S Safe home, safe home in port[117] Safe in the arms of Jesus[223] Safely through another week[196], [251] Salve, Caput cruentatum[125], [140] Savior, breathe an evening blessing[203] Savior, more than life to me[223] Savior, sprinkle many nations[223] Savior, Thy dying love[224] Savior, who Thy flock art feeding[219] (See from his head, his hands, his feet)[271] See, the Conqueror rides in triumph[38] Shepherd of tender youth[109], [110] Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing[219] Sei getreu bis in den Tod[90] Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkoenig[142] Simply trusting every day[91] (Sleepers, awake, a voice is calling)[137] Softly now the light of day[219] Soldiers of the cross, arise[207] (Something every heart is loving)[141] Sometimes a light surprises[48], [197] Sound the loud timbrel o’er Egypt’s dark sea[200] (Sovereign Ruler, King Victorious)[142] Stand up and bless the Lord[60] Stand up, stand up for Jesus[83], [222], [239] Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh[223], [230] Summer suns are glowing[207] Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear[200], [232], [235] Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer[91] Swell the anthem, raise the song[212]
T Take me, O my Father, take me[218] Take my life, and let it be[207] The bird, the messenger of day[122] The church’s one foundation[84] The day is past and over[115], [206] The God of Abraham praise[189] The Head that once was crowned with thorns[201] The heavens are not too high[162] The indorsement of supreme delight[36] The Lord is King, lift up thy voice[204] The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know[202] The Lord our God is clothed with might[37], [198], [203] The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want[154] The morning light is breaking[91], [216], [263] The ransomed spirit to her home[214] The rivers on of Babilon[156] The roseate hues of early dawn[206] The royal banners forward go[122] The Savior bids thee watch and pray[216] The Son of God goes forth to war[199] The spacious firmament on high[167] The spirit in our hearts[219] The sun is sinking fast[205] The voice that breathed o’er Eden[201] Thee will I love, my strength, my tower[140] There is a fountain filled with blood[48], [60], [65], [197], [254] There is a green hill far away[206], [271] There is an hour of peaceful rest[214] There’s a wideness in God’s mercy[83], [206] There’s sunshine in my soul[245] They who seek the throne of grace[213] Thou art the way, to Thee alone[219] Thou hidden source of calm repose[184] Thou wast, O God, and Thou was blest[166] Thou, whose almighty word[203] (Though love may weep with breaking heart)[145] Through all the changing scenes of life[155] Thy way, not mine, O Lord[60] ’Tis midnight, and on Olive’s brow[59], [214] ’Tis the day of resurrection[206] To our Redeemer’s glorious name[191] True-hearted, whole-hearted[207]
U Unser Herrscher, unser Koenig[142]
V Veni, Creator spiritus[124], [134], [152] Veni, Redemptor gentium[134] Veni, Sancte Spiritus[124] Verzage nicht, du Haeuflein klein[138] Vexilla regis prodeunt[122], [124] Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her[135]
W Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme[137] (Wait on the Lord)[90] (Wake, awake, for night is flying)[138] Waked by the Gospel’s joyful sound[211] Walk in the light; so shalt thou know[203] (Was there ever kindest Shepherd)[206] Watchman, tell us of the night[204] We are but strangers here[61] We are living, we are dwelling[223] We give Thee but Thine own[207] We may not climb the heavenly steeps[240] (We praise and bless Thee, gracious Lord)[145] We would see Jesus, for the shadows lengthen[223] Welcome, sweet day of rest[60], [73] Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten[138] When all Thy mercies, O my God[167], [262] When I can read my title clear[38] When I survey the wondrous cross[38], [59], [79], [171], [176], [237] When marshaled on the mighty plain[203] When morning gilds the skies[205] When our hearts are bowed with woe[200] When the roll is called up yonder[245] When the weary, seeking rest[208] Where cross the crowded ways of life[87], [224] While shepherds watched their flocks by night[155] While with ceaseless course the sun[196] Who can behold the blazing light[212] Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern[137] Work, for the night is coming[83]
Y Ye holy angels bright[164] Ye servants of God, your Master proclaims[73], [263] Yet God’s must I remain[161]
Z Zion stands with hills surrounded[201] Zion, to thy Savior singing[126]
THE SINGING CHURCH
The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
By EDMUND S. LORENZ
To this author the hymn is not a dry abstraction but an experience of intense reality—of those realities (as of God, Christ, sin, salvation, divine care, eternal life) to which human hearts have responded throughout the ages. His study makes full recognition of the personal elements in hymn development. The singers whose vision of spiritual things is fresh and keen stand out in every age, expanding the permanent content of church hymnody.