Best Loved Hymns and Readings

Martin Manser

• Publisher: Collins
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9780007375424
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Religious Poetry
• Index: Literature

An indispensable combination of 200 best loved hymns, poems and readings for every occasion, and ideal for personal reflection. An indispensable combination of 200 best loved hymns, poems and readings for every occasion, and ideal for personal reflection. Complete with a brief introduction to each piece and its author, this book is a wonderful personal reference and devotional guide. From Away in a Manger to God Save the Queen, and the famous Bible passage on love, 1 Corinthians 13, to Tennyson's Crossing the Bar, it has passages suitable for every occasion, and has all you need to plan a baptism, a wedding or, should the need arise, a funeral. Complete with a brief introduction to each piece and its author, this book is a wonderful personal reference and devotional guide. From Away in a Manger to God Save the Queen, and the famous Bible passage on love, 1 Corinthians 13, to Tennyson' s Crossing the Bar, it has passages suitable for every occasion, and has all you need to plan a baptism, a wedding or, should the need arise, a funeral.

Index of themes

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Baptism: See Christenings
Blessings	May the road rise to meet you
Children	All things bright and beautiful
	Away in a manger
	A father’s advice to his son
	Jesus loves me
	Let the little children come to me
	Tell me the old, old story
	There is a green hill far away
	To the virgins, to make much of time
	Whoever welcomes one such child
Christenings and Baptisms	All things bright and beautiful
	Be baptized
	Be Thou my vision
	Come down, O love divine
	A father’s advice to his son
	Fight the good fight
	Great is thy faithfulness
	If
	Let the little children come to me
	O Jesus, I have promised
	O Thou who camest from above
	Search me, O God, and know my heart
	Take my life, and let it be
	Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
	To thine own self be true
	Who would true valour see
	Whoever welcomes one such child
Christmas	Away in a manger
	For unto us a child is born
	Hark! The herald-angels sing
	Joy to the world
	No room at the inn
	O come, all ye faithful
	O come, O come Emmanuel
	O little town of Bethlehem
	Once in royal David’s city
	Silent night
	The three wise men
	While shepherds watched their flocks
	The Word became flesh
Comfort in distress	Abide with me
	Amazing grace
	Be still, my soul
	Blessed are the poor in spirit
	Dear Lord and Father of mankind
	Each eve Earth falleth down the dark
	God is our refuge and strength
	God moves in a mysterious way
	Great is thy faithfulness
	I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
	Lead, kindly light
	The Lord is my shepherd
	Nearer, my God, to thee
	O God, our help in ages past
	Rejoice, the Lord is King
	Rock of ages
	The shepherd boy sings in the valley of humiliation
	Sweet spirit, comfort me
Commitment: See Determination; Hope; Faith; Love
Creation	All creatures of our God and king
	For the beauty of the earth
	I wandered lonely as a cloud
	In the beginning
	The Lake isle of Innisfree
	Morning has broken
	Pippa passes
	Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
	We plough...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Abide with me
• Adam and Eva
• Adonais
• Afterwards
• All creatures of our God and King
• All people that on earth do dwell
• All things bright and beautiful
• All we like sheep
• Amazing grace
• And can it be?
• Away in a manger
• Be baptized
• Be still, my soul
• Be Thou my vision
• Blessed are the poor in spirit
• Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
• Blood, toil, tears and sweat
• Breathe on me, Breath of God
• The burning bush
• Christ, the Lord, is risen today
• Christ triumphant
• The Church’s one foundation
• Come, ye thankful people, come
• Come down, O love divine
• Come live with me and be my love
• Crossing the bar
• Crown Him with many crowns
• Daniel in the lions’ den
• David and Goliath
• The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended
• Dear Lord and Father of mankind
• Death, be not proud
• Death is nothing at all
• Do not go gentle into that good night
• Do not stand at my grave and weep
• Do not worry
• Drink to me only with thine eyes
• Each eve Earth falleth down the dark
• Eternal Father, strong to save
• Faith, hope, and love
• Far above rubies
• Father, hear the prayer we offer
• A father’s advice to his son
• Fight the good fight
• For all the saints
• For everything there is a season
• For I dipt into the future
• For the beauty of the earth
• For unto us a child is born
• Friends, Romans, countrymen
• Give a man a horse
• Glorious things of thee are spoken
• God be in my head
• God is our refuge and strength
• God moves in a mysterious way
• God save the queen
• God’s grandeur
• The Good Samaritan
• Great is thy faithfulness
• Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer
• Hallelujah, what a Saviour!
• Hark! the herald-angels sing
• Hills of the north, rejoice
• Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty
• Home, sweet home
• Home-thoughts, from abroad
• The hound of heaven
• How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
• How great Thou art!
• How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
• I am the good shepherd
• I am the resurrection and the life
• I felt my heart strangely warmed
• I run toward the prize
• I’ve found a friend
• I vow to thee, my country
• I wandered lonely as a cloud
• I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
• I will raise him up at the last day
• If
• If I should go before the rest of you
• Immortal, invisible, God only wise
• In Memoriam
• In my house are many mansions
• In the beginning
• Invictus
• Jerusalem
• Jerusalem the golden
• Jesus Christ is risen today
• Jesus loves me
• Jesus shall reign
• Joy to the world
• Just as I am
• The King of love my Shepherd is
• The Lake isle of Innisfree
• Land of hope and glory
• Land of my fathers
• Last lines
• Lead, kindly light
• Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
• Let the little children come to me
• Let us now praise famous men
• Let us, with a gladsome mind
• The Listeners
• The Lord is my shepherd
• Lord of all hopefulness
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Loud is the vale
• Love alters not
• Love divine, all loves excelling
• Love lives beyond the tomb
• Love seeketh not itself to please
• Make me a channel of your peace
• Many waters cannot quench love
• May the road rise to meet you
• Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
• Miss me – but let me go
• Morning has broken
• My God, how wonderful Thou art
• My song is love unknown
• Nearer, my God, to thee
• A new heaven and a new earth
• No coward soul is mine
• No man is an island
• No room at the inn
• No single thing abides
• The noblest Roman of them all
• Now thank we all our God
• O captain! my captain!
• O come, all ye faithful
• O come, O come, Emmanuel
• O death, where is thy sting?
• O for a closer walke with god
• O for a heart to praise my God
• O for a thousand tongues to sing
• O God, our help in ages past
• O Jesus, I have promised
• O little town of Bethlehem
• O love divine
• O may I join the choir invisible
• O Thou who camest from above
• The old rugged cross
• The Old Vicarage, Grantchester
• Once in royal David’s city
• Once more unto the breach, dear friends
• Onward, Christian soldiers
• Our revels now are ended
• The parable of the Sower
• Pippa passes
• Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
• Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
• Prayer for generosity
• The Prodigal Son
• The quality of mercy is not strained
• The race is not to the swift
• A red, red rose
• Rejoice, the Lord is King
• Remember me when I am gone away
• Remembrance of things past
• Requiem
• Resurrection hope
• The road to Emmaus
• Rock of ages
• Rule Britannia
• Say not the struggle naught availeth
• Search me, O God, and know my heart
• Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
• The shepherd boy sings in the valley of humiliation
• Silent night
• The Soldier
• Soldiers of Christ, arise
• The Song of Solomon
• Stand up! stand up for Jesus
• Stone walls do not a prison make
• Sweet spirit, comfort me
• Swing low, sweet chariot
• Take my life, and let it be
• Tell me not, in mournful numbers
• Tell me the old, old story
• Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
• There is a green hill far away
• There is no death!
• There is therefore now no condemnation
• There’ll always be an England
• They shall not grow old
• Thine be the glory
• Those who are first will be last
• The three wise men
• Through all the changing scenes of life
• Till the sun grows cold
• To a good man of most dear memory
• To God be the glory
• To his coy mistress
• To the virgins, to make much of time
• To thine own self be true
• Trust and obey
• Turn the other cheek
• Vitaï Lampada
• We brought nothing into this world
• We plough the fields, and scatter
• We rest on Thee
• We shall fight them on the beaches
• The wedding at Cana
• Were you there?
• What a friend we have in Jesus
• What is man?
• What God has joined together, let no one separate
• When I am dead, my dearest
• When I survey the wondrous cross
• When my hour is come
• Where you go I will go
• While shepherds watched their flocks by night
• Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
• Who would true valour see
• Whoever welcomes one such child
• Wives and husbands
• The wolf shall live with the lamb
• The Word became flesh
• Author Index
• Index of Bible references
• Index of first lines
• Index of themes
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright
• About the Publisher