebastien Besnault tr/ad by John Chandler
| 1837
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Yes
|
158
| The ancient Law departs And all its fear
| Abbé Sebastien Besnault tr/ad by Hymns Ancient and Modern
| 1736
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| Yes
|
159
| To the Name of our salvation Laud and
| Latin tr/ad by John Mason Neale
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