| FIRST LINE
| SONGWRITERS | DATES
| METER
| LYRICS?
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1 | Lord you've tested me and known me
| Michael Saward
| ©
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1:1 | Dear Lord and Master mine Thy happy
| Thomas Hornblower Gill
| 1863
| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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1:2 | Never be sad or desponding
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1903
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1:2 | Like a river glorious is God's perfect
| Frances Ridley Havergal
| ©1876
| 6 5 6 5 D and refrain
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1:2-4 | Count it joy and never be discouraged
| Susan Helen Peterson
| 1998
| 10 9 10 9 D
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1:5 | There's a voice that whispers To the
| Lanta Wilson Smith
| 1898
| 6 5 6 5 D and refrain
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1:11 | How shall the wise be proud of their
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 10 9 10 9
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1:12 | O the friends that now are waiting
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1899
| 8 7 8 7 D and refrain
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1:13-15 | All your commandments Father almighty
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 10 10 10
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1:17 | Let us mingle our voices in chorus today
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1869
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1:17 | Mysterious Presence Source of all
| Seth Curtis Beach
| 1866
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:17 | Thine are all the gifts O God
| John Greenleaf Whittier
| 1878
| 7 5 7 5
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1:17 | Ring out the bells and let the people
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 10 10 10 10
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1:17 | Master we lift our eyes expecting your
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 9 9 9 9
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1:17 | Now praise the protector of heaven
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:17 | Lord You stand willing
| Mark Altrogge
| ©1992
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1:17 | Praise God from whom all blessings flow
| Thomas (Bishop) Ken
| 1674
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:17 | Come and see the shining hope
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 13 13 13 8 10 10 13 8
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1:19 | Everyone should be quick to listen
| Susan Helen Peterson
| 1998
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1:22 | As if Lord you are there I live my life
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 6 6 6 6
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1:26 | O Lord come quickly when I call Receive
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:5 | Heir of the kingdom O why dost thou
| Anonymous
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| 11 10 11 10
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2:5 | My Father is rich in houses He holdeth
| Harriet Eugenia Peck Buell
| 1877
| 10 11 11 11 r 6 5 6 6
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2:5 | Give thanks with a grateful heart
| Henry Smith
| ©1978
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2:14-17 | Greetings Christian friends and
| Mollie Knight
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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2:14-17 | To you O Lord our hearts we raise
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 7 8 7 D
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2:14-17 | Christians join in celebration Lift in
| James E. Seddon
| ©
| 7 6 7 6 7 6
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2:14-17 | When the church of Jesus shuts its
| Frederick Pratt-Green
| ©
| 11 11 11 11
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2:15-16 | Lord teach us to rejoice in you in chain
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:15-16 | Jesus most generous Lord whose nature
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4
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2:16 | Part in peace is day before us
| Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
| 1841
| 8 7 8 7
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2:18 | Before they leave the upper room
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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2:19 | Onward Christian soldiers marching as to
| Sabine Baring-Gould
| 1865
| 6 5 6 5 D and refrain
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2:19 | Jesus the name high over all In hell or
| Charles Wesley
| 1749
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:20 | Christian rise and act thy creed
| F. A. Rollo Russell
| 1893
| 7 7 7 7
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2:23 | To walk the way of Abraham should that
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:23 | Lord God who blessed our fathers here
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:23 | I'm standing here to testify
| Kevin Prosch
| ©1992
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2:26 | Dismiss me not Thy service Lord
| Thomas Toke Lynch
| 1855
| 8 6 8 6 8 6
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3:5-10 | Why in the dawning of another day
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 10 10 10 10
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3:9-10 | O Lord my Rock to you I cry aloud
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 10 4 10 4 10 10
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3:13-17 | How shall the wise be proud of their
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 10 9 10 9
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3:17 | Before they leave the upper room
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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4:1-2 | Above the fields the dewy fields of
| David Mowbray
| ©
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4:1-10 | Must the sword devour for ever ancient
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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4:2 | Come close to the Saviour thy loving
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1890
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4:6 | He giveth more grace when the burden
| Annie Johnson Flint
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| 12 11 12 11
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4:6 | Have you on the Lord believed
| Philip Paul Bliss
| 1873
| 7 6 7 6 D and refrain
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4:6 | He giveth more grace when the burden
| Annie Johnson Flint
| ©1941
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4:7 | You're starting my boy on life's journey
| Horatio Richmond Palmer
| 1887
| 9 8 9 8 D and refrain
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4:7 | Closer to you Lord
| Patricia Morgan
| ©1991
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4:7 | A safe stronghold our God is still
| Martin Luther & Rupert E. Davies tr/ad by Thomas Carlyle
| 1529
| 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7
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4:7-8 | Father most high be with us Unseen Thy
| Aurelius Clemens Prudentius tr/ad by Hymns Ancient and Modern
| 1889
| 7 7 7 7 D
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4:8 | Dearest Jesus draw Thou near me
| Thomas Hansen Kingo tr/ad by Carl K. Solberg
| 1699
| 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8
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4:8 | I'll sing a new hymn to my God
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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4:8 | Thou whose hand thus far hath led me
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
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| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
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4:8 | Advent tells us Christ is near Christmas
| Katherine Hankey
| 1888
| 7 7 7 7
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4:8 | I'm standing here to testify
| Kevin Prosch
| ©1992
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4:8 | How lovely is Your dwelling place
| Matt Redman
| ©1995
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4:8 | Come Thou Desire of all Thy saints
| Anne Steele
| 1760
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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4:8 | Here from the world we turn Jesus to
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1876
| 6 4 6 4 6 6 6 4
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4:8 | Nearer still nearer close to Thy heart
| Lelia Naylor Morris
| 1898
| 9 10 9 10 extended
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4:10 | Jesus Redeemer Mary's child endue me
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 9 8 9
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4:14 | Beneath our feet and over our head Is
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| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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4:14 | God holds the key of all unknown
| Joseph Parker
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| 8 4 8 8 4
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4:14 | I know not what the future hath of
| John Greenleaf Whittier
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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4:14 | Dread not the things that are ahead
| James Rowe
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
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5:1-6 | My soul proclaims the greatness of the
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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5:1-6 | Lord show us how to live set free from
| Christopher M. Idle
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| 6 6 6 6
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5:7 | Come let us return unto the Lord
| Kevin Prosch
| ©1993
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5:8 | O rally round the standard
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| 1889
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5:8 | O watchman on the mountain height
| William Orcutt Cushing
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra
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5:8 | We are waiting blessed Saviour
| Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
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| 8 7 8 7 D
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5:11 | O Lord Your tenderness
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1986
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5:13-15 | Almighty Father great must be Your power
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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5:13-16 | God of hope and Lord of healing
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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5:16 | How sweet and happy seem those days of
| James Rowe
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| 12 10 12 10 and refrain
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5:16 | I never can forget the day I heard my
| Judson W. van de Venter
| 1895
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
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5:16 | Twas in the days of careless youth
| Peter Philip Bilhorn
| 1896
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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5:16 | There is rest sweet rest at the Master's
| Eliza Edmunds Hewitt
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5:20 | Will you go and speak to the lost ones
| Adoniram Judson Buchanan
| 1889
| 10 8 10 8 and refrain
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8:18-23**>5 | Why in the dawning of another day
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
| 10 10 10 10
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