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The Hymn-Book of the Modern Church

APPENDIX

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The following hymns are in the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian Hymn-books. They are also in Hymns Ancient and Modern, or Church Hymns. Hymns which are in Hymns Ancient and Modern, but not in Church Hymns, are marked *; those in Church Hymns, but not in Hymns Ancient and Modern, are marked †.

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

A few more years shall rollBonar

Abide with me: fast falls the eventideLyte

†According to Thy gracious wordMontgomery

All glory, laud, and honourTheodulph of Orleans

All hail, the power of Jesus’ namePerronet

All praise [Glory] to Thee, my God, this nightKen

†Around the throne of God in heavenAnne Shepherd

Art thou weary, art thou languidNeale

As with gladness men of oldDix

At even, ere the sun was setTwells

Awake, my soul, and with the sunKen

B

Before Jehovah’s awful throneWatts

*Behold us, Lord, a little spaceEllerton

†Bread of the world, in mercy brokenHeber

Brief life is here our portionBernard of Cluny

†Brightest and best of the sons of the morningHeber

Brightly gleams our bannerPotter and others

†By Christ redeemed, in Christ restoredRawson

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C

Children of the heavenly KingCennick

Christ the Lord is risen to-dayWesley

Christ, whose glory fills the skyWesley

Christian, seek not yet reposeC. Elliott

Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspireWesley

†Come, let us join our friends aboveWesley

Come, my soul, thy suit prepareNewton

Come to our poor nature’s nightRawson

Come unto Me, ye wearyDix

Come, ye thankful people, comeAlford

†Commit thou all thy griefsPaul Gerhardt

†Creator Spirit! by whose aidTr. John Dryden

D

Days and moments quickly flyingCaswall and others

E

Eternal Father, strong to saveWhiting

F

For ever with the LordMontgomery

†For the beauty of the earthPierpoint

Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I goWesley

Forward! be our watchwordAlford

†From all that dwell below the skiesWatts

From Greenland’s icy mountainsHeber

G

†Gentle Jesus, meek and mildWesley

Go to dark GethsemaneMontgomery

God moves in a mysterious wayCowper

†God save our Gracious KingAnon.

†God, that madest earth and heavenHeber and Whately

Gracious Spirit, Holy GhostC. Wordsworth

Guide me, O Thou great JehovahW. Williams

H

†Hail, Thou once despised JesusBakewell

Hail to the Lord’s AnointedMontgomery

*Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swellingFaber

Hark, my soul! it is the LordCowper

Hark! the herald angels singWesley

†Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to faceBonar

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God AlmightyHeber

How sweet the name of Jesus soundsNewton

I

I heard the voice of Jesus sayBonar

†I think, when I read that sweet story of oldJ. Luke

†It came upon the midnight clearSears

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J

Jerusalem, my happy homeJ. Bromehead

Jerusalem the goldenBernard of Cluny

Jesus calls us: o’er the tumultC. F. Alexander

†Jesus, I my cross have takenLyte

Jesus lives! no longer nowGellert

Jesu, Lover of my soulWesley

Jesus shall reign where’er the sunWatts

Jesus, the very thought of TheeBernard of Clairvaux

Jesus, where’er Thy people meetCowper

Just as I am, without one pleaC. Elliott

L

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloomNewman

Lead us, heavenly Father, lead usJ. Edmeston

†Let us with a gladsome mindMilton

Lo! He comes with clouds descendingWesley

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessingJ. Fawcett

Lord, I hear of showers of blessingCodner

Lord, it belongs not to my careBaxter

Lord of our life, and God of our salvationLöwenstern

†Lord of the worlds aboveWatts

Lord, speak to me, that I may speakHavergal

Lord, Thy word abidethBaker

Love Divine, all loves excellingWesley

M

My God and Father, while I strayC. Elliott

My God, how wonderful Thou artFaber

N

Nearer, my God, to TheeS. F. Adams

Now thank we all our GodMartin Rinckart

Now the day is overS. Baring-Gould

Now the labourer’s task is o’erEllerton

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O

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphantTr. F. Oakeley

*O come and mourn with me awhileFaber

O come, O come, ImmanuelTr. Neale

O day of rest and gladnessC. Wordsworth

O for a closer walk with GodCowper

*O for a heart to praise my GodWesley

*O for a thousand tongues to singWesley

O God of Bethel, by whose handDoddridge

*O help us, Lord! each hour of needMilman

O Jesus, I have promisedBode

*O Lord, be with us when we sailDayman

O Lord of heaven and earth and seaC. Wordsworth

O love Divine, how sweet thou artWesley

†O sacred Head once woundedPaul Gerhardt

O timely happy, timely wiseKeble

† O Word of God incarnateWalsham How

*O worship the King all-glorious aboveR. Grant

Oft in danger, oft in woeWhite and Maitland

Once in royal David’s cityC. F. Alexander

Onward! Christian soldiersS. Baring-Gould

Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathedH. Auber

Our day of praise is doneEllerton

Our God, our help in ages pastWatts

P

Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?Bickersteth

Pleasant are Thy courts aboveLyte

Praise, my soul, the King of heavenLyte

†Praise to our God, whose bounteous handEllerton

Praise to the Holiest in the heightNewman

R

Rejoice, the Lord is KingWesley

Rock of Ages, cleft for meToplady

S

*Safely, safely gathered inDobree

Saviour, again to Thy dear name we raiseEllerton

Saviour, blessed SaviourThring

†Saviour, breathe an evening blessingEdmeston

Saviour, sprinkle many nationsA. C. Coxe

Saviour, when in dust to TheeR. Grant

Soldiers of Christ, ariseWesley

*Souls of men, why will ye scatterFaber

*Stand up! stand up for JesusDuffield

Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dearKeble

Sweet Saviour, bless us ere we goFaber

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T

The Church’s one foundationStone

The day is past and overAnatolius

The God of Abraham praiseOlivers

The Head that once was crowned with thornsKelly

The King of Love my Shepherd isBaker

The radiant morn hath passed awayThring

The roseate hues of early dawnC. F. Alexander

The Son of God goes forth to warHeber

There is a book who runs may readKeble

*There is a fountain filled with bloodCowper

There is a green hill far awayC. F. Alexander

There is a land of pure delightWatts

†There is no sorrow, Lord, too lightCrewdson

There’s a Friend for little childrenMidlane

Thine arm, O Lord, in days of oldPlumptre

This is the day of lightEllerton

Thou art gone up on highToke

†Thou didst leave Thy throneE. E. S. Elliott

Thou hidden Love of God, whose heightTersteegen

Thou to whom the sick and dyingThring

Thou whose almighty wordMarriott

Through the day Thy love has spared usKelly

Through the night of doubt and sorrowIngemann

Thy way, not mine, O LordBonar

†To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raiseDix

W

We give Thee but Thine ownWalsham How

We plough the fields and scatterMatthias Claudius

We saw Thee not when Thou didst comeGurney

Weary of earth and laden with my sinStone

When God of old came down from heavenKeble

When I survey the wondrous crossWatts

*When morning gilds the skiesTr. E. Caswall

†When the weary, seeking restBonar

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