Handbook to the Mennonite Hymnary
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Handbook to the Mennonite Hymnary by Lester Hostetler
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- Handbook to The Mennonite Hymnary
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- EXPLANATORY NOTES
- AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR HYMNS AND TUNES
- 1. Definition of a Hymn.
- 2. The Beginnings of Christian Song.
- Beginnings of Christian Song in the Hymnary
- 3. Hymns of the Eastern Church: Greek and Syriac.
- Greek Hymns in the Hymnary
- 4. Hymns of the Western Church: Latin.
- Latin Hymns in the Hymnary
- 5. Hymns of the Bohemian Brethren.
- Bohemian Brethren and Moravian Hymns in the Hymnary
- 6. Hymns of the Reformation: the German Chorales.
- German Chorales in the Hymnary
- 7. Hymns of the Reformation: The Metrical Psalms.
- Psalter Tunes and Metrical Psalms in the Hymnary
- 8. Psalm Versions.
- 9. English Hymnody.
- English Hymnody in the Hymnary
- 10. American Hymns.
- American Hymns in the Hymnary
- 11. Gospel Songs.
- 12. Women Hymn Writers.
- 13. Mennonite Hymnody.
- 14. The Antecedents of the Mennonite Hymnary.
- 15. The Translation of Hymns.
- 16. Church Unity in the Hymnbook.
- 17. Hymn Meters.
- 18. Hymn Tunes.
- a. What is a good tune?
- b. The importance of tunes.
- c. Composers of tunes.
- d. Sources of tunes.
- e. Tune names.
- 19. John Wesley’s Rules for Singing.
- BOOK I Hymns for Worship and Praise
- WORSHIP—PRAISE AND ADORATION
- 1. Holy, holy, holy
- 2. God is in His holy temple
- 3, 4, 5. All hail the power of Jesus’ name
- 6. Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim
- 7. O worship the King, all glorious above
- 8. Come Thou Almighty King
- 9. Christ is our Cornerstone
- 10. Joyful, joyful we adore Thee
- 11. Give to our God immortal praise
- 12. O for a thousand tongues to sing
- 13. Great God, the followers of Thy Son
- 14. The God of Abraham praise
- 15. We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer
- 16. Praise the Lord: ye heavens adore Him
- 17. Come, let us join our cheerful songs
- 18. O come, loud anthems let us sing
- MORNING
- 19. When morning gilds the skies
- 20. Lord, in the morning
- 21. When morning gilds the skies
- 22. New every morning is the love
- 23. Still, still with Thee
- 24. Father, we praise Thee
- 25. Awake, my soul, and with the sun
- 26. Christ, whose glory fills the skies
- 27. Come, my soul, thou must be waking
- EVENING
- 28. Now on land and sea descending
- 29. Now the day is over
- 30. Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear
- 31. Day is dying in the west
- 32. Darkening night the land doth cover
- 33. All praise to Thee, my God this night
- 34. O Gladsome Light, O Grace
- 35. God that madest earth and heaven
- 36. Softly now the light of day
- 37. At even, when the sun was set
- 38. Savior, breathe an evening blessing
- 39. Unheard the dews around me fall
- 40. Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
- CLOSE OF WORSHIP
- 41. Blest be the tie that binds
- 42. The Lord be with us as we bend
- 43. Savior, again to Thy dear Name we raise
- 44. O Savior, bless us ere we go
- 45. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing
- GOD THE FATHER—HIS MAJESTY AND POWER
- 46. Mighty God, while angels bless Thee
- 47. I sing the mighty power of God
- MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
- 48. This is my Father’s world
- 49. Let the whole creation cry
- 50. The spacious firmament on high
- 51. For the beauty of the earth
- 52. God of the earth, the sky, the sea
- 53. Lord of all being, throned afar
- HIS LOVE AND MERCY
- 54. Be still, my soul, the Lord is on thy side
- 55. God is love; His mercy brightens
- 56. How gentle God’s commands
- 57. Thou Grace Divine, encircling all
- 58. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
- 59. Father Almighty, bless us with Thy blessing
- 60. God moves in a mysterious way
- 61. O God, our help in ages past
- 62. The Lord is my Shepherd
- 63. Father and Friend, Thy light, thy love
- 64. Let us with a gladsome mind
- JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD—HIS ADVENT
- 65. Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
- 66. Watchman, tell us of the night
- 67. O come, O come, Emmanuel
- 68. Veiled in darkness Judah lay
- 69. Come, Thou long-expected Jesus
- HIS BIRTH
- 70. Joy to the world! the Lord is come
- 71. Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
- 72. Today be joy in every heart
- 73-74. While shepherds watched their flocks
- 75. It came upon a midnight clear
- 76. The first Noel the angel did say
- 77. The stars were silent and the hills
- 78. What child is this
- 79. Come, all ye shepherds
- 80. O come, all ye faithful
- 81. Angels from the realms of glory
- 82. Angels we have heard on high
- 83. Silent night, holy night
- 84. O little town of Bethlehem
- 85. Hark the herald angels sing
- 86. O holy night
- HIS EPIPHANY
- 87. What star is this
- 88. Bethlehem, of noblest cities
- 89. From the eastern mountains
- 90. We three kings of Orient are
- 91. Brightest and best of the sons
- HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY
- 92. O sing a song of Bethlehem
- 93. O Master Workman of the race
- 94. Ye fair green hills of Galilee
- 95. Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
- 96. Who is he in yonder stall
- 97. Fairest Lord Jesus
- 98. Not always on the mount
- 99. I know not how that Bethlehem’s Babe
- HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
- 100. All glory laud and honor
- 101. Ride on, ride on in majesty
- HIS PASSION
- 102. When my love to God grows weak
- 103. ’Tis midnight and on Olive’s brow
- 104. There is a green hill far away
- 105-106. When I survey the wondrous cross
- 107. Go to dark Gethsemane
- 108. Alas! and did my Savior bleed
- 109. Throned upon the awful tree
- 110. In the Cross of Christ I glory
- 111. Cross of Jesus, Cross of sorrow
- 112. Beneath the Cross of Jesus
- HIS RESURRECTION
- 113. Come ye faithful, raise the strain
- 114. Jesus Christ is ris’n today
- 115. The day of Resurrection
- 116. The strife is o’er, the battle done
- HIS ASCENSION
- 117. Hail the day that sees Him rise
- 118. Crown Him with many crowns
- 119. Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious
- 120. Majestic sweetness sits enthroned
- 121. Rejoice, the Lord is King
- 122. Hail, Thou once despisèd Jesus!
- 123. Hark, ten thousand harps and voices
- 124. Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
- HIS COMING AGAIN
- 125. The King shall come when morning dawns
- 126. Thou art coming, O my Savior
- 127. Christ is coming, let creation
- 128. Ye servants of the Lord
- 129. Come, Lord, and tarry not
- 130. Lo, He comes, with clouds descending
- THE HOLY SPIRIT
- 131. Come, Holy Ghost, in love
- 132. Lord God, the Holy Ghost
- 133. Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
- 134. Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness
- 135. Breathe on me, breath of God
- 136. Holy Spirit, Truth divine
- 137. Holy Spirit, faithful Guide
- 138. Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed
- 139. Spirit divine, attend our prayer
- THE CHRISTIAN LIFE—THE CALL OF CHRIST
- 140. Jesus calls us o’er the tumult
- 141. Behold a stranger at the door
- 142. I heard the voice of Jesus say
- 143. Art thou weary, heavy laden
- 144. O Jesus, Thou art standing
- PENITENCE AND CONFESSION
- 145. Savior, when in dust to Thee
- 146. Come, let us to the Lord our God
- 147. Lord, thy mercy now entreating
- FAITH AND VISION
- 148. Rock of Ages, cleft for me
- 149. Strong Son of God, immortal love
- 150. My faith looks up to Thee
- 151. How firm a foundation
- 152. We walk by faith, and not by sight
- 153. O for a faith that will not shrink
- 154. Faith of our fathers, living still
- PEACE AND JOY
- 155. Jesus, the very thought of Thee
- 156. Rejoice, ye pure in heart
- 157. Jesus, our Savior, grant us Thy peace
- 158-9. Jesus, Lover of my soul
- GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION
- 160. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
- 161. Jesus, Savior, pilot me
- 162-3. Lead, kindly Light
- 164. Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace
- 165. O’er the trackless ocean guided
- 166. For them whose ways are in the height
- 167. O God of Bethel, by whose hand
- 168. Captain of Israel’s host, and Guide
- 169. Eternal Father! strong to save
- LOVE AND GRATITUDE
- 170. Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
- 171. Jesus, Thou Joy of loving hearts
- 172. O love divine, that stooped to share
- 173. Immortal Love, forever full
- 174. Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
- 175. O Love that wilt not let me go
- 176. For common gifts we bless Thee, Lord
- 177. My God, I thank Thee, who hast made
- 178-9. Love divine, all loves excelling
- PRAYER AND COMMUNION
- 180. Pray when the morn is breaking
- 181. Dear Lord and Father of mankind
- 182. Sweet hour of prayer
- 183. Lord, what a change within us one short hour
- 184. Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire
- 185. Thou art the Way, to Thee alone
- 186. What a friend we have in Jesus
- 187. I need Thee every hour
- 188. Father, in Thy mysterious presence kneeling
- 189. Come, thou Fount of every blessing
- LOYALTY AND STEADFASTNESS
- 190. Who is on the Lord’s side
- 191. When courage fails, and faith burns low
- 192. Jesus, and shall it ever be
- 193. Stand up, stand up for Jesus
- 194. God’s trumpet wakes the slumb’ring world
- TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS
- 195. In the hour of trial
- 196. Lord Jesus, think on me
- 197. O for a closer walk with God
- 198. Soldiers of Christ, arise
- ASPIRATION AND HOPE
- 199. While Thee I seek, protecting Power
- 200. Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings
- 201. We would see Jesus
- 202. Nearer, my God, to Thee
- 203. When the weary, seeking rest
- 204. Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing
- PURITY AND UPRIGHTNESS
- 205. Blest are the pure in heart
- 206. How blest are they whose hearts are pure
- 207. I would be true
- 208. How happy is he born and taught
- 209. Walk in the light! so shalt thou know
- 210. Believe not those who say
- 211. Go forth to life
- CONSECRATION AND STEWARDSHIP
- 212. O Jesus, I have promised
- 213. We give Thee but thine own
- 214. A charge to keep I have
- 215. Take my life and let it be
- 216. My Jesus, I love Thee
- 217. Have Thine own way, Lord
- 218. Fountain of good, to own thy love
- 219. Master, speak! thy servant heareth
- 220. Savior, thy dying love
- SERVICE AND BROTHERHOOD
- 221. Work, for the night is coming
- 222. Where cross the crowded ways of life
- 223. O Master, let me walk with Thee
- 224. O Thou great Friend to all the sons of men
- 225. Onward, Christian soldiers
- 226. Teach me, my God and King
- 227. When thy heart with joy o’erflowing
- 228. Who is thy neighbor?
- 229. O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother
- 230. Rise up, O men of God
- 231. Go, labor on; spend and be spent
- THE INNER LIFE
- 232. O have you not heard of that beautiful stream
- 233. O holy Savior, Friend unseen
- 234. Thou true Vine, that heals the nations
- 235. God of my heart
- 236. Since Jesus is my Friend
- 237. O heart of God!
- 238. Life of all that lives below
- 239. There is a place of quiet rest
- COURAGE AND COMFORT
- 240. Come unto Me, ye weary
- 241. When in the madd’ning maze of things
- 242. Thy way is in the deep, O Lord
- 243. Come, ye disconsolate
- 244. I look to Thee in every need
- 245. My God and Father, while I stray
- 246. Give to the winds thy fears
- 247. Day by day the manna fell
- 248. One thought I have, my ample creed
- 249. Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow
- 250. My Jesus, as Thou wilt
- 251. Father, whate’er of earthly bliss
- 252. Thy way, not mine, O Lord
- 253. Lord, it belongs not to my care
- 254. Holy Father, cheer our way
- 255. O Lord, how happy should we be
- 256. Peace, perfect peace
- 257. God is the refuge of His saints
- 258. Awake, our souls! away, our fears
- 259. There is no sorrow, Lord, too light
- ETERNAL LIFE
- 260. Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling
- 261. Forever, with the Lord!
- 262. Jerusalem the golden
- 263. Jerusalem the golden
- 264. One sweetly solemn thought
- 265. Sunset and evening star
- 266. Blest be the everlasting God
- THE KINGDOM OF GOD
- 267. Forward through the ages
- 268. Thy Kingdom come, on bended knee
- 269. Come, Kingdom of our God
- 270. Thy Kingdom come, O Lord
- 271. Thy Kingdom come, O God
- 272. Before Jehovah’s awful throne
- THE CHURCH
- 273. The Church’s one foundation
- 274. Glorious things of thee are spoken
- 275. I love Thy Kingdom, Lord
- 276. O where are kings and empires now
- 277. Christ is made the sure foundation
- THE HOUSE OF GOD
- 278. Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
- 279. Dear Shepherd of Thy people
- 280. Again, as evening’s shadow falls
- 281. We love the place, O God
- 282. Unto Thy temple, Lord, we come
- THE LORD’S DAY
- 283. The dawn of God’s dear Sabbath
- 284. Safely through another week
- 285. O day of rest and gladness
- 286. Again returns the day of holy rest
- 287. This is the day of light
- 288. Break Thou the bread of life
- THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
- 289. O Word of God Incarnate
- 290. Thy Word is like a garden, Lord
- 291. The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord
- 292. Lord, Thy word abideth
- THE MINISTRY
- 293. Shine Thou upon us, Lord
- 294. O still in accents sweet and strong
- 295. Pour out Thy Spirit from on high
- 296. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
- 297. Thou who Thyself didst sanctify
- CONSECRATION OF CHILDREN
- 298. Gracious Savior, gentle Shepherd
- 299. All hidden lie the future ways
- 300. A little child the Savior came
- BAPTISM
- 301. Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
- 302. I’m not ashamed to own my Lord
- THE LORD’S SUPPER
- 303. Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face
- 304. Bread of the world, in mercy broken
- 305. According to Thy gracious word
- 306. Bread of the world, in mercy broken
- 307. Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
- 308. I hunger and I thirst
- 309. Author of life divine
- 310. By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored
- 311. Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed
- MARRIAGE
- 312. O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
- BURIAL OF THE DEAD
- 313. Safe in the arms of Jesus
- 314. Asleep in Jesus....
- 315. Now the laborer’s task is o’er
- 316. O Lord of life, where’er they be
- BURIAL OF THE DEAD
- 317. For all the saints
- 318. We cannot think of them as dead
- 319. Come, let us join our friends above
- CHURCH UNITY
- 320. In Christ there is no East or West
- 321. Jesus, Lord, we look to Thee
- 322. All praise to our redeeming Lord
- 323. How sweet, how heavenly is the sight
- MISSIONS
- 324. The morning light is breaking
- 325. Far and near the fields are teeming
- 326. Father, whose will is life and good
- 327. Christ for the world we sing
- 328. O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling
- 329. Word of Life, most pure, most strong
- 330. O Spirit of the living God
- 331. Fling out the banner! let it float
- 332. Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning
- 333. From Greenland’s icy mountains
- 334. We have heard the joyful sound
- 335. We’ve a story to tell to the nations
- 336. On the mountain top appearing
- 337. Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim
- 338. How are Thy servants blest
- 339. See how great a flame aspires
- 340. The whole wide world for Jesus
- 341. Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
- 342. Lord of light, whose name outshineth
- NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LIFE—THE NATION
- 343. O beautiful for spacious skies
- 344. My country, ’tis of thee
- 345. Judge Eternal, throned in splendor
- 346. Once to every man and nation
- 347. God of our fathers, whose Almighty hand
- 348. God bless our native land
- 349. Great God of nations, now to Thee
- WORLD FRIENDSHIP AND PEACE
- 350. O God, we pray for all mankind
- 351. God the All-Merciful
- 352. O God of love, O King of peace
- 353. Let there be light, Lord God of hosts
- 354. Father eternal, Ruler of creation
- 355. Not alone for mighty empire
- 356. Thy Kingdom come! O Lord, we daily cry
- 357. Peace in our time, O Lord
- THE CHRISTIAN HOME AND FAMILY
- 358. O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest
- 359. Thou gracious God, whose mercy lends
- 360. There is beauty all around
- 361. Happy the home when God is there
- 362. Bless the four corners of this house
- 363. Lord of life and King of glory
- MOTHER’S DAY
- 364. Motherhood, sublime, eternal
- FAREWELL SERVICE
- 365. God be with you till we meet again
- OUR FOREFATHERS
- 366. Uplift the song of praise
- 367. O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
- 368. In pleasant lands have fall’n the lines
- 369. Eternal One, Thou living God
- HOSPITAL SUNDAY
- 370. Thou to whom the sick and dying
- TEMPERANCE SUNDAY
- 371. Now to heav’n our pray’r ascending
- LABOR DAY
- 372. Jesus, Thou divine Companion
- 373. O Son of Man, Thou madest known
- 374. Though lowly here our lot may be
- HARVEST AND THANKSGIVING
- 375. We plow the fields, and scatter
- 376. Thank the Lord
- 377. Come, ye thankful people, come
- 378. To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
- NEW YEAR
- 379. Ring out, wild bells
- 380. Another year is dawning
- 381. Another year of setting suns
- 382. The year is gone beyond recall
- 383. Great God, we sing that mighty hand
- WINTER
- 384. ’Tis winter now
- SPRING
- 385. The glory of the spring, how sweet
- SUMMER
- 386. Summer suns are glowing
- AUTUMN
- 387. The year is swiftly waning
- SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
- 388. Father of men, in whom are one
- 389. O grant us light that we may know
- 390. Almighty Lord, with one accord
- YOUTH
- 391. I feel the winds of God today
- 392. “Are ye able,” said the Master
- 393. Just as I am, Thine own to be
- 394. Savior, while my heart is tender
- 395. Savior, like a shepherd lead us
- 396. O Son of man, our hero
- 397. Lord in the fulness of my might
- 398. Shepherd of eager youth
- 399. Lead on, O King Eternal
- 400. Give of your best to the Master
- 401. Father in heav’n who lovest all
- 402. Lord, through changing days, unchanging
- BOOK II Hymns for Children
- 403. A gladsome hymn of praise we sing
- 404. Children of Jerusalem
- 405. Around the throne of God in heaven
- NATURE
- 406. A little seed lay fast asleep
- 407. See the shining dewdrops
- 408. God sees the little sparrow fall
- 409. Birds are singing, woods are ringing
- 410. All things bright and beautiful
- CHRISTMAS
- 411. The happy Christmas comes once more
- 412. Once in royal David’s city
- 413. Come hither, ye children
- 414. Away in a manger
- EASTER
- 415. Joy dawned again on Easter Day
- Aurora lucis rutilat
- LOYALTY AND CONSECRATION
- 416. Hushed was the evening hymn
- 417. In our work and our play
- 418. The wise may bring their learning
- 419. Tell me the stories of Jesus
- 420. Jesus bids us shine
- 421. Here we come with gladness
- PRAYER
- 422. We thank Thee, O our Father
- 423. Father, we thank Thee for the night
- 424. Savior, teach me, day by day
- 425. Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me
- 426. Praise Him! Praise Him!
- 427. I think when I read that sweet story
- 428. Jesus loves me! this I know
- 429. Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep
- 430. I am Jesus’ little lamb
- 431. Sleep, baby, sleep
- 432. When He cometh, when He cometh
- 433. From yon distant heaven
- 434. Lo! the heavens are breaking
- 435. Can a little child like me
- MISSIONS
- 436. Remember all God’s children
- BOOK III Gospel Songs
- 437. We praise Thee, O God
- 438. Praise Him! Praise Him!
- 439. Come, let us all unite to sing
- 440. There is no name so sweet on earth
- 441. Take my heart, O Father, take it
- 442. ’Tis the promise of God, full salvation to give
- 443. Come, we that love the Lord
- 444. I lay my sins on Jesus
- 445. I’ve found a Friend, O such a Friend
- 446. I have found a Friend in Jesus
- 447. One is kind above all others
- 448. Brightly beams our Father’s mercy
- 449. Lead me gently home, Father
- 450. I know whom I have believed
- 451. O Christ, in Thee my soul hath found
- 452. Low in the grave He lay
- 453. I know that my Redeemer liveth
- 454. O the unsearchable riches of Christ
- 455. It may be at morn, when the day is awaking
- 456. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
- 457. Come, every soul by sin oppressed
- 458. Just as I am, without one plea
- 459. Come, ye sinners, poor and needy
- 460. I have a Savior, He’s pleading in glory
- 461. A ruler once came to Jesus by night
- 462. I hear the Savior say
- 463. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
- 464. Down at the cross where my Savior died
- 465. O happy day, that fixed my choice
- 466. Sinners Jesus will receive
- 467. The whole world was lost
- 468. Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone
- 469. Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole
- 470. O Thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight
- 471. I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
- 472. More love to Thee, O Christ
- 473. What a wonderful Savior
- 474. Pass me not, O gentle Savior
- 475. I am Thine, O Lord
- 476. Are you weary, are you heavy-hearted
- 477. Yield not to temptation
- 478. He leadeth me, O blessed thought
- 479. Joys are flowing like a river
- 480. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
- 481. Sweet are the promises
- 482. Will your anchor hold
- 483. Hide me, O my Savior, hide me
- 484. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
- 485. Take the name of Jesus with you
- 486. When we walk with the Lord
- 487. My hope is built on nothing less
- 488. ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
- 489. What a fellowship, what a joy divine
- 490. Jesus, keep me near the cross
- 491. Nearer the cross
- 492. There is a fountain filled with blood
- 493. I love to tell the story
- 494. Sing them over again to me
- 495. Tell me the old, old story
- 496. There is a Name I love to hear
- 497. Rescue the perishing
- 498. O scatter seeds of loving deeds
- 499. Judge me, God of my salvation
- 500. I can hear my Savior calling
- 501. And must I be to judgment brought
- 502. Savior, lead me lest I stray
- 503. My days are gliding swiftly by
- 504. There’s a land that is fairer than day
- BOOK IV The Christian Year in Chorales
- CALL TO WORSHIP
- 505. Open now Thy gates of beauty
- 506. God reveals His presence
- 507. Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!
- 508. Lo, God is here! let us adore
- PRAISE
- 509. O that I had a thousand voices
- 510. Heav’n and earth, the sea, the air
- 511. Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise Thee
- 512. Sing praise to God who reigns above
- 513. Praise thou the Lord, O my soul
- 514. Now thank we all our God
- 515. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
- 516. How great, Almighty, is Thy kindness
- 517. O Pow’r of love, all else transcending
- 518. Lord, who can be with Thee compared
- 519. Holy God, we praise Thy name
- 520. Holy Lord, holy Lord
- 521. All glory be to God on High
- ADVENT
- 522. Wake, awake, for night is flying
- 523. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
- 524. O Son of God, we wait for Thee
- CHRISTMASTIDE
- 525. All my heart this night rejoices
- 526. A great and mighty wonder
- 527. From heaven above to earth I come
- NEW YEAR
- 528. For Thy mercy and Thy grace
- EPIPHANY
- 529. How brightly shines the Morning Star
- 530. As with gladness men of old
- LENT
- 531. Out of the depths I cry to Thee
- 532. Out of the depths I cry to Thee
- 533. Jesus, I never can forget
- 534. Ah, dearest Jesus, how hast Thou offended
- 535. Christ, the Life of all the living
- 536. Jesus, Refuge of the weary
- 537. Man of Sorrows, now my soul shall greet Thee
- 538. Dark the day on Calvary’s Cross
- 539. O sacred Head, now wounded
- 540. Lamb of God most holy
- EASTERTIDE
- 541. Jesus Christ my sure defense
- 542. Welcome, Thou Victor in the strife
- 543. Jesus lives! thy terrors now
- 544. Christ the Lord is risen again!
- 545. Lo, the day of days is here
- WHITSUNTIDE
- 546. O Holy Spirit, enter in
- 547. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God
- 548. Come, O come, Thou quickening Spirit
- THE CHURCH
- 549. A Mighty Fortress is our God
- 550. The work is Thine, O Christ our Lord
- 551. Spread, still spread, thou mighty word
- THE LORD’S SUPPER
- 552. Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness
- MORNING
- 553. Light of Light enlighten me
- 553a. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
- 554. Come, Thou bright and morning Star
- 555. Evening and morning, sunset and dawning
- EVENING
- 556. The duteous day now closeth
- 557. Now cheer our hearts this eventide
- GENERAL
- 558. Commit thou all thy griefs
- 559. Abide with us, our Savior
- 560. God is my Light
- 561. Take Thou my hand, O Father
- 562. What mercy and divine compassion
- 563. Strive aright when God doth call thee
- 564. Jesus, priceless Treasure
- 565. I am the Lord, O hear my voice
- 566. O God, Thou faithful God
- 567. Whate’er my God ordains is right
- 568. Lord, Thou hast been Thy people’s rest
- 569. Jehovah, let me now adore Thee
- 570. The Spirit of the Lord revealed
- 571. He who would be in God confiding
- 572. Our Lord, His passion ended
- 573. God who madest earth and heaven
- 574. Jesus, still lead on
- BOOK V Metrical Psalms
- 575. That man hath perfect blessedness
- Note on the Scottish Psalter, 1650
- 576. Lord, Thou shalt early hear my voice
- 577. Within Thy tabernacle, Lord
- 578. God’s law is perfect, and converts
- 579. The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want
- 580. Ye gates, lift up your heads on high
- 581. Show me thy ways, O Lord
- 582. The Lord’s my light and saving health
- 583. Through all the changing scenes of life
- 584. O children, hither do ye come
- 585. I waited for the Lord my God
- 586. As pants the hart for cooling streams
- 587. O send Thy light forth and Thy truth
- 588. God is our refuge and our strength
- 589. After Thy loving-kindness, Lord
- 590. Praise waits for Thee in Zion, Lord
- 591. His name forever shall endure
- 592. How lovely are Thy dwellings fair
- 593. The Lord doth reign, and clothed is He
- 594. All people that on earth do dwell
- 595. Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet
- 596. O thou my soul bless God the Lord
- 597. I love the Lord, because my voice
- 598. Unto the hills around do I lift up
- 599. I joyed when to the house of God
- 600. O Lord, Thou art my God and King
- BOOK VI Responses
- 601. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts
- 602. Holy, holy, holy. Lord God of hosts
- 603. The Lord is In His holy temple
- 604. Hear our prayer, O Lord
- 605. Thy word have I hid in my heart
- 606. Gloria Patri
- 607. Gloria Patri
- 608. Let the words of my mouth
- 609. Father, O hear us
- THE LORD’S PRAYER
- 610. Our Father, who art in heaven
- OFFERTORIES
- 611. Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought
- 612. All things come of Thee, O Lord
- BENEDICTIONS
- 613. May the grace of Christ our Savior
- 614. The Lord bless you and keep you
- DOXOLOGIES
- 615. Now to the King of heav’n
- 616. To God the only wise
- 617. Now to him who loved us, gave us
- 618. Praise God from whom all blessings flow
- AMENS
- 619. Dresden Amen
- 620. Threefold Amen
- 621. Amen Sequence
- 622. Fourfold Amen
- 623. Sevenfold Amen
- NOTE ON THE USE OF “AMEN”
- PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED
- General
- English Hymnody
- American Hymnody
- Stories of Hymns and Hymn Writers
- The German Chorales
- The Gospel Songs
- Handbooks to Hymnals
- Practical Hymnology
- Hymn Tunes and Composers
- Mennonite Hymnody
- Index of Scripture Texts
- Topical Index of the Metrical Psalms
- Index of Composers and Sources of Tunes
- Index of Authors, Translators, and Sources
- Index of Tunes
- Index of First Lines
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