CEDAR TREE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL HYMNS
Welcome to the Cedar Tree Hymnal! We urge everyone to get to know these carefully selected hymns. They intentionally represent a variety of eras, authors, composers, genres, and styles. Each of these hymns are ones which every Cedar Tree graduate should be intimately familiar with in order to be conversant with our rich heritage of Christian hymnody and to treasure it. In singing each of these hymns we are sharing the wonderful insights and music with the Church of past ages in its praise to God through songs of worship that have remarkably stood the test of time, spanning the centuries. Musical notation is included because we desire our students to become familiar with reading music and to enjoy the beauty of harmony. You will note the lyricist in the upper left and the tune composer in the upper right of each page. The selections in this hymnal are arranged in the chronological order in which their text was composed, beginning with the Psalms. Everything included is within public domain, and there is a list of tunes and sources on page 41. An alphabetical index is found on the last page.
The Psalter, 1912 Psalm 1 TUNE: Irish Hymns and Sacred Poems, Dublin, 1749 1
Francis Rous, William Mure, and others Scottish Psalter, 1650 Psalm 23 TUNE: Crimond Jessie Seymour Irvine, 1871 Arr. by T.C.L. Pritchard, 1929 2
William Kethe, 1561 Psalm 100 TUNE: Old Hundredth Louis Bourgeois Genevan Psalter, 1551 3
Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413 Of the Father s Love Begotten TUNE: Divinum Mysterium Plainsong, 12 th Century Arr. by Charles Winfred Douglas, 1916 4
Liturgy of St. James, 5 th Century Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence TUNE: Picardy French Melody, 17 th cent Arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 5
Ancient Irish poem, ca 8 th cent. Be Thou My Vision TUNE: Slane Traditional Irish Melody 6
Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded TUNE: Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen Hans Leo Hassler, 1601 Arr. by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1729 7
Latin antiphons, 12 th cent Latin hymn, 1710 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel TUNE: Veni Emmanuel Plainsong, 13 th cent. Arr. by Thomas Helmore 8
Francis of Assisi, 1225 All Creatures of Our God and King TUNE: Lasst Uns Erfreuen Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne, 1623 9
Jean Tisserand, ca. 1490 O Sons and Daughters Let Us Sing! TUNE: O Filii et Filiae French melody, 17 th cent. 10
Based on Psalm 46 Martin Luther, 1529 A Mighty Fortress is Our God TUNE: Eine Feste Burg Martin Luther, 1529 11
Strasbourg Psalter, 1545 I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art TUNE: Toulon Genevan Psalter, 1551 12
Netherlands Folk Hymn, 1597 We Gather Together TUNE: Kremser Adrianus Valeriius Nederlandtsch Gedenckclank Arr. by Edward Kremser, 1877 13
Martin Rinkart, 1636 Now Thank We All Our God TUNE: Nun Danket Johann Cruger, 1647 14
Samuel Rodigast, 1675 Whate er My God Ordains is Right TUNE: Was Gott Tut Attr. to Severus Gastorius Weimar Gesangbuch, 1681 15
Munster Gesangbuch, 1677 Fairest Lord Jesus TUNE: Crusader s Hymn Silesian folk song Schlesische Volkslieder, Leipzig, 1842 16
Based on Psalm 103 Joachim Neander, 1680 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty TUNE: Lobe Den Herren Stralsund Gesangbuch, 1665 Arr. in Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1668 17
Isaac Watts, 1707, 1709 When I Survey The Wondrous Cross TUNE: Hamburg Gregorian Chant Arr. by Lowell Mason, 1824 18
Isaac Watts, 1709 I Sing the Mighty Power of God TUNE: Ellacombe Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Wirtembergischen Kathoischen Hofkapelle, 1784 19
From Psalm 90 Isaac Watts, 1719 O God, Our Help in Ages Past TUNE: St Anne Ascribed to William Croft Supplement to the New Version, 1708 20
Charles Wesley, 1739 Christ the Lord is Risen Today TUNE: Easter Hymn Lyra Davidica, 1708 21
Charles Wesley, 1739 O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing TUNE: Azmon Carl G. Glaser, 1784-1829 Arr. by Lowell Mason, 1839 22
William Williams, 1745 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah TUNE: Cwm Rhondda John Hughes, 1907 23
Robert Robinson, 1758 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing TUNE: Nettleton Asahel Nettleton, 1825 24
William Cowper, 1774 God Moves in a Mysterious Way TUNE: Dundee Scottish Psalter, 1615 25
Augustus M. Toplady, 1776 Rock of Ages TUNE: Toplady Thomas Hastings, 1830 26
John Newton, 1779 v. 6 from A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790 Amazing Grace TUNE: Amazing Grace Traditional American melody Arr. by Edwin O. Excell 27
Edward Perronet, 1779 V. 6, John Rippon, 1787 All Hail the Power of Jesus Name TUNE: Coronation Oliver Holden, 1793 28
Rippon s Selection of Hymns, 1787 How Firm A Foundation TUNE: Foundation Traditional American melody J. Funk s A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, 1832 29
Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Holy, Holy, Holy TUNE: Nicaea John B. Dykes, 1861 30
American folk hymn What Wondrous Love Is This TUNE: Wondrous Love The Southern Harmony, 1835 31
Based on Psalm 104 Robert Grant, 1833 O Worship The King TUNE: Lyons Johann Michael Haydn, 1737-1806 Arr. in William Gardiner s Sacred Melodies, 1815 32
Edward Mote, 1834 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less TUNE: Solid Rock William B. Bradbury, 1863 33
Hymns for the Young, 1836 attrib. to Dorothy Ann Thrupp Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us TUNE: Shepherd William B. Bradbury, 1859 34
Sabine Baring Gould, 1865 Onward Christian Soldiers TUNE: St Gertrude Arthur S. Sullivan, 1871 35
Samuel J. Stone, 1866 The Church s One Foundation TUNE: Aurelia Samuel S. Wesley, 1864 36
Walter Chalmers Smith, 1867 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise TUNE: Joanna (or St. Denio) Traditional Welsh hymn melody 37
Horatio G. Spafford, 1873 It Is Well with My Soul TUNE: Ville Du Havre Philip P. Bliss, 1876 38
Frances R. Havergal, 1874 Take My Life, and Let It Be TUNE: Hendon Henri A. Cesar Malan, 1827 39
J. Wilbur Chapman, 1910 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners TUNE: Hyfrydol Rowland Hugh Pritchard, 1855 40
TUNES AND SOURCES Amazing Grace {Trinity Hymnal #460}... 27 Lasst Uns Erfreuen {The Hymnbook #100}... 9 Aurelia {Trinity Hymnal #347}... 36 Lobe Den Herren Azmon {Trinity Hymnal #164}... 22 {Trinity Hymnal #53}... 17 Coronation {Trinity Hymnal #296}... 28 Lyons {Trinity Hymnal #2}... 32 Crimond {Trinity Hymnal #87}... 2 Nettleton {Trinity Hymnal #457}... 24 Crusader s Hymn Nicaea {Trinity Hymnal #100}... 30 {Trinity Hymnal #170}... 16 Nun Danket {Trinity Hymnal #98}... 14 Cwm Rhondda {Trinity Hymnal #598}... 23 O Filii et Filiae {Trinity Hymnal #272}... 10 Divinum Mysterium {Trinity Hymnal #162}... 4 Old Hundredth {Cantus Christi page 139}... 3 Dundee {Trinity Hymnal #128}... 25 Picardy {Trinity Hymnal #193}... 5 Easter Hymn {Trinity Hymnal #277}... 21 Eine Feste Burg {Trinity Hymnal #92}... 11 Ellacombe {The Hymnbook #84}... 19 Foundation {Trinity Hymnal #94}... 29 Hamburg {Trinity Hymnal #252}... 18 Hendon {Trinity Hymnal #585}... 39 Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen {Trinity Hymnal #247}... 7 Hyfrydol {Trinity Hymnal #498}... 40 Irish {Trinity Hymnal #558}... 1 Joanna (or St. Denio) {Trinity Hymnal #38}... 37 Kremser {Trinity Hymnal #363}... 13 Shepherd {Trinity Hymnal #599}... 34 Slane {Cyber Hymnal}... 6 Solid Rock {Trinity Hymnal #521}... 33 St Anne {The Hymnbookl #111}... 20 St Gertrude {Trinity Hymnal #572}... 35 Toplady {Trinity Hymnal #499}... 26 Toulon {Trinity Hymnal #168}... 12 Veni Emmanuel {Trinity Hymnal #194}... 8 Ville Du Havre {Trinity Hymnal #691}... 38 Was Gott Tut {Trinity Hymnal #108}... 15 Wondrous Love {Trinity Hymnal #261}... 31 41
INDEX A Mighty Fortress is Our God... 11 All Creatures of Our God and King... 9 All Hail the Power of Jesus Name... 28 Amazing Grace... 27 Be Thou My Vision... 6 Christ the Lord is Risen Today... 21 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing... 24 Fairest Lord Jesus... 16 God Moves in a Mysterious Way... 25 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah... 23 Holy, Holy, Holy... 30 How Firm A Foundation... 29 I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art... 12 I Sing the Mighty Power of God... 19 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise... 37 It Is Well with My Soul... 38 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners... 40 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence... 5 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less... 33 Now Thank We All Our God... 14 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...8 O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing... 22 O God, Our Help in Ages Past... 20 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded...7 O Sons and Daughters Let Us Sing!... 10 O Worship The King... 32 Of the Father s Love Begotten... 4 Onward Christian Soldiers... 35 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty... 17 Psalm 1 (That Man is Blest Who, Fearing God)... 1 Psalm 23 (The Lord s My Shepherd, I ll Not Want)... 2 Psalm 100 (All People That On Earth Do Dwell)... 3 Rock of Ages... 26 Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us... 34 Take My Life, and Let It Be... 39 The Church s One Foundation... 36 We Gather Together... 13 What Wondrous Love Is This... 31 Whate er My God Ordains is Right... 15 When I Survey The Wondrous Cross... 18 42