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Best Church Hymns

Name: Best Church Hymns
Author: Louis Fitzgerald Benson

Louis Fitzgerald Benson

Read by David Wales · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (2:29)
Introduction 1: What Are The Best Hymns? (13:47)
Introduction 2: What Is Today The Standard Of The Best Church Hymns? (15:49)
1 – Rock of ages, cleft for me; 2 – When I survey the wondrous cross; 3 – Jesus, lover of my soul. (8:03)
4- All praise to thee, my God this night; 5 – Jesus, I my cross have taken; 6 – Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear. (6:24)
7 – Awake, my soul, and with the sun; 8 – Hark the herald angels sing; 9 – Abide with me, fast falls the eventide. (7:27)
10 – Jerusalem, my happy home; 11 – How sweet the name of Jesus sounds; 12 – Nearer, my God, to thee. (6:15)
13 – From Greenland’s icy mountains; 14 – Our God, our help in ages past; 15 – Jerusalem the golden (6:30)
16 – Lo, he comes with clouds descending; 17 – Jesus shall reign where’er the sun; 18 – Glorious things of thee are spoken. (6:43)
19 – Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes; 20 – Come, let us join our cheerful songs; 21 – All hail the power of Jesus’ name. (5:19)
22 – Hail to the Lord’s anointed; 23 – O worship the King all glorious above; 24 – Christ the Lord is risen today. (5:30)
25 – Guide me, O thou great Jehovah; 26 – Just as I am, without one plea; 27 – God moves in a mysterious way. (5:03)
28 – Jesus, the very thought of thee; 29 – Children of the heavenly King; 30 – There is a land of pure delight. (5:17)
31 – Thou, whose almighty word; 32 – Brief life is here our portion. (3:20)