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Christ the Preeminent

O Perfect Love!

Lyricist: M. C.

O dearest Lord, what law hast Thou e’er broken

Lyricist: Jean de Fecamp

To those who fear Jehovah’s name

Lyricist: Albert Benjamin Simpson

When morning gilds the skies

Lyricist: German

The Virgin Is Hushing Her Baby to Rest

Lyricist: William Dix, 1890

In Vision to His Saints God Spake

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Story of the Shepherd

Lyricist: Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561–1627)

Drawn to the Cross which Thou hast blest

Lyricist: Genevieve Mary Irons

I am the Lord’s! O joy beyond expression

Lyricist: Lucy Ann Bennett

Life out of death—dear Master, is it spoken

Lyricist: Anonymous

The Lord Is Come! (Stanley)

Lyricist: Arthur Stanley, 1872

O Babe! in Manger Lying

Lyricist: William Dix, 1890

Lyricist: Fanny Crosby, 1895

Wilt Thou Hear the Voice of Praise?

Lyricist: Caroline Rice, 1877

Before the Day Draws Near Its Ending

Lyricist: John Ellerton, 1896

Father of All, to Thee

Lyricist: John Julian, 1874

Friend of Sinners, Lord of Glory

Lyricist: Newman Hall, 1857

From the Cross the Blood Is Falling

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1868

Father, Again in Jesus’ Name We Meet

Lyricist: Lucy Whitmore, 1824

O Thou, Who Know’st What Is in Man

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

O Voice of the Belovèd

Lyricist: Jackson Mason, 1889

O Zion, ’Tis Thy God’s Command

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Oh, Why, by Furious Rage Combined

Lyricist: Harriet Auber, 1829

Onward, Brothers

Lyricist: H. H. Ellis, 1911

O God, Thy Power Is Wonderful

Lyricist: Frederick Faber, 1854

O Lord, How Vile Am I

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

O Lord of Life, Thy Quickening Voice

Lyricist: George MacDonald (1824–1905)

O One with God the Father

Lyricist: William How, 1871

Lyricist: Dorothy Gurney, 1883

Thine Holy Day’s Returning

Lyricist: Ray Palmer, 1834

Think, Mighty God, on Feeble Man

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Thou Say’st, “Take Up Thy Cross”

Lyricist: Francis Palgrave, 1865

Thrice-Holy Name!

Lyricist: Francis Palgrave, 1883

Thus Speaks the Lord to Wicked Men

Lyricist: From Psalm 50

Thy People, Lord of Many Lands and Nations

Lyricist: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

Thy Word, O God, Declareth

Lyricist: Johann Walther (1496–1570)

To Thee, Before the Dawning Light

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

To Thee, O God, in Heaven

Lyricist: James Clarke, 1844

Shepherd of Israel, Bow Thine Ear

Lyricist: James Merrick (1720–1769)

Sinner, Rouse Thee from Thy Sleep

Lyricist: Henry Onderdonk, 1826

Sleep Thy Last Sleep

Lyricist: Edward Dayman, 1868

Soon with Resistless Arm Shall Death

Lyricist: Anonymous

The Spirit in Our Hearts

Lyricist: Henry Onderdonk, 1826

Spirit of Heav’nly Counsel, Come

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1758

Still Will We Trust

Lyricist: William Burleigh, 1868

Sweet Is Thy Mercy, Lord

Lyricist: John Monsell, 1866

Talk with Us, Lord, Thyself Reveal

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1740

Teach Me, My God and King

Lyricist: George Herbert, 1633

Thankless for Favors from on High

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1792

Then, Then the Gospel Day Shall Rise

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1744

There Is a Dwelling Place Above

Lyricist: Richard Mant, 1831

There Is No Sorrow, Lord, Too Light

Lyricist: Jane Crewdson, ca. 1860

See Israel’s Gentle Shepherd Stand

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

See, Where a Tender Mother Fondly Bends

Lyricist: César Malan, 1832

We March to Victory

Lyricist: Gerard Moultrie, 1865

We, Only We Believe Indeed

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

’Twas in the Winter Cold

Lyricist: Charles Black, 1871

Lyricist: George Herbert (1593–1632)

Victim Divine, Thy Grace We Claim

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1745

Hark, the Voice of Jesus Calling (March)

Lyricist: Daniel March, 1868

Hear Now My Praise, O Lord

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1998

Infinite God, to Thee We Raise

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1746

How Lovely, Lord of Hosts, to Me

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

A Hymn for Midnight

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1739

I Waited for the Lord Most High

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

If Now Thou Dost Thy Work Revive

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1758

Great God, the Heav’ns’ Well Ordered Frame

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Great King! From Heav’n’s High Throne

Lyricist: Alfonso Liguori, 1732

Hail! Thou God of Grace and Glory!

Lyricist: Thomas Aveling, 1844

The Lord, the Righteous Judge

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place (Gill)

Lyricist: Thomas Gill, 1864

Lord, Thou Hast Been Thy People’s Rest

Lyricist: Benjamin Kennedy, 1863

The Lord Will Happiness Divine

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1779

Merciful God, Vouchsafe to Me

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Messiah, Joy of Every Heart

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1746

The Morning Bright

Lyricist: Thomas Summers, ca. 1846

Let Those Who Doubt the Heavenly Source

Lyricist: John Bowring, 1824

Lyricist: Johann Walther, 1552

Lo, the Righteous Judge Descending

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Lord, I Believe

Lyricist: Daniel Howard (1814–1884)

My Song Shall Bless the Lord of All

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1779

No Longer of Him Be It Said

Lyricist: Joyce Kilmer, 1918

Not to Ourselves Again

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1866

Now Are the Days of Humblest Prayer

Lyricist: Frederick Faber, 1852

Now the Day Is Over

Lyricist: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1867

O Bethlem Town Tonight Is Cold

Lyricist: Gordon Bottomley, 1902

Jesus, Life and Way to Heaven

Lyricist: Christian Richardt (1831–1892)

Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

Lyricist: Henry Collins, 1854

Just as I Am, Thine Own to Be

Lyricist: Marianne Hearn, 1887

When, as Returns the Solemn Day

Lyricist: Anna Barbauld, 1773

When Time Seems Short and Death Is Near

Lyricist: George Bethune, 1862

Whence Shall My Tears Begin?

Lyricist: Andrew of Crete

Why Should I Ask the Future Load?

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Why Should the Children of a King

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709

With Glorious Clouds Encompassed Round

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1767

Ye That Delight to Serve the Lord

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

The Year Begins with Thee

Lyricist: John Keble, 1824

All Faded Is the Glowing Light

Lyricist: Thomas Lynch, 1855

Another Year of Setting Suns

Lyricist: John Chadwick, 1873

Before Thy People, I Confess

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Bending Before Thee

Lyricist: John Coleridge (1821–1894)

Beside the Gospel Pool

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Can Sinners Hope for Heaven?

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Come Hither, Ye Faithful

Lyricist: Latin, 17th Century

Crossing the Bar

Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson, 1889

Darkly Rose the Guilty Morning

Lyricist: Joseph Anstice, 1836

The Dawn of God’s Dear Sabbath

Lyricist: Ada Cross, 1866

The Day Is Ended

Lyricist: Harriet Kimball, 1865

The Day, O Lord, Is Spent

Lyricist: John Neale, 1842

Drawn to the Cross

Lyricist: Genevieve Irons, 1880

Encouraged by Thy Word

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

O Hark unto the Sounding Bell!

Lyricist: Paul Henkel, 1816

O Mighty God, Creator, King

Lyricist: Godfrey Thring, 1878

Thou Life Within My Life

Lyricist: Eliza Scudder, 1875

Thou, Lord, Hast Forsaken

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Have Mercy, Lord, on Us! We Pray

Lyricist: Paul Henkel, 1816

He Is Gone, a Cloud of Light

Lyricist: Arthur Stanley, 1859

Help Us, O Lord, the Good Decay

Lyricist: Benjamin Kennedy, 1863

How Dreadful, Lord, Will Be the Day

Lyricist: Jane Taylor, 1809

How Sweetly Flowed the Gospel’s Sound

Lyricist: John Bowring, 1823

The Lord Shall Come

Lyricist: William Bathurst, 1831

The Lord Is My Shepherd (Montgomery)

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1822

Jesus, the First and Last

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

When Dreadful o’er a Mourning Land

Lyricist: William Collyer, 1812

With Hearts in Love Abounding

Lyricist: Harriet Auber (1773–1862)

With Restless and Ungoverned Rage

Lyricist: Tate and Brady, 1698

The Days of Paradise Were Few

Lyricist: James Montgomery, 1854

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