American Classical Hymns

Index of First Lines

A

“Again the Lord of life and light” • Haydn, PARADISE (1843)
“Alas, what hourly dangers rise!” • Beethoven, BONN (1852)
“All hail, triumphant Lord” • Haydn, ZION (1832)
“All ye nations, praise the Lord” • Schubert, ZUNEL (1850)
“And now another week begins” • Gluck, STEARNS (1850)
“And shall I sit alone” • Beethoven, CANADICE (1845)
“Another day is past” • Mendelssohn, HOWELL (1845)
“Another six days’ work is done” • Rossini, BALDWIN (1850)
“As every day thy mercy spares” • Mozart, No. 38 (1844)
“Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep” • Mendelssohn, CHERRY VALLEY (1856)

B

“Be thou exalted, O my God” • Haydn, ACTON (1843)
“Before Jehovah’s awful throne” • Beethoven, LYON (1843); Beethoven, NIAGARA (1843)
“Behold the sin-atoning lamb” • Beethoven, REDEMPTION (1850)
“Behold what pity touched the heart” • Haydn, VOLGA (1852)
“Behold where breathing love divine” • Weber, LOVE DIVINE (1833)
“Bless God my soul; Thou Lord alone” • Haydn, HAYDN (1821)
“Bless, O my soul, the living God” • Beethoven, LEON (1850)
“Blest are the undefiled in heart” • Mendelssohn, BERLIN (1850)
“Blest be thou, O God of Israel” • Schumann, EVNAL (1850)
“Blest who with generous pity glows” • Mozart, ELLIOT (1832)
“Brightest and best of the sons of the morning” • Mozart, AURORA (1856)

C

“Children of the heavenly king” • Bellini, PILGRIM (1838)
“Come, gracious God, descend and dwell” • Mozart, LEVANT (1856)
“Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove” • Weber, OBERON (1853); Haydn, STODDARD (1838)
“Come, heavenly peace of mind” • Mozart, OPORTO (1840)
“Come hither, all ye weary souls” • Mendelssohn, MARINA (1849)
“Come let us anew” • Mozart, NEW YEAR’S HYMN (1846)
“Come, let us lift our joyful eyes” • Mendelssohn, CANDIA (1852)
“Come, O my soul, in sacred lays” • Mendelssohn, OLIVER (1850)
“Come, O my soul, look up and see” • Mozart, FLORIS (1826)
“Come said Jesus’ sacred voice” • Weber, INVITATION (1833); Weber LANCASTER (1838)
“Come serve the Lord with love and joy” • Mendelssohn, KIMBALL (1842)
“Come, weary souls, with sin oppressed” • Weber, DEERFIELD (1838)
“Could my heart so hard remain” • Mendelssohn, BARTHOLDY (1852)
“Create, O God, my powers anew” • Mendelssohn, ENLEY (1850)

D

“Dread Jehovah! God of nations” • Mendelssohn, HAMBURG (1859)

E

“Eternal Ruler of the skies”  • Mozart, HAMDEN (1822)
“Eternal source of every joy” • Weber, DWIGHT (1850); Beethoven, HARVEST (1848)
“Eternal Spirit, we confess” • Beethoven, APTHORPE (1850)
“Exalt the Lord our God” • Gluck, BRIMMER (1850)

F

“Father of eternal grace” • Beethoven, OLIVE (1856)
“Father of mercies bow thine ear” • Beethoven, PHILADELPHIA (1853)
“Father of our feeble race” • Haydn, HYMN 342 (1816) 
“For thee, O God, our constant praise” • Mendelssohn, PSALM 50 (1852)
“From Greenland’s icy mountains” • Beethoven, GREENLAND (1844)
“From Jesse’s Root, behold a branch arise” • Mendelssohn, BARONS (1854)
“From the table now retiring” • Mozart, DARTMOUTH (1850)

G

“Gently gliding down life’s stream” • Haydn, FUTURITY (1795)
“Gently, Lord, oh! gently lead us” • Mozart, SMYRNA (1822)
“Give thanks to God most high” • Haydn, TIRZAH (1819)
“Give to our God immortal praise” • Haydn, FASSITT (1850)
“Glorious things of thee are spoken” • Haydn, AMBROSE (1850)
“God is goodness, wisdom, power” • Schubert, AVLEN (1850)
“God of my life, look gently down” • Mozart, CILICIA (1819)
“God of my strength, in thee alone” • Beethoven, SIDWELL (1850)
“Gracious Lord, disclose thy way” • Gluck, VANDERLIN (1850)
“Great First of Beings! mighty Lord” • Schubert, EBLIN (1850)
“Great God, to thee, my evening song” • Mendelssohn, EUSTICE (1849)
“Great is the Lord, exalted high” • Haydn, GLORY (1819)
“Greatest of beings source of life” • Mozart, MOZART (1836)
“Guide me, O thou great Jehovah” • Weber, BARDINE (1853)

H

“Had not thy word been my delight” • Mendelssohn, BALTIC (1854)
“Hail, thou long expected Jesus” • Bellini, BROOM (1845)
“Happy the church; thou sacred place” • Haydn, CADIZ (1850)
“Happy the man who finds the grace”  • Beethoven, CORNING (1844)
“Happy the men, whom strength divine” • Beethoven, No. 29 (1844)
“He dies! the friend of sinners dies!” • Beethoven, WESLEY (1851)
“He lives! the great Redeemer lives!” • Haydn, ALLENVILLE (1852)
“He reigns! the Lord, the Saviour reigns” • Weber, WATSON (1849)
“He who has made his refuge God” • Beethoven, No. 32 (1844)
“Head of the church triumphant” • Beethoven, BONN (1846)
“Heavenly father, sovereign Lord” • Mendelssohn, WIEN (1850)
“High in the heavens, eternal God” • Mozart, THRACE (1819)
“How beauteous are their feet” • Mendelssohn, KENSINGTON (1849); Mendelssohn, MENDELSSOHN (1855)
“How blest is he who ne’er consents” • Haydn, MAYENCE (1821)
“How blest the sacred tie that binds” • Beethoven, AMLIN (1841); Haydn, BARBAULD (1846)
“How blest whose sins have pardon gained” • Mozart, ONTARIO (1845)
“How charming is the place” • Schubert, SALAMIS (1838)
“How far beyond our mortal sight” • Bellini, BROOKFIELD (1854)
“How gentle God’s commands!” • Haydn, BRADFORD (1838); Haydn, DEDHAM (1838)
“How heavy is the night” • Weber, KÖRNER (1846)
“How pleasing is thy voice” • Mozart, CORINTH (1819)
“How sweet to bless the Lord” • Beethoven, BOWMAN (1852)

I

“I love thy kingdom, Lord” • Mendelssohn, RIX (1854)
“I love to steal awhile away” • Bellini, BELLINI (1843)
“I loved the Lord, he bowed his ear” • Mendelssohn, VIOLA (1855)
“In all thy ways trust thou the Lord” • Mendelssohn, PSALM 31 (1852)
“In sleep’s serene oblivion laid” • Schubert, MARLON (1846); Beethoven, No. 28 (1844)
“In this world of sin and sorrow” • Mozart, RAHWAY (1852)
“In thy name, O Lord, assembling” • Schubert, ZENLEY (1850)
“Indulgent Lord, thy goodness reigns” • Mozart, CRETE (1836)
“Interval of grateful shade” • Weber, WILMOT (1832)
“Is this the kind return?” • Mendelssohn, LEIPSIC (1843)

J

“Jehovah reigns, he dwells in light” • Mozart, ARGOS (1819); Mendelssohn, CROWING WREATH (1849)
“Jesus! lover of my soul” • Haydn, READING (1846)
“Jesus shall reign where’er the sun” • Gluck, ZINNEN (1850)
“Jesus, thy boundless love to me” • Gluck, LINDEN (1856)

L

“Let all the earth their voices raise”  • Beethoven, PASTORIUS (1853)
“Let children hear the mighty deeds” • Haydn, BARTLETT (1854)
“Let Zion in her king rejoice” • Schumann, LEDNOR (1850); Gluck, SYRACUSE (1819)
“Lift up your heads, eternal gates” • Mendelssohn, ALLEPPO (1852)
“Light of life, seraphic fire” • Mozart, WALES (1822)
“Light of those whose dreary dwellings” • Haydn, HAYDN (1852)
“Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing” • Beethoven, No. 92 (1844)
“Lord, I will bless thee all my days” • Gluck, GREECE (1819)
“Lord of hosts, how lovely, fair” • Schubert, RHINE (1841)
“Lord, thou hast known my inmost mind” • Haydn, SALSBURY (1822)
“Lord! ‘tis a pleasant thing to stand” • Beethoven, PROSPECT HILL (1853)
“Lord, we have wandered from thy way” • Haydn, No. 21 (1844)
“Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove” • Mozart, OWENS (1822)
“Love divine, all love excelling” • Beethoven, No. 89 (1844)

M

“Mighty God! Eternal father” • Beethoven, LAUS DEO (1821)
“Morning breaks upon the tomb” • Beethoven, THYATIRA (1839)
“My faith looks up to thee” • Beethoven, PARKER (1850)
“My father, my God, I long for thy love” • Beethoven, HAVRE (1822)
“My God, accept my early vows” • Haydn, GAZA (1819)
“My God, how endless is thy love!” • Mozart, IVES (1843)
“My God, my King, thy various praise” • Mozart, No. 25 (1844)
“My God, my King, to thee I’ll raise” • Mozart, AMHERST (1832)
“My God, my prayer attend!” • Schumann, HAYTON (1850)
“My God, the steps of pious men” • Mozart, DUNGENESS (1822)
“My maker and my King!” • Mendelssohn, ATHALIE (1850)
“My opening eyes with rapture see” • Mendelssohn, HYMN 37 (1852)
“My Saviour, my almighty Friend” • Mozart, OVA (1850)
“My shepherd is the living Lord” • Haydn, PASTORALE (1811)
“My Shepherd will supply my need” • Gluck, CYDNUS (1850)

N

“Nature, with all her powers, shall sing” • Beethoven, NAVARRE (1845)
“No change of time shall ever shock” • Mozart, DWIGHT (1844); Mozart, HARVARD (1850)
“No, I’ll repine at death no more” • Beethoven, No. 31 (1844)
“Now Jesus, our King, reigns triumphantly glorious” • Mozart, WILLIAMS (1838)
“Now may the God of power and grace” • Mendelssohn, CAREW (1850)
“Now night in silent grandeur reigns” • Beethoven, WESTON (1822)

O

“O all ye lands rejoice in God” • Haydn, THOMPSON (1854)
“O all ye nations, praise the Lord” • Mozart, MERRIMAC (1832)
“O come, loud anthems let us sing” • Mendelssohn, HARTFORD (1850)
“O God, to earth incline” • Mendelssohn, BONN (1848)
“O Holy, holy, holy Lord” • Mendelssohn, WASHINGTON (1853)
“O let your mingling voices rise” • Haydn, KEMPTON (1833)
“O Lord, how great the favor” • Haydn, DANIEL (1844); Haydn, GERMANTOWN (1838); Beethoven, MOUNT OLIVES (1853)
“O Lord, our Lord most high” • Haydn, EDEN (1819)
“O my soul, what means this sadness?” • Beethoven, CARMEL (1848)
“O render thanks to God above” • Mozart, PSALM 86 (1852)
“O that our thoughts and thanks may rise” • Beethoven, No. 30 (1844)
“O that the Lord would guide my ways” • Haydn, GUIDANCE (1852)
“O! that the Lord’s salvation” • Mendelssohn, JERUSALEM (1846)
“O Zion, afflicted with wave upon wave” • Mozart, No. 102 (1844)
“Oft as sorrows round me roll” • Haydn, OFT AS SORROWS (1856)
“Oh ‘twas a joyful sound to hear” • Mozart, COLEBROOK (1832)
“On thy love my heart reposes” • Mendelssohn, TRUST (1848)
“One there is above all others” • Bellini, HARIM (1836)
“Our spirits join to praise the lamb” • Haydn, FOLSOM (1852)

P

“Peace, humbled soul, whose plaintive moan” • Schubert, ZELA (1850)
“Praise the Lord who reigns above” • Haydn, BARRY (1836); Schubert, VERDELL (1850)
“Praise the Lord; ye heavens adore him” • Haydn, HARTFORD (1838)
“Praise to God, immortal praise” • Gluck, GLUCK’S (1810); Mozart, No. 77 (1844)
“Praise to thee, thou great Creator!” • Schubert, VENTLEY (1850)
“Praise ye the Lord, let praise employ” • Gluck, LANCY (1850)

R

“‘Remember thy Creator,’ While youth’s fair spring is bright” • Mozart, “REMEMBER THY CREATOR” (1853)
“Return my roving heart, return” • Beethoven, ARGYLE (1846)

S

“Sacred wisdom! Be my guide” • Weber, CHATHAM (1832)
“Saviour, breathe an evening blessing” • Mendelssohn, LEIPSIC (1849)
“Saviour, source of every blessing” • Haydn, ZEUNER (1853)
“Should my tears for ever flow” • Mendelssohn, HYMN 139 (1852)
“Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive” • Haydn, BELCHERTOWN (1838)
“Since all the varying scenes of time” • Haydn, RUTHFORD (1850)
“Softly now the light of day” • Donizetti, INDIANA (1845); Mozart, MIDDLETON (1830)
“Softly the shade of evening falls” • Haydn, SOUTH STREET (1822)
“Sovereign Ruler, Lord of all” • Haydn, HOLMAN (1850)
“Still on the Lord thy burden roll” • Mendelssohn, ELIJAH (1848)
“Sweet is the work, my God, my King” • Weber, SCUDDER (1850); Haydn, WINGATE (1853)
“Sweet is the work, O Lord” • Gluck, PALEY (1850)

T

“Teach me the measure of my days” • Mendelssohn, ANGELLO (1852)
“The day is past and gone” • Beethoven, LEONORE (1850)
“The flowery spring, at God’s command” • Schumann, ALLAN (1850); Weber, VON WEBER (1844)
“The gloomy night of sadness” • Mozart, LYMAN (1853); Schumann, PETRA (1850)
“The heavens declare thy glory, Lord” • Beethoven, GANGES (1819)
“The hour of my departure’s come” • Haydn, ST. EDMUNDS (1837)
“The King of saints, how fair his face!” • Beethoven, WYMAN (1843)
“The Lord himself, the mighty Lord” • Beethoven, GAULOS (1836)
“The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know” • Mozart, No. 103 (1844)
“The Lord is our shepherd, our guardian and guide” • Mozart, GERMANY (1833)
“The Lord my pasture shall prepare” • Beethoven, ALEXANDRIA (1844)
“The Lord my shepherd is” • Bellini, HADID (1836)
“The Lord, our God, is full of might” • Haydn, THE LORD OUR GOD (1818)
“The man is ever blest” • Gluck, MALLION (1850)
“The rising morn, the closing day” • Beethoven, VIENNA (1822)
“The saffron tints of morn appear” • Mozart, CAMDEN (1822)
“There is a land of pure delight” • Haydn, CHARLES (1850); Haydn, HAYDN (1844)
“There is a stream, whose gentle course” • Haydn, MILTON (1822)
“There is a stream, whose gentle flow” • Mendelssohn, LADE (1841)
“There is an hour of hallowed peace” • Schubert, BENEDICT (1852)
“There seems a voice in every gale” • Beethoven, SEBAGO (1853)
“Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love” • Gluck ADDA (1850); Beethoven, COPE (1853); Beethoven, DE WITT (1850); Haydn, MALONE (1845); Mendelssohn, MELLEN (1853); Mozart, PERGA (1839)
“Thou art gone to the grave” • Bellini, BALTIMORE (1838); Haydn, No. 107 (1844); Weber, WEBER (1838)
“Thou great Instructor, lost I stray” • Schumann, EDWARDS (1850)
“Thou who art enthroned above” • Mendelssohn, BRISTOL (1846)
“Though hard the winds are blowing” • Mozart, CHEERFUL HOPE (1830)
“Through all the changing scenes of life” • Mozart, PRENTISS (1842)
“Thy goodness Lord doth crown the year” • Haydn, FLINT (1833)
“Thy gracious presence, O my God” • Beethoven, LOUVAIN (1844)
“Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song” • Haydn, BROMLEY (1819); Haydn, BUTLER (1853)
“‘Tis by thy strength the mountains stand” • Haydn, NAXUS (1819)
“‘Tis finished— so the Saviour cried” • Beethoven, MILMAN (1851)
“To bless thy chosen race” • Haydn, TABERNACLE (1838)
“To God, in whom I trust” • Mendelssohn, PATOKA (1853)
“To God our strength, your voice, aloud” • Schubert, CRANBY (1850)
“To God, the only wise” • Gluck, VOSE (1850)
“To heaven let all my sacred passions move” • Gluck, HOREB (1819)
“To thee, great God, I make my prayer” • Mendelssohn, MENVILLE (1850)
“To thee, O God, without delay” • Haydn, GEORGETOWN (1822)
“To thine almighty arm we owe” • Mozart, AETOLIA (1822)
“To thy pastures, fair and large” • Mozart, RODMAN (1832)
“‘Twas in the watches of the night” • Gluck, BOSWELL (1850); Beethoven, HYDASPES (1819)

W

“Wake, O my soul, and hail the morn” • Haydn, SCUDDER (1838)
“We lift our hearts to thee” • Beethoven, CHESTNUT HILL (1844)
“We’ve no abiding city here” • Donizetti, BIDELL (1854)
“What glory gilds the sacred page” • Weber, GOPHER (1838); Bellini, LASHA (1836)
“When all thy mercies, O my God” • Beethoven, BELKNAP (1852)
“When before thy throne we kneel” • Schubert, BEULAH (1850)
“When darkness long has veiled my mind” • Mendelssohn, ALEXANDER (1853); Mozart, HERMANSTADT (1850)
“When I can read my title clear” • Beethoven, CROYDON (1852)
“When I survey the wondrous cross” • Bellini, DAMASCUS (1853); Beethoven, SOUTHWARK (1844)
“When shall the voice of singing” • Beethoven, FARLEY (1844)
“When thickly beat the storms of life” • Mendelssohn, SPINOLA (1852)
“When we our weary limbs do rest” • Beethoven, Andantino Lamentivole (1857)
“While I keep silence and conceal” • Haydn, PHILISTIA (1819)
“While my Redeemer’s near” • Beethoven, CORFU (1845); Beethoven, GORTON (1841)
“While on the verge of life I stand” • Mendelssohn, LEIPSIC (1850)
“While shepherds watched their flocks by night” • Mozart, STOUGHTON (1853)
“Why droops my soul, with grief oppressed? • Mendelssohn, SWEETZER (1849)
“Winter has a joy for me” • Mozart, SEASONS (1821)
“With all my powers of heart and tongue” • Mozart, WHITE (1850)
“With earnest longings of the mind” • Mozart, EPHESUS (1819)
“With holy fear and humble song” • Beethoven, WALTHAM (1822)
“With joy we meditate the grace” • Haydn, BROUGHAM (1849)
“With my whole heart I’ll raise my song” • Beethoven, MARATHON (1819)
“With reverend awe, tremendous Lord” • Donizetti, CHAPEL (1850)

Y

“Ye dying souls, that sit” • Beethoven, TEXEL (1849)
“Ye scarlet colored sinners, come” • Haydn, SCHOOL STREET (1836)
“Ye tribes of Adam join” • Haydn, THOMPSON (1850)
“Ye who obey the immortal king” • Haydn, SALTZBURG (1850)
“Your harps, ye trembling saints” • Verdi, VERDI (1853)

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