Friday, May 13, 2016

Useful Hymns: First Line Index

Here is a list of the hymns in Useful Hymns, alphabetized by the first line of Stanza 1. EDIT (July 2021): I've rejiggered this list so that each hymn's first line is followed no longer by its author/source and UH hymn number, but by the title or "use" for which the hymn is intended. Sorta to help connect you a little more with what's useful about them.
'A little while,' said Christ in grace ... Easter 3
A prophet meek and lowly ... Isaiah
A remnant, Lord, in mercy save ... Remnant
A song of thanks to God we raise ... Thanksgiving, stewardship
A sower went abroad his seed to sow ... Sexagesima
Alas, Lord! See Thy kingdom’s course ... Reformation
Almighty God in lowly form ... Humiliation
Almighty God, unto Your flock ... Citadel
'Amen, Amen,' the Savior said ... Holy Week
Amen, Lord Jesus, to Thy Word ... Amen
As with one voice we praise the Lord ... Wedding

Behold! The weak and the afflicted ... Disability
Beloved, ask not what to do ... Trinity 13
Blessed shall all kindreds call her ... Visitation

Christ, faithful Witness, Firstborn from the dead ... Perseverance
Christ my Savior, God and Man ... Cleansing
Christ, Mediator, intercede for me ... Intercession of Christ
Christ, pitying the multitude ... Pastoral call
Christ, rise without delay ... Trinity 24
Christ, shine Your light on those who delve ... Twelve apostles
Christ, the Father’s faithful witness ... Second Commandment
Christ, to serve all men You came ... Onesimus & Philemon
Christ, we thank You for each other ... Trinity 18
Christ, when Your parents to the temple brought You ... Epiphany 1
Christ, who was tempted as are we ... Temptation
Christ, who Your kingdom once compared ... Trinity 27
Christ, whose pulpit was a boat ... Trinity 5
Christ, You owned no resting place ... Ninth Commandment
Christians, for the strife alarming ... Spiritual warfare
Christians, in your daily need ... Worry
Come, let us sing to the Lord God of Hosts ... Psalm 95
Come, Lord Jesus; come with haste ... Second coming
Come, you thirsty, to the water ... Isaiah 55
Crucified God, my Righteousness ... Cross-bearing
Cry the captives at the river ... Advent

Dear Christians, be not unaware ... Septuagesima
Dear Father, bless this holy space ... Worship
Dear heavenly Father, hear, as sinks life’s day ... Evening or dying
Dear Lord, bend down Your ear ... Prayer
Dear Lord, whose presence fills the heart with joy ... Cheerful heart
Disciples, why gaze up in awe? ... Ascension
Drop down, drop down you heavens ... Advent 4

Ere Adam’s seed was sown ... Lent 1
Eternal, sole-begotten Son ... Fourth Commandment

Fare well, in Jesus’ name ... Farewell
Fast, dear children, mourn and tremble ... Ash Wednesday
Father, whose beloved Son ... Baptism of Jesus
Father, with Your children playing ... Jacob
For Matthew’s faithful witness ... Four evangelists
For Your word’s sake, according to Your heart ... David

Go in grace, dear sisters, brothers ... Departing worship
God bless, uphold the faithful lives ... Women of the faith
God, who called the light from darkness ... Creation
God who is Father, God the Son ... Trinity
God, who forgave our debt ... Trinity 22
God, who once by Joseph’s brothers ... Joseph
God, who sent the twelve of old ... Minor prophets
God, whose labor set the planets spinning ... Labor
Good friends, we greet you this new day ... Preschool

Hail, O rising Star of David ... Christmas
Hark, children, at the word ... Joshua
He has done all things well ... Trinity 12
He who would be saved must hold ... Athanasian Creed
Hear, you who trust your rightness ... Trinity 11
Heavenly Father, as dawn spreads her light ... Morning & evening prayer
Heavenly Father, God and Lord ... Table grace
Heirs of God’s realm, be not discouraged ... Epiphany 5
Hold fast, younger sisters, brothers ... Timothy
Howsoever you be gifted ... Trinity 10

'I am,' said God, 'the God of Abraham' ... 'I AM' Christology
I come unto Thee slain ... Anatomy of penitence
I love the Lord, for He has heard ... Psalm 116
If I must have some sign or norm ... Discipleship
In His Word the Lord has plainly stated ... Efficacy of God's Word
In peace let us honor the One who gives peace ... Entering worship
In the world’s tumult and snare ... Proverbs 30:5
In Your name, Christ, we honor ... Commemoration

Jesus, strength of all the living ... Trinity 19
Jesus, weighed with sorrows deep ... Passion
Jesus, whose tears were not in vain ... Trinity 16

King of heaven, who by grace ... Trinity 20

Let all beware who seek to judge ... Trinity 4
Let all the nations rage and roar ... Micah 7
Let God arise! He routs the foe ... Psalm 68
Little children, be alert ... Trinity 8
Little ones, when signs awaken ... Advent 2
Living God, whose straying fold ... Elijah
Lord, Abram’s Shield and great Reward ... Abraham
Lord Christ, made known in being kind ... Intercession for the sick
Lord Christ, whose reckoning sublime ... Trinity 7
Lord God, who once brought Israel out ... Passover
Lord Jesus Christ, Thy flesh and blood ... Presence (Lord's Supper)
Lord Jesus, graft us into Thee ... Grafting
Lord Jesus, heal our scaly eyes ... Trinity 1
Lord Jesus, when You test us ... Christmas 2
Lord, from the shadow of toil and pain ... Engagement
Lord, hear our cry of prayer and pain ... Easter 6
Lord, how Your visage shone ... Transfiguration
Lord, now let Your humble slave ... Nunc dimittis
Lord of truth, whose Scripture is not broken ... Annunciation
Lord, on the night You were betrayed ... Maundy Thursday
Lord, we rejoice and sing with jubilation ... Advent 3
Lord, what visions You have granted ... Angels of the Lord
Lord, when You call us to feast at Your table ... Trinity 2
Lord, when our voice to You we raise ... Thanksgiving
Lord, who in Christ has punished sin ... Trinity
Lord, who led Jacob’s seed ... Journey
Lord, who once gave the breath of life to men ... Christian burial
Lord, who would spare for ten men’s sake ... Body politic

Man and woman You created ... Troubled families

No greater prophet has ever declared ... Prophet, Priest and King

O blessed birth, Love’s condescension ... Christmas/the unborn
O body of death, old Adam’s seed ... Sinner-saint
O Bread of those who falter ... Hunger/thirst for Sacrament
O bride of Christ, O holy line ... Epiphany 2
O Bridegroom, I await Your feast ... Struggle against sin
O Christ, our theme of highest worth ... Christ-centered hymnody
O Christ, the church’s Head ... Healing of division
O Christ, the Light of all the saints in heaven ... Reformation
O Christ, the unknown God ... First Commandment
O Christ, to whom all love is due ... Tenth Commandment
O Christ, to whom all things belong ... Seventh Commandment
O Christ, who art the church’s Life ... Pruning
O Christ, Word all-creating ... Word of God
O Christ, You are the Bridegroom ... Sixth Commandment
O Christ, You know: to live ... Grief
O faithless generation ... Trinity 21
O Father, who once claimed me as Your child ... Sacraments
O give thanks unto the Lord ... Psalm 118
O God, at work in words and signs ... Elisha
O God, who mourns with those who mourn ... Mental illness
O God, whose word like living seed ... Agriculture
O Heaven, heal our hearts ... Death of the unchurched
O holy Love, who gave Yourself for all ... Trinity 14
O Jesus, Passover of God ... Lent 4
O Lord, in whose mysterious ways ... Christian burial
O Lord, increase our faith ... Stronger faith
O Lord, our Dwelling Place ... Disaster
O Lord, our Strength and Song ... Courage
O Lord, whose great and awful day ... Faithful ministry
O lovely Jesus, Gift of love ... Quinquagesima
O the joy that shepherd knew ... Trinity 3
O Word eternal, found in time ... Epiphany
O you of little faith ... Epiphany 4
On God I rest my hope and trust ... Confession of faith
Once God destroyed mankind ... Noah
Our heavenly Father, unto Thee ... Lord's Prayer
Our salvation is God’s will ... Freedom song

Ponder, heart, this table of fellowship and grace ... Lord's Supper
Pray, Christ, whose sprinkled blood lifts up ... Eighth Commandment
Purify this child, O Holy Ghost ... Baptism

Rejoice, O holy city ... Christmas 1
Rejoice, you righteous, in the Lord ... Easter 2
Remember Your goodness and mercy, O Lord ... Lent 2
Root-stock of David, heavenly Vine ... Grafting

Salvation unto Israel ... Presentation
Sing a new song! Sing, all creation ... Easter 4
Sing, you worthy Christian host ... Pentecost
Son from on high, of all things the heir ... Inheritance
Son of God, Your human nature ... Fifth Commandment
Son of Man, as Lord of Sabbath ... Third Commandment
Soul, declare: The Lord is great ... Magnificat
Speak out with sounds of joyful singing ... Easter 5
Stir up my still heart, Lord, to pray ... Replenished prayer life
Suffer every son and daughter ... Child in Christ

Take heart, dear lambs! Our friend today ... Christian burial
Tell this to captive Israel ... Trinity 23
Thank God, His word shall never fail ... Law and Gospel
Thanks to Christ our Savior be ... Stewardship
The faithful in a faithless age ... Daniel
The Son of Man will come with might ... Trinity 26
The stone by men rejected ... Scandal of the Cross
This day, child of God ... Baptismal birthday
Thou holy Christ, my soul’s own Liege ... Patience
To Christ, by men rejected ... Despised & rejected
To earth we commend in grief our friend ... Christian burial
To God we lift our song of praise ... Te Deum
Today we bless the holy name ... Circumcision

United by one truth, confessed ... Confessional church

Wake, Zion! Recognize ... Advent 1
We are forgiven in Christ Jesus ... Mission statement
We bless You, Christ, for making blest ... All saints
We bless You, Spirit of the living Word ... Inspiration
We praise You, Israel’s God and Lord ... Moses
We welcome You, who humbly enter ... Palm Sunday
Were Christ not arisen, how falsely they preach ... Easter
What is the bread on which we feed ... Lord's Supper
When Christ our high priest had come forth ... Lent 5
When snares bestrew my way ... Lent 3
When the stewards of God’s word ... Trinity 9
When tribulation rises ... Trinity 25
Whose work can surpass the measure ... Trinity 6
Why, Saul? Why, Saul, do you persecute Me ... Conversion of Paul
Why then has the light been given ... Job 3:20-26
With heavy heart I kneel before You ... Confession
With thankfulness give thanks! Rejoice with joy ... Christmas season
Would that all Christians felt their need ... Easter 1

You who exalt the humble ... Trinity 17
Your grace alone, O living Word ... Sola gratia
Your will, Christ, made the leper clean ... Epiphany 3

Translated Hymns
Awake, my soul, take wing and soar ... Sacer's Christmas hymn
Fools may profess the Christian faith ... Luther: Psalm 14
God gave the gospel so that we ... Alber: Coming judgment
Jesus Christ, our Savior glorious ... Luther's Easter hymn
O Jesus, so sweet! O Jesus, so mild ... German Christmas cradle-song
Praise be to Thee, almighty God ... Weisse: Incarnation
Soul, why doth God tender ... Weisse: Advent
Unto us is born a Child ... German-Latin Christmas carol
We sing, Immanuel, Thy praise ... Gerhardt's Christmas hymn

Original Tunes for Existing Hymns
A stable lamp is lighted ... Wilbur's Christmas hymn
Christmas with gladness sounds ... Grundtvig's Christmas hymn
Come, let us all confess our sins to God ... Preus: Synodical delegates
Come, sing the praise of God the Father ... Preus: Trinity 15
Father, behold my Shield ... Kornacki: Trinity 5
Hear this promise spoken plainly ...Rosenkoetter: Baptism
I know that my Redeemer lives ... Gerhardt's Easter hymn
O kingly Love, that faithfully ... Franzmann: Trinity 2
Once on the journey to Jerusalem ... Preus: Trinity 14
Spirit of Christ, once hovering ... Carver's Pentecost hymn
The wise man on the Rock has built ... Carver: House on the Rock
With her cruse of alabaster ... Grundtvig: Anointing at Bethany

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