Popular American Hymns
of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Early American Psalmody | Popular Hymns | A Treasury of 101 Best-Loved Hymns

Early American Psalmody

Based upon research published in The Core Repertory of American Psalmody, Edited by Richard Crawford, Recent Researches in American Music, Volumes XI and XII (Madison, WI: A-R Editions, 1984). This list is reprinted here with permission. *Ranked (1-53) in order of number of printings during the period 1698-1810, with equal rankings listed alphabetically.

*Rank	Title	Words	Music	Year
1	Psalm 100 [Old]	anon. (Psalm 57)	European	1551
2	Wells	Isaac Watts	Israel Holdroyd	1724
3	St. Martin's	Isaac Watts	Wiliam Tans'ur	1735
4	Little Marlborough	Isaac Watts	English	1763
5	Aylesbury	Isaac Watts (Psalm 23)	English	1718
6	Mear	Isaac Watts (Psalm 96)	English	1720
7	Psalm 149	anon. (Psalm 149)	European	1708
7	Windsor	Isaac Watts	English	1591
8	Psalm 34	anon. (Psalm 34)	Joseph Stevenson	1760
9	Bangor	Isaac Watts (Psalm 39)	William Tans'ur	1735
10	Lenox	Isaac Watts (Psalm 148)	Lewis Edson	1782
11	Greenfield	anon. (Psalm 46)	Lewis Edson	1782
12	Plymouth	Isaac Watts (Psalm 51)	William Tans'ur	1735
13	Bridgewater	Isaac Watts (Psalm 104)	Lewis Edson	1782
14	Colchester	anon. (Psalm 122)	William Tans'ur	1735
15	Funeral Thought	Isaac Watts	English	1763
16	Denmark	Isaac Watts (Psalm 100); paraphrased by John Wesley	Martin Madan	1769
17	Virginia	Isaac Watts (Psalm 89)	Oliver Brownson	1782
18	Bath	Isaac Watts	English	1713
18	Canterbury	Isaac Watts	English	1585
19	Brookfield	Isaac Watts	William Billings	1770
19	St. Anne	Isaac Watts	William Croft	1708
20	Norwich	Isaac Watts	Hibbard?	1779
21	Stafford	Isaac Watts (Psalm 118)	Daniel Read	1782
22	Landaff	Isaac Watts (Psalm 50)	European	1558
23	Bedford	anon. (Psalm 147)	William Wheall	1720
23	Rochester	Isaac Watts (Psalm 73)	Israel Holdroyd	1724
24	Greenwich	Isaac Watts (Psalm 73)	Daniel Read	1786
24	Irish	Isaac Watts	English or Irish	1749
25	Bristol	Joseph Addison	Timothy Swan	1785
25	Sherburne	Nahum Tate	Daniel Read	1785
26	Ocean	Isaac Watts (Psalm 107)	American	1787
27	Majesty	Thomas Sternhold (Psalm 18)	William Billings	1778
28	Amherst	William Billings (Psalm 148)	William Billings	1770
28	Buckingham	Isaac Watts (Psalm 4)	English	1763
29	Angels Hymn	anon. (Psalm 95)	Orlando Gibbons	1623
30	Dalston	Isaac Watts (Psalm 122)	English	1763
30	Jordan	Isaac Watts	William Billings	1786
30	St. Helen's	Isaac Watts (Psalm 113)	English	1763
31	Putney	Isaac Watts	Aaron Williams	1763
32	Milford	Arnold	Joseph Stevenson	1760
32	Russia	Isaac Watts (Psalm 62)	Daniel Read	1786
32	Wantage	Isaac Watts (Psalm 89)	English	1763
33	Lisbon	Isaac Watts	Daniel Read	1785
33	Windham	Isaac Watts	Daniel Read	1785
34	Middletown	Isaac Watts (Psalm 24)	Amos Bull	1779
35	Isle of Wight	Isaac Watts	English	1720
36	Bromsgrove	Isaac Watts	English	1729
36	Newton	Isaac Watts (Psalm 95)	English	1780
36	Suffield	Isaac Watts (Psalm 39)	Oliver King	1779
36	Sutton	Isaac Watts (Psalm 19)	English	1760
36	Worcester	Isaac Watts	Abraham Wood	1778
37	Maryland	Isaac Watts	William Billings	1778
37	Montague	Philip Doddridge	Timothy Swan	1783
38	Hotham	Charles Wesley	English	1769
39	All Saints	Isaac Watts (Psalm 19)	William Knapp	1738
39	Walsall	Isaac Watts (Psalm 5)	English	1726
40	Enfield	Elizabeth Rowe	Solomon Chandler	1785
40	St. David's	anon. (Psalm 27)	English	1621
40	St. James	anon. (Psalm 8)	Rafael Courtville	1697
40	York	Isaac Watts	Scottish	1615
41	Chester	Philip Doddridge	William Billings	1770
41	Standish	Isaac Watts (Psalm 119)	English	1700
42	Habakkuk	Charles Wesley	English	1760
42	Montgomery	Isaac Watts (Psalm 63)	Justin Morgan	1790
43	Dunstan	Isaac Watts (Psalm 72)	Martin Madan	1769
43	Portugal	Anne Steel	Thomas Thorley	1789
44	Newbury	Isaac Watts (Psalm 77)	English	1749
44	Portsmouth	Isaac Watts (Psalm 84)	English	1711
45	Christmas	anon.	Martin Madan	1769
45	London New	Isaac Watts (Psalm 145)	Scottish	1635
45	New Jerusalem	Isaac Watts	Jeremiah Ingalls	1796
45	Psalm 100 [New]	Isaac Watts (Psalm 90)	American	1723
45	Winchester	Isaac Watts (Psalm 141)	German	1690
45	Winter	Isaac Watts (Psalm 147)	Daniel Read	1785
46	Kingsbridge	Isaac Watts (Psalms 24 and 107)	English	1760
46	Psalm 148	anon. (Psalm 148)	European	1558
46	Rainbow	Isaac Watts (Psalm 65)	Timothy Swan	1785
46	St. Thomas	Isaac Watts (Psalm 148)	Aaron Williams	1770
46	Southwell	Isaac Watts (Psalm 36)	English	1579
47	Bethesda	Isaac Watts (Psalm 84)	English	1760
48	Psalm 136	Isaac Watts (Psalm 121)	Deaolph	1778
49	Adeste Fideles	Isaac Watts (Psalm 92)	J. F. Wade	1782
49	Amsterdam	Robert Seagrave	English	1742
49	Judgement	Isaac Watts (Psalm 50)	Daniel Read	1785
49	Lebanon	Isaac Watts (Psalm 144)	William Billings	1770
50	Coronation	Edward Perronet	Oliver Holden	1793
50	Portsmouth	anon, (Psalm 148)	English	1760
51	Anthem for Easter	Edward Young (Luke; I Corinthians)	William Billings, 1746-1800	1787
51	Calvary	Isaac Watts	Daniel Read	1785
51	The Dying Christian	Alexander Pope, 1712	Edward Harwood	1770
51	Hartford	Isaac Watts (Psalm 24)	Elihu Carpenter	1779
51	Psalm 25	Isaac Watts (Psalm 25)	Alexander Gillet	1779
51	St. George's	Isaac Watts	English	1760
51	Weston Favel	Isaac Watts	William Knapp	1738
52	Burford	Isaac Watts	English	1718
52	Coleshill	Isaac Watts (Psalm 144)	English	1644
52	Morning Hymn	Thomas Flatman	American	1761
52	Psalm 33	Isaac Watts (Psalm 33)	William Tuckey	1761
52	Sutton	Isaac Watts (Psalm 69)	Ezra Golf	1793
53	Psalm 46	Isaac Watts (Psalm 146)	Amos Bull	1784

Popular Hymns of the 19th Century

Silent Night! Holy Night!	Joseph Mohr, 1792-1848 [Translated by Joseph Freeman Young, 1820-1885]	Franz Xaver Gruber, 1787-1863	1818
The Tyrolese Evening Hymn	Mrs. Felicia Dorethea Hemans, 1794-1835	Augusta Browne (Garrett)	1828
From Greenland's Icy Mountains	Reginald Heber, 1783-1826	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	1829
My Faith Looks Up to Thee	Ray Palmer, 1808-1887	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	1832
Rock of Ages	Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778, 1776	Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872, (composed) 1830	1832
Jesus, Lover of My Soul	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, 1740	Simeon Butler Marsh, 1798-1875, 1834	1834
See, Gentle Patience Smiles on Pain [Tune: Federal Street]	Anne Steele, 1716-1778 [aka Theodosia]	Henry Kemble Oliver, 1800-1885	1835
Joy to the World [Tune: Antioch]	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, from Psalm 98	George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759; arr. by Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	1836
God Bless Our Native Land	Original German words for Verses 1 and 2 by Siegried A. Mahlman, english translation by Charles Timothy Brooks, 1813-1883, and John Sullivan Dwight, 1813-1893, Verse 3 by William E. Hickson, 1803-1870	Henry Carey, 1689-1743	1844
Blest Be the Tie That Binds [Tune: Dennis]	John Fawcett, 1740-1817	Johann (Hans) Georg Naegeli, 1773-1836; arr. Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	1845
Just As I Am Without One Plea	Charlotte Elliot, 1769-1871	William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868	1849
Fairest Lord Jesus	from "Munster Gesangbuch", 1677	from "Schleische Volkslieder", 1842; adapted by Richard Storrs Willis, 1819-1900	1850
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	Rev. Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1810-1876	Richard Storrs Willis, 1819-1900	1850
The Spacious Firmament on High	Joseph Addison, 1672-1719	arranged by J. Huntington from "The Creation" (1800) by Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809	1850
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847; Adapted by William Hayman Cummings from "Festgesang" (24 Jun 1840) Tune by Mendelssohn from the 2nd mvt. of the cantata "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen brach der gold'ne Tag einst an")	1855
Cantique de Noël (Christmas Song, aka O Holy Night) [first sung at midnight mass on Christmas Eve 1847]	French words by Cappeau de Roquemaure; English translation by John Sullivan Dwight, 1813-1893	Adolphe Adam, 1803-1856	1858
Nearer, My God, to Thee [Tune: Bethany]	Sarah Francis Adams [Flower]	Dr. Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 [and Samuel Lover?] Arr. by T. Bissell	1859
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty [Tune: Nicaea]	Reginald Heber, 1783-1826	John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876	1861
Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty	Reginald Heber, 1783-1826	James B. Taylor	1861
Jerusalem the Golden (Tune: Ewing)	Bernard of Cluny, 12ty century; Translated by John Mason Neale, 1818-1866, altered	Alexander Ewing, 1830-1895	1861
We Three Kings of Orient Are	John Henry Hopkins, Jr., 1820-1891	John Henry Hopkins, Jr., 1820-1891	1863
Work for the Night Is Coming	Annie L. Walker	Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	1864
Lead, Kindly Light [Tune: Lux benigna]	John Henry Newman, 1801-1890	John Baccus Dykes, 1823-1876	1868
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893	Lewis Henry Redner, 1831-1908	1868
What a Friend We Have in Jesus	Joseph Medlicott Scriven, 1819-1886 (1855)	Charles Crozat Converse, 1832-1918	1868
Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1869
Now the Day Is Over	Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924	Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896	1869
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour	Francis ("Fanny") Jane Crosby, 1820-1915 (aka Mrs. Alexander Van Alstyne)	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1870
Rescue the Perishing	Francis ("Fanny") Jane Crosby, 1820-1915 (aka Mrs. Alexander Van Alstyne)	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1870
Safe in the Arms of Jesus	Francis ("Fanny") Jane Crosby, 1820-1915 [aka Mrs. Alexander Van Alstyne]	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1870
Onward, Christian Soldiers [Tune: St. Gertrude. 6.5.6.5.D. with Refrain]	Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924	Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900	1871
Something for Jesus	Sylvanus Dryden. Phelps, 1816-1895	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	1871
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain [Tune: St. Kevin. 7.6.7.6.D.]	John Mason Neal, 1818-1866 (translated from the Greek of St. John of Damascus, 8th century)	Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900	1872
I Need Thee Every Hour	(Verses) Annie Sherwood Hawkes, 1835-1918; and (Chorus) Robert Lowry	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	1872
The Son of God Goes Forth to War	Reginald Heber, 1783-1826	Henry Stephen Cutler, 1824-1902	1872
Seven-fold Amen (Setting for SATB)	anon.	John Stainer, 1840-1901	1873
I Love to Tell the Story	Arabella Catherine (Kate) Hankey, 1834-1911	William Gustavus Fischer, 1835-1912	1874
All the Way My Saviour Leads Me	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	1875
Fully Persuaded	J. B, Atchinson	William Fiske Sherwin, 1826-1888	1875
It Is Well With My Soul	Horatio Gates Spafford, 1828-1888	Philip Paul Bliss, 1836-1876	1876
The Ninety and Nine	Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, 1830-1869	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1876
Trusting Jesus, That Is All	Edgar Page Stites, 1836-1921	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1876
Hiding in Thee	William Orcutt Cushing, 1823-1902	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1877
Where Is My Wandering Boy To-night?	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	1877
Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing	J. Edmeston	George Cole Stebbins, 1846-1945	1878
Tell Me the Old, Old Story	Arabella Catherine (Kate) Hankey, 1834-1911	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1878
Hide Thou Me	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	1880
I Am Coming	Helen R. Young	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1881
Tell It Out Among the Nations [Heathen] That the Lord Is King	Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879	Arr. by Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1881
God Be With You [Till We Meet Again]	Jeremiah Eames Rankin, 1828-1904	William Gould Tomer, 1833-1896	1883
When the Mists Have Rolled Away	Annie Herbert	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1883
At the Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901	1885
Away in a Manger (or, Luther's Cradle Hymn)	anon.	James Ramsey Murray, 1841-1905	1887
Come, Oh, Come to Me	Mrs. James G. Johnson	James McGranahan, 1840-1907	1887
I Will Sing the Wond'rous Story	Francis Harold Rawley, 1854-1952	Peter Philip Bilhorn, 1865-1936	1887
Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1887
Tenderly Calling	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1890
Happy Day	Philip Doddrigge, 1702-1751	Edward Francis Rimbault, 1816-1876	1891
Life's Railway to Heaven	M. E. Abbey	Charles D. Tillman	1891
Sometime We'll Understand	Maxwell N. Cornelius	James McGranahan, 1840-1907	1891
Whosoever Will May Come	A. Montieth	Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908	1891
My Mother's Bible	M. B. Williams	Charles D. Tillman	1893
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder	James Milton Black, 1856-1938	James Milton Black, 1856-1938	1893
Saved by Grace	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	George Cole Stebbins, 1846-1945	1894

A Treasury of 101 Best-Loved Hymns

based on the 3-CD collection distributed by Heartland Records in 1997.
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Abide With Me	Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847	William Henry Monk, 1823-1889	1861
Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824	1707
All Creatures of Our God and King	St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; trans. by William Henry Draper, 1855-1933	from Geistliche Kirchengesang, 1623	1623
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name	Edward Perronet, 1726-1792; Alt by John Rippon, 1751-1836	Oliver Holden, 1765-1844	1779
Amazing Grace	John Newton, 1725-1807	trad.	1779
And Can It Be?	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	Thomas Cambell, 1777-1844	1738
At the Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; Chorus by Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901	Ralph E. Hudson, 1843-1901	1885
Be Thou My Vision	Irish hymn, 8th cent.; trans. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1880-1931; Versified by Eleanor Henrietta Hull, 1860-1935	Irish melody; Arr. Norman Johnson	1966
Because He Lives	Gloria Gaither, 1942- and William J. Gaither, 1936-	William J. Gaither, 1936-	1971
Beneath the Cross of Jesus	Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, 1830-1869	Frederick Charles Maker, 1844-1927	1872
Blessed Assurance	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	Phoebe Palmer Knapp, 1839-1908	????
Blessed Be the Tie That Binds	John Fawcett, 1740-1817	Johann (Hans) Georg Naegeli, 1773-1836	1772
Breathe on Me Breath of God	Edwin Hatch, 1835-1889	Robert Jackson, 1842-1914	1878
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship	George Atkins (19th Century)	William Moore (19th Century)	1825
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	from Lyra Davidica, 1708	1739
Come Christian, Join to Sing	Christian Henry Bateman, 1813-1889	unknown	1843
Come Thou Almighty King	anon.	Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796	1757
Come, Ye Thankful People Come	Henry Alford, 1810-1871	George Job Elvey, 1816-1893	1844
Crown Him With Many Crowns	Mathew Bridges, 1880-1894 [1,2,4] and Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903 [3]	George Job Elvey, 1816-1893	1851
Dear Lord & Father of Mankind	John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892	Frederick Charles Maker, 1844-1927	1872
Eternal Father Strong to Save	William Whiting, 1825-1878--alt [1-3]	John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876	1860
Face to Face	Carie E. Breck, 1855-1934 (I Corinthians 13:12)	Grant Colfax Tullar, 1869-1950	1898
Fairest Lord Jesus	from Munster Gesangbuch, 1677	from Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842; adapted by Richard Storrs Willis, 1819-1900	1850
For The Beauty of the Earth	Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 1836-1917,-alt.	Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872	1864
God Is So Good	Traditional	Traditional	????
God of Our Fathers	Daniel Crane Roberts, 1841-1907	George William Warren, 1828-1902	1876
Grace Greater Than Our Sin	Julia Harriette Johnston, 1849-1936	Daniel Brink Towner, 1850-1919	1910
Great is Thy Faithfulness	Thomas Obediah Chrisholm, 1866-1960	William Marion Runyan, 1870-1957	1923
He Leadeth Me	Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1834-1918	William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868	1862
His Eye Is On the Sparrow	Civilla Durfee Martin, 1869-1948	Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1856-1932	????
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty	Reginald Heber, 1783-1826	John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876	1861
How Firm a Foundation	"K" --in John Rippon's (1751-1836) Selection of Hymns, 1787	from William Caldwell's (19th century) Union Harmony, 1837	1837
How Great Thou Art	Stuart Wesley Keene Hine, 1899-	Stuart Wesley Keene Hine, 1899-	1953
I Know Whom I Have Believed	Daniel Webster Whittle, 1840-1901 (II Timothy 1:12)	James McGranahan, 1840-1907	1883
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord	Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817	Aaron Williams, 1731-1776	1801
I Need Thee Every Hour	Annie Sherwood Hawkes, 1835-1918; chorus by Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	1872
I Sing the Mighty Power of God	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	from Gesanbuch der Herzogl, 1784	1784
I Surrender All	Judson W. Van de Venter, 1855-1939	Winfield Scott Weeden, 1847-1908	1896
I Will Sing of My Redeemer	Philip Paul Bliss, 1836-1876	James McGranahan, 1840-1907	1877
Immortal Invisible	Walter Chalmers Smith, 1824-1908 (1 Timothy 1:17)	from John Roberts' (1822-1877) Caniaday y Cyssegr, 1839	1867
In the Cross of Christ I Glory	John Bowring, 1792-1872	Ithamar Conkey, 1815-1867	1825
In the Garden	C. Austin Miles, 1868-1946	C. Austin Miles, 1868-1946	1912
It Is Well With My Soul	Horatio Gates Spafford, 1826-1888	Philip Paul Bliss, 1836-1876	1873
Jesus Is All the World to Me	Will Lamartine Thompson, 1847-1909	Will Lamartine Thompson, 1847-1909	1904
Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross	Francis Jane Crosby, 1823-1915	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1869
Jesus Shall Reign	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (Psalm 72)	John Hatton. c.1710-1793	1719
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee	Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933	Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, 1824	1907
Just As I Am Without One Plea	Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871	William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868	1849
Let Us Break Bread Together	Spiritual	American negro melody	????
Love Lifted Me	James Rowe, 1865-1933	Howard E. Smith, 1863-1918	1912
My Faith Has Found a Resting Place	Lidie H. Edmunds (19th century)	Norwegian melody	????
My Jesus, I Love Thee	William Ralph Featherston, 1846-1873	Adoniram Jordon Gordon, 1836-1895	1862
My Tribute	Andrae Crouch, 1945-	Andrae Crouch, 1945-	1971
Near to the Heart of God	Cleland Boyd McAfee, 1866-1944	Cleland Boyd McAfee, 1866-1944	1903
Now Thank We All Our God	Martin Rinkart, 1586-1649 (trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878)	Johann Cruger, 1598-1662	1636
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	Carl Gotthelf Glaser, 1784-1829	1732
O God Our Help in Ages Past	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (Psalm 90)	William Croft, 1678-1727	1719
Oh, How I Love Jesus	Frederick Whitfield, 1829-1904	American melody; arr. John Willard Peterson, 1921-	1966
Old Rugged Cross	George Bernard, 1873-1958	George Bernard, 1873-1958	1913
Our Great Savior	J. Wilbur Chapman, 1859-1918	Rowland Hugh Prichard, 1811-1887; arr. Robert Harkness, 1880-1961	1910
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow	Thomas Ken, 1637-1711	from Geistliche Kirchengesange, 1623; arr. Norman Johnson, 1928-1983	1968
Praise My Soul, The King of Heaven	Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 (Psalm 103)	John Goss, 1800-1880	1834
Praise to the Lord	Joachin Neander, 1650-1680; trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878	from Stralsund Gesangbuch, 1665; arr. in Johann Cruger's (1598-1662) Praxis Pietas Melica, 1668	1679
Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915--alt.	William James Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921	1882
Rejoice the Lord Is King	Charles Wesley, 1707-1788	John Darwall, 1731-1789	1744
Revive Us Again	William Paton Mackay, 1839-1885	John Jenkins Husband, 1760-1825	1863
Rock of Ages	Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778, 1776	Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872, 1830	1830
Savior Like a Shepherd Leads Us	Dorothy Ann Thrupp, 1779-1847	William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868	1836
Search Me O God	James Edwin Orr, 1812- (Psalm 139:23)	Maori melody	1936
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart	George Croly, 1780-1860	Frederick Cook Atkinson, 1841-1897	1867
Spirit of the Living God	Daniel Iverson, 1890-?	Daniel Iverson, 1890-?	1935
Take My Life and Let It Be	Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879	Henri Abraham Cesar Malan, 1787-1864	1874
Take the Name of Jesus With You	Lydia Baxter. 1808-1874	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1870
Take Time to Be Holy	William Dunn Longstaff, 1822-1894--alt.	George Coles Stebbins, 1846-1945	????
The Church's One Foundation	Samuel John Stone, 1839-1900	Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876	1866
The Solid Rock	Edward Mote, 1797-1874	William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868	1834
There Is a Fountain	WIlliam Cowper, 1731-1800, 1779	American western melody	1779
This Is My Father's World	Maltbie Davenport Babcock, 1858-1901	Franklin Lawrence Sheppard, 1852-1930	1901
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus	Louisa M. R. Stead, c1850-1917	William James Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921	1890
To God Be the Glory	Francis Jane Crosby, 1820-1915	William Howard Doane, 1832-1915	1875
Trust and Obey	John H. Sammis, 1846-1919	Daniel Brink Towner, 1850-1919	????
We're Marching to Zion [aka Come, We That Love the Lord]	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; refrain by Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	Robert Lowry, 1826-1899	????
What a Friend We Have in Jesus	Joseph Medicott Scriven, 1819-1886	Charles Crozat Converse, 1832-1918	1855
What a Wonderful Savior	Elisha Albright Hoffman, 1839-1929	Elisha Albright Hoffman, 1839-1929	????
What Wondrous Love Is This	American folk hymn	from Southern Harmony, 1835	1835
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748	from a Gregorian Chant; arr. Lowell Mason, 1792-1872	1707
Whiter Than Snow	James Nicholson, c1828-1876 (Psalm 51)	William Gustavus Fischer, 1835-1912	????
Wonderful Peace	W. D. Cornell, 19th cent.--alt.	W. G. Cooper, 19th cent	????
Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus	Benjamin A. Baur, 1897-1972	Benjamin A. Baur, 1897-1972	????

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Popular American Hymnsof the 18th and 19th Centuries