George Elvey

Composer Collection

Lyricist: Archer Gurney, 1871

Father, in Whom We Live

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1747

Give Thanks to God the Lord

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1999

O Thou Who Dwell’st on High

Lyricist: Wilson Hogue, before 1911

O Throned, O Crowned with All Renown

Lyricist: Edward Benson, 1860

Oft as the Bell, with Solemn Toll

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Thou Judge of Quick and Dead

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Thou, O Lord, Art God Alone

Lyricist: From Psalm 102

Thus the Eternal Father Spake

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862

Strong Son of God, Immortal Love

Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson, 1850

Sweetest Joy the Soul Can Know

Lyricist: Paul Gerhardt, 1653

Swell the Anthem, Raise the Song

Lyricist: Nathan Strong, 1799

The Taking of Jericho

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Then, Then, th’Intestine War Is O’er

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Saved by Blood, I Live to Tell

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Say Then, Ye Worms of Earth

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

Warned of That Vindictive Day

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Prisoners of Hope, Arise

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

’Twas for Thy Sake, Eternal God

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Hark! The Song of Jubilee

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1818

He Liveth Long Who Liveth Well

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1861

The Hiding Place

Lyricist: Mary Beegle, 1876

Ho! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1740

My God, My Strength, My Hope

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

I Lift My Heart to Thee (Sternhold)

Lyricist: Thomas Sternhold (1500–1549)

Jacob’s Ladder (Newton)

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

God Loved the World So That He Gave

Lyricist: From the German

Great and Fair Is She

Lyricist: William Watson, 1910

Hark, How the Watchmen Cry

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

The Lord My Shepherd Is (Watts)

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Make Me a Captive, Lord

Lyricist: George Matheson, 1890

Mercy Triumphs, Christ Is Born

Lyricist: William Hull, 1851

The Mighty God, the Lord

Lyricist: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Lord, Beneath Whose Equal Hand

Lyricist: Harriet Hall, 1869

Now in the Days of Youth

Lyricist: Walter Mathams, 1913

Jesus the Conqueror Reigns

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

When Two Friends on Easter Day

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862

Ye Men of Israel, Hear

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1746

And Is the Gospel Peace and Love?

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

The Claims of the Poor

Lyricist: Thomas Murray, 1847

Away My Needless Fears

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

An Awe-Full Mystery Is Here

Lyricist: Matthias Loy, 1880

Behold the Potter and the Clay

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Buried in Shadows of the Night

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Can Thoughtless Sinners Hope for Heav’n?

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Captain, We Look to Thee

Lyricist: Probably Charles Wesley, 1744

Change Your Church, O God, to Be

Lyricist: John Dalles, 1992

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (Leeson)

Lyricist: From the Latin

Christ the Lord Will Come Again

Lyricist: Joseph Swain, 1792

Christians, Dismiss Your Fear

Lyricist: Joseph Hart, 1762

Come, Holy Spirit, Raise Our Songs

Lyricist: Robert Brackenbury, 1792, and Charles Wesley, 1742

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Lyricist: Henry Alford, 1844

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Lyricist: Matthew Bridges, 1852, and Godfrey Thring, 1874

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