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- The Horrible Love of Sinning and “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” (#267)
- Sovereign Election and “Tis Not That I Did Choose Thee” (#266)
- Trusting God Amid Sadness and Trials and “Give to the Winds Your Fears” (#265)
- Sunday Evening Worship and “Sun of My Soul Thou Savior Dear” (#264)
- Jesus’ Cry of Dereliction and “My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me?” (#263)
- “Man of Sorrows! What a Name
- A Few More Years Shall Roll
- A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- Abide with Me
- 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 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 the Throne of God Above
- Beneath the Cross of Jesus
- Blessed Assurance
- Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power
- Blest Be the Tie That Binds
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God
- Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning
- Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand
- By Grace I’m Saved, Grace Free and Boundless
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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! Praise Jehovah
- Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah!
- Handel’s Messiah and “Hallelujah” (#200)
- 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 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 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
- 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 Lives and So Shall I
- Jesus Loves Me
- Jesus Priceless Treasure
- Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
- Jesus, Lover of My Soul
- Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
- Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners
- Joy Has Dawned Upon the World
- Just As I Am
- 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
- 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, Teach Us How to Pray Aright
- Lord, with Glowing Heart I’d Praise Thee
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
- Majesty
- May the Mind of Christ My Savior
- Moment by Moment
- More About Jesus Would I Know
- 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 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 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
- Peace, Perfect Peace
- 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
- Saw You Never in the Twilight
- Search Me, O God
- 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
- 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
- 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 Sands of Time Are Sinking
- 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 Troubles Assail Us
- 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 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
- 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
- You Are My All in All
Category Archives: Hymn Study
Ascension Alleluias and “Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise” (#153)
It is unusual to think about a major worship service on a Thursday (other than Maundy Thursday in “Holy Week”). But Ascension Day is always on a Thursday, forty days after Jesus’ Easter Sunday resurrection, and ten days before Pentecost … Continue reading
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Divine Guidance and “Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord” (#152)
Certainly one of the distinguishing marks of a Christian is a desire and willingness to know and do the will of God. And that doesn’t just mean to know God’s will in a particular situation or decision a person is … Continue reading
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Francis Scott Key and “Lord, with Glowing Heart I’d Praise Thee” (#151)
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) is a name well-known to most Americans. He is the author of the words to our national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner.” In 2007, The “Smithsonian” magazine published this history of its composition. Continue Reading
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The “Other” Amazing Grace Hymn: “By Grace I’m Saved, Grace Free and Boundless” (#150)
Francis Schaeffer used to warn us about using “God words” too casually, hardly thinking about them at all as they rolled off our lips, words that we assume we and our hearers understand, when we actually have only a very … Continue reading
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The Love of God: “O Love of God, How Strong and True” (#149)
What more wonderful theme could come from our lips than that of the love of God? It is there in the best-known verse in the entire Bible, John 3:16: “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, … Continue reading
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Martin Luther’s Easter Hymn, and “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands” (#148)
When we think of Martin Luther the hymn writer, we of course think of “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (“Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”), by far the best known of the 36 hymns he wrote. But it was … Continue reading
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Our Strong Foundation and “How Firm a Foundation” (#147)
Two of the many great passages in the Bible that bring comfort and reassurance to the believer in times of distress are, first, here in Isaiah 41:8-10 where the Lord says this to His people. 8 But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I … Continue reading
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A Festive Easter Carol: “This Joyful Eastertide” (#146)
We all know about Christmas carols, but most don’t know that there are also carols for other times of the Christian year. A carol is primarily distinguished by its having come into popular usage after becoming known as a folk … Continue reading
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African-American Spirituals and “Were You There” (#145)
As a fitting preparation to Easter tomorrow, Larry has provided another hymn study on the classic spiritual “Were You There”. Sharp eyed readers will realize that this hymn was already covered some time back. This one contains some additional information, … Continue reading
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