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- Robert Murray McCheyne and “When This Passing World Is Done” (#316)
- Tasting God’s Goodness and “Through All the Changing Scenes of Life” (#315)
- Frances Ridley Havergal and “I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus” (#314)
- A Precious Savior, “Savior, Blessed Savior” (#313)
- “When We Sing, “Sometimes a Light Surprises” (#312)
- A Few More Years Shall Roll
- A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- Abide with Me
- According to Thy Gracious Word
- Ah, Holy Jesus
- Alas and Did My Savior Bleed
- All Creatures of Our God and King
- All for Jesus
- All Glory Be to God on High
- All Glory, Laud, and Honor
- All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
- All My Heart This Night Rejoices
- All People That on Earth Do Dwell
- All the Way My Savior Leads Me
- Amazing Grace
- America, the Beautiful
- Amid the Fears That Oppress Our Day
- Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands
- Angels from the Realms of Glory
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Another Year Is Dawning
- As With Gladness Men of Old
- Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know
- At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
- At the Name of Jesus
- Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
- Be Still, My Soul
- Be Thou My Vision
- Because He Lives
- Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne
- Before the Throne of God Above
- Beneath the Cross of Jesus
- Blessed Assurance
- Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word
- Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power
- Blest Be the Tie That Binds
- Break Thou the Bread of Life
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God
- Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning
- Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand
- By Faith We See the Hand of God
- By Grace I’m Saved, Grace Free and Boundless
- Call Jehovah Your Salvation
- Children of the Heavenly Father
- Children’s Songs
- Christ for the World We Sing
- Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
- Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
- Christ Our Hope in Life and Death
- Christ Shall Have Dominion
- Christ, The Lord Is Risen Today
- Christian, Dost Thou See Them
- Christus Victor
- Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare
- Come, Thou Almighty King
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Come, Ye Disconsolate
- Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
- Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
- Commit Now All Your Griefs
- Count Your Many Blessings
- Cross of Jesus
- Crown Him with Many Crowns
- Day by Day and with Each Passing Moment
- Eternal Father, Strong to Save
- Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim
- Face to Face
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- Faith of Our Fathers
- Father, I Know That All My Life
- For All the Saints
- For Your Gift of God the Spirit
- From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee
- From Heav’n Above to Earth I Come
- Fullness of Grace
- Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
- Give Thanks Unto the Lord, Jehovah
- Give to the Winds Your Fears
- God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
- God Is Working His Purpose Out
- God Moves in a Mysterious Way
- God of Our Fathers
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
- God the Omnipotent
- God, All Nature Sings Thy Glory
- God, That Madest Earth and Heaven
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice
- Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me
- Great God of Wonders
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- Great King of Nations, Hear Our Prayer
- Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
- Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
- Hallelujah
- Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah
- Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah!
- Hark, the Glad Sound
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Hark! The Voice of Love and Mercy
- He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions
- He Will Hold Me Fast
- His Eye Is on the Sparrow
- His Robes for Mine
- Holy! Holy! Holy!
- Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
- How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine!
- How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
- How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
- How Firm a Foundation
- How Great Thou Art
- How Sweet and Awesome is the Place
- Hymns for a Modern Reformation
- I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus
- I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow
- I Bind Unto Myself Today
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives
- I Lay My Sins on Jesus
- I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- I Will Sing of My Redeemer
- I’m a Child of the King
- I’d Rather Have Jesus
- I’ve Found a Friend, O Such a Friend
- If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
- Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
- In Christ Alone
- In the Bleak Mid-Winter
- In Your Arms, Lord Jesus Christ
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- It is Well with My Soul
- Jerusalem, the Golden
- Jesus Calls Us
- Jesus Lives and So Shall I
- Jesus Loves Me
- Jesus Paid It All
- Jesus Priceless Treasure
- Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
- Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross
- Jesus, Lover of My Soul
- Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
- Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
- Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
- Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners
- Join All the Glorious Names
- Joy Has Dawned upon the World
- Joy Has Dawned Upon the World
- Just As I Am
- Knowing You, Jesus
- Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
- Let Our Choir New Anthems Raise
- Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
- Let Your Heart Be Broken
- Lift High the Cross
- Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
- Lord, I Was Blind: I Could Not See
- Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care Whether I Die or Live
- Lord, Like the Publican I Stand
- Lord, My Weak Thought in Vain Would Climb
- Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak
- Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright
- Lord, with Glowing Heart I’d Praise Thee
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
- Loved with Everlasting Love
- Lovely Child, Holy Child
- Majesty
- Man of Sorrows! What a Name
- May the Mind of Christ My Savior
- Moment by Moment
- More About Jesus Would I Know
- My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
- My Faith Looks Up to Thee
- My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me?
- My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
- My Jesus I Love Thee
- My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
- My Song Is Love Unknown
- Not All the Blood of Beasts
- Not What My Hands Have Done
- Now Thank We All Our God
- O Breath of Life, Come Sweeping Through Us
- O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth
- O Day of Rest and Gladness
- O Father, You Are Sovereign
- O for a Thousand Tongues
- O Give Us Homes Built Firm upon the Savior
- O God of Love, O King of Peace
- O God, Beyond All Praising
- O God, No Longer Hold Thy Peace
- O God, Our Help in Ages Past
- O Great God
- O Holy Night
- O Jehovah, Hear My Words
- O Jesus Sweet, O Jesus Mild
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- O Lord, by Grace Delivered
- O Love of God, How Strong and True
- O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
- O Praise Ye the Lord
- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
- O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright
- O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
- O Worship the King
- Of the Father’s Love Begotten
- On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
- On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand
- Once in Royal David’s City
- Only Trust Him
- Onward, Christian Soldiers
- Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
- Peace, Perfect Peace
- Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him
- Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
- Rejoice, the Lord Is King
- Ride On, Ride On in Majesty
- Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
- Rock of Ages
- Savior, Blessed Savior
- Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
- Saw You Never in the Twilight
- Search Me, O God
- Searcher of Hearts, from Mine Erase
- See What a Morning
- See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph
- Silent Night
- Simply Trusting Every Day
- Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above
- Sing to the Lord of Harvest
- Sing We Now of Christmas
- Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem
- So Send I You
- Softly and Tenderly
- Sometimes a Light Surprises
- Song of Mary
- Song of Simeon
- Song of Zechariah
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness
- Speak, O Lord
- Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
- Spirit of the Living God
- Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
- Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
- Sun of My Soul Thou Savior Dear
- Sweet Hour of Prayer
- Take My Life, and Let It Be
- Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
- Take Time to Be Holy
- Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord
- Teach Me, O Lord, Thy Holy Way
- Tell Me the Old, Old Story
- Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- The Church’s One Foundation
- The Day of Resurrection
- The First Noël
- The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow
- The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want
- The Nicene Creed
- The Sands of Time Are Sinking
- The Star Spanged Banner
- The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done
- There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away
- Thine Be the Glory
- This Is My Fathers World
- This Joyful Eastertide
- Thou Who Wast Rich
- Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
- Though Troubles Assail Us
- Through All the Changing Scenes of Life
- Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ
- Tis Midnight and On Olive’s Brow
- Tis Not That I Did Choose Thee
- Trust and Obey
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
- Twas on That Night When Doomed to Know
- We Are God’s People
- We Gather Together
- We Have Not Known Thee As We Ought
- We Praise Thee, O God
- We Rest on Thee
- We Will Feast in the House of Zion
- Were You There?
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- What Can Wash Away My Sin?
- What Child Is This?
- What Wondrous Love Is This
- Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right
- When His Salvation Bringing
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
- When In Our Music God Is Glorified
- When Morning Gilds the Skies
- When This Passing World Is Done
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
- Who Are These Like Stars Appearing?
- Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode
- Why Do Heathen Nations Rage?
- Why Do the Nations Rage?
- Wise Men, They Came to Look for Wisdom
- Ye Holy Angels Bright
- Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
- Yield Not to Temptation
- You Are My All in All
- You Formed My Mind Within the Womb
Category Archives: Hymn Study
Robert Murray McCheyne and “When This Passing World Is Done” (#316)
How much do we owe to the Lord? Certainly not to pay for our salvation. But what about in gratitude for all that He’s done for us? That question is implied in the final phrase of each stanza of Robert … Continue reading
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Tasting God’s Goodness and “Through All the Changing Scenes of Life” (#315)
How are your spiritual taste buds? Do they recognize and savor the goodness of the Lord? That was David’s testimony of his experience with the Lord’s deliverance, and his challenge to the readers / singers who would use Psalm 34 … Continue reading
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Frances Ridley Havergal and “I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus” (#314)
Every human being experiences challenges and hardships in this life, both non Christians and Christians. It may be from financial difficulties or injured relationships or health crises or even war. But it should be different when those who know God … Continue reading
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A Precious Savior, “Savior, Blessed Savior” (#313)
Have you noticed what various religions teach that their deity requires in order to be admitted into eternal bliss after death, in other words “to be saved?” False religions all have this one thing in common: that it requires some … Continue reading
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“When We Sing, “Sometimes a Light Surprises” (#312)
Isn’t it wonderful how the Lord brings encouragement to our troubled hearts in ordinary ways at key moments in our lives? It’s almost as if He had direct access to our thoughts and emotions and knew how best to cheer … Continue reading
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“Called” by Jesus and “Jesus Calls Us” (#311)
Jesus has called me to serve Him by being a patient with pancreatic cancer. A part of me finds it hard to believe I just wrote that, but I did. For my own sake, and hopefully for the benefit of … Continue reading
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Facing Difficulty and “Call Jehovah Your Salvation” (#310)
This wonderful prayer is part of the Anglican liturgy for a service of worship at the time of the death of one of God’s saints as earthly life comes to an end. From the Book of Common Prayer: Man that … Continue reading
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Invitation to Praise and “Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him” (#309)
At the center of the Christian faith is giving praise to God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is the ultimate purpose for which we were created (“to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever”), and should come naturally to … Continue reading
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America’s 250th: “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” (#306)
As our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, we Christians turn our minds and hearts toward biblical passages about honoring the rulers God has ordained for us (Romans 13:4 – “he is God’s servant for your good”) … Continue reading
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Jesus, the Friend of Sinners and“I’ve Found a Friend, O Such a Friend” (#308)
As we celebrate the royal majesty of the Son of God seated on His throne in heaven, how wonderful it is to celebrate at the same time the fact that this divine sovereign has also joyfully condescended to become the … Continue reading
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