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Hymn Analyses: A Comprehensive List


Here is a list of hymns which have already been analyzed by students in former classes. When you do a hymn analysis, please check this list first and DO NOT analyze any of the hymns listed below. You are welcome to use any of the material presented below in your own personal or congregational materials. However please cite sources in the following format:

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List of hymns already analyzed:*

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (UMH #110)
All People that on Earth Do Dwell (UMH #75)
Blessed Assurance (UMH #369)
Bring Many Names (The Faith We Sing, #2047)
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (UMH #559)
Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (LBW #134)
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (UMH #196)
Come, Ye Disconsolate, Thomas Moore (UMH #502)
Creator of the Stars of Night (UMH 692)
Eat This Bread (Chalice Hymnal, #414)
For the Healing of the Nations (UMH #428)
From All that Dwell Below the Skies -- Isaac Watts (UMH #101)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing -- Charles Wesley (UMH #??)
Have Mercy on Us, Living Lord (The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1990. #195)
Healer of Our Every Ill (Chalice Hymnal, #506)
He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought (UMH #128)
Holy, Holy, Holy (UMH# 64)
I Come with Joy (UMH# 617)
It Is Well with My Soul (UMH #377)
Jesus, Priceless Treasure (UMH #532)
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun (UMH #157)
Let all mortal flesh keep silence -- Liturgy of St. James (UMH #626)
Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ
Lord Jesus, Think on Me (H82)
Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service (UMH #581)
Lord, You Gave the Great Commission
Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore (Tu Has Venido a la Orilla, UMH #344)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (UMH #384)
Majesty, Worship His Majesty
My Father Watches Over Me (African American Heritage Hymnal, #144)
O Christ, the Healer -- Fred Pratt Green (UMH #??)
O Day of Peace (The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1990. #450)
O Gladsome Light -- Robert Bridges (UMH # ??)
O God Our Help in Ages Past, Isaac Watts (UMH # 117)
One Bread, One Body
Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above -- Charles Wesley (UMH #96)
Rise up, O men of god (UMH# 576)
Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud -- Thomas Troeger (UMH #113)
Steal Away -- Afro-American Spiritual (UMH #??)
Sweet Hour of Prayer (UMH #496)
Sweet, Sweet Spirit (UMH #334)
The Gift of Love (UMH #408)
The Old Rugged Cross -- George Bennard (UMH, #504)
There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in this Place (UMH #334)
This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made (UMH #658)
Thy Mercy and Thy Truth, O Lord
Tu Has Venido a la Orilla (Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore, UMH #344)
We Meet You, O Christ -- Fred Kaan (UMH #257)
When Illness Meets Denial and Rejection (S&BG, #29)

* Hymnals cited:

UMH = United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
H82 = Episcopal Hymnal, 1982
PH = Presbyterian Hymnal, 1990
LBW = Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978
CH = Chalice Hymnal, 1995
BH = (Southern) Baptist Hymnal, 1991
S&BG = Sing and Be Glad, 2001

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