The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated/The Story of the Hymns and their Writers

by John Telford

THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS

(The number in parentheses which follows the name of the writer of a hymn indicates the hymn under which a biographical sketch of that writer will be found.)

Chapters (not listed in original)

1. O for a thousand tongues to sing
2. All people that on earth do dwell
3. Before Jehovah's awful throne
4. O worship the King, all glorious above
5. Eternal Power, whose high abode
6. Come, sound His praise abroad
7. Praise, Lord, for Thee in Zion waits
8. Earth, with all thy thousand voices
9. From all that dwell below the skies
10. Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore Him
11. Meet and right it is to sing
12. O heavenly King, look down from above
13. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
14. O God, my strength and fortitude
15. Father of me, and all mankind
16. Glory be to God on high,
    God whose glory fills the sky
17. Through all the changing scenes of life
18. Meet and right it is to praise
19. Now thank we all our God
20. O render thanks to God above
21. Let us with a gladsome mind
22. God reveals His presence
23. Lord of all being, throned afar
24. For the beauty of the earth
25. Raise the psalm: let earth adoring
26. Praise the Lord! who reigns above
27. The strain upraise of joy and praise, Hallelujah
28. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
29. We give immortal praise
30. Infinite God, to Thee we raise
31. Father, live, by all things feared
32. Young men and maidens, raise
33. Father, in whom we live
34. Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord!
35. Jehovah, God the Father, bless
36. O God, of good the unfathomed sea!
37. God is a name my soul adores
38. O God, Thou bottomless abyss!
39. Thine, Lord, is wisdom, Thine alone
40. Glorious God, accept a heart
41. The Lord Jehovah reigns
42. Father of all! whose powerful voice
43. Eternal Son, eternal Love
44. Eternal, spotless Lamb of God
45. God the Lord is King: before Him
46. Holy as Thou, O Lord, is none
47. Hail! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
48. Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise
49. Eternal Wisdom! Thee we praise
50. In all my vast concerns with Thee
51. Eternal Light! eternal Light!
52. Lord God, by whom all change is wrought
53. Far off we need not rove
54. My God, how wonderful Thou art
55. Great God! to me the sight afford
56. Thou, my God, art good and wise
57. Begin, my soul, some heavenly theme
58. O Lord, how good, how great art Thou
59. I'll praise my Maker while I've breath
60. Ere God had built the mountains
61. A thousand oracles divine
62. Praise to the Holiest in the height
63. O God of God, in whom combine
64. O God of all grace
65. Father, whose everlasting love
66. What shall I do my God to love
67. Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love
68. Great God of wonders! all Thy ways
69. Eternal depth of love divine
70. O Love of God, how strong and true!
71. Was there ever kindest shepherd
72. The King of Love my Shepherd is
73. Let all that breathe Jehovah praise
74. Far as creation's bounds extend
75. The spacious firmament on high
76. The earth with all her fulness owns
77. Happy man whom God doth aid!
78. With glory clad, with strength arrayed
79. High in the heavens, eternal God
80. Sweet is the memory of Thy grace
81. You, who dwell above the skies
82. Good Thou art, and good Thou dost
83. Father, how wide Thy glory shines!
84. All praise and thanks to God most High
85. There is a book who runs may read
86. The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
87. My Shepherd will supply my need
88. Thee will I praise with all my heart
89. O bless the Lord, my soul!
90. My soul, repeat His praise
91. The Lord, how wondrous are His ways!
92. When all Thy mercies, O my God
93. God of my life, whose gracious power
94. Call Jehovah thy salvation
95. O God of Bethel, by whose hand
96. We come unto our fathers God
97. Come, let us join our cheerful songs
98. Jesus! the name high over all
99. Let earth and heaven agree
100. Thou great Redeemer, dying Lamb
101. Join all the glorious names
102. My heart and voice I raise
103. Jerusalem divine
104. Jesus, Thou everlasting King
105. When morning gilds the skies
106. Jesu, Lover of my soul
107. Thou hidden Source of calm repose
108. Christ, of all my hopes the ground
109. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
110. Jesu, the very thought of Thee
111. Jesu, Thou Joy of loving hearts
112. Behold the sure foundation-stone
113. Thou art the Way; by Thee alone
114. What equal honours shall we bring
115. O filial Deity
116. Jesus comes with all His grace
117. We saw Thee not when Thou didst come
118. Immortal Love, for ever full
119. O Lord and Master of us all
120. We know, by faith we surely know
121. Jesus, the First and Last
122. Hark! the herald-angels sing
123. O come, all ye faithful
124. Christians, awake, salute the happy morn
125. O Saviour, whom this holy morn
126. To us a child of royal birth
127. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
128. As with gladness men of old
129. From the eastern mountains
130. Cradled in a manger, meanly
131. While shepherds watched their flocks by night
132. It came upon the midnight clear
133. Let earth and heaven combine
134. Glory be to God on high
135. Arise, my soul, arise,
     Thy Saviour's sacrifice
136. Glorious Saviour of my soul
137. Stupendous height of heavenly love
138. Thou didst leave Thy throne
139. Hark the glad sound, the Saviour comes
140. Jesus, Thy far-extended fame
141. Jesus, Thee Thy works proclaim
142. Jesus, if still Thou art to-day
143. O Thou, whom once they flocked to hear
144. Lord! it is good for us to be
145. Heal us, Immanuel; hear our prayer
146. Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep
147. Lord, we sit and cry to Thee
148. O help us, Lord I each hour of need
149. There were ninety and nine that safely lay
150. Tell me the old, old story
151. With glorious clouds encompassed round
152. Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
153. His name is Jesus Christ the Just
154. Ride on! ride on in majesty!
155. When our heads are bowed with woe
156. Go to dark Gethsemane
157. Saviour, when in dust to Thee
158. Behold the Saviour of mankind
159. Would Jesus have the sinner die?
160. O Love divine! what hast Thou done?
161. All ye that pass by
162. O come and mourn with me awhile
163. O Sacred Head once wounded
164. When I survey the wondrous cross
165. 'Tis finished! the Messiah dies
166. Not all the blood of beasts
167. Thou very Paschal Lamb
168. Rock of Ages, cleft for me
169. Man of Sorrows! what a name
170. Christ the Lord is risen to-day!
171. He dies! the Friend of sinners dies!
172. Ye humble souls that seek the Lord
173. In the bonds of death He lay
174. Christ the Lord is risen again
175. Jesus lives! thy terrors now
176. Our Lord is risen from the dead
177. On wings of living light
178. The day of resurrection!
179. Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know
180. The foe behind, the deep before
181. Hail the day that sees Him rise
182. The golden gates are lifted up
183. Thou art gone up on high
184. He is gone beyond the skies
185. God is gone up on high
186. Clap your hands, ye people all
187. See the Conqueror mounts in triumph
188. Holy Ghost, Illuminator
189. Hail, Thou once despisod Jesus!
190. O Thou eternal Victim, slain
191. Jesus, to Thee we fly
192. Entered the holy place above
193. With joy we meditate the grace
194. My sufferings all to Thee are known
195. There is no sorrow, Lord, too light
196. Christ, the true anointed Seer
197. O come, O come, Immanuel
198. Come, Thou long-expected Jesus
199. Light of those whose dreary dwelling
200. Lo! He comes with clouds descending
201. Ye virgin souls, arise
202. Behold, behold, the Bridegroom nigh!
203. Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart
204. Lord, her watch Thy church is keeping
205. Break, day of God, O break
206. Hail to the Lord's Anointed
207. All hail the power of Jesu's name
208. Crown Him with many crowns
209. The head that once was crowned with thorns
210. My heart is full of Christ, and longs
211. Jesu, my God and King
212. Earth, rejoice, our Lord is King!
213. Rejoice, the Lord is King!
214. Jesus, Thou art our King!
215. Sing we to our conquering Lord
216. Omnipotent Redeemer
217. All thanks be to God
218. See how great a flame aspires
219. Arm of the Lord, awake, awake!
220. Salvation! O the joyful sound!
221. Behold! the mountain of the Lord
222. Jesus, the word bestow
223. On all the earth Thy Spirit shower
224. Saviour, we know Thou art
225. Sow in the morn thy seed
226. Blow ye the trumpet, blow!
227. Come, Thou Conqueror of the nations
228. Creator Spirit! by whose aid
229. When God of old came down from heaven
230. Jesus, we on the word depend
231. Father, glorify Thy Son
232. Father of our dying Lord
233. Father, if justly still we claim
234. Granted is the Saviour's prayer
235. Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed
236. Lord, we believe to us and ours
237. Holy Ghost! my Comforter!
238. Come to our poor nature's night
239. Away with our fears
240. Sinners, lift up your hearts
241. Eternal Spirit, come
242. Spirit of truth! on this Thy day
243. O Breath of God, breathe on us now
244. Breathe on me, Breath of God
245. Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire,
     Come, and in me delight to rest
246. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
247. Sovereign of all the worlds on high
248. Why should the children of a King
249. Holy Spirit! pity me
250. I want the Spirit of power within
251. Spirit of wisdom, turn our eyes
252. Gracious Spirit, dwell with me
253. Spirit blest, who art adored
254. Spirit divine! attend our prayers
255. Father of mercies, in Thy word
256. Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire
257. Father of all, in whom alone
258. Inspirer of the ancient seers
259. Come, O Thou Prophet of the Lord
260. Come, divine Interpreter
261. Spirit of truth, essential God
262. The Spirit breathes upon the word
263. Break Thou the bread of life
264. When quiet in my house I sit
265. O how blest the hour, Lord Jesus
266. Jesus, I humbly seek
267. O Word of God incarnate
268. Lord, Thy word abideth
269. How sad our state by nature is!
270. Come, sinners, to the gospel feast
271. Ho! every one that thirsts, draw nigh!
272. O all that pass by, to Jesus draw near
273. Thy faithfulness, Lord, each moment we find
274. Sinners, turn; why will ye die?
275. Sinners, obey the gospel word
276. O come, ye sinners, to your Lord
277. Weary souls, that wander wide
278. God, the offended God most High
279. Come, ye weary sinners, come
280. Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched
281. Jesus, Thou all-redeeming Lord
282. Shepherd of souls, with pitying eye
283. Behold the Lamb of God, who bears
284. Ye neighbours and friends, to Jesus draw near
285. Sinners, your hearts lift up
286. Jesus calls us: o'er the tumult
287. Come unto Me, ye weary
288. O Jesus, Thou art standing
289. Why should I till to-morrow stay
290. To-day, while it is called to-day
291. Come, let us, who in Christ believe
292. By secret influence from above
293. Art thou weary, art thou languid
294. Come, ye that love the Lord
295. Happy the man that finds the grace
296. Riches unsearchable
297. Let all men rejoice, by Jesus restored!
298. How blest is he who ne'er consents
299. We love Thy kingdom, Lord
300. Let everlasting glories crown
301. Father of omnipresent grace
302. Thou Son of God, whose flaming eyes
303. Thou great mysterious God unknown
304. Long have I sat beneath the sound
305. Come, O Thou all-victorious Lord
306. Lord, I despise myself to heal
307. Jesus, the sinner's Friend, to Thee
308. Depth of mercy! can there be
309. Saviour, Prince of Israel's race
310. Jesus, if still the same Thou art
311. I know in Thee all fulness dwells
312. Father of lights, from whom proceeds
313. O for that tenderness of heart
314. O that I could repent
315. How dread the thought! shall I alone
316. With broken heart and contrite sigh
317. Just as I am, without one plea
318. Saviour, cast a pitying eye
319. O Jesus, let me bless Thy name!
320. How shall a sinner find
321. When shall Thy love constrain
322. Jesu, let Thy pitying eye
323. Let the world their virtue boast
324. O that I, first of love possessed
325. Ah! whither should I go
326. Stupendous love of God most high!
327. Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive
328. Out of the depth of self-despair
329. O Lord, turn not Thy face away
330. Thy life was given for me
331. Lord, I hear of showers of blessing
332. There is a fountain filled with blood
333. Jesus, in whom the weary find
334. Jesu, Friend of sinners, hear
335. Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay
336. Now, from this instant now, I will
337. When, gracious Lord, when shall it be
338. Weary of wandering from my God
339. Jesus, I believe Thee near!
340. O 'tis enough, my God, my God!
341. I will hearken what the Lord
342. Come, holy celestial Dove
343. O for a closer walk with God
344. Son of God, if Thy free grace
345. Author of faith, eternal Word
346. Spirit of faith, come down
347. Faith is a living power from heaven
348. Author of faith, to Thee I cry
349. The God of love, to earth He came
350. Father, I stretch my hands to Thee
351. Wherewith, O God, shall I draw near
352. Jesus! Redeemer, Saviour, Lord
353. Thee, Jesus, Thee, the sinner's Friend
354. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
     One God in Persons Three
355. God of my salvation, hear
356. Weary of earth, and laden with my sin
357. Day after day I sought the Lord
358. Where shall my wondering soul begin?
359. How can a sinner know
360. And can it be, that I should gain
361. I heard the voice of Jesus say
362. Now I have found the ground wherein
363. Arise, my soul, arise
364. What am I, O Thou glorious God!
365. My Saviour! how shall I proclaim
366. Glory to God, whose sovereign grace
367. O what shall I do my Saviour to praise
368. My God, I am Thine
369. My God, the spring of all my joys
370. Jesu, Thy blood and righteousness
371. Happy soul who sees the day
372. My soul, inspired with sacred love
373. What shall I render to my God
374. The God of Abraham praise
375. Though nature's strength decay
376. The God who reigns on high
377. Come, Thou Fount of every blessing
378. God of my life, through all my days
379. My God, I thank Thee, who hast made
380. I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
381. Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord
382. How happy are they
383. Sing praise to God who reigns above
384. Rejoice and be glad! the Redeemer hath come
385. Awake, our souls! away, our fears!
386. Head of Thy church triumphant
387. The name we still acknowledge
388. Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim
389. This, this is the God we adore
390. Happy soul that free from harms
391. Father, to Thee my soul I lift
392. Let not the wise his wisdom boast
393. Jesus, to Thee I now can fly
394. Jesus the good Shepherd is
395. Jesus my Shepherd my want shall supply
396. One thing with all my soul's desire
397. Oft I in my heart have said
398. My spirit on Thy care
399. To the hills I lift mine eyes
400. My faith looks up to Thee
401. Rock of Ages, cleft for me
402. I bring my sins to Thee
403. I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus
404. Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
405. I could not do without Thee
406. Leave God to order all thy ways
407. My Saviour, mid life's varied scene
408. I seek the kingdom first
409. In heavenly love abiding
410. Dear Lord and Father of mankind
411. Jesu, nay Truth, my Way
412. O Jesus, I have promised
413. O Thou who art of all that is
414. Jesu, Thy boundless love to me
415. My Saviour, Thou Thy love to me
416. O Love divine, how sweet Thou art!
417. Hark, my soul! it is the Lord
418. My God, I love Thee not because
419. I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God
420. My Father, my God, I long for Thy love
421. Thee will I love, my strength, my tower
422. Talk with us, Lord, Thyself reveal
423. Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine
424. Open, Lord, my inward ear
425. What shall I do my God to love
426. Love divine, all loves excelling
427. Being of beings, God of love
428. Save me, O God; for Thou alone
429. O God, my God, my all Thou art
430. Nearer, my God, to Thee
431. I lift my heart to Thee
432. My heart is resting, O my God
433. Soldiers of Christ, arise
434. Surrounded by a host of foes
435. Equip me for the war
436. Omnipotent Lord, my Saviour and King
437. Jesu, my Lord, mighty to save
438. The Lord is King, and earth submits
439. Jesus, the Conqueror, reigns
440. Father, to Thee I lift mine eyes
441. Gracious Redeemer, shake
442. God of all grace and majesty
443. I want a principle within
444. Help, Lord, to whom for help I fly
445. Jesus, my Saviour, Brother, Friend
446. Pierce, fill me with a humble fear
447. Hark, how the watchmen cry
448. Ah! Lord, with trembling I confess
449. Come, O Thou Traveller unknown
450. Yield to mo now; for I am weak
451. From trials unexempted
452. Lead me not into temptation
453. Christian! seek not yet repose
454. Oft in danger, oft in woe
455. Onward! Christian soldiers
456. I need Thee every hour
457. O that I could in every place
458. O it is hard to work for God
459. Shall I, for fear of feeble man
460. I m not ashamed to own my Lord
461. Jesus! and shall it ever be
462. Stand up! stand up for Jesus
463. Who is on the Lord's side?
464. Light of the world, Thy beams I bless
465. Worship, and thanks, and blessing
466. A safe stronghold our God is still
467. Peace, doubting heart! my God's I am
468. To the haven of Thy breast
469. Thee, Jesus, full of truth and grace
470. Saviour of all, what hast Thou done
471. Come on, my partners in distress
472. Cast on the fidelity
473. Father, in the name I pray
474. Eternal Beam of light divine
475. Thou Lamb of God, Thou Prince of Peace
476. O Thou, to whose all-searching sight
477. Comfort, ye ministers of grace
478. In time of tribulation
479. Sometimes a light surprises
480. Commit thou all thy griefs
481. Give to the winds thy fears
482. Away, my needless fears
483. My Father knows the things I need
484. Thy way, not mine, O Lord
485. My God, my Father, while I stray
486. When I survey life's varied scene
487. Thou doest all things well
488. God moves in a mysterious way
489. Since all the downward tracks of time
490. Thou knowest, Lord, the weariness and sorrow
491. I will not let Thee go, Thou Help in time of need!
492. Begone, unbelief; my Saviour is near
493. Our Father, at Thy feet we bow
494. I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
495. Jesus, I my cross have taken
496. Thou very present Aid
497. O Love divine, that stooped to share
498. Drooping soul, shake off thy fears
499. Pray, without ceasing pray
500. The praying Spirit breathe
501. O wondrous power of faithful prayer!
502. My God, if I may call Thee mine
503. Jesus, my strength, my hope
504. What various hindrances we meet
505. Lord, teach us how to pray aright
506. Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
507. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
508. O Lord, how happy should we be
509. Hear Thou my prayer, O Lord
510. As pants the hart for cooling streams
511. Great God, indulge my humble claim
512. O God, my hope, my heavenly rest
513. The voice that speaks Jehovah near
514. Out of the depths I cry to Thee
515. O disclose Thy lovely face!
516. Jesus, the all-restoring Word
517. Jesu, Shepherd of the sheep
518. Infinite Power, eternal Lord
519. O Jesus, my hope
520. None other Lamb, none other Name
521. Jesu, whose glory's streaming rays
522. O Sun of Righteousness, arise
523. Why not now, my God, my God!
524. Into Thy gracious hands I fall
525. Come, Thou all-inspiring Spirit
526. Come, Saviour, Jesus, from above!
527. The thing my God doth hate
528. My soul, through my Redeemer's care
529. O for a heart to praise my God
530. O Jesus, let Thy dying cry
531. Thou hidden love of God, whose height
532. For over here my rest shall be
533. Jesus, my Life! Thyself apply
534. Holy Lamb, who Thee receive
535. Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire!
536. Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord
537. My God! I know, I feel Thee mine
538. O come and dwell in me
539. O God, most merciful and true
540. Deepen the wound Thy hands have made
541. What now is my object and aim?
542. Give me the enlarged desire
543. Saviour from sin, I wait to prove
544. I know that my Redeemer lives,
     And ever prays for me
545. O that my load of sin were gone!
546. O Jesus, at Thy feet we wait
547. Since the Son hath made me free
548. God of all power, and truth, and grace
549. Holy and true, and righteous Lord
550. Light of life, seraphic Fire
551. All things are possible to him
552. Lord, I believe a rest remains
553. O glorious hope of perfect love!
554. O joyful sound of gospel grace!
555. What is our calling's glorious hope
556. He wills that I should holy be
557. Father, I dare believe
558. Jesus hath died that I might live
559. O that I could my Lord receive
560. Conic, O my God, the promise seal
561. Lord, in tho strength of grace
562. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
563. Give me the faith which can remove
564. O God, what offering shall I give
565. Jesus, all-atoning Lamb
566. Take my life, and let it be
567. Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God
568. O the bitter shame and sorrow
569. In full and glad surrender
570. Jesu, shall I never be
571. O Jesu, Source of calm repose
572. Lord, that I may learn of Thee
573. Quickened with our immortal Head
574. When, my Saviour, shall I be
575. Blest arc the humble souls that see
576. Blessed are the pure in heart
577. Happy the heart where graces reign
578. Lord, who hast taught to us on earth
579. Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
580. A charge to keep I have
581. Watched by the world's malignant eye
582. Be it my only wisdom here
583. Summoned my labour to renew
584. Servant of all, to toil for man
585. God of almighty love
586. Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I go
587. Lo! I come with joy to do
588. O Thou who earnest from above
589. Jesus, I fain would find
590. Jesus, the gift divine I know
591. Us, who climb Thy holy hill
592. God of all-redeeming grace
593. Let Him to whom we now belong
594. Behold the servant of the Lord
595. Thou, Jesu, Thou my breast inspire
596. Jesus, the word of mercy give
597. What shall we offer our good Lord
598. Come, let us arise
599. Except the Lord conduct the plan
600. Holy Lamb, who Thee confess
601. How happy, gracious Lord, are we
602. Father, I know that all my life
603. Behold us, Lord, a little space
604. Their earthly task who fail to do
605. O Master, let me walk with Thee
606. Dismiss me not Thy service, Lord
607. How blessed, from the bonds of sin
608. Go, labour on; spend, and be spent
609. Hark! the voice of Jesus crying
610. Leader of faithful souls, and guide
611. Captain of Israel's host, and Guide
612. How happy is the pilgrim's lot!
613. Come, all whoe'er have set
614. Come, let us anew
     Our journey pursue,
     With vigour arise
615. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
616. To God, the only Wise
617. In every time and place
618. How happy every child of grace
619. Forward! be our watchword
620. Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling
621. Saviour, blessed Saviour
622. Jesus, still lead on
623. O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
624. Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom
625. Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
626. I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come
627. Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
628. Through the night of doubt and sorrow
629. Heavenly Father, Thou hast brought us
630. Author of faith, appear!
631. I the good fight have fought
632. I m but a stranger here
633. The sands of time are sinking
634. Come, let us join with one accord
635. The Lord of Sabbath let us praise
636. Sweet is the work, my God, my King
637. Great God, this sacred day of Thine
638. Dear is the day which God hath made
639. This is the day of light
640. O day of rest and gladness
641. Sweet is the sunlight after rain
642. We rose to-day with anthems sweet
643. O Saviour, bless us ere we go
644. Saviour, again to Thy dear name we raise
645. The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended
646. Our day of praise is done
647. Holy Father, cheer our way
648. Lord of the worlds above
649. How pleasant, how divinely fair
650. Pleasant are Thy courts above
651. How lovely are Thy tents, O Lord!
652. Great is the Lord our God
653. Lo! God is here! let us adore
654. On Thee, O God of purity
655. Glad was my heart to hear
656. Jesus, Thou soul of all our joys
657. We love the place, O God
658. Angel voices, ever singing
659. O Lord of hosts, whose glory fills
660. This stone to Thee in faith we lay
661. Christ is our corner-stone
662. Christ is the foundation
663. Great God, Thy watchful care we bless
664. Be with us, gracious Lord, to-day
665. O Thou whose hand hath brought us
666. When the weary, seeking rest
667. God of pity, God of grace
668. God is the refuge of His saints
669. Let Zion in her King rejoice
670. God, our hope and strength abiding
671. O God, the help of all Thy saints
672. Great is our redeeming Lord
673. Glorious things of thee are spoken
674. By the holy hills surrounded
675. All glory to our gracious Lord!
676. None is like Jeshurun's God
677. Who in the Lord confide
678. Whom Jesu's blood doth sanctify
679. The Church's one foundation
680. Children of the heavenly King
681. All praise to our redeeming Lord
682. How good and pleasant 'tis to see
683. Behold, how good a thing
684. How happy are we
685. Jesus is our common Lord
686. Our friendship sanctify and guide
687. Come, let us ascend
688. Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
689. Christ, from whom all blessings flow
690. Jesus, united by Thy grace
691. Brethren in Christ, and well beloved
692. Thou God of truth and love
693. Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep
694. Try us, O God, and search the ground
695. Jesus, soft, harmonious name
696. Come, Wisdom, Power, and Grace divine
697. Centre of our Lopes Thou art
698. Jesus, Thou sovereign Lord of all
699. Shepherd divine, our wants relieve
700. Jesus, from whom all blessings flow
701. O God of our forefathers, hear
702. From every stormy wind that blows
703. Jesus, where er Thy people meet
704. Come, Thou omniscient Son of Man
705. Author of faith, we seek Thy face
706. Jesu, to Thee our hearts we lift
707. Father of everlasting grace
708. O Thou our Husband, Brother, Friend
709. Happy the souls that first believed
710. Jesus, Lord, we look to Thee
711. Unchangeable, almighty Lord
712. Father, at Thy footstool see
713. Christ, our Head, gone up on high
714. God of love, that hear'st the prayer
715. Let God, who comforts the distressed
716. God of mercy, God of grace
717. Abide among us with Thy grace
718. Jesus, with Thy church abide
719. How large the promise, how divine
720. See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand
721. O crucified, triumphant Lord!
722. Lord of all, with pure intent
723. Blessed Jesus, here we stand
724. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
     Honour the means ordained by Thee
725. Stand, soldier of the cross
726. Jesu, at whose supreme command
727. Victim divine, Thy grace we claim
728. The promise of My Father's love
729. Come, all who truly bear
730. Come, Thou everlasting Spirit
731. Lamb of God, whose dying love
732. Let all who truly bear
733. In memory of the Saviour's love
734. Be known to us in breaking bread
735. Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face
736. According to Thy gracious word
737. Bread of heaven, on Thee I feed
738. Bread of the world, in mercy broken
739. By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored
740. Come, and let us sweetly join
741. Come, Thou high and lofty Lord!
742. Let us join—'tis God commands
743. Partners of a glorious hope
744. Saviour of all, to Thee we bow
745. Come, let us use the grace divine
746. O God, how often hath Thine ear
747. O happy day that fixed ray choice
748. Lord, from this time wo cry to Theo
749. When Thy soldiers take their swords
750. The Saviour, when to heaven He rose
751. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
752. Lord of the harvest, hear
753. Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold!
754. How beauteous are their feet
755. Jesus, Thy servants bless
756. Lord, if at Thy command
757. Disposer Supreme, and Judge of the earth
758. Not from a stock of ours but Thine
759. Jesus, the needy sinner's Friend
760. Lord of the living harvest
761. Shine Thou upon us, Lord
762. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
763. Master, speak! Thy servant heareth
764. Look from Thy sphere of endless day
765. Lord, grant us, like the watching five
766. Great God, whose universal sway
767. Jesus shall reign where er the sun
768. Saviour, sprinkle many nations
769. The heathen perish; day by clay
770. From Greenland's icy mountains
771. Jesu, be endless praise to Thee
772. Head of Thy Church, whose Spirit fills
773. Father of boundless grace
774. The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord
775. Eternal Lord of earth and skies
776. Almighty God of love
777. O let the prisoners mournful cries
778. Thou whose almighty word
779. O that the Lord's salvation
780. Lord, Thy ransomed church is waking
781. Christ for the world! we sing
782. Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King
783. Spread, O spread, thou mighty word
784. Speed Thy servants, Saviour, speed them
785. And are we yet alive
786. All thanks to the Lamb, who gives us to meet!
787. Glory be to God above
788. Appointed by Thee, we meet in Thy name
789. Jesus, we look to Thee
790. See, Jesu, Thy disciples see
791. Blest be the dear uniting love
792. And let our bodies part
793. Jesus, accept the praise
794. God of all consolation, take
795. Lift up your hearts to things above
796. The grace of Jesus Christ the Son
797. May the grace of Christ our Saviour
798. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing
799. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing
800. God be with you till we meet again
801. Happy the souls to Jesus joined
802. What are these arrayed in white
803. Give mo the wings of faith to rise
804. O God, to whom the faithful dead
805. Come, let us join our friends above
806. The Son of God goes forth to war
807. For all the saints who from their labours rest
808. How bright those glorious spirits shine!
809. The saints of God! their conflict past
810. Hark! the sound of holy voices
811. Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
812. O God, our help in ages past
813. Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place
814. Thee we adore, eternal Name!
815. O God, the Rock of Ages
816. I hoped that with the brave and strong
817. While ebbing nature grieves
818. Almighty Maker of my frame
819. Sunset and evening star
820. Who fathoms the eternal Thought?
821. In age and feebleness extreme
822. The morning flowers display their sweets
823. Shrinking from the cold hand of death
824. Lord, it belongs not to my care
825. Thou, Lord, on whom I still depend
826. Why do we mourn departing friends
827. Blessing, honour, thanks, and praise
828. Hark! a voice divides the sky
829. Again we lift our voice
830. Glory be to God on high
831. Rejoice for a brother deceased
832. Happy soul, thy days are ended
833. God of the living, in whose eyes
834. Safely, safely gathered in
835. Safe home, safe home in port!
836. Now the labourer's task is o'er
837. Days and moments quickly flying
838. A few more years shall roll
839. Hearken to the solemn voice
840. Thou Judge of quick and dead
841. O Thou who wouldst not have
842. Thou God of glorious majesty
843. This is the field, the world below
844. Day of wrath! O day of mourning!
845. The day of wrath, that dreadful day
846. Great God! what do I see and hear?
847. How weak the thoughts, and vain
848. Away with our sorrow and fear!
849. Lift your eyes of faith, and see
850. There is a land of pure delight
851. Brief life is here our portion
852. Jerusalem the golden
853. Jerusalem, my happy homo
854. Sweet place; sweet place alone!
855. Jerusalem on high
856. For ever with the Lord
857. O what hath Jesus bought for me!
858. When the day of toil is done
859. Ten thousand times ten thousand
860. All glory, laud, and honour
861. When, His salvation bringing
862. Children of Jerusalem
863. Once in royal David's city
864. O little town of Bethlehem
865. Jesus, when He left the sky
866. I think, when I read that sweet story of old
867. I love to hear the story
868. Jesus is our Shepherd
869. There is a green hill far away
870. Jesus, high in glory
871. There's a Friend for little children
872. One there is above all others
873. Every morning the red sun
874. I sing the almighty power of God
875. All things bright and beautiful
876. Hushed was the evening hymn
877. By cool Siloam's shady rill
878. Jesus, who calledst little ones to Thee
879. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
880. Lamb of God, I look to Thee
881. I lay my sins on Jesus
882. Saviour, while my heart is tender
883. Lord, in the fulness of my might
884. Now the day is over
885. Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me
886. O Lord of all, we bring to Thee our sacrifice of praise
887. Brightly gleams our banner
888. Around the throne of God in heaven
889. There is a better world, they say
890. Father of all, Thy care we bless
891. Mercy and judgment will I sing
892. Day by day we magnify Thee
893. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
     To whom we for our children cry
894. Captain of our salvation, take
895. God of my life, to Thee
896. Away with our fears!
897. Thou gracious God, whose mercy lends
898. Lord of power, Lord of might
899. O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest
900. Awake, my soul, and with the sun
901. O timely happy, timely wise
902. Once more the sun is beaming bright
903. O Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace
904. Christ, whose glory fills the skies
905. Thou, Lord, art a shield for me
906. Every morning mercies new
907. Thou who art enthroned above
908. Morning comes with light all-cheering
909. Glory to Thee, my God, this night
910. Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear
911. Abide with me! fast falls the eventide
912. How do Thy mercies close me round!
913. Omnipresent God! whose aid
914. O Lord, who by Thy presence hast made light
915. The day is past and over
916. At even, ere the sun was set
917. Through the day Thy love hath spared us
918. God the Father, be Thou near
919. The roseate hues of early dawn
920. The shadows of the evening hours
921. The radiant morn hath passed away
922. Fading like a lifetime ends another day
923. God, who madest earth and heaven
924. Day is dying in the west
925. The night is come, wherein at last we rest
926. Ere I sleep, for every favour
927. Saviour, breathe an evening blessing
928. All praise to Him who dwells in bliss
929. Safely through another week
930. Come, let us anew
931. Sing to the great Jehovah's praise!
932. The Lord of earth and sky
933. Eternal Source of every joy
934. The old year's long campaign is o'er
935. How many pass the guilty night
936. Join, all ye ransomed sons of grace
937. Across the sky the shades of night
938. Praise, O praise our God and King!
939. Summer suns are glowing
940. O Thou God who hearest prayer
941. We plough the fields, and scatter
942. Come, ye thankful people, come
943. The sower went forth sowing
944. To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
945. Now the year is crowned with blessing
946. For all Thy love and goodness, so bountiful and free
947. Hear us, O Lord, from heaven, Thy dwelling-place
948. O Lord of heaven, and earth, and sea
949. We give Thee but Thine own
950. Thou to whom the sick and dying
951. From Thee all skill and science flow
952. O Thou through suffering perfect made
953. Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
954. O Thou, whose chosen place of birth
955. O Thou before whose presence
956. Here, Lord, assembled in Thy name
957. Onward, brothers, onward!
958. O Lord of hosts, the fight is long
959. There's a glorious work before us
960. The voice that breathed o er Eden
961. O Father, all creating
962. O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
963. How are Thy servants blest, O Lord!
964. Father, who art alone
965. Thou, Lord, hast blessed my going out
966. Lord, whom winds and seas obey
967. Eternal Father! strong to save
968. Lord of the wide, extensive main
969. While lone upon the furious waves
970. O Lord, be with us when we sail
971. God save our gracious King
972. God bless our native land!
973. Blessed be our everlasting Lord
974. Praise to our God, whose bounteous hand
975. O King of kings, O Lord of hosts, whose throne is lifted high
976. Lord, while for all mankind we pray
977. O God, who holdest in Thy hand
978. To Thee our God we fly
979. All glory to God in the sky
980. These things shall be! a loftier race
981. Grant, O Saviour, to our prayers
982. O come, let us sing unto the Lord
983. We praise Thee, O God
984. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
985. O be joyful in the Lord
986. My soul doth magnify the Lord
987. O sing unto the Lord a new song
988. Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace
989. God be merciful unto us, and bless us
990. The Ten Commandments
991. The Beatitudes