Wesley Texts in Modern Methodist Hymnals (Table) The following table lists the titles of all Wesley hymns that have appeared in the last five Methodist hymnals. It also lists titles appearing in the three collections of Wesley hymns published by non-methodists in 1958, 1963, and 1982. Page numbers indicate the most recent publication of that hymn. Title 1989 UMH 1966 BH 1935 MH 1905 MH 1878 MEH WHB 1958 WHB 1963 WH 1982 A Charge to Keep I Have A Stranger in the World Below A Thousand Oracles Divine Abba, Father, Hear Thy Child Above What We Can Ask or Hope Abraham, When Severely Tried Ah! Whither Should I Go Ah, Tell Us No More All Glory to God in the Sky All Praise to God Above All Praise to Him All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord All Praise to the Lamb! 413 X X X X X X X 1031 75 X 440 21 471 283 X X 133 X 74 148 97 X 153 554 X X X X X X X 454
Accepted I Am All Thanks Be to God 122 All Thanks to the Lamb X 106 All Things Are Possible to Him All Ye That Pass By 46 X X 152 And Am I Born to Die? And Am I Only Born to Die? And Are We Yet Alive And Can I Yet Delay And Can It Be that I Should Gain And Let Our Bodies Part And Let This Feeble Body Fail And Must I Be to Judgment Brought And Wilt Thou Yet Be Found Are There Not in the Laborer s Day Arise, My Soul, Arise Arm of the Lord, Awake 590 X 968 553 X X X X X X X 275 X X 363 X X X X X X X 403 X X X X 607 X 600 X 399 570 122 X X X X X X 216 X Author of Faith, 139 X X X X
Eternal Word Author of Faith, to Thee I Cry Author of Life Divine Author of Our Salvation Awake, Jerusalem, Awake Away, My Needless Fears Away, My Unbelieving Fear Away with Our Fears! Our Troubles Away with Our Fears! The Glad Morning Away with Our Sorrow and Fear Be It My Only Wisdom Here 377 12 315 X X X 851 217 X 173 626 X X 161 X X 25 1063 571 X 49 Because Thou Hast Said 635 Before Jehovah s Awful Throne (JW, Alterer) 22 Behold the Servant of the Lord Being of Beings, God of Love Blest Be the Dear Uniting 475 X X 55 508 X 3 566 X X X X X
Love Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow Brethren in Christ, and Well Beloved But Can It Be That I Should Prove? By Faith We Know Thee Strong to Save Captain of Israel s Host Captain of Our Salvation Cast on the Fidelity Celebrate Immanuel s Name Christ, from Whom All Blessings Flow Christ Our Passover for Us Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies Come All, Who Truly Bear Come On, My Partners in Distress Come to the Feast 379 X X X X 791 541 49 30 46 X X X 825 X 107 X 27 142 550 X X X X X X 131 302 X X X X X X X 173 X X X X X X X 132 432 X X X X 144 Come, and Let 699 X X X X
Us Sweetly Join Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Come, Holy Ghost, All- Quickening Fire! Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire Come, Holy Ghost, Thine Influence Come, Holy Spirit, Raise Our Songs Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue Come, Let Us Ascend Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above Come, Let Us Join with One Accord Come, Let Us Rise with Christ Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise Come, Let Us, Who in Christ Believe Come, O My God, the 344 X X X X 481 53 603 X X X X X X X X 136 275 536 X X X X X 1073 709 X X X X X X X 63 457 X 606 X X X X X X X X 96 111 X X X X 522
Promise Seal Come, O Thou All-Victorious Lord Come, O Thou Greater Than Our Heart Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown Come, O Ye Sinners, to The Lord Come, Saviour, Jesus, fom Above (JW, 241 X X X 524 386 X X X X X X X 351 379 X X Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast Come, Thou Everlasting Spirit 339, 616 X X X X X 854 X 141 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Come, Weary Sinners, Come Comfort, Ye Ministers of Grace Commit Thou All Thy Griefs (JW, Darkness and Clouds Around Me Roll Deepen the Wound Thy Hands Have Made 196 X X X X X X X 359 926 435 X X X X X 538
Depth of Mercy 355 X X X X Draw Near, O Son of God 815 Entered the Holy Place Above X 94 Equip Me for the War Eternal Beam of Light Divine Eternal Depth of Love Divine (JW, 586 623 128 Eternal Son, Eternal Love 471 Eternal Sun of Righteousness Ever Fainting with Desire Except the Lord Conduct the Plan Extended on a Cursed Tree (JW, Faith Is the Source of Prayer Faith, Mighty Faith, the Promise Sees Far Off We Need Not Rove Father of All, Whose Powerful Voice Father of Everlasting 428 493 809 108 212 79 57 139 139 480
Grace Father of Jesus Christ, My Lord Father of Jesus Christ, My Lord 203 X X X 432 Father, Behold Thy Dying Son 153 Father, Hear the Blood of Jesus Father, I Dare Believe Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee Father, in Whom We Live Father, Into Thy Hands Alone Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in Solemn Power Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in Three Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Thy Godhead Father, Thy Merciful Design Father, to Thee My Soul I Lift For Ever Here My Rest Shall Be 258 503 140 X X X 465 X X 97 X X 164 470 X X 72 726 65 124 373 X X X X X Forth in Thy 438 X X X X X X X
Name, O Lord Fountain of Life, to All Below Full of Trembling Expectation Gentle Jesus, Meek And Mild Give Me a New, a Perfect Heart Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove Give to the Winds Thy Fears (JW, Giver of Concord, Prince of Peace Giver of Peace and Unity Glory Be to God Above Glory Be to God on High Glory to God, and Praise and Love Glory to God, Whose Sovereign Grace God Is Gone up on High God Is In This And Every Place 431 645 444 X X 366 650 X X X 129 X X X X 563 793 802 101 26 X X 143 58 451 245 303 God of All 281 X X X X X
Power and Truth and Grace God of All- Redeeming Grace God of All- Sufficient Grace God of Almighty Love God of Eternal Truth and Grace God of Israel s Faithful Three God of Love, That Hearest Prayer God of My Life, What Just Return God of My Life, Whose Gracious Power God of My Salvation, Hear God of Unexampled Grace God of Unspotted Purity Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost Gracious Redeemer, Shake This Slumber Gracious Soul, to Whom Are X X 34 41 484 X X 523 677 562 X 458 169 386 X 85 X 87 13 X 4 555 487
Given Granted Is the Saviour s Prayer 264 Great God, Indulge My Humble Claim Great Is Our Redeeming Lord Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Hail! Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Happy Soul, Thy Days are Ended Happy the Man That Finds the Grace Happy the Men Who Jesus Know Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hark, How the Watchmen Cry! He Comes! He Comes! The Judge Severe! X 7 X 112 312 X X X 138 121 1003 372 X 58 535 765 X 1001 240 X X X X X X X 582 1018
He Dies! The Friend of Sinners Dies (JW, Alterer) He Wills That I Should Holy Be Head of the Church Triumphant Head of the Church, Whose Spirit Hearts of Stone, Relent, Relent! 234 529 680 924 339 Help Us to Help Each Other, Lord 110 Help, Lord, to Whom for Help I Fly High on His Everlasting Throne (JW, Ho! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh (JW, Author) Holy As Thou, O Lord, Is None 543 221 X 258 X 131 Holy Lamb, Who Thee Confess X X 73 Holy Lamb, Who Thee Receive (JW, Holy, and True, and Righteous Lord 490 377 X
How Can We Sinners Know How Dark the Night Which Sin Hath Spread How Do Thy Mercies Close Me Round How Great Our Gain Who Serve a King How Happy Are Thy Servants, Lord How Happy Every Child of Grace How Happy Is the Pilgrim s Lot (JW, Author) How Happy, Gracious Lord, Are We How Many Pass the Guilty Night How May We Resemble God? I Am Healed, I Am Healed! I Am No Longer My Own, But Thine (JW, Author) I And My House Will Serve the Lord I Ask the Gift of Righteousness I Know That My Redeemer Lives 372 X X X X X 5 170 X 154 137 328 115 X X X X 624 X 744 92 952 99 133 607 573 535 370 X X
I Long to Behold Him Arrayed I Thank Thee, Uncreated Sun (JW, I the Good Fight Have Fought I Thirst, Thou Wounded Lamb of God (JW, I Too, Forewarned By Jesus Love I Want a Heart to Pray I Want a Principle Within I Want The Spirit Of Power Within I ll Praise My Maker While I ve Breath (JW, Altered) If Children May the Scripture Know If Death My Friend and Me Divide In Age and Feebleness Extreme In That Sad, Memorable Night In This Barren Wilderness 1064 367 X 391 X 335 X 1116 506 410 X X X X X 50 60 X X X X X X 84 967 746 1117 833 129
Infinite God, to Thee We Raise 10 X Inspirer of the Ancient Seers X 126 Into Thy Gracious Hands I Fall (JW, Jesus At Whose Supreme Command 305 X 835 X 139 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (CW, Composite Author) 443 X Jesus Comes with All His Grace Jesus Dear Redeeming Lord Jesus Hath Died That I Might Live Jesus Is Our Common Lord Jesus the Lord Hath Set Us Free Jesus, a Word, a Look from Thee Jesus, All- Redeeming Lord Jesus, Friend of Sinners, Hear Jesus, from Whom All Blessings Flow X X 48 X 134 520 51 719 27 307 848 559 561 X
Jesus, Great Shepherd of the Sheep 790 Jesus, If Still the Same Thou Art X X 14 Jesus, in Whom the Godhead s Rays 527 Jesus, Let All Thy Lovers Shine Jesus, Let Thy Pitying Eye Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee Jesus, Lover of My Soul Jesus, My Advocate Above Jesus, My Life, Thyself Apply Jesus, My Savior, Brother, Friend Jesus, My Strength, My Hope Jesus, My Truth, My Way Jesus, Our Great High Priest Jesus, Redeemer of Mankind Jesus, the All- Restoring Word 321 491 558 562 X X X X 479 X X X X X X X 239 519 686 X 61 253 X X X X X X 471 X X X 331 374 331 Jesus, the 172 X
Conqueror, Reigns Jesus, the Gift Divine I Know Jesus, the Good Shepherd Is 42 X X 121 Jesus, the Life, the Truth, the Way Jesus, the Name High over All Jesus, the Sinners Friend, to Thee Jesus, the Truth and Power Divine Jesus, the Word of Mercy Give Jesus, Thine All-Victorious Love Jesus, Thou All- Redeeming Lord Jesus, Thou Soul of All Our Joys Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness (JW, Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me (JW, Jesus, Thy Far- Extended Fame 517 193 X X X X X X X 118 X X X 220 824 422 X X X X 263 X 19 127 X X X X 183 X X X X X 398
Jesus, Thy Wandering Sheep Behold X 121 Jesus, to Thee I Now Can Fly Jesus, to Thee Our Hearts We Lift Jesus, United by Thy Grace Jesus, We Look to Thee Jesus, We Thus Obey Join, All Ye Ransomed Sons Of Grace Lamb of God Whose Dying Love Lamb of God, for Sinners Slain Leader of Faithful Souls Let All Who Truly Bear Let Earth and Heaven Agree Let Earth and Heaven Combine Let Earth and Hell Their Powers Engage Let Him to Whom We Now Belong Let Not the Wise Their 430 650 X 114 561 X X X X X X X 25 X X X X X 145 576 X 383 X 88 382 459 X X X X 846 565 X X X 146 78 373 X X X 308 X
Wisdom Boast Let the World Thy Virtue Boast 385 Let Us Join, Tis God Commands 104 Let Us Plead for Faith Alone 385 Lift Up Your Hearts to Things Above 558 X Lift Your Eyes of Faith and Look 150 Lift Your Eyes of Faith and See Lift Your Heads, Ye Friends of Jesus Light of Life, Seraphic Fire 1069 1014 489 Light of the World, Thy Beams I Bless Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling Lo! I Come with Joy to Do X 32 638 X X X 609 Lo, God Is Here! Let Us Adore Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending Lo, on a Narrow Neck of Land 718 X X X X X X 579 118 Lord of Earth, 1109
and Air, and Sea Lord of the Harvest, Hear 339 Lord of the Harvest, Hear Lord of the Wide, Extensive Main Lord, and Is Thine Anger Gone Lord, Fill Me with a Humble Fear Lord, I Believe a Rest Remains Lord, I Believe Thy Every Word Lord, I Despair Myself to Heal Lord, If at Thy Command Lord, in the Strength of Grace Lord, Save Me from a Worse Extreme Lord, That I May Learn of Thee Lord, Whom Winds and Seas Obey Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Lovers of Pleasure More Than God 818 X X 95 1112 455 497 356 X X 668 397 648 X 182 X X X X X X 111 X 43 103 X 384 X X X X X X X 367
Loving Jesus, Gentle Lamb 374 Maker, in Whom We Live 88 Master, I Own Thy Lawful Claim Master, I Want Thy Tenderness Meet and Right It Is to Sing 38 96 X X 120 Mil Voces Para Celebrar 59 My God, I Am Thine My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine My God, My God, to Thee I Cry My Heart Is Full of Christ My Savior, How Shall I Proclaim? My Soul and All Its Powers Thine My Soul Before Thee Prostrate Lies (JW, None Is Like Jeshurun s God Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein (JW, Trans.) 757 136 536 X X 40 425 X 10 149 472 273 X X 110 302 X X X X
O Come and Dwell in Me O for a Heart to Praise My God O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing O for That Tenderness of Heart O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love O God of All Grace O God of Our Forefathers, Hear O God, Most Merciful and True O God, of Good the Unfathomed Sea O God, Our Help in Ages Past (JW, Alterer) O God, Thou Bottomless Abyss O God, Thy Faithfulness I Plead O God, What Offering Shall I Give (JW, O Heavenly King, Look 388 X X X X X 417 X X X X X X X 57 X X X X X X X 278 X 365 X X X 28 X 146 401 X 119 X 12 28 126 544 474 70 X 14
Down O How Happy Are They O Jesus My Hope O Jesus, at Thy Feet We Wait O Jesus, Full of Grace O Jesus, Full of Truth and Grace O Joyful Sound of Gospel Grace O Lamb of God, for Sinners Slain O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done O Love, Thy Sovereign Aid Impart O My All- Sufficient God O Sun of Righteousness (JW, Author) O That I Could My Lord Receive O That I Could Repent! O That O That I Could Repent, with All 227 X X X X 86 514 557 526 X X 16 371 X 378 285 X X X X X X 287 X X X X X X X 462 132 411 407 311 265 404 O That My Load 381 X
of Sin Were Gone O That Thou Wouldst the Heavens Rend O the Depth of Love Divine O Thou Eternal Victim, Slain O Thou Who All Things (JW, O Thou Who Camest from Above O Thou Who Has Our Sorrows Borne O Thou Who This Mysterious Bread O Thou, Our Savior, Brother, Friend O Thou, to Whose All- Searching Sight (JW, O Thou, Who, When We Did Complain O Thou, Whom All Thy Saints Adore 413 627 X X X 250 X 148 560 501 X X X X X X 381 613 X X 46 213 X X X 157 13 X O Were the Faith on Me Bestowed 61 O What a Mighty Change 1057 O What Delight 842
Is This O What Shall I Do My Saviour to Praise 453 O What Shall I Say? 130 O When Shall We Sweetly Remove O Wondrous Power of Faithful Prayer Oft I in My Heart Have Said Omnipotent Lord, My Savior and King On All the Earth Thy Spirit Shower (JW, Alterer) Open, Lord, My Inward Ear Our Blest Redeemer, Ere He Breathed Our Life Is Hid with Christ in God Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead Pass a Few Swiftly Fleeting Years Peace, Doubting Heart! Praise Be to the Father Given 1065 735 443 X X 6 X 72 X 101 X X 37 280 89 158 X 963 651 26
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above Pray, Without Ceasing Pray Prisoners of Hope, Lift up Your Heads 96 X X 589 479 Rejoice, the Lord Is King Savior of All, to Thee We Bow Savior from Sin, I Wait to Prove Savior of the Sin-Sick Soul Savior, and Can It Be Savior, on Me the Grace Bestow Savior of Men, Thy Searching Eye (JW, 715, 716 X X X X X X X 794 X X 33 486 X 142 545 814 See How Great a Flame Aspires See, Jesu, Thy Disciples See See the Lord, Thy Keeper Servant of God, Well Done Servants of All, to Toil for Man Shall I, for Fear of Feeble Man (JW, 541 X X X X X X X X 116 746 288 X X X X 186 X 225 X X X X
Shepherd Divine, Our Wants Relieve Shepherd of Souls, with Pitying Eye Shrinking from the Cold Hand of Death Since the Son Hath Made Me Free Sing to the Great Jehovah s Praise Sing We to Our God Above Sing with Glad Anticipation Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die Soldiers of Christ, Arise Soldiers of Christ, Lay Hold Son of God, If Thy Free Grace Son of the Carpenter, Receive Sons of God, Triumphant Rise Spirit of Faith, Come Down 715 X X 80 927 961 X X 35 510 X X X 811 X 128 350 X 150 112 X X X 513 X X X X X X X 588 X 66 592 24 332 X X X X X X X
Spirit of Faith, on Thee We Call 163 Stand the Omnipotent Decree Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay 598 X 269 X Still for Thy Lovingkindness, Lord X 151 Still out of the Deepest Abyss 681 Stupendous Height of Heavenly Love Talk with Us, Lord Teach Me, My God and King (JW, Alterer) That Sweet Comfort Was Mine The Great Archangel s Trump Shall Sound The Heavenly Treasure Now We Have The Lord Is King The Lord of Earth and Sky The Past No Longer in My Power The Praying Spirit Breathe X X 145 262 X X X X X X 320 442 1019 1046 114 953 140 753
The Saints Who Die of Christ Possessed The Sun of Righteousness The Thing My God Doth Hate 983 739 482 The Vigilance Our Lord Demands 71 Thee Will I Love (JW, Thee, Jesus, Thee, the Sinner s Friend X 22 X 67 Thee, Lord, Alone Do I Require Thee, O Lord, I Will Obey This Is Thy Will, I Know 127 82 19 Thou God of Glorious Majesty Thou God of Truth and Love Thou Great Mysterious God Unknown Thou Hidden Love of God (JW, Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose Thou Judge of Quick and Dead 966 801 X 117 318 X X X 414 X X X X X X 153 X X X X X X X 1024 X X 10
Thou Lamb of God (JW, Thou Seest My Feebleness Thou Shepherd of Israel, and Mine Thou Son of God, Whose Flaming Eyes Thou Very- Present Aid Thou Waves and Storms Go O er My Head (JW, Trans.) Thy Ceaseless, Unexhausted Love Thy Presence, Lord, the Place Shall Fill Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies To God the Father (JW, Author) To God Your Every Want To the Haven of Thy Breast To the Hills I Lift My Eyes Try Us, O God, and Search the Ground Unchangeable, Almighty Lord 631 556 748 X 137 245 X 178 649 317 X X 9 537 282 X X X 812 X 512 678 745 X X 63 555 X 792 112
Urge on Your Rapid Course Vain, Delusive World, Adieu 583 456 Victim Divine, Thy Grace We Claim We Cannot Rest, Who Jesus Know X X 151 94 We Have No Outward Righteousness We Know By Faith We Know We Lift Our Hearts to Thee (JW, Author) Weary Souls, That Wander Wide Weep Not for a Brother Deceased Weep Not for a Brother Deceased What Could Your Redeemer Do What Is Our Calling s Glorious Hope What Shall I Do My God to Love What Shall I Render to My God What! Never Speak One Evil Word 446 1056 492 X X X 262 X X X 594 1011 348 358 X X 130 X X X X 196 X X 532
Whate er I Ask, I Surely Know 64 When Quiet in My House I Sit When Shall Thy Love Constrain When, Gracious Lord, When Shall It Be When, My Savior, Shall I Be 291 X 127 400 X 23 395 X 45 Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin? 8 Wherefore Should I Make My Moan Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near Which of the Monarchs of the Earth While We Walk with God in Light Who Are These Arrayed in White Who in the Lord Confide Who in Thy Word Confide Wisdom Ascribe, and Might, and Praise With Glorious Clouds Encompassed 1006 244 X X X 155 803 619 X X 772 66 951 327 X X X
Round Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die? Ye Different Sects Ye Faithful Souls Who Jesus Know Ye Ransomed Sinners, Hear Ye Servants of God Ye Simple Souls That Stray (JW, Author) Ye Virgin Souls, Arise Yield to Me Now, for I Am Weak Young Men and Maidens, Raise 221 X X 154 X 118 600 493 31 181 X X X X X X 356 954 738 16 Compiled by Dean B. McIntyre (dmcintyre@gbod.org), Director of Music Resources, The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship.