Index of First Lines

Capital letters indicate titles of hymns rather than first lines.

[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 HYMN A charge to keep I have [214] A gladsome hymn of praise we sing [403] A great and mighty wonder [526] A little Child the Savior came [300] A little seed lay fast asleep [406] A mighty fortress is our God [549] A ruler once came to Jesus [461] Abide with me [40] Abide with us our Savior [559] According to Thy gracious word [305] After Thy loving-kindness, Lord [589] Again, as evening’s shadow falls [280] Again returns the day of holy rest [286] Ah, dearest Jesus, how hast Thou offended [534] Alas! and did my Savior bleed [108] All glory be to God on high [521] All glory, laud and honor [100] All hail the power of Jesus’ name (Miles Lane) [3] All hail the power of Jesus’ name (Coronation) [4] All hail the power of Jesus’ name (Diadem) [5] All hidden lie the future ways [299] All my heart this night rejoices [525] All people that on earth do dwell [594] All praise to Our redeeming Lord [322] All praise to Thee, my God this night [33] All things bright and beautiful [410] All things come from Thee, O Lord [612] Alleluia sing to Jesus [124] Alleluia! Alleluia! [116] Almighty Lord, with one accord [390] Amazing grace! how sweet the sound [463] Amen, Amen [619], [620], [621], [622], [623] And must I be to judgment brought [501] Angels, from the realms of glory [81] Angels, we have heard on High [82] Another year is dawning! [380] Another year of setting suns [381] “Are ye able,” said the Master [392] Are you weary, are you heavy-hearted [476] Around the throne of God in heaven [405] Art thou weary, heavy laden [143] As pants the heart for cooling streams [586] As with gladness men of old [530] Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep [314] At even, when the sun was set [37] Author of life divine [309] Awake, my soul! and with the sun [25] Awake, our souls! away, our fears! [258] Away in a manger [414]

B Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side [54] Before Jehovah’s awful throne [272] Behold a Stranger at the door! [141] Believe not those who say [210] Beneath the cross of Jesus [112] Bethlehem, of noblest cities [88] Birds are singing [409] Bless the four corners of this house [362] Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought [611] Blessed assurance [480] Blest are the pure in heart [205] Blest be the everlasting God [266] Blest be the tie that binds [41] Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed [311] Bread of the world, in mercy broken [304], [306] Break Thou the bread of life [288] Breathe on me, Breath of God [135] Brightest and best of the sons of the morning [91] Brightly beams our Father’s mercy [448] By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored [310]

C Can a little child like me [435] Captain of Israel’s host and Guide [168] Children of Jerusalem sang the praise [404] Christ for the world we sing [327] Christ has for sin atonement made [473] Christ is coming! let creation [127] Christ is made the sure foundation [277] Christ is our cornerstone [9] Christ the Life of all the living [535] Christ the Lord is risen again [544] Christ, whose glory fills the skies [26] Christians, awake! salute the happy morn [71] Come, all ye shepherds [79] Come, every soul by sin oppressed [457] Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost [301] Come hither, ye children [413] Come, Holy Ghost, in love [131] Come, Kingdom of our God [269] Come, let us all unite to sing [439] Come, let us join our cheerful songs [17] Come, let us join our friends above [319] Come, let us to the Lord our God [146] Come, Lord, and tarry not [129] Come, my soul, thou must be waking [27] Come, O come, Thou quickening Spirit [548] Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest [307] Come, Thou Almighty King [8] Come, Thou bright and morning star [554] Come, Thou Fount of every blessing [189] Come, Thou long expected Jesus [69] Come unto Me, ye weary [240] Come, we that love the Lord [443] Come, ye disconsolate [243] Come, ye faithful, raise the strain [113] Come, ye sinners, poor and needy [459] Come, ye thankful people, come [377] Commit thou all thy griefs [558] Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow [111] Crown Him with many crowns [118]

D Dark the day on Calvary’s Cross [538] Darkening night the land doth cover [32] Day by day the manna fell [247] Day is dying in the west [31] Dear Lord and Father of mankind [181] Dear Shepherd of Thy people [279] Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness [552] Down at the cross where my Savior died [464] Doxology [618]

E Eternal Father! strong to save [169] Eternal One, Thou living God [369] Evening and morning, sunset and dawning [555]

F Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature [97] Faith of our fathers! living still [154] Far and near the fields are teeming [325] Father Almighty, bless us with Thy blessing [59] Father and Friend, Thy light, Thy love [63] Father eternal, Ruler of creation [354] Father in heaven, who lovest all [401] Father, in Thy mysterious presence kneeling [188] Father, O hear us [609] Father of men in whom are one [388] Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow [249] Father, we praise Thee, now the night is over [24] Father, we thank Thee for the night [423] Father, what-e’er of earthly bliss [251] Father, whose will is life and good [326] Fling out the banner [331] For all the saints who from their labors rest [317] For common gifts we bless Thee, Lord [176] For the beauty of the earth [51] For them whose ways are in the height [166] For Thy mercy and Thy grace [528] Forever with the Lord [261] Forward through the ages [267] Fountain of good, to own Thy love [218] From Greenland’s icy mountains [333] From heaven above to earth I come [527] From the eastern mountains [89] From yon distant heaven [433]

G Give of your best to the Master [400] Give to our God immortal praise [11] Give to the winds thy fears [246] Gloria Patri [606], [607] Glorious things of thee are spoken [274] Glory be to the Father [606], [607] Go forth to life, O child of earth [211] Go, labor on; spend and be spent [231] Go to dark Gethsemane [107] God be with you till we meet again [365] God bless our native land [348] God is in His Holy Temple [2] God is love; His mercy brightens [55] God is my Light! [560] God is our Refuge [588] God is the Refuge of His saints [257] God’s law is perfect [578] God moves in a mysterious way [60] God of my heart [235] God of our fathers, whose almighty hand [347] God of the earth, the sky, the sea [52] God reveals His presence [506] God sees the little sparrow fall [408] God that madest earth and heaven [35] God the All-merciful [351] God’s trumpet wakes the slumb’ring world [194] God who madest earth and heaven [573] Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd [298] Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost [174] Great God of nations [349] Great God, the followers of Thy Son [13] Great God, we sing that mighty hand [383] Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah [160]

H Hail the day that sees Him rise [117] Hail, Thou once despised Jesus [122] Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning [332] Hail to the Lord’s Anointed [65] Happy the home when God is there [361] Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs [260] Hark ten thousand harps and voices [123] Hark! the herald angels sing [85] Have Thine own way, Lord! [217] He leadeth me: O blessed thought! [478] He who would be in God confiding [571] Hear our prayer, O Lord [604] Heaven and earth, the sea and air [510] Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face [303] Here we come with gladness [421] Hide me, O my Savior [483] His name forever shall endure [591] Holy Father, cheer our way [254] Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness [134] Holy God, we praise Thy name [519] Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! [1] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts [601], [602] Holy Lord, holy Lord [520] Holy Spirit, faithful Guide [137] Holy Spirit, Truth divine [136] How are Thy servants blest, O Lord [338] How blest are they whose hearts are pure [206] How brightly shines the Morning Star! [529] How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord [151] How gentle God’s commands [56] How great, Almighty, is Thy kindness! [516] How happy is he born and taught [208] How lovely are Thy dwellings fair! [592] How sweet, how heavenly is the sight [323] Hushed was the evening hymn [416]

I I am Jesus’ little lamb [430] I am the Lord, O hear My voice [565] I am Thine, O Lord [475] I can hear my Savior calling [500] I do not ask, O Lord [471] I feel the winds of God today [391] I have a Savior [460] I have found a friend in Jesus [446] I hear the Savior say [462] I heard the voice of Jesus say [142] I hunger and I thirst [308] I joyed when to the house of God [599] I know not how that Bethlehem’s Babe [99] I know not why God’s wondrous [450] I know that my Redeemer liveth [453] I Know Whom I Have Believed [450] I lay my sins on Jesus [444] I look to Thee in every need [244] I love the Lord [597] I love Thy kingdom, Lord! [275] I love to tell the story [493] I need Thee every hour [187] I sing the mighty power of God [47] I think when I read that sweet story of old [427] I waited for the Lord my God [585] I would be true [207] Immortal Love, forever full [173] I’m not ashamed to own my Lord [302] In Christ there is no East or West [320] In our work and in our play [417] In pleasant lands have fallen the lines [368] In the cross of Christ I glory [110] In the hour of trial [195] It came upon a midnight clear [75] It may be at morn, when the day is awaking [455] I’ve found a Friend [445]

J Jehovah, Jehovah [507] Jehovah, let me now adore Thee [569] Jerusalem the golden [262], [263] Jesus, and shall it ever be [192] Jesus bids us shine [420] Jesus calls us: o’er the tumult [140] Jesus Christ is ris’n today [114] Jesus Christ, my sure defense [541] Jesus, I never can forget [533] Jesus, keep me near the cross [490] Jesus lives! thy terrors now [543] Jesus, Lord, we look to Thee [321] Jesus, Lover of my soul [158], [159] Jesus loves me! this I know [428] Jesus, my all [468] Jesus, our Savior, grant us Thy peace [157] Jesus, priceless treasure [564] Jesus, Refuge of the weary [536] Jesus, Savior, pilot me [161] Jesus shall reign where’er the sun [341] Jesus, still lead on [574] Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me [425] Jesus, the very thought of Thee [155] Jesus, Thou divine Companion [372] Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts [171] Jesus, Thy boundless love to me [170] Joy dawned again on Easter-Day [415] Joy to the world! the Lord is come [70] Joys are flowing like a river [479] Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee [10] Judge Eternal, throned in splendor [345] Judge me, God of my salvation [499] Just as I am, Thine own to be [393] Just as I am [458]

L Lamb of God, most holy [540] Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom [162], [163] Lead me gently home, Father [449] Lead on, O King Eternal [399] Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace [164] Let the whole creation cry [49] Let the words of my mouth [608] Let there be light, Lord God of hosts [353] Let us with a gladsome mind [64] Life of all that lives below [238] Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates [523] Light of light, enlighten me [553] Lo, God is here! let us adore [508] Lo, He comes, with clouds descending [130] Lo, the day of days is here [545] Lo, the heav’ns are breaking [434] Look, ye saints! The sight is glorious [119] Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing [45] Lord God, the Holy Ghost [132] Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing [204] Lord, in the fullness of my might [397] Lord, in the morning [20] Lord, it belongs not to my care [253] Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole [469] Lord Jesus, think on me [196] Lord of all being, throned afar [53] Lord of life and King of glory [363] Lord of light, whose name outshineth [342] Lord of our life, and God of our salvation [278] Lord, speak to me, that I may speak [296] Lord, Thou hast been Thy people’s rest [568] Lord, Thou shalt early hear my voice [576] Lord, through changing days, unchanging [402] Lord, Thy mercy now entreating [147] Lord, Thy Word abideth [292] Lord, what a change within us one short hour [183] Lord, who can be with Thee compared? [518] Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise Thee [511] Love Divine, all loves excelling [178], [179] Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep [429] Low in the grave He lay [452]

M Majestic sweetness sits enthroned [120] Man of Sorrows, now my soul shall greet Thee [537] Master, speak! Thy servant heareth [219] May the grace of Christ our Savior [613] Mighty God, while angels bless Thee [46] More love to Thee [472] Motherhood, sublime, eternal [364] My country, ’tis of thee [344] My days are gliding swiftly by [503] My faith looks up to Thee [150] My God and Father [245] My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made the earth [177] My hope is built [487] My Jesus, as Thou wilt! [250] My Jesus, I love Thee [216]

N Near to the Heart of God [239] Nearer, my God, to Thee [202] Nearer the cross! [491] New every morning is the love [22] Not alone for mighty empire [355] Not always on the mount may we [98] Now cheer our hearts this eventide [557] Now, on land and sea descending [28] Now thank we all our God [514] Now the day is over [29] Now the laborer’s task is o’er [315] Now to heaven our prayer ascending [371] Now to Him who loved us [617] Now to the King of heaven [615] Nun ruhen alle Wälder [556]

O O beautiful for spacious skies [343] O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother [229] O children, hither do ye come [584] O Christ in Thee my soul hath found [451] O come, all ye faithful [80] O come, loud anthems let us sing [18] O come, O come, Emmanuel [67] O day of rest and gladness [285] O for a closer walk with God [197] O for a faith that will not shrink [153] O for a thousand tongues to sing [12] O gladsome light [34] O God, beneath Thy guiding hand [367] O God of Bethel, by whose hand [167] O God of love, O King of peace [352] O God, our help in ages past [61] O God, Thou faithful God [566] O God, we pray for all mankind [350] O grant us light, that we may know [389] O happy day, that fixed my choice [465] O happy home, where Thou art loved [358] O have you not heard of that beautiful stream [232] O Heart of God [237] O Holy Night [86] O Holy Savior, Friend unseen [233] O Holy Spirit, enter in [546] O Jesus, I have promised [212] O Jesus, Thou art standing [144] O little town of Bethlehem [84] O Lord, how happy should we be [255] O Lord of life where’er they be [316] O Lord, Thou art my God and King [600] O Love divine, that stooped to share [172] O Love that wilt not let me go [175] O Master, let me walk with Thee [223] O Master Workman of the race [93] O perfect Love, all human thought [312] O pow’r of love, all else transcending [517] O sacred Head, now wounded [539] O Savior, bless us ere we go [44] O scatter seeds of loving deeds [498] O send Thy light [587] O sing a song of Bethlehem [92] O Son of God, we wait for Thee [524] O Son of Man, our Hero [396] O Son of Man, Thou madest known [373] O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God [547] O Spirit of the living God [330] O still in accents sweet and strong [294] O that I had a thousand voices [509] O the unsearchable riches [454] O Thou great Friend to all [224] O Thou, in whose presence [470] O thou my soul, bless God the Lord [596] O where are kings and empires now [276] O Word of God Incarnate [289] O worship the King [7] O Zion haste, thy mission high fulfilling [328] O’er the trackless ocean guided [165] Once in royal David’s city [412] Once to every man and nation [346] On the mountain top appearing [336] One is kind above all others [447] One sweetly solemn thought [264] One thought I have, my ample creed [248] Onward, Christian soldiers [225] Open now Thy gates of beauty [505] Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed [138] Our Father, who art in heaven [610] Our Lord, His Passion ended [572] Out of the depths I cry to Thee [531], [532]

P Pass me not, O gentle Savior [474] Peace in our time, O Lord [357] Peace, perfect peace [256] Pour out Thy Spirit from on high [295] Praise God, from whom all blessings flow [618] Praise Him, praise Him, all ye [426] Praise Him! praise Him! Jesus [438] Praise the Lord: ye heavens adore Him [16] Praise thou the Lord, O my soul [513] Praise to the Lord, the Almighty [515] Praise waits for Thee in Zion [590] Pray when the morn is breaking [180] Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire [184]

R Rejoice, the Lord is King [121] Rejoice, ye pure in heart [156] Remember all God’s children [436] Rescue the perishing [497] Ride on! ride on in majesty [101] Ring out, wild bells [379] Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings [200] Rise up, O men of God [230] Rock of Ages, cleft for me [148]

S Safe in the arms of Jesus [313] Safely through another week [284] Sanctus [601], [602] Savior again to Thy dear Name we raise [43] Savior, breathe an evening blessing [38] Savior lead me lest I stray [502] Savior, like a shepherd lead us [395] Savior, teach me, day by day [424] Savior, Thy dying love [220] Savior, when in dust, to Thee [145] Savior, while my heart is tender [394] See how great a flame aspires [339] See the shining dewdrops [407] Shepherd of eager youth [398] Shine Thou upon us, Lord [293] Show me Thy ways, O Lord [581] Silent night, holy night [83] Since Jesus is my Friend [236] Sing praise to God who reigns above [512] Sing them over again to me [494] Sinners Jesus will receive [466] Sleep, baby, sleep! [431] Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling [456] Softly now the light of day [36] Soldiers of Christ, arise [198] Spirit divine, attend our prayer [139] Spirit of God descend [133] Spread, still spread, thou mighty word [551] Stand up, stand up for Jesus! [193] Still, still with Thee [23] Strive aright when God doth call thee [563] Strong Son of God, immortal Love [149] Summer suns are glowing [386] Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear [30] Sunset and evening star [265] Sweet are the promises [481] Sweet hour of pray’r! [182]

T Take my heart, O Father [441] Take my life and let it be [215] Take the Name of Jesus [485] Take Thou my hand, O Father [561] Teach me, my God and King [226] Tell me the old, old story [495] Tell me the stories of Jesus [419] Thank the Lord [376] That man hath perfect blessedness [575] The Church’s one foundation [273] The dawn of God’s dear Sabbath [283] The day of resurrection [115] The duteous day now closeth [556] The first Noel the angel did say [76] The glory of the spring how sweet [385] The God of Abraham praise [14] The happy Christmas [411] The heavens declare Thy glory [291] The King shall come when morning dawns [125] The Lord be with us as we bend [42] The Lord bless you and keep you [614] The Lord doth reign [593] The Lord is in His holy temple [603] The Lord’s my light [582] The Lord’s my Shepherd [579] The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know [62] The morning light is breaking [324] The spacious firmament on high [50] The Spirit of the Lord revealed [570] The stars were silent [77] The strife is o’er, the battle done [116] The wise may bring their learning [418] The whole wide world for Jesus [340] The whole world was lost [467] The work is Thine, O Christ our Lord [550] The year is gone beyond recall [382] The year is swiftly waning [387] There is a fountain [492] There is a green hill far away [104] There is a Name I love to hear [496] There is a place of quiet rest [239] There is beauty all around [360] There is no name so sweet on earth [440] There is no sorrow, Lord, too light [259] There’s a land that is fairer than day [504] There’s a wideness in God’s mercy [58] Thine Arm, O Lord, in days of old [95] This is my Father’s world [48] This is the day of light [287] Thou art coming, O my Savior [126] Thou art the way, to Thee alone [185] Thou Grace Divine, encircling all [57] Thou gracious God, whose mercy lends [359] Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet [595] Thou to whom the sick and dying [370] Thou true Vine, that heals the nations [234] Thou who Thyself didst sanctify [297] Though lowly here our lot may be [374] Throned upon the awful tree [109] Through all the changing scenes of life [583] Thy kingdom come, O God [271] “Thy kingdom come!” O Lord, we daily cry [356] Thy kingdom come, O Lord, wide circling [270] “Thy kingdom come,” on bended knee [268] Thy way is in the deep, O Lord [242] Thy way, not mine, O Lord [252] Thy Word have I hid in my heart [605] Thy Word is like a garden, Lord [290] ’Tis midnight and on Olive’s brow [103] ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus [488] ’Tis the promise of God [442] ’Tis winter now [384] To God the only wise [616] To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise [378] Today be joy in ev’ry heart [72]

U Unheard the dews around me fall [39] Unto the hills [598] Unto Thy temple, Lord, we come [282] Uplift the song of praise [366]

V Veiled in darkness Judah lay [68]

W Wake, awake, for night is flying [522] Walk in the light! so shalt thou know [209] Watchman, tell us of the night [66] We cannot think of them as dead [318] We give Thee but Thine own [213] We have heard the joyful sound? [334] We love the place, O God [281] We plow the fields, and scatter [375] We praise Thee, O God! for the [437] We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer [15] We thank Thee, O Our Father [422] We three kings of Orient are [90] We walk by faith, and not by sight [152] We would see Jesus [201] Welcome, Thou Victor in the strife [542] We’ve a story to tell the nations [335] What a fellowship, what a joy divine [489] What a Friend we have in Jesus [186] What a Wonderful Savior [473] What Child is this, who, laid to rest [78] What mercy and divine compassion [562] What star is this, with beams so bright [87] Whate’er my God ordains is right [567] When courage fails, and faith burns low [191] When He cometh [432] When I survey the wondrous cross [105], [106] When in the maddening maze of things [241] When morning gilds the skies [19], [21] When my love to God grows weak [102] When peace, like a river [484] When the weary, seeking rest [203] When thy heart with joy o’erflowing [227] When we walk with the Lord [486] Where cross the crowded ways of life [222] While shepherds watched their flocks by night [73], [74] While Thee I seek, protecting power [199] Who is He in yonder stall [96] Who is on the Lord’s side [190] Who is thy neighbor? He whom thou [228] Will your anchor hold? [482] Within Thy tabernacle, Lord [577] Word of Life, most pure, most strong [329] Work, for the night is coming [221]

Y Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim [337] Ye fair green hills of Galilee [94] Ye gates, lift up your heads [580] Ye Must Be Born Again [461] Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim [6] Ye servants of the Lord [128] Yield not to temptation [477]