John Dykes

Composer Collection

O Thou, the Contrite Sinner’s Friend

Lyricist: Charlotte Elliott, 1835

On the Birthday of the Lord (Littledale)

Lyricist: From the Latin

Once Again, O Blessèd Time

Lyricist: William Bright, 1874

O Lord, My God, My Joyful Heart

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Sleep! Holy Babe

Lyricist: Edward Caswall, 1850

Weary with My Load of Sin

Lyricist: George Robinson, 1876

Into Thy Gracious Hands I Fall

Lyricist: Wolfgang Dessler, 1692

The New Happy Land

Lyricist: Bernard Edmiaston, 1915

Again Returns the Day of Holy Rest

Lyricist: William Mason, 1796

Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer

Lyricist: Love Willis, 1859

Father, How Wide Thy Glories Shine

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1706

Father of Heaven

Lyricist: Edward Cooper, 1805

Lyricist: William Irons, 1844

Father, Thou Art Calling

Lyricist: James Blake, 1880

Fierce Raged the Tempest o’er the Deep

Lyricist: Godfrey Thring, 1862

Forsaken Once, and Thrice Denied

Lyricist: Cecil Alexander, 1875

Fountain of All the Good We See

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1739

Framer of the Light

Lyricist: Childs Clarke, 1871

Lyricist: Clara Thwaites, 1885

Go Down, Great Sun

Lyricist: Edward Husband, 1871

Faith Is the Brightest Evidence

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1706

O This Soul, How Dark and Blind

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1861

O Thou, Before Whose Presence

Lyricist: Samuel Stone, 1889

O Thou from Whom All Goodness Flows

Lyricist: Thomas Haweis, 1791

O Thou, with Whom, in Sweet Content

Lyricist: Henry Wilder Foote I, 1861

O Young and Fearless Prophet

Lyricist: Ralph Harlow, 1931

On Taking Down the Christmas Greens

Lyricist: Emma Campbell, 1909

Once More We Come Before Our God

Lyricist: Joseph Hart, 1762

One Prayer I Have

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1825

One Sole Baptismal Sign

Lyricist: George Robinson, 1842

Our Blest Redeemer, Ere He Breathed

Lyricist: Harriet Auber, 1829

O Food That Weary Pilgrims Love

Lyricist: Mainz, 1661

O, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink

Lyricist: William Bathurst, 1831

O for the Faith in Jesu’s Name

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

O Gift of Gifts!

Lyricist: Frederick Faber, 1849

O God, According to Thy Grace

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

O God, I Love Thee

Lyricist: From the Latin

O Grant Me, Lord, That Sweet Content

Lyricist: Edward Perronet, 1785

O Highest Love, in Lowliest Guise

Lyricist: Benjamin Kennedy, 1863

O Holy, Holy, Holy Lord (Eastburn)

Lyricist: James Eastburn, 1815

O Hope of Every Contrite Heart

Lyricist: Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th Century

O Jesus, Son of God, in Thee

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

O Lamb of God! That Tak’st Away

Lyricist: Alessie Faussett, 1865

O Let Him Whose Sorrow

Lyricist: Heinrich Oswald, 1826

O Life, We Learn of Thee

Lyricist: Nellie Eaton

O Lord of Heav’n and Earth and Sea

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1863

O Lord, to Us Thy Mercy Show

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

O Love Divine and Golden

Lyricist: John Monsell, 1857

O Master of the Waking World

Lyricist: Frank North, 1917

Lyricist: Frederick Faber, 1862

O Quickly Come, Dread Judge of All

Lyricist: Lawrence Tuttiett, 1854

O Sing Ye Hallelujah

Lyricist: From Psalm 147

O Strength and Stay

Lyricist: Ambrose of Milan

Thou Art Gone Up on High

Lyricist: Emma Toke, 1851

Thou Awful God, Whose Righteous Ire

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1744

A Christmas Legend

Lyricist: Isabella Postgate, 1889

Thy Grace Impart

Lyricist: John Greeleaf Whittier, 1864

Time, with an Unwearied Hand

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Today Be Joy in Every Heart

Lyricist: Frederick Hosmer, 1877

Today Thy Mercy Calls Me

Lyricist: Oswald Allen, 1861

Tremble, Ye Families Profane

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1825

Show Pity, Lord, O Lord, Forgive

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Sinners, Rejoice: Your Peace Is Made

Lyricist: The Wesleys, 1762

Sinners, the City Where You Dwell

Lyricist: William Hunter, 1843

Son of the Carpenter, Receive

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1739

Still Throned in Heav’n

Lyricist: William Bright, 1866

Strong, Righteous Man of Galilee

Lyricist: Harry Farrington, 1921

Surrounded by a Host of Foes

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Sweet Flowerets of the Martyr Band

Lyricist: From the Latin

Sweet Savior, Bless Us Ere We Go

Lyricist: Frederick Faber, 1852

The Well of Sychar

Lyricist: Edward Denny, 1849

Tarry with Me (Smith)

Lyricist: Caroline Smith, 1852

Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand

Lyricist: Henry Alford, 1867, 1870

That Day of Wrath

Lyricist: Thomas of Celano, 13th Century

That Little Babe in Bethlehem

Lyricist: Grace Hinsdale, 1865

Return, O God of Love

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

The Savior Comes, No Outward Pomp

Lyricist: William Robertson, 1745

Savior, Let Thy Gospel Light

Lyricist: William Bathurst, 1831

Searcher of Hearts, from Mine Erase

Lyricist: George Morris, 1838

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862

Wait, My Soul, upon the Lord

Lyricist: William Lloyd, 1835

We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1825

We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father

Lyricist: Vincent Coles, 1871

We Worship Thee, O Crucified

Lyricist: Albert Orsborn, 1914

We Would See Jesus (Warner)

Lyricist: Anna Warner, 1852

We’re Waiting Still, Dear Lord, for Thee

What Are These Ethereal Strains?

Lyricist: John Macduff, 1853

What Good Remains in Me?

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

What Poor Despisèd Company

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1774

What Shall I Render to My God? (Wesley)

Lyricist: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Pour Thy Blessings, Lord, Like Showers

Lyricist: Harriet Kimball (1834–1917)

Praise Jehovah, All Ye Nations

Lyricist: Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871

Praise the Lord, When Blushing Morning

Lyricist: Johann Patzke, 1769

Praise to the Holiest in the Height

Lyricist: John Newman, 1865

Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1818

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

’Twas on That Dark, That Doleful Night

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709

Hark! The Sound of Holy Voices

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862

Hasten the Time Appointed

Lyricist: Jane Borthwick, 1869

Hear Thy Children, Gentle Jesus

Lyricist: Francis Stanfield, 1865

Hell! ’Tis a Word of Dreadful Sound

Lyricist: Bartholomew Brown, 1810

Hence from My Soul, My Sins, Depart

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Here at Bethesda’s Pool

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Him Dead and Buried We Confess

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Holy, Holy, Holy

Lyricist: Reginald Heber, 1826

Holy, Holy, Holy! God of Grace and Glory!

Lyricist: William Fereday and Harold Barker

Hosanna to the Living Lord

Lyricist: Reginald Heber, 1811

How Beautiful the Sight

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1822

In the Morning I Will Raise

Lyricist: William Furness, 1840

In Thy Wrath and Hot Displeasure

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Jehovah, to My Prayer Give Ear

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Jesu, at Whose Supreme Command

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

Jesu, Sion’s King, We Greet Thee

Lyricist: William Dix, 1871

Jesu, United by Thy Grace

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

Jesus, Holy, Undefiled

Lyricist: Emily Shepcote, 1852

Jesus, in Thy Great Name I Go

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

How Sang the Heavenly Army

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1854

How Shall We Answer Terror’s Cry?

Lyricist: Richard Adams, 2001

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1846

I Know Not How That Bethlehem’s Babe

Lyricist: Harry Farrington, 1910

Lyricist: Susanna Aldrich, 1884

I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight

Lyricist: Ben Jonson (1573–1637)

I Sleep, but Love Still Waketh

Lyricist: Wilbur Tillett, 1925

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

God, as We Stand Amid Your World

Lyricist: Richard Adams, 2018

God, in Joy We Gather

Lyricist: Carolyn Gillette, 1998

God Is King Forever

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

God Most High, We Praise You

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1998

God of the Living, in Whose Eyes

Lyricist: John Ellerton, 1858

God of the Nations, Near and Far

Lyricist: John Holmes, 1911

God of the Seasons, Come Again

Lyricist: Henry Lyte (1793–1847)

God the Father! Whose Creation

Lyricist: John Neale, 1864

Great God, Who, Ready to Forgive

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1755

Hail, All Hail the Joyful Morn!

Lyricist: Harriet Auber, 1829

Hail! My Ever Blessèd Jesus

Lyricist: John Wingrove, 1785

Hail the Glorious Golden City

Lyricist: Felix Adler, 1878

Happy the Home When God Is There

Lyricist: Henry Ware (1794–1843)

Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord!

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1768

Hark! Ten Thousand Voices

Lyricist: Thomas Kelly, 1806

Lord Jesus, Blessèd Giver

Lyricist: Amos Wells, 1901

Lord of Glory, Who Hast Bought Us

Lyricist: Eliza Alderson, 1864

Lord, Shall Thy Children Come to Thee?

Lyricist: Samuel Hinds, 1834

Lord, Thou in All Things Like Wast Made

Lyricist: Joseph Anstice, 1836

Lord, We Have All Forsook

Lyricist: Probably Charles Wesley, 1744

Lord, When I All Things Would Possess

Lyricist: Thomas Gill, 1850

The Man That Doth in Secret Place

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1872

’Mid All the Traffic of the Ways

Lyricist: William Dunkerley, 1917

The Morning Purples All the Sky

Lyricist: 6th Century Latin

The Mourners Came at Break of Day

Lyricist: Sarah Adams, 1841

My God! How Perfect Are Thy Ways!

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1779

My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1740

My God, Is Any Hour So Sweet?

Lyricist: Charlotte Elliott, 1836

My God, My Father, Make Me Strong

Lyricist: Frederick Mann (1846–1928)

My Harp Untuned, and Laid Aside

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Let Glory Be to God on High

Lyricist: From the Latin

Life Is a Span, a Fleeting Hour

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

Like as a Mother Comforteth

Lyricist: William Runyan (1870–1957)

List to the Clanging Bells of Time

Lyricist: Fanny Crosby, 1905

Little Children, Wake and Listen

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1869

Long Did Both Kings and Prophets Wait

Lyricist: Paul Henkel, 1816

The Lord Did Say unto My Lord

Lyricist: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases, 1800

Lord, How Large Thy Bounties Are

Lyricist: Beck’s Collection, 1782

Lord, I Believe Thy Work of Grace

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

Lord, I Deserve Thy Deepest Wrath

Lyricist: Basil Manly, Jr., 1850

My Lord, My Love, Was Crucified

Lyricist: John Mason, 1683

My Lord, My Master, at Thy Feet Adoring

Lyricist: Jacques Bridaine (1701–1767)

My Shepherd Is the Lord Who Knows

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

My Soul Pursues No Vulgar Theme

Lyricist: John Needham, 1768

My Times of Sorrow and of Joy

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome, 1778

Eternal Father, Strong to Save

Lyricist: William Whiting, 1860

No Form of Human Framing

Lyricist: Henry van Dyke, 1922

None Is Like God

Lyricist: William Irons, 1844

Now I’m Convinced the Lord Is Kind

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Now Let Us All Arise and Sing

Lyricist: Emily Balch, 1913

Now Let Us Raise Our Cheerful Strains

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Lyricist: John Ellerton, 1875

O Christ, the Way, the Truth, the Life

Lyricist: George Squier, 1907

O Come and Mourn with Me

Lyricist: Frederick Faber, 1849

Lyricist: Christian Gellert, 1751

Jesus, Merciful and Mild

Lyricist: Thomas Hastings, 1858

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Lyricist: Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th Century

Joy! Because the Circling Year

Lyricist: From the Latin

Lamp of Our Feet

Lyricist: Bernard Barton, 1826

Lead, Kindly Light

Lyricist: John Newman, 1833

When Gathering Clouds Around I View

Lyricist: Robert Grant, 1806

When Musing Sorrow Weeps the Past

Lyricist: Gerard Noel, 1813

Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near?

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1740

While Life Prolongs Its Precious Light

Lyricist: Timothy Dwight, 1800

Who Is This in Bethlehem’s Town?

Lyricist: William Newton, 1897

Who Is This That Comes From Edom? (Wordsworth)

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862

Who Will Roll Away the Stone?

Lyricist: Thomas Lynch, 1868

Will God for Ever Cast Us Off?

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

With Earnest Longings of the Mind

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Witness, Ye Men and Angels Now

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

The Word of Truth’s a Spacious Field

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

A World of Sinners Once Was Drowned

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1854

Zeal Is That Pure and Heav’nly Flame

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Abundant Fields of Grain Shall Wave

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Ah! My Dear, Loving Lord

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

All Labor Gained New Dignity

Lyricist: William Dunkerley, 1925

The Cry of the Needy

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1879

Chaplain to the Forces

Lyricist: Winifred Letts, 1916

And Now, Belovèd Lord, Thy Soul Resigning

Lyricist: Eliza Alderson, 1868

Angels Your March Oppose

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

As Above the Darkest Storm Cloud

Lyricist: Daniel Howard (1814–1884)

At the Cross, Her Station Keeping

Lyricist: From the Latin

Awake, Our Souls, Behold How Nigh

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1825

Behold the Lamb of God (Bridges)

Lyricist: Matthew Bridges, 1848

Bounteous and Cherished Is This Grace

Lyricist: Stephen Popovich, 2016

Bride of the Lamb, Awake, Awake

Lyricist: Edward Denny, 1837

Bring, O Morn, Thy Music

Lyricist: William Gannett, 1893

By Christ Redeemed, in Christ Restored

Lyricist: George Rawson, 1857, 1876

By the Cross of Jesus Standing

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1866

By Willful Sin the Man Who Wrongs

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Calm on the Listening Ear of Night

Lyricist: Edmund Sears, 1834

Caught by th’Almighty Hand

Lyricist: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

The Caution Is Not Vain

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Christ, Above All Glory Seated

Lyricist: From the Latin

Christ and His Cross Is All Our Theme

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707–09

Christian, Dost Thou See Them?

Lyricist: Andrew of Crete

Clothe Yourself with Humility

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1998

Come, Holy Ghost, My Soul Inspire

Lyricist: Village Hymns, 1824

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709

Come, Let Us Join with One Accord (Wesley)

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1763

Come, Thou Everlasting Lord

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Come Ye That Love the Savior’s Name

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1769

Commissioned by the Great I AM

Daughters of Sion, Come, Behold

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Day of Wrath (Irons)

Lyricist: Attributed to Thomas of Celano, 13th Century

Day of Wrath (O’Hagan)

Lyricist: Attributed to Thomas of Celano, 13th Century

Days and Moments Quickly Flying

Lyricist: Edward Caswall, 1858

Deep in Our Hearts Let Us Record

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Did Christ Descend from Majesty?

Lyricist: Neil Barham, 2012

The Earth Forever Is the Lord’s

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Enthroned amid the Seraphim

Lyricist: From Psalm 80

Eternal God, Our Wondering Souls

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Father, in High Heaven Dwelling

Lyricist: George Rawson, 1882

The Father’s Sole Begotten Son

Lyricist: From the Latin

From East to West, from Shore to Shore

Lyricist: Caelius Sedulius, 5th Century

Lyricist: William Morris (1834–1896)

O Golden Day! So Long Desired

Lyricist: Charles Dickinson, 1893

O Lord, and Yet Another Year

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1875

Holy Father, Cheer Our Way

Lyricist: Richard Robinson, 1869

Gracious God, My Heart Renew

Lyricist: From Psalm 51

Now All the Bells Are Ringing

Lyricist: Anonymous

Jesus, with Thy Church Abide

Lyricist: Thomas Pollock, 1871

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