Book 6 — Index of First Lines
Reading edition
Capital letters indicate titles of hymns rather than first lines.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
HYMN
A charge to keep I have 214
A gladsome hymn of praise we sing 403
A great and mighty wonder 526
A little Child the Savior came 300
A little seed lay fast asleep 406
A mighty fortress is our God 549
A ruler once came to Jesus 461
Abide with me 40
Abide with us our Savior 559
According to Thy gracious word 305
After Thy loving-kindness, Lord 589
Again, as evening’s shadow falls 280
Again returns the day of holy rest 286
Ah, dearest Jesus, how hast Thou offended 534
Alas! and did my Savior bleed 108
All glory be to God on high 521
All glory, laud and honor 100
All hail the power of Jesus’ name (Miles Lane) 3
All hail the power of Jesus’ name (Coronation) 4
All hail the power of Jesus’ name (Diadem) 5
All hidden lie the future ways 299
All my heart this night rejoices 525
All people that on earth do dwell 594
All praise to Our redeeming Lord 322
All praise to Thee, my God this night 33
All things bright and beautiful 410
All things come from Thee, O Lord 612
Alleluia sing to Jesus 124
Alleluia! Alleluia! 116
Almighty Lord, with one accord 390
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound 463
Amen, Amen 619, 620, 621, 622, 623
And must I be to judgment brought 501
Angels, from the realms of glory 81
Angels, we have heard on High 82
Another year is dawning! 380
Another year of setting suns 381
“Are ye able,” said the Master 392
Are you weary, are you heavy-hearted 476
Around the throne of God in heaven 405
Art thou weary, heavy laden 143
As pants the heart for cooling streams 586
As with gladness men of old 530
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep 314
At even, when the sun was set 37
Author of life divine 309
Awake, my soul! and with the sun 25
Awake, our souls! away, our fears! 258
Away in a manger 414
B
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side 54
Before Jehovah’s awful throne 272
Behold a Stranger at the door! 141
Believe not those who say 210
Beneath the cross of Jesus 112
Bethlehem, of noblest cities 88
Birds are singing 409
Bless the four corners of this house 362
Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought 611
Blessed assurance 480
Blest are the pure in heart 205
Blest be the everlasting God 266
Blest be the tie that binds 41
Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed 311
Bread of the world, in mercy broken 304, 306
Break Thou the bread of life 288
Breathe on me, Breath of God 135
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning 91
Brightly beams our Father’s mercy 448
By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored 310
C
Can a little child like me 435
Captain of Israel’s host and Guide 168
Children of Jerusalem sang the praise 404
Christ for the world we sing 327
Christ has for sin atonement made 473
Christ is coming! let creation 127
Christ is made the sure foundation 277
Christ is our cornerstone 9
Christ the Life of all the living 535
Christ the Lord is risen again 544
Christ, whose glory fills the skies 26
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn 71
Come, all ye shepherds 79
Come, every soul by sin oppressed 457
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 301
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Come hither, ye children 413
Come, Holy Ghost, in love 131
Come, Kingdom of our God 269
Come, let us all unite to sing 439
Come, let us join our cheerful songs 17
Come, let us join our friends above 319
Come, let us to the Lord our God 146
Come, Lord, and tarry not 129
Come, my soul, thou must be waking 27
Come, O come, Thou quickening Spirit 548
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest 307
Come, Thou Almighty King 8
Come, Thou bright and morning star 554
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing 189
Come, Thou long expected Jesus 69
Come unto Me, ye weary 240
Come, we that love the Lord 443
Come, ye disconsolate 243
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain 113
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy 459
Come, ye thankful people, come 377
Commit thou all thy griefs 558
Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow 111
Crown Him with many crowns 118
D
Dark the day on Calvary’s Cross 538
Darkening night the land doth cover 32
Day by day the manna fell 247
Day is dying in the west 31
Dear Lord and Father of mankind 181
Dear Shepherd of Thy people 279
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness 552
Down at the cross where my Savior died 464
Doxology 618
E
Eternal Father! strong to save 169
Eternal One, Thou living God 369
Evening and morning, sunset and dawning 555
F
Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature 97
Faith of our fathers! living still 154
Far and near the fields are teeming 325
Father Almighty, bless us with Thy blessing 59
Father and Friend, Thy light, Thy love 63
Father eternal, Ruler of creation 354
Father in heaven, who lovest all 401
Father, in Thy mysterious presence kneeling 188
Father, O hear us 609
Father of men in whom are one 388
Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow 249
Father, we praise Thee, now the night is over 24
Father, we thank Thee for the night 423
Father, what-e’er of earthly bliss 251
Father, whose will is life and good 326
Fling out the banner 331
For all the saints who from their labors rest 317
For common gifts we bless Thee, Lord 176
For the beauty of the earth 51
For them whose ways are in the height 166
For Thy mercy and Thy grace 528
Forever with the Lord 261
Forward through the ages 267
Fountain of good, to own Thy love 218
From Greenland’s icy mountains 333
From heaven above to earth I come 527
From the eastern mountains 89
From yon distant heaven 433
G
Give of your best to the Master 400
Give to our God immortal praise 11
Give to the winds thy fears 246
Gloria Patri 606, 607
Glorious things of thee are spoken 274
Glory be to the Father 606, 607
Go forth to life, O child of earth 211
Go, labor on; spend and be spent 231
Go to dark Gethsemane 107
God be with you till we meet again 365
God bless our native land 348
God is in His Holy Temple 2
God is love; His mercy brightens 55
God is my Light! 560
God is our Refuge 588
God is the Refuge of His saints 257
God’s law is perfect 578
God moves in a mysterious way 60
God of my heart 235
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand 347
God of the earth, the sky, the sea 52
God reveals His presence 506
God sees the little sparrow fall 408
God that madest earth and heaven 35
God the All-merciful 351
God’s trumpet wakes the slumb’ring world 194
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God who madest earth and heaven 573
Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd 298
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost 174
Great God of nations 349
Great God, the followers of Thy Son 13
Great God, we sing that mighty hand 383
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah 160
H
Hail the day that sees Him rise 117
Hail, Thou once despised Jesus 122
Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning 332
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed 65
Happy the home when God is there 361
Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs 260
Hark ten thousand harps and voices 123
Hark! the herald angels sing 85
Have Thine own way, Lord! 217
He leadeth me: O blessed thought! 478
He who would be in God confiding 571
Hear our prayer, O Lord 604
Heaven and earth, the sea and air 510
Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face 303
Here we come with gladness 421
Hide me, O my Savior 483
His name forever shall endure 591
Holy Father, cheer our way 254
Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness 134
Holy God, we praise Thy name 519
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! 1
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts 601, 602
Holy Lord, holy Lord 520
Holy Spirit, faithful Guide 137
Holy Spirit, Truth divine 136
How are Thy servants blest, O Lord 338
How blest are they whose hearts are pure 206
How brightly shines the Morning Star! 529
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord 151
How gentle God’s commands 56
How great, Almighty, is Thy kindness! 516
How happy is he born and taught 208
How lovely are Thy dwellings fair! 592
How sweet, how heavenly is the sight 323
Hushed was the evening hymn 416
I
I am Jesus’ little lamb 430
I am the Lord, O hear My voice 565
I am Thine, O Lord 475
I can hear my Savior calling 500
I do not ask, O Lord 471
I feel the winds of God today 391
I have a Savior 460
I have found a friend in Jesus 446
I hear the Savior say 462
I heard the voice of Jesus say 142
I hunger and I thirst 308
I joyed when to the house of God 599
I know not how that Bethlehem’s Babe 99
I know not why God’s wondrous 450
I know that my Redeemer liveth 453
I Know Whom I Have Believed 450
I lay my sins on Jesus 444
I look to Thee in every need 244
I love the Lord 597
I love Thy kingdom, Lord! 275
I love to tell the story 493
I need Thee every hour 187
I sing the mighty power of God 47
I think when I read that sweet story of old 427
I waited for the Lord my God 585
I would be true 207
Immortal Love, forever full 173
I’m not ashamed to own my Lord 302
In Christ there is no East or West 320
In our work and in our play 417
In pleasant lands have fallen the lines 368
In the cross of Christ I glory 110
In the hour of trial 195
It came upon a midnight clear 75
It may be at morn, when the day is awaking 455
I’ve found a Friend 445
J
Jehovah, Jehovah 507
Jehovah, let me now adore Thee 569
Jerusalem the golden 262, 263
Jesus, and shall it ever be 192
Jesus bids us shine 420
Jesus calls us: o’er the tumult 140
Jesus Christ is ris’n today 114
Jesus Christ, my sure defense 541
Jesus, I never can forget 533
Jesus, keep me near the cross 490
Jesus lives! thy terrors now 543
Jesus, Lord, we look to Thee 321
Jesus, Lover of my soul 158, 159
Jesus loves me! this I know 428
Jesus, my all 468
Jesus, our Savior, grant us Thy peace 157
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Jesus, priceless treasure 564
Jesus, Refuge of the weary 536
Jesus, Savior, pilot me 161
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun 341
Jesus, still lead on 574
Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me 425
Jesus, the very thought of Thee 155
Jesus, Thou divine Companion 372
Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts 171
Jesus, Thy boundless love to me 170
Joy dawned again on Easter-Day 415
Joy to the world! the Lord is come 70
Joys are flowing like a river 479
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee 10
Judge Eternal, throned in splendor 345
Judge me, God of my salvation 499
Just as I am, Thine own to be 393
Just as I am 458
L
Lamb of God, most holy 540
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom 162, 163
Lead me gently home, Father 449
Lead on, O King Eternal 399
Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace 164
Let the whole creation cry 49
Let the words of my mouth 608
Let there be light, Lord God of hosts 353
Let us with a gladsome mind 64
Life of all that lives below 238
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates 523
Light of light, enlighten me 553
Lo, God is here! let us adore 508
Lo, He comes, with clouds descending 130
Lo, the day of days is here 545
Lo, the heav’ns are breaking 434
Look, ye saints! The sight is glorious 119
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing 45
Lord God, the Holy Ghost 132
Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing 204
Lord, in the fullness of my might 397
Lord, in the morning 20
Lord, it belongs not to my care 253
Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole 469
Lord Jesus, think on me 196
Lord of all being, throned afar 53
Lord of life and King of glory 363
Lord of light, whose name outshineth 342
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation 278
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak 296
Lord, Thou hast been Thy people’s rest 568
Lord, Thou shalt early hear my voice 576
Lord, through changing days, unchanging 402
Lord, Thy mercy now entreating 147
Lord, Thy Word abideth 292
Lord, what a change within us one short hour 183
Lord, who can be with Thee compared? 518
Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise Thee 511
Love Divine, all loves excelling 178, 179
Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep 429
Low in the grave He lay 452
M
Majestic sweetness sits enthroned 120
Man of Sorrows, now my soul shall greet Thee 537
Master, speak! Thy servant heareth 219
May the grace of Christ our Savior 613
Mighty God, while angels bless Thee 46
More love to Thee 472
Motherhood, sublime, eternal 364
My country, ’tis of thee 344
My days are gliding swiftly by 503
My faith looks up to Thee 150
My God and Father 245
My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made the earth 177
My hope is built 487
My Jesus, as Thou wilt! 250
My Jesus, I love Thee 216
N
Near to the Heart of God 239
Nearer, my God, to Thee 202
Nearer the cross! 491
New every morning is the love 22
Not alone for mighty empire 355
Not always on the mount may we 98
Now cheer our hearts this eventide 557
Now, on land and sea descending 28
Now thank we all our God 514
Now the day is over 29
Now the laborer’s task is o’er 315
Now to heaven our prayer ascending 371
Now to Him who loved us 617
Now to the King of heaven 615
Nun ruhen alle Wälder 556
O
O beautiful for spacious skies 343
O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother 229
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O children, hither do ye come 584
O Christ in Thee my soul hath found 451
O come, all ye faithful 80
O come, loud anthems let us sing 18
O come, O come, Emmanuel 67
O day of rest and gladness 285
O for a closer walk with God 197
O for a faith that will not shrink 153
O for a thousand tongues to sing 12
O gladsome light 34
O God, beneath Thy guiding hand 367
O God of Bethel, by whose hand 167
O God of love, O King of peace 352
O God, our help in ages past 61
O God, Thou faithful God 566
O God, we pray for all mankind 350
O grant us light, that we may know 389
O happy day, that fixed my choice 465
O happy home, where Thou art loved 358
O have you not heard of that beautiful stream 232
O Heart of God 237
O Holy Night 86
O Holy Savior, Friend unseen 233
O Holy Spirit, enter in 546
O Jesus, I have promised 212
O Jesus, Thou art standing 144
O little town of Bethlehem 84
O Lord, how happy should we be 255
O Lord of life where’er they be 316
O Lord, Thou art my God and King 600
O Love divine, that stooped to share 172
O Love that wilt not let me go 175
O Master, let me walk with Thee 223
O Master Workman of the race 93
O perfect Love, all human thought 312
O pow’r of love, all else transcending 517
O sacred Head, now wounded 539
O Savior, bless us ere we go 44
O scatter seeds of loving deeds 498
O send Thy light 587
O sing a song of Bethlehem 92
O Son of God, we wait for Thee 524
O Son of Man, our Hero 396
O Son of Man, Thou madest known 373
O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God 547
O Spirit of the living God 330
O still in accents sweet and strong 294
O that I had a thousand voices 509
O the unsearchable riches 454
O Thou great Friend to all 224
O Thou, in whose presence 470
O thou my soul, bless God the Lord 596
O where are kings and empires now 276
O Word of God Incarnate 289
O worship the King 7
O Zion haste, thy mission high fulfilling 328
O’er the trackless ocean guided 165
Once in royal David’s city 412
Once to every man and nation 346
On the mountain top appearing 336
One is kind above all others 447
One sweetly solemn thought 264
One thought I have, my ample creed 248
Onward, Christian soldiers 225
Open now Thy gates of beauty 505
Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed 138
Our Father, who art in heaven 610
Our Lord, His Passion ended 572
Out of the depths I cry to Thee 531, 532
P
Pass me not, O gentle Savior 474
Peace in our time, O Lord 357
Peace, perfect peace 256
Pour out Thy Spirit from on high 295
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow 618
Praise Him, praise Him, all ye 426
Praise Him! praise Him! Jesus 438
Praise the Lord: ye heavens adore Him 16
Praise thou the Lord, O my soul 513
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty 515
Praise waits for Thee in Zion 590
Pray when the morn is breaking 180
Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire 184
R
Rejoice, the Lord is King 121
Rejoice, ye pure in heart 156
Remember all God’s children 436
Rescue the perishing 497
Ride on! ride on in majesty 101
Ring out, wild bells 379
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings 200
Rise up, O men of God 230
Rock of Ages, cleft for me 148
S
Safe in the arms of Jesus 313
Safely through another week 284
Sanctus 601, 602
Savior again to Thy dear Name we raise 43
Savior, breathe an evening blessing 38
Savior lead me lest I stray 502
Savior, like a shepherd lead us 395
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Savior, teach me, day by day 424
Savior, Thy dying love 220
Savior, when in dust, to Thee 145
Savior, while my heart is tender 394
See how great a flame aspires 339
See the shining dewdrops 407
Shepherd of eager youth 398
Shine Thou upon us, Lord 293
Show me Thy ways, O Lord 581
Silent night, holy night 83
Since Jesus is my Friend 236
Sing praise to God who reigns above 512
Sing them over again to me 494
Sinners Jesus will receive 466
Sleep, baby, sleep! 431
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling 456
Softly now the light of day 36
Soldiers of Christ, arise 198
Spirit divine, attend our prayer 139
Spirit of God descend 133
Spread, still spread, thou mighty word 551
Stand up, stand up for Jesus! 193
Still, still with Thee 23
Strive aright when God doth call thee 563
Strong Son of God, immortal Love 149
Summer suns are glowing 386
Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear 30
Sunset and evening star 265
Sweet are the promises 481
Sweet hour of pray’r! 182
T
Take my heart, O Father 441
Take my life and let it be 215
Take the Name of Jesus 485
Take Thou my hand, O Father 561
Teach me, my God and King 226
Tell me the old, old story 495
Tell me the stories of Jesus 419
Thank the Lord 376
That man hath perfect blessedness 575
The Church’s one foundation 273
The dawn of God’s dear Sabbath 283
The day of resurrection 115
The duteous day now closeth 556
The first Noel the angel did say 76
The glory of the spring how sweet 385
The God of Abraham praise 14
The happy Christmas 411
The heavens declare Thy glory 291
The King shall come when morning dawns 125
The Lord be with us as we bend 42
The Lord bless you and keep you 614
The Lord doth reign 593
The Lord is in His holy temple 603
The Lord’s my light 582
The Lord’s my Shepherd 579
The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know 62
The morning light is breaking 324
The spacious firmament on high 50
The Spirit of the Lord revealed 570
The stars were silent 77
The strife is o’er, the battle done 116
The wise may bring their learning 418
The whole wide world for Jesus 340
The whole world was lost 467
The work is Thine, O Christ our Lord 550
The year is gone beyond recall 382
The year is swiftly waning 387
There is a fountain 492
There is a green hill far away 104
There is a Name I love to hear 496
There is a place of quiet rest 239
There is beauty all around 360
There is no name so sweet on earth 440
There is no sorrow, Lord, too light 259
There’s a land that is fairer than day 504
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy 58
Thine Arm, O Lord, in days of old 95
This is my Father’s world 48
This is the day of light 287
Thou art coming, O my Savior 126
Thou art the way, to Thee alone 185
Thou Grace Divine, encircling all 57
Thou gracious God, whose mercy lends 359
Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet 595
Thou to whom the sick and dying 370
Thou true Vine, that heals the nations 234
Thou who Thyself didst sanctify 297
Though lowly here our lot may be 374
Throned upon the awful tree 109
Through all the changing scenes of life 583
Thy kingdom come, O God 271
“Thy kingdom come!” O Lord, we daily cry 356
Thy kingdom come, O Lord, wide circling 270
“Thy kingdom come,” on bended knee 268
Thy way is in the deep, O Lord 242
Thy way, not mine, O Lord 252
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Thy Word have I hid in my heart 605
Thy Word is like a garden, Lord 290
’Tis midnight and on Olive’s brow 103
’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus 488
’Tis the promise of God 442
’Tis winter now 384
To God the only wise 616
To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise 378
Today be joy in ev’ry heart 72
U
Unheard the dews around me fall 39
Unto the hills 598
Unto Thy temple, Lord, we come 282
Uplift the song of praise 366
V
Veiled in darkness Judah lay 68
W
Wake, awake, for night is flying 522
Walk in the light! so shalt thou know 209
Watchman, tell us of the night 66
We cannot think of them as dead 318
We give Thee but Thine own 213
We have heard the joyful sound? 334
We love the place, O God 281
We plow the fields, and scatter 375
We praise Thee, O God! for the 437
We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer 15
We thank Thee, O Our Father 422
We three kings of Orient are 90
We walk by faith, and not by sight 152
We would see Jesus 201
Welcome, Thou Victor in the strife 542
We’ve a story to tell the nations 335
What a fellowship, what a joy divine 489
What a Friend we have in Jesus 186
What a Wonderful Savior 473
What Child is this, who, laid to rest 78
What mercy and divine compassion 562
What star is this, with beams so bright 87
Whate’er my God ordains is right 567
When courage fails, and faith burns low 191
When He cometh 432
When I survey the wondrous cross 105, 106
When in the maddening maze of things 241
When morning gilds the skies 19, 21
When my love to God grows weak 102
When peace, like a river 484
When the weary, seeking rest 203
When thy heart with joy o’erflowing 227
When we walk with the Lord 486
Where cross the crowded ways of life 222
While shepherds watched their flocks by night 73, 74
While Thee I seek, protecting power 199
Who is He in yonder stall 96
Who is on the Lord’s side 190
Who is thy neighbor? He whom thou 228
Will your anchor hold? 482
Within Thy tabernacle, Lord 577
Word of Life, most pure, most strong 329
Work, for the night is coming 221
Y
Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim 337
Ye fair green hills of Galilee 94
Ye gates, lift up your heads 580
Ye Must Be Born Again 461
Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim 6
Ye servants of the Lord 128
Yield not to temptation 477