- O
- O Christ, the Lord of heaven, to Thee218
- O day of rest and gladness38, 84, 251
- O God, beneath Thy guiding hand218
- O happy band of pilgrims117
- O happy day that fixed my choice179
- (O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest)145
- O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden140
- O Jesu Christ, mein schoenstes Licht140
- O Jesu, meine Sonne145
- O Jesus, our chief cornerstone59
- O Jesus, sweet the tears I shed218
- O Jesus, Thou art standing207
- O little town of Bethlehem51, 68, 223
- O love divine, how sweet Thou art235
- O Love divine, that stooped to share221
- O Love! how deep, how broad, how high59
- O Love that wilt not let me go34, 80, 97, 208, 249, 268
- O lux, beata Trinitas134
- O Master, let me walk with Thee51, 224
- (O Morning Star, how fair and bright)137
- O most blessed Light divine124
- O mother dear, Jerusalem164
- O name, all other names above224
- (O name than every name more dear)144
- O Paradise, O Paradise206
- (O sacred head now wounded)140
- O Savior, precious Savior235
- O selig Haus, wo man dich aufgenommen145
- O splendor of the Father’s face121
- O sussester der Namen all144
- O Thou who driest the mourner’s tear200
- O treuer Heiland, Jesu Christ145
- O Word of God, incarnate207
- O Word of truth! in devious paths114
- O’er the gloomy hills of darkness190
- Oft in danger, oft in woe203
- Oh, could I speak the matchless worth79, 192, 235
- Oh, for a closer walk with God196
- Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing68, 235, 263
- Oh, help us, Lord, each hour of need200
- Oh, where are kings and empires now223
- Oh, where shall rest be found202
- Oh, worship the King, all-glorious above97, 203, 235, 251, 259
- On the mountain’s top appearing201
- On the wings of His love I was carried above36
- One more day’s work for Jesus223
- (One Shepherd and one fold to be)145
- One there is above all others196
- Onward, Christian Soldiers207, 251, 255, 263
- Our God, our help in ages past171, 175, 186, 230
- P
- Pange, lingua, gloriosi125
- Pass me not, O gentle Savior223
- Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin83
- Praise, my soul, the King of heaven204
- Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore Him78, 235
- Praise to the Holiest in the height205
- (Praise to the Lord! He is King over all the creation)142
- Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire84, 202, 269
- R
- Return, O wanderer, to thy home216
- Ride on, ride on in majesty75, 200
- Rise, glorious Conqueror, rise61
- Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings178
- Rock of Ages, cleft for me64, 190, 239, 254, 255
- S
- Safe home, safe home in port117
- Safe in the arms of Jesus223
- Safely through another week196, 251
- Salve, Caput cruentatum125, 140
- Savior, breathe an evening blessing203
- Savior, more than life to me223
- Savior, sprinkle many nations223
- Savior, Thy dying love224
- Savior, who Thy flock art feeding219
- (See from his head, his hands, his feet)271
- See, the Conqueror rides in triumph38
- Shepherd of tender youth109, 110
- Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing219
- Sei getreu bis in den Tod90
- Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkoenig142
- Simply trusting every day91
- (Sleepers, awake, a voice is calling)137
- Softly now the light of day219
- Soldiers of the cross, arise207
- (Something every heart is loving)141
- Sometimes a light surprises48, 197
- Sound the loud timbrel o’er Egypt’s dark sea200
- (Sovereign Ruler, King Victorious)142
- Stand up and bless the Lord60
- Stand up, stand up for Jesus83, 222, 239
- Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh223, 230
- Summer suns are glowing207
- Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear200, 232, 235
- Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer91
- Swell the anthem, raise the song212
- T
- Take me, O my Father, take me218
- Take my life, and let it be207
- The bird, the messenger of day122
- The church’s one foundation84
- The day is past and over115, 206
- The God of Abraham praise189
- The Head that once was crowned with thorns201
- The heavens are not too high162
- The indorsement of supreme delight36
- The Lord is King, lift up thy voice204
- The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know202
- The Lord our God is clothed with might37, 198, 203
- The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want154
- The morning light is breaking91, 216, 263
- The ransomed spirit to her home214
- The rivers on of Babilon156
- The roseate hues of early dawn206
- The royal banners forward go122
- The Savior bids thee watch and pray216
- The Son of God goes forth to war199
- The spacious firmament on high167
- The spirit in our hearts219
- The sun is sinking fast205
- The voice that breathed o’er Eden201
- Thee will I love, my strength, my tower140
- There is a fountain filled with blood48, 60, 65, 197, 254
- There is a green hill far away206, 271
- There is an hour of peaceful rest214
- There’s a wideness in God’s mercy83, 206
- There’s sunshine in my soul245
- They who seek the throne of grace213
- Thou art the way, to Thee alone219
- Thou hidden source of calm repose184
- Thou wast, O God, and Thou was blest166
- Thou, whose almighty word203
- (Though love may weep with breaking heart)145
- Through all the changing scenes of life155
- Thy way, not mine, O Lord60
- ’Tis midnight, and on Olive’s brow59, 214
- ’Tis the day of resurrection206
- To our Redeemer’s glorious name191
- True-hearted, whole-hearted207
- U
- Unser Herrscher, unser Koenig142
- V
- Veni, Creator spiritus124, 134, 152
- Veni, Redemptor gentium134
- Veni, Sancte Spiritus124
- Verzage nicht, du Haeuflein klein138
- Vexilla regis prodeunt122, 124
- Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her135
- W
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme137
- (Wait on the Lord)90
- (Wake, awake, for night is flying)138
- Waked by the Gospel’s joyful sound211
- Walk in the light; so shalt thou know203
- (Was there ever kindest Shepherd)206
- Watchman, tell us of the night204
- We are but strangers here61
- We are living, we are dwelling223
- We give Thee but Thine own207
- We may not climb the heavenly steeps240
- (We praise and bless Thee, gracious Lord)145
- We would see Jesus, for the shadows lengthen223
- Welcome, sweet day of rest60, 73
- Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten138
- When all Thy mercies, O my God167, 262
- When I can read my title clear38
- When I survey the wondrous cross38, 59, 79, 171, 176, 237
- When marshaled on the mighty plain203
- When morning gilds the skies205
- When our hearts are bowed with woe200
- When the roll is called up yonder245
- When the weary, seeking rest208
- Where cross the crowded ways of life87, 224
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night155
- While with ceaseless course the sun196
- Who can behold the blazing light212
- Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern137
- Work, for the night is coming83
- Y
- Ye holy angels bright164
- Ye servants of God, your Master proclaims73, 263
- Yet God’s must I remain161
THE SINGING CHURCH
The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
By EDMUND S. LORENZ
To this author the hymn is not a dry abstraction but an experience of intense reality—of those realities (as of God, Christ, sin, salvation, divine care, eternal life) to which human hearts have responded throughout the ages. His study makes full recognition of the personal elements in hymn development. The singers whose vision of spiritual things is fresh and keen stand out in every age, expanding the permanent content of church hymnody.
Here is indeed a book which will set the Church to singing once more, in an effort to proclaim a new awareness of the presence of God—that same awareness which stirred the composers of our greatest hymns. Dr. Lorenz makes visible to us the golden stairway of great hymn writers, shining at every level of its ascent with the glory of the Christian faith.
THE CONTENTS
Introduction. PART I: The Character of the Hymn. Chapters: What Is a Hymn? The Purpose and Value Of Hymns. The Literary Aspect of Hymns. The Emendation of Hymns. The Content of the Hymn. The Gospel Hymn.
PART II: History of the Development of the Christian Hymn. Chapters: Apostolic Origin and Development. The Post-Apostolic Hymn. The Greek Hymnody. The Latin Hymnody. Luther and the German Hymn. The Later German Hymnody. Metrical Psalmody. The English Hymn before Watts. Isaac Watts and His Period. The Wesleys and Their Era. Hymns in the Church of England. American Hymnody.
PART III: Practical Hymnology. Chapters: The Study of Hymns. The Practical Use of Hymns. The Selection of: Hymns. The Announcement and Treatment of Hymns. Epilogue.
The study is pre-eminently thorough both in literary analysis and in historical research. The altogether practical treatment illuminates the whole field of hymnology and its values.
THE SINGING CHURCH
The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
By EDMUND S. LORENZ
This book merits the careful study of the minister, the choir master, the organist, and others who wish to vitalize public and private worship by an intelligent use of our Christian hymnody.
The book is at once scholarly and practical. No other treats so informatively and yet so interestingly:—
(1) The religious and musical heritage of the hymn writers in the Greek, the Latin, the German, the English, and the American epochs;
(2) The outstanding personalities who made valuable and permanent hymnological contributions in those epochs;
(3) The occasions and emotional crises out of which many great hymns were born;
(4) The critical standards by which hymns may be adjudged great.
No less important is the closing section of this impressive study, Practical Hymnology. Here Dr. Lorenz discusses the ways and means of utilizing the hymn in achieving a new awareness of the presence of God.
Edmund S. Lorenz, LL.D., Mus.Doc., became interested in church music very early in life, and helped himself through the years of his academic and seminary training (at Otterbein University, the United Brethren Seminary, and Yale Divinity School) by writing gospel songs and editing various songbooks. After two years in the ministry and a year as president of Lebanon Valley College, where at the beginning of the second year overwork brought on a complete collapse, he turned again to music. In 1890, he began the business known as Lorenz Publishing Company.
Dr. Lorenz has had many years of experience as editor of Sunday-school Songbooks, church hymnals, and choir magazines. This experience and his years of close contact with the work of the Church have given him a peculiar qualification for the writing of services, choir cantatas, sheet music solos, organ compositions, and songbooks. He has written many books, such as Practical Church Music, Church Music—What a Minister Should Know about It, Music in Work and Worship, Practical Hymn Studies. At home and abroad, he has been in wide demand as a lecturer on church music.
COKESBURY PRESS NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
Publishers of Cokesbury Good Books
Transcriber’s Notes
- Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
- Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
- In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.
- Collated Table of Contents against headings in the text; removed the reference to the (nonexistant) Chapter XV section VI and renumbered subsequent sections.