This is My Father’s World – text Maltbie Davenport Babcock, pastor from Syracuse, NY
music (TERRA BEATA) Franklin Sheppard from Philadelphia
stanza 1 – Psalm 19, stanza 2 – Psalm 50-10-11, stanza 3 – 2 Peter 3:13
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise – text Walter C. Smith – ST. DENIO
Welsh traditional tune
stanza 1 – 1Timohty 1:17, stanza 2- Psalm 57:10, stanza 3 – Genesis 1:26-28, stanza 4 -Psalm 1:3, stanza 5 – Psalm 57:10
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Go Down Moses – American spiritual
all stanzas, Exodus 7 – stanzas 3 and 4, Exodus 14, stanza 5, Exodus 15:2 (song of Moses)
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There is a Balm in Gilead – American Spiritual
all stanzas refer to Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 46:11, Lamentations 5:21, John 10:11
O God, Our Help in Ages Past – text Isaac Watts, music (ST. ANNE) possibly William Croft
The entire text is a paraphrase of Psalm 90, “a prayer of Moses, the man of God”
Come Thou, Almighty King – text and tune (ITALIAN HYMN) are anonymous
stanza 1- God the Father, stanza 2 – God the Son, stanza 3, God the Holy Spirit, stanza 4, the Trinity
Come Thou Fount – text Robert Robinson (most likely) – music NETTLETON, anonymous
stanza 1 John 7:37-39, stanza 2 Matthew 18:12, stanza 3 Romans 8:12-14 and Psalm 119:10
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel) – text and tune from a 16th c. requiem mass
"Emmanuel" (Isaiah 7:14, Mt 1:23)
"Adonai" (Exodus 19:16) is a name for God, the giver of the law (wisdom)
"Branch of Jesse" (Isaiah 11:1) refers to Jesus' lineage
"Key of David" (Isaiah 22:22) again refers to Jesus' lineage
"Oriens" (Malachi 4:2, Luke 1:78-79) is the morning star or daystar
Silent Night – text Jospeh Mohr – music Franz Gruber
based on Luke 2:1-20
Jesus Loves Me – text Anna Bartlett Warner – tune William Bradbury
stanza 1 – Ephesian 5:2 and Jeremiah 31:3, stanza 2 - Galatians 2:20, stanza 3 Matthew 18:2, Luke 18:15-17 and Mark 10:15
O Sacred Head – text Bernard of Clairvaux, translator James W. Alexander – music Leo Hassler
stanza 1 – Matthew 27:29, John 19:2-3, Isaiah 53:2-5, stanza 2 – Romans 5:6-11, stanza 3 – 1 Timothy 1:15
Christ the Lord is Risen Today – text Charles Wesley, tune EASTER HYMN (anonymous)
stanza 1 – Matthew 28:1-10, stanza 2 – Acts 2:24, stanza 3 – Hosea 13:14, stanza 4 – Philippians 3:10-11, stanza 5 – Philippians 2:10
I Know Whom I Have Believed – text D.W. Whittle – music EL NATHAN, Mc Granaham
2 Timothy 1:12 (chorus), 1 Timothy 1, Jude 1:24
Promises - Barbara Ann Fackler