Lowell Mason

Composer Collection

The Holy Building of God

Lyricist: L. S.

Master, speak! Thy servant heareth

Lyricist: Frances Ridley Havergal

My faith looks up to Thee

Lyricist: Ray Palmer

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Lyricist: Sarah Fuller Flower Adams

Not all the blood of beasts

Lyricist: Isaac Watts

O Blessed Saviour, Son of God

Lyricist: James George Deck

O God! we see Thee in the Lamb

Lyricist: Isaac Watts

O God, Thou art transcendent

Lyricist: Witness Lee

O God, th’ eternal Father, Thou

Lyricist: Witness Lee

O Love divine, how sweet Thou art

Lyricist: Charles Wesley

O, Jesus, Lord, ’tis joy to know

Lyricist: James George Deck

Oh, how I love this blessed Book

Lyricist: Albert Benjamin Simpson

Our hearts are overflowing

Lyricist: Adapted

Passing through another week

Lyricist: John Newton

When you suffer Satan’s temptings

Lyricist: Adapted

The queen in gold of Ophir

Lyricist: Adapted

Today the Savior calls

Lyricist: Samuel Francis Smith

Watch, for the night is ending

Lyricist: Witness Lee

We praise Thee, Lord, for Thy great plan

Lyricist: Witness Lee

When war is hot and fierce

Lyricist: Watchman Nee

Work, for the Day is coming

Lyricist: Annie L. Coghill

Work, for the night is coming

Lyricist: Anna Louisa Walker Coghill

All Scripture is the very breath of God

Lyricist: Witness Lee

Appear to me, dear Lord

Lyricist: A. C.

Thou Shalt, O Lord, Descend

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1844

At even when the sun was set

Lyricist: Henry Twells

Breathe on us, Lord of life (Alternate Tune)

Lyricist: Edwin Hatch

By the blood of Christ the Victor

Lyricist: Witness Lee

From Greenland’s icy mountains

Lyricist: Reginald Heber

God has set the land before us

Lyricist: Adapted

God shall rise, His foes be scattered

Lyricist: Adapted

God was born a human being

Lyricist: Adapted

God’s kingdom is God’s reigning

Lyricist: Witness Lee

God, the Salvation in Thy Life

Lyricist: Witness Lee

Hark! Ten thousand heav’nly voices

Lyricist: Thomas Kelly

He faileth not, for He is God

Lyricist: Margaret E. Barber

I give my heart to Thee (Alternate Tune)

Lyricist: Ray Palmer

I need Thee, precious Jesus

Lyricist: Frederick Whitfield

Jesus! that name we love

Lyricist: James George Deck

Lord Jesus Christ, we seek Thy face

Lyricist: Alexander Stewart

Lord Jesus, Thou dost keep Thy child

Lyricist: Jean Sophia Pigott

Lord of glory, we adore Thee

Lyricist: Richard Holden

Lord, Thou hast shown the mystery

Lyricist: Watchman Nee

Lord, may Thy Wind of heaven blow

Lyricist: Witness Lee

Let Him to Whom We Now Belong

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1745

Let Party Names No More

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome, 1769

Father, in Thy Mysterious Presence Kneeling

Lyricist: Samuel Johnson, 1846

Father of All, Before Thy Throne

Lyricist: John Hinton, 1828

Father, Our Hearts We Lift

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1745

Father, Whate’er of Earthly Bliss

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

Father, Whose Everlasting Love

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1741

From Our Belovèd Nation

Lyricist: Lydia Baxter, 1849

Gladly I Take Thy Love’s Advice

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

A Glorious Day Is Dawning

Lyricist: Nancy Munroe

The Glorious Gates of Righteousness

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

The Signal Star

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1879

O That I Could Repent

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

O Thou That Hear’st When Sinners Cry

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

O Thou, Who Art Above All Height

Lyricist: John Pierpont, 1821

O Thou, Who Plead’st the Widow’s Cause

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

O Thou Whose Offering on the Tree

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1745

O Turn, Great Ruler of the Skies

Lyricist: James Merrick (1720–1769)

O Wherefore Do the Nations Rage?

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

O’er the Realms of Pagan Darkness

Lyricist: Thomas Cotterill, 1819

Of Him Who Did Salvation Bring

Lyricist: Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th Century

Oh! Day of Days!

Lyricist: John Keble, 1827

Oh Do Not Bar Your Mind

Lyricist: Charles Parsons, 1893

Oh, the Peace Forever Flowing

Lyricist: Adelbert Cecil, 1899

When Thou, My Righteous Judge, Shall Come

Lyricist: Countess of Huntingdon, 1772

Once Was Heard the Song of Children

Lyricist: Howard Kingsbury, 1840

Our Father, unto Thee

Lyricist: Byron Russell, 1895

O Day of Rest and Gladness

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862

O Father, Glorify Thy Name!

Lyricist: Thomas Gisborne, 1803

O God, How Good Thou Art

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

O God, Mine Inmost Soul Convert

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

O God, Regard My Humble Plea

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

O God, Within Whose Sight

Lyricist: William Dunkerley (1852–1941)

O Jesus, Delight of My Soul

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1835

O Lord! How Happy Should We Be

Lyricist: Joseph Anstice, 1836

O Lord My God! How Great Art Thou!

Lyricist: John Adams (1767–1848)

O Lord of Hosts, We Seek to Raise

Lyricist: Cornelius Shaffer, 1898

O Lord Our God, Arise!

Lyricist: Ralph Wardlaw, 1800

O Lord, Thou Hast Ascended

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

O Night of Nights!

Lyricist: Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)

O Royal Bride, Give Heed

Lyricist: From Psalm 45

O Save Me by Thy Name

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Lyricist: John Whittier, 1852

Thou Fairest Child Divine

Lyricist: Gerhard Tersteegen, 1735

Thou God of Glorious Majesty

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Thou, Whose Almighty Word

Lyricist: John Mariott, 1813

Thus Early Was Christ’s Course Begun

Lyricist: Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)

Thus Far the Lord Hath Led Me On

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Thy Breath, O Lamb, as Rushing Wind

Lyricist: Stephen Popovich, 2016

Thy Foes Succeeding Times Shall Own

Lyricist: James Merrick (1720–1769)

Thy Kingdom Come! Thus, Day by Day

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1835

Thy Will Be Done, I Will Not Fear

Lyricist: Jane Hornblower, 1837

The Time Is Near

Lyricist: Roswell Cottrell, 1876

’Tis Finished! So the Savior Cried

Lyricist: Samuel Stennett, 1787

’Tis the Fair Dawn of Heav’nly Day

Lyricist: Anonymous. 1779

To Judah’s Rugged Lofty Land

Lyricist: W. J. Walls

To Praise Our Shepherd’s Care

Lyricist: William Havergal, 1840

To Thee This Temple We Devote

Lyricist: Jacob Scott, 1843

To Us a Child Is Born from Heav’n

Lyricist: Charles De Coetlogon, 1806

Triumphant Zion! Lift Thy Head

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1998

Shall I, for Fear of Feeble Man

Lyricist: Johann Winckler, 1708

Shepherd of Tender Youth

Lyricist: Clement of Alexandria, ca. 200

Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Sing Ye the Songs of Praise

Lyricist: W. Layng, 19th Century

Sinners, the Call Obey

Lyricist: Probably Charles Wesley, 1744

So Did the Hebrew Prophet Raise

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

So Let Our Lips and Lives Express

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Songs Anew of Honor Framing

Lyricist: William Goode (1762–1816)

Sound, Sound the Truth Abroad

Lyricist: Thomas Kelly, 1820

Spirit of Faith, Come Down

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1746

The Star of Bethlehem (Cheyney)

Lyricist: Carrie Cheyney, 1884

Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

The Steps of Those Whom He Approves

Lyricist: From Psalm 37

Sweet and Abundant Is This Boast

Lyricist: Stephen Popovich, 2015

Thank God That Towards Eternity

Lyricist: August Francke, 1695

That Solemn Day Will Soon Arrive

Lyricist: Thomas Jervis, 1795

Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower (Wesley)

Lyricist: Johann Scheffler, 1657

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1998

The Resignation

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1740

Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!

Lyricist: Henry Milman, 1820

The Royal Banners Forward Go

Lyricist: Venantius Fortunatus, 569

Safely Through Another Week

Lyricist: John Newton, 1774

Savior! I Follow On

Lyricist: Charles Robinson, 1862

Wake the Song of Jubilee

Lyricist: Leonard Bacon, 1823

Watchman, Tell Us of the Night

Lyricist: John Bowring, 1825

Watchmen! Onward to Your Stations

Lyricist: From Harmonia Sacra

We Know, by Faith We Know

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1744

We Love the Venerable House

Lyricist: Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1833

We Thank Thee, Lord, for This Fair Earth

Lyricist: George Cotton, 1856

Our Soldiers’ Graves

Lyricist: Jones Very (1813–1880)

Peace and Good Will

Lyricist: Harriet Kimball, 1889

Peace, Troubled Soul

Lyricist: Samuel Ecking, 18th Century

Poor, Weak and Worthless Though I Am

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Praise God! From Heaven Praise Him

Lyricist: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Praise Waits for Thee in Zion

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Praise Ye the Lord, Let Praise Employ

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1769

Prepare, Ye Saints, to Meet Your Lord

Lyricist: John Needham, 1768

Preserve Thy Faithful Servant, Lord

Lyricist: William Wrangham (1784–1832)

Prophetic Era! Blissful Day!

Lyricist: Edward Steane, 1828

Unclean, of Life and Heart Unclean

Lyricist: John Wesley (1703–1791)

Unless the Lord the House Shall Build

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Hark! What Mean Those Lamentations?

Lyricist: John Cawood, 1819

Hasten, Lord, the Glorious Time

Lyricist: Harriet Auber, 1829

Have You Not Known, Have You Not Heard?

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

He Wills That I Should Holy Be

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

The Heavens Declare Thy Glory (Watts)

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Help, Lord! The Busy Foe

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Help Me, My Lord, to Grow

Lyricist: Arthur Phelps, 1885

His Be the Victor’s Name

Lyricist: Samuel Gandy, 1838

The Holy Ghost Is Here

Lyricist: Charles Spurgeon, 1866

How Blest the Righteous When He Dies

Lyricist: Anna Barbauld, 1809

In Thee, O Lord, I Put My Trust (31)

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

It May Not Be Our Lot

Lyricist: John Whittier, 1843

Jehovah from His Throne on High

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Jehovah Reigns, His Throne Is High

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Jehovah’s Perfect Law

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Jesus a Child His Work Begun

Lyricist: Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)

Jesus! Dear Name, How Sweet It Sounds!

Lyricist: John Dobell, 1806

How Precious, Lord, Thy Sacred Word

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

How Shall the Sons of Men Appear?

Lyricist: Samuel Stennett, 1787

How Sweet to Leave the World Awhile

Lyricist: Thomas Kelly, 1804

If God Himself Be for Me

Lyricist: Paul Gerhardt, 1656

God Is the Fountain Whence

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome, 1815

God Is the Refuge of His Saints

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

The God of Holiness and Love

Lyricist: Daniel Borges, 2004–05

Great God, Whose Universal Sway

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Hail to the Brightness of Zion’s Glad Morning!

Lyricist: Thomas Hastings, 1831

Happy the Church, Thou Sacred Place

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707–09

Hark, Ten Thousand Harps and Voices

Lyricist: Thomas Kelly, 1804

Hark! The Cry, “Behold, He Cometh”

Lyricist: Albert Midlane, 1864

Lord of the Living Harvest

Lyricist: John Monsell, 1866

The Lord Proclaims His Grace Abroad

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1779

Lord, Thou Hast Won

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Lord, ’Tis a Pleasant Thing to Stand

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill

Lyricist: Edward Osler, 1836

Methinks I Stand upon the Rock

Lyricist: Thomas Kelly, 1802

Missionary Hymn

Lyricist: W. F. Arms, 1888

My Faithful Shepherd Is the Lord

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

My Few Revolving Years

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

My Former Hopes Are Dead

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1779

My God, My Everlasting Hope

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

My God, My God, I Cry to Thee

Lyricist: From Psalm 22

Let All That Breathe, Jehovah Praise

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1763

Life’s Orient Morn Hath Passed Away

Lyricist: Maria Havergal, 1868

Light of the Wandering

Lyricist: Fanny Crosby, 1893

Lo, Jesus Spreads His Wrath Abroad

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Lo! the Lord, the Mighty Savior

Lyricist: Anonymous

Lyricist: John Newton, 1779

Lord, at This Closing Hour

Lyricist: Eleazor Fitch, 1854

Lord, at Thy Table I Behold

Lyricist: Joseph Stennett (1663–1713)

Lord, Cause Thy Face on Us to Shine

Lyricist: Thomas Cotterill, 1819

Lord God of Hosts, Who Dost Fulfill

Lyricist: James Holme, 1861

The Lord Himself, the Mighty Lord

Lyricist: Tate and Brady, 1698

The Lord, How Dreadful Is His Wrath

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)

Lord, I Esteem Thy Judgments Right

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Lord, in Love Thou Didst Receive Us

Lyricist: From James Kelly’s Collection, 1849

Lord, in Thee Am I Confiding

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Lord, in This Dark, This Awful Hour

Lyricist: William Collyer, 1812

The Lord in Zion Ever Reigns

Lyricist: William Wrangham (1784–1832)

The Lord into His Garden Comes

Lyricist: Anonymous

My Lord, How Full of Sweet Content

Lyricist: Madame Guyon, 1722

My Opening Eyes with Rapture See

Lyricist: James Hutton (1715–1795)

My Soul, Be on Thy Guard

Lyricist: George Heath, 1781

No, I Shall Envy Them No More

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707–09

Not Haughty Is My Heart

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Now Be My Heart Inspired to Sing

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709

Now Be the Gospel Banner

Lyricist: Thomas Hastings, 1828

Now from the World Withdrawn

Lyricist: John Bulmer, 1834

Now I Have Found a Friend

Lyricist: Henry Hope, 1852

Now I Resolve with All My Heart

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

Now Is the Accepted Time (Dobell)

Lyricist: John Dobell, 1806

O Christ, Who Hast Prepared a Place

Lyricist: Jean de Santeüil, 1686

O Christian Youth, Arise!

Lyricist: Ira Sankey, 1891

Lyricist: Fanny Crosby, 1865

Jesus, to Me the Joy Impart

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet

Lyricist: William Cowper, 1769

The Lands That Long in Darkness Lay

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709

When Christ in Judgment Shall Descend

Lyricist: From Isaac Watts, 1719

When I Survey Life’s Varied Scene

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

When Israel Through the Desert Passed

Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome, 1769

When Shall I See the Day?

Lyricist: Stephen Hubbard, 1829

Where Can One Look for Wisdom?

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1997

Where Two or Three, with Sweet Accord

Lyricist: Samuel Stennett, 1778

Who Are These That Come from Far?

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Who, from the Gloomy Shades of Night

Lyricist: Mrs. Morton, 1795

The Work That Saves

Lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1866

Ye Dying Sons of Men

Lyricist: Attributed to James Boden, 1777

Ye Glittering Toys of Earth, Adieu

Lyricist: Anne Steele, 1760

Ye Mighty Rulers of the Land

Lyricist: William Wrangham, 1829

Ye Servants of th’Almighty King

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Ye Waiting Souls, Arise

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Your Harps, Ye Trembling Saints

Lyricist: Augustus Toplady, 1772

Lyricist: Thomas Harris, 1857

Afflicted Saint, to Christ Draw Near

Lyricist: John Fawcett, 1782

All Hail, Mysterious King!

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

All Men on Earth That Live

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Almighty Father, Heav’nly King

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1827

Almighty Lord! Before Thy Throne

Lyricist: Anonymous, 1842

Lyricist: Susan Peterson, 1998

Amidst Us Our Belovèd Stands

Lyricist: Charles Spurgeon, 1866

And Art Thou Come with Us to Dwell?

Lyricist: Dora Greenwell, 1874

And Let Our Bodies Part

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

And Must This Body Die?

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1746

And Must Thou Perish in Thy Blood?

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1749

Lyricist: Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1887

Awake, My Soul, to Joyful Lays

Lyricist: Samuel Medley, 1782

Awake, Our Souls, Away, Our Fears

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Awake, Ye Guilty Souls

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1750

Awake, Ye Saints, and Raise Your Eyes

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Awaked by Sinai’s Awful Sound

Lyricist: Samson Occom, 1760

Because Thy Trust Is God Alone

Lyricist: The Psalter, 1912

Before Messiah’s Presence Meet

Lyricist: James Merrick (1720–1769)

Behold the Expected Time Draw Near

Lyricist: Mrs. Vokes, 1797

Beset with Snares on Every Hand

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Bishop of Souls, Regard Our Cry

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1744

Blest Are the Humble Souls That See

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Blest Are the Pure, Whose Hearts Are Clean

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, ca. 1710

Blest Are the Undefiled in Heart

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719

Blest Hour, When Mortal Man Retires

Lyricist: Thomas Raffles, 1823

Blow, Golden Trumpets

Lyricist: Margaret Deland, 1887

But Few Among the Carnal Wise

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

A Charge to Keep I Have

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1762

A Child Is Born in Bethlehem

Lyricist: 14th Century

Christian Worship—How Inviting

Lyricist: Levi Kneeland (1803–1834)

Come, All Harmonious Tongues

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709

Come, Every Pious Heart

Lyricist: Samuel Stennett, 1782

Come, Holy Ghost, in Love

Lyricist: Robert II of France

Come, Let Us Sing unto the Lord

Lyricist: From Psalm 98

Come, Ye That Know and Fear the Lord

Lyricist: George Burder, 1784

Come Ye That Seek the Lord

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1746

Dear God, Our Father

Lyricist: Katharine Bates (1859–1929)

Deceived by Subtle Snares of Hell

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707

Desponding Soul, O Cease Thy Woe

Lyricist: Thomas Walter, 1849

Disciples of All Nations

Lyricist: Richard Adams, 2000

Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing, Lord

Lyricist: Joseph Hart, 1762

Ere Mountains Reared Their Forms Sublime

Lyricist: Harriet Auber (1773–1862)

Eternal Mind, Who Rules the Fates

Lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1706

Eternal Son, Eternal Love

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1742

Father of Mercies, in Thy House

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

Father of Mercies, Send Thy Grace

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

From Hands That Would Our Land Deflower

Lyricist: Louis Benson, 1910

Heir of the Kingdom

Lyricist: Anonymous

How Lovely Are Thy Tents, O Lord

Lyricist: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

If, on a Quiet Sea

Lyricist: Augustus Toplady, 1772

God of My Life, Through All Its Days

Lyricist: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)

My Son, Know Thou the Lord

Lyricist: Robert Brackenbury, 1795

Joy to the World (Tillotson)

Lyricist: Edith Tillotson, 1914, and Isaac Watts, 1719

Book of Grace and Book of Glory

Lyricist: Thomas MacKellar, 1843

The Earth with All Her Fullness Owns

Lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1743

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