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CMMS # 152

Title:
Believers Hymn Book
Publisher:
Pickering & Inglis
Date Published:
1981
ISBN:

No of songs:
465
.

FIRST LINE
SONGWRITERS
DATES
METER
LYRICS?
1
Abba Father We approach Thee
James George Deck
1841
8 7 8 7
Yes
2
Abba Father we adore Thee Humbly
Robert Stephen Hawker

8 7 8 7 D
Yes
3
A mind at perfect peace with God
Catesby Paget

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
4
Around Thy table Holy Lord In fellowship
Mary Bowly Peters

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
5
According to Thy gracious word In meek
James Montgomery
1825
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
6
Alas and did my Saviour bleed And did my
Isaac Watts
1707
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
7
A debtor to mercy alone Of covenant
Augustus Montague Toplady
1771
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
8
All that I was my sin my guilt
Horatius Bonar
1845
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
9
A rock that stands for ever Is Christ my
Paul Gerhardt

7 6 7 6 D
Yes
10
Awake my soul in joyful lays And sing
Samuel Medley

8 8 8 8 9 8
Yes
10
Awake my soul in joyful lays And sing
Samuel Medley

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
11
A pilgrim through this lonely world
Edward Denny & Horatius Bonar
1839
8 6 8 6 extended
Yes
12
As sinners saved we gladly praise
James H. Evans

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
13
Around Thy grave Lord Jesus Thine empty
James George Deck

7 6 7 6 D
Yes
14
A little while Our Lord shall come
James George Deck

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
15
Before the throne of God above
Charatie Lees Bancroft
1863
8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)
Yes
16
Behold a spotless Victim dies My surety
Anonymous

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
17
Behold the Lamb with glory crowned
Thomas Kelly

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
18
Behold the throne of grace The promise
John Newton
1779
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
19
Blessed Lord our souls are longing
Mary Peters

8 7 8 7 8 7
Yes
20
Brethren let us join to bless Jesus
John Cennick

7 7 7 7
Yes
21
Buried in the grave of Jesus We believe
T. W. Trench

8 7 8 7
Yes
22
Bright bright home beyond the skies
Hannah Kilham Burlingham

7 9 8 9 3
Yes
23
Beneath the Cross of Jesus I fain
Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane
1868
7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
Yes
24
Blessed be God our God Who gave for us
Horatius Bonar

6 10 10 6
Yes
25
Blest be the dear uniting love That will
Charles Wesley
1742
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
26
Behold what love what boundless love
Robert Boswell

8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra
Yes
27
Begone unbelief My Saviour is near and
John Newton
1779
5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5
Yes
28
Blessed hope that in Jesus is given
Daniel Webster Whittle


Yes
29
Bride of the Lamb there is for thee
Boethia Thompson

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
30
Behold behold the Lamb of God
Richard Jukes
1839
8 3 8 3 8 8 8 3
Yes
31
Bright with all His crowns of glory
Edward Denny

8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
32
Christ's grave is vacant now Left fo
W. Noel Tomkins

6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
33
Christ has done the mighty work
Horatius Bonar

7 7 7 7
Yes
34
Come all ye saints of God Publish
James Boden

6 6 4 6 6 6 4
Yes
35
Christians go and tell of Jesus How He
Edward P. Hammond


Yes
36
Cling to the MIGHTY one Cling in thy
Henry Bennett

6 4 6 4 D
Yes
37
Christ the Lord is risen on high Sing ye
Anonymous

7 7 7 7 extended
Yes
38
Come let us join our cheerful songs
Isaac Watts
1707
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
39
Come let us all unite to sing God is
Unknown & Millennial Praises
1850
8 3 8 3 8 8 8 3
Yes
40
Come let us sing the matchless worth
Samuel Medley

8 8 6 8 8 6
Yes
41
Come ye that know the Saviour's name
George Burder

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
42
Crowned with thorns upon the tree
H. Grattan Guinness

7 7 7 7
Yes
43
Come Thou fount of every blessing Tune
Robert Robinson
1758
8 7 8 7
Yes
44
Crowns of glory ever bright Rest upon
Thomas Kelly

7 7 7 7 D
Yes
45
Done is the work that saves Once and
Horatius Bonar

6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
46
Father we Thy children bless Thee
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

8 7 8 7 D
Yes
47
Faint not Christian though the road
James H. Evans

7 7 7 7
Yes
48
For ever with the Lord Amen so let it be
James Montgomery

6 6 8 6 (S.M.) and refra
Yes
49
For the bread and for the wine
Horatius Bonar

7 7 7 6
Yes
50
From every stormy wind that blows
Hugh Stowell
1828
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
51
From whence this fear and unbelief
Augustus Montague Toplady

8 8 6 8 8 6
Yes
52
Glory glory everlasting Be to Him who
Thomas Kelly

8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
53
God moves in a mysterious way His wonder
William Cowper
1774
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
54
Glory unto Jesus be Thou from wrath
Archibald Rutherford

7 7 7 7
Yes
55
Grace tis a charming sound Harmonious
Philip Doddridge & Augustus Montague Toplady
1755
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
56
Glory to God on high Peace upon earth
Thomas Kelly

6 6 4 6 6 6 4
Yes
57
God's almighty arms are round me
James McGranahan & Joseph Denham Smith

8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4
Yes
58
Great God of wonders All Thy ways
Samuel Davies
1769
8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
59
Great Shepherd of Thy chosen flock
John Newton
1779
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
60
Guide me O Thou great Jehovah
William Williams tr/ad by Peter Williams
1745
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
61
Hail Thou once despised Jesus
John Bakewell & Martin Madan
1757
8 7 8 7 D
Yes
62
Happy they who trust in Jesus Sweet
Thomas Kelly

8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
63
Hark my soul it is the Lord Tis my
William Cowper
1768
7 7 7 7
Yes
64
Hark tis the watchman's cry
Anonymous & The Revival
1859
6 4 6 4 6 7 6 4
Yes
65
Hark ten thousand voices crying
John Nelson Darby
1837
8 7 8 7
Yes
66
Have ye counted the cost
Jane Eliza Leeson

IRREGULAR
Yes
67
Head of Thy Church triumphant We
Charles Wesley
1745
7 7 4 4 7 D
Yes
68
He comes Emmanuel comes Jesus the
James George Deck

6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
69
Heirs of salvation chosen of God
Hannah Kilham Burlingham


Yes
70
He leadeth me O blessed thought
Joseph Henry Gilmore
1862
8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
Yes
71
He lives the great Redeemer lives
Anne Steele
1760
8 8 8 8 (L.M.) extended
Yes
72
Here over the earth as a stranger I roam
Anonymous


Yes
73
He sitteth over the waterfloods
Richard Whateley

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
74
Holy Saviour we adore Thee Seated on
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles
1838
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
75
Hope of our hearts O lord appear Thou
Edward Denny

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
76
How bright that blessed hope Jesus will
Anonymous

6 6 4 6 6 6 4
Yes
77
How firm a foundation ye saints of the
Rippon's Selection & Richard Keen
1787
11 11 11 11
Yes
78
How good is the God we adore Our
Joseph Hart
1759
8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
79
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
John Newton
1779
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
80
I'm but a stranger here Heaven is my
Thomas Rawson Taylor
1836
6 4 6 4 6 6 6 4
Yes
81
I am waiting for the dawning
Samuel Trevor Francis

8 7 8 7 D
Yes
82
I am a stranger here No home no rest
Anonymous

6 6 6 6 4
Yes
83
I'm a pilgrim and a stranger Rough and
Mrs. Maxwell

8 7 8 5 D
Yes
84
I'm waiting for Thee Lord Thy beauty to
Hannah Kilham Burlingham

6 6 11 D
Yes
85
I am watching for the morning I am
Boethia Thompson


Yes
86
I bless the Christ of God I rest on love
Horatius Bonar
1861
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
87
I bow me to Thy will O God And all Thy
Frederick William Faber

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
88
I have been at the altar and witnessed
Amelia M. Hull


Yes
89
I have a home above From sin and sorrow
Henry Bennett

6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
90
I heard the voice of Jesus say Come unto
Horatius Bonar
1846
8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
Yes
91
I hear the words of love I gaze upon
Horatius Bonar
1861
6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
92
I journey through a desert drear and
Mary Jane Deck Walker

10 10 10 10
Yes
93
I hear the accuser roar Of ills that I
Samuel Whitlock Gandy

6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
94
O I left it all with Jesus long ago
Ellen H. Willis
1876

Yes
95
I need Thee precious Saviour O Thou art
Frederick Whitfield

7 6 7 6 D
Yes
96
I once was a stranger to grace
Robert Murray McCheyne
1837
11 11 11 11
Yes
97
I saw the Cross of Jesus When burdened
George Müller & Frederick Whitfield
1875
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
98
I thirst but not as once I did The vain
William Cowper

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
99
In Seasons of Grief to My God I'll
John Price

11 11 11 11 with refrain
Yes
100
I would commune with Thee my God
Goerge Burden Bubier

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
101
It passeth knowledge that dear love of
Mary Sheckleton
1863
10 10 10 10 4
Yes
102
I will sing of my Redeemer And His
Philip Paul Bliss
1876
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
103
I've found a friend O such a friend
James Grindlay Small
1863
8 7 8 7 D Iambic
Yes
104
I've found a joy in sorrow a secret balm
Jane Fox Crewdson
1864
7 6 7 6 D extended
Yes
105
I was a wandering sheep I did not love
Horatius Bonar
1843
6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)
Yes
106
It may be at morn when the day
H.L. Turner
1878

Yes
107
I've found the precious Christ of God
John Mason

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
108
Jehovah is our Strength And He shall be
Samuel Bernard

6 6 6 6 8 8
Yes
109
Jesus is our shepherd Wiping every tear
Hugh Stowell

6 5 6 5 D
Yes
110
Jesus Christ Thou King of Glory
Hannah Kilham Burlingham

8 7 8 4 8 4
Yes
111
Jesus in His heavenly temple Sits with
Robert Cleaver Chapman

8 7 8 7
Yes
112
Jesus is coming I sing the glad word
Edwin Hutch & Daniel Webster Whittle

10 10 10 7 and refrain
Yes
113
Jesus Lord I'm never weary Looking on
Boethia Thompson

8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
114
Jesus Lord we know Thee present
Boethia Thompson

8 7 8 7 D
Yes
115
Jesus source of life eternal
Ernst Christoph Homburg

8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7
Yes
116
Jesus O Name of power divine To all of
Frederick Whitfield

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
117
Joy joy joy there is joy in heaven with
Anonymous


Yes
118
Just as Thou art how wondrous fair
Joseph Denham Smith

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
119
Jesus lover of my soul Let me be to
Charles Wesley
1740
7 7 7 7 D
Yes
120
Jesus the Lord our RIghteousness
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad by Charles Wesley

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
121
Kept safely kept My fears away are swept
William Blane

4 6 8 8 4
Yes
122
Lamb of God Our souls adore Thee
James George Deck
1841
7 6 7 6 D
Yes
123
Lamb of God Thou now art seated
James George Deck

8 7 8 7 D
Yes
124
Let us love and sing and wonder Let us
John Newton
1774
8 7 8 7 7 7
Yes
125
Let us rejoice in Christ the Lord Who
John Newton

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
126
Lord accept our feeble song Power and
Thomas Kelly

7 7 7 7
Yes
127
Look ye saints the sight is glorious
Thomas Kelly
1809
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
128
Lord Jesus are we one with thee
James George Deck

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
129
Lord Jesus Christ we seek Thy face
Alexander Stewart

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
130
Lord Jesus come Nor let us longer roam
George Jekell
1856
4 6 8 8 4 extended
Yes
131
Lord Jesus Friend unfailing how dear
Samuel G. Kuster

7 6 7 6 D
Yes
132
Lord dismiss us with Thy blessing fill
John Fawcett & Godfrey Thring & William Walter Shirley
1773
8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
133
Lord Jesus my Saviour How vast Thy
Anonymous


Yes
134
Lord Jesus I love Thee I know Thou art
William Ralph Featherstone

11 11 11 11
Yes
135
Lord Jesus in Thy name alone
Mary Peters

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
136
Lord Jesus let Thy favour rest Upon this
J. Withy

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
137
Lord Jesus Christ the thought of Thee
Unknown
12 c
8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
138
Lord Jesus Thine No more this heart
Albert Midlane

4 6 8 8 4
Yes
139
Lord to Thee my heart ascending
Elizabeth Harris Codner

8 7 8 7 6 7
Yes
140
Lord Jesus Thou who only art
Anonymous

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
141
Lord Jesus Thy great love to me
John Wesley

8 8 8 8 8 8
Yes
142
Lord Jesus to tell of Thy love Our souls
Thomas Haweis

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
143
Lord we are Thine our God Thou art
James George Deck

8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)
Yes
144
Lord Jesus we believing In Thee have
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

7 6 7 6 D
Yes
145
May the grace of Christ our Saviour
John Newton
1779
8 7 8 7
Yes
146
Lord Jesus who didst once appear
John Berridge

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
147
Man of sorrows What a Name For the Son
Philip Paul Bliss
1875
7 7 7 8
Yes
148
Lord we would never forget Thy love
James George Deck

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
149
Meeting in the Saviour's Name
Thomas Kelly

7 7 7 7 7 7
Yes
150
Mid the splendours of the glory
William Watkins Reid

8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
151
My days are gliding swiftly by And I a
David Nelson
1835
8 7 8 7 and refrain
Yes
151
My days are gliding swiftly by And I a
David Nelson
1835
8 7 8 7
Yes
152
My chains are snapt the bonds of sin
Margaret L. Carson

11 4 11 4
Yes
153
My God I am Thine What a comfort divine
Charles Wesley

11 11 and refrain
Yes
154
My God what cords of love are Thine
Philip Doddridge

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
155
Midst the darkness storm and sorrow
Paul Gerhardt

8 5 8 5 D
Yes
156
My Shepherd is the Lamb The living Lord
Beaumont's Psalms

6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Yes
157
My God I have found The thrice blessed
Joseph Denham Smith

11 11 and refrain
Yes
158
My hope is built on nothing less
Edward Mote
İc.18
8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
Yes
159
My Redeemer O what beauties In that
Anonymous

8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
Yes
160
My rest is in heaven my rest is not here
Henry Francis Lyte

11 11 11 11
Yes
161
My Saviour whom absent I love Whom not
William Cowper

8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
Yes
162
No condemnation O my soul Tis God
Robert Cleaver Chapman

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
163
My tongue shall spread the Saviour's
Anonymous

8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
Yes
164
My soul amid this stormy world Is like
Robert Cleaver Cha