Which hymns would you like to sing – and when are they on?
Find out when your favourite hymns will be sung by looking at our Hour by Hour guide below.
A shorter version, showing just the hymn numbers, is here. Hymnathon 2017
The Hymnathon: Hour by Hour (approx.)
Friday 12 Noon to 1pm
Advent
001 Creator of the world, to thee
002 O heavenly Word, eternal Light
003 Come, thou long-expected Jesus
004 Gabriel’s message does away
005 Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding
006 Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
007 Hills of the north, rejoice
008 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
009 Lo, he comes with clouds descending
010 Long ago, prophets knew
011 O come, O come Emmanuel
012 On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry
013 O quickly come, dread Judge of all
014 The advent of our God
015 The Lord will come and not be slow
016 Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling
017 When came in flesh the incarnate Word
018 Ye servants of the Lord
Friday 1pm to 2pm
Christmas
019 Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
020 From east to west, from shore to shore
021 A great and mighty wonder
022 Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
023 Behold, the great Creator makes
024 Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
025 God rest you merry, gentlemen
026 Hark, the herald angels sing
027 How bright appears the Morning Star
028 In the bleak midwinter
029 It came upon the midnight clear
030 O come, all ye faithful
031 O little One sweet, O little One mild
032 O little town of Bethlehem
033 Of the Father’s love begotten
034 Once in royal David’s city
035 Silent night! Holy night!
036 The first Nowell the angel did say
Friday 2pm to 3pm
037 The great God of heaven is come down to earth
038 The Maker of the sun and moon
039 Unto us a boy is born
040 What child is this, who, laid to rest
041 Where is this stupendous stranger?
042 While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Sundays after Christmas
043 Child of the stable’s secret birth
044 Faithful vigil ended
045 The growing limbs of God the Son
Epiphany
046 Why, impious Herod, should’st thou fear
047 As with gladness men of old
048 Earth has many a noble city
049 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
050 From the eastern mountains
051 Hail, thou source of every blessing
052 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
Epiphany to Lent
053 This day the first of days was made
054 O Trinity of blessed Light
Friday 3pm to 4pm
055 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
056 Songs of thankfulness and praise
057 The race that long in darkness pined
058 The sinless one to Jordan came
Lent
059 Now is the healing time decreed
060 O kind Creator, bow thine ear
061 O Christ, who art the Light and Day
062 Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
063 All ye who seek for sure relief
064 Be thou my guardian and my guide
065 Christian, dost thou see them
066 Forgive our sins as we forgive
067 Forty days and forty nights
068 Jesus, Lord of life and glory
069 Lord, in this thy mercy’s day
070 Lord Jesus, think on me
071 Maker of earth, to thee alone
072 My faith looks up to thee
Friday 4pm to 5pm
073 My God, I love thee; not because
074 O for a heart to praise my God
075 O thou who dost to man accord
076 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said
Refreshment Sunday
077 The God of love my Shepherd is
Passiontide
078 Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle
079 The royal banners forward go
080 Servant of God, remember
081 Dost thou truly seek renown
082 Drop, drop, slow tears
083 Glory be to Jesus
084 It is a thing most wonderful
085 Jesus, meek and lowly
086 My song is love unknown
087 Nature with open volume stands
088 Now my soul, thy voice upraising
089 O dearest Lord, thy sacred head
090 O sacred head, sore wounded
Friday 5pm to 6pm
091 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
092 There is a green hill far away
093 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
094 We sing the praise of him who died
095 When I survey the wondrous Cross
Holy Week
096 O thou, who through this holy week
097 At the Cross her station keeping
098 O come and mourn with me awhile
099 It is finished! blessed Jesus
Eastertide
100 The day draws on with golden light
101 The Lamb’s high banquet we await
102 A brighter dawn is breaking
103 Alleluia, Alleluia, hearts to heaven and voices raise
104 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
105 Christ the Lord is risen again
106 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
107 Good Christian men, rejoice and sing
108 Hail Easter bright, in glory dight
Friday 6pm to 7pm
109 Hail thee, festival day
110 Jesus Christ is risen today
111 Jesus Christ is risen
112 Jesus lives! thy terrors now
113 Love’s redeeming work is done
114 Now is eternal life
115 Now the green blade riseth
116 O praise our great and gracious Lord
117 The day of Resurrection
118 The Lord is risen indeed
119 The strife is o’er, the battle done
120 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son
121 This joyful Eastertide
122 Thou hallowed chosen morn of praise
123 Walking in a garden
124 Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
125 Ye sons and daughters of the King
Rogationtide
126 Lord, in thy name thy servants plead
Friday 7pm to 8pm
127 To thee our God we fly
Ascensiontide
128 Eternal Monarch, King most high
129 O Christ our hope, our heart’s desire
130 Hail the day that sees him rise
131 O King most high of earth and sky
132 See the Conqueror mounts in triumph
133 The eternal gates lift up their heads
134 The head that once was crowned with thorns
135 The Lord ascendeth up on high
Pentecost or Whitsun
136 Rejoice, the year upon its way
137 Come down, O Love divine
138 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
139 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come
140 Holy Spirit, come, confirm us
141 Holy Spirit, ever dwelling
142 Sing to him in whom creation
143 Spirit of mercy, truth and love
Trinity Sunday
144 Father most holy, merciful and loving
Friday 8pm to 9pm
145 All hail, adored Trinity
146 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
147 Most ancient of all mysteries
148 The God of Abraham praise
Trinity to Advent
149 Father, we praise thee, now the night is over
150 O blest Creator of the light
151 Now that the daylight fills the sky
152 Creator of the earth and sky
Holy Days: Proper
153 O let the heart beat high with bliss
154 A heavenly splendor from on high
155 We sing the glorious conquest
156 Sing how the age-long promise of a Saviour
157 Hail to the Lord who comes
158 We praise thy name, all holy Lord
159 I bind unto myself today
160 Lord, hear the praises of thy faithful people
161 For Mary, Mother of the Lord
162 Lord God of Hosts, within whose hand
Friday 9pm to 10pm
163 The Saint who first found grace to pen
164 Twin princes of the courts of heaven
165 The highest and the holiest place
166 Now in holy celebration
167 The son of Consolation
168 On this high feast day honour we the Baptist
169 Hail, harbinger of morn
170 Lo, in the wilderness a voice
171 With golden splendour and with roseate hues of morn
172 Thou art the Christ, O Lord
173 Blessed Thomas, doubt no longer
174 Mary, weep not, weep no longer
175 Lord, who shall sit beside thee
176 O vision blest of heavenly light
177 Christ, upon the mountain peak
178 Tis good, Lord, to be here
179 Saints of God! Lo, Jesus’ people
180 Hail, O star that pointest
Friday 10pm to 11pm
181 The Lord whom earth and sea and sky
182 Her Virgin eyes saw God incarnate born
183 O glorious Maid, exalted far
184 Shall we not love thee, Mother dear
185 Sing we of the Blessed Mother
186 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
187 Victim divine, thy grace we claim
188 Ye who own the faith of Jesus
189 He sat to watch o’er customs paid
190 Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels
191 Around the throne of God a band
192 Sons of the Holy One bright with his splendour
193 Stars of the morning, so gloriously bright
194 Saviour, who didst healing give
195 Lord of all the saints, we praise thee
196 Father, in whom thy saints are one
197 For all the saints who from their labours rest
198 The Church triumphant in thy love
Friday 11pm to 12 midnight
199 God, whose city’s sure foundation
200 Jesus calls us! o’er the tumult
201 Stephen, first of Christian martyrs
202 Word supreme, before creation
203 When Christ was born in Bethlehem
204 Blessed city, heavenly Salem
205 Christ is made the sure foundation
206 Christ is our cornerstone
207 Eternal Power, whose high abode
208 In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer
209 Lo, God is here! let us adore
210 Only-begotten, Word of God eternal
211 O Word of God above
212 Zion’s daughters, Sons of Jerusalem
Holy Days: General
213 The eternal gifts of Christ the King
214 Let the round world with songs rejoice
215 Captains of the saintly band
216 Disposer supreme, and Judge of the earth
Saturday 12 midnight to 1am (+ Midnight Feast)
217 Martyr of God, whose strength was steeled
218 O God, thy soldiers’ crown and guard
219 Let our choir new anthems raise
220 He who bore witness by a good confessio
221 O God, thy loving care for man
222 As we remember, Lord, thy faithful handmaid
223 O Jesus, Saviour of mankind
224 For all thy saints, O Lord
225 Give me the wings of faith to rise
226 Hark, the sound of holy voices
227 How bright these glorious spirits shine
228 Jerusalem, thou City blest
229 Joy and triumph everlasting
230 Palms of glory, raiment bright
231 Who are these like stars appearing
- Times and Seasons
Morning
232 Awake, my soul, and with the sun
233 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept
234 Christ, whose glory fills the skies
Saturday 1am to 2am
235 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
236 Lord, as I wake, I turn to you
237 Morning has broken
238 New every morning is the love
Morning or Evening
239 Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy
240 When all the world to life is waking
Evening
241 Before the ending of the day
242 As now the sun’s declining rays
243 At even, ere the sun was set
244 Glory to thee, my God, this night
245 God, that madest earth and heaven
246 Holy Father, cheer our way
247 O gladsome light, O grace
248 O strength and stay upholding all creation
249 Round me falls the night
250 Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise
251 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear
252 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
Saturday 2am to 3am
253 The duteous day now closeth
254 Come, let us with our Lord arise
255 Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day
256 On this day, the first of days
257 This is the day the Lord hath made
258 O Christ the same, through all our story’s pages
Harvest
259 Come, ye thankful people, come
260 Fair waved the golden corn
261 To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
262 We plough the fields, and scatter
God in Nature
263 All creatures of our God and King
264 All things bright and beautiful
265 Lord of beauty, thine the splendour
266 The Lord reigns clothed in strength and power
267 The spacious firmament on high
Holy Communion
268 Of the glorious body telling
269 The heavenly Word, proceeding forth
270 According to thy gracious word
Saturday 3am to 4am
271 Alleluia, sing to Jesus
272 All for Jesus, all for Jesus
273 And now, O Father, mindful of the love
274 Author of life divine
275 Blessed Jesus, Mary’s Son
276 Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
277 Bread of the world in mercy broken
278 Christ be with me
279 Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
280 Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness
281 Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord
282 Faithful Shepherd, feed me
283 Father, see thy children
284 Father, we thank thee, who hast planted
285 For the beauty of the earth
286 From glory to glory advancing, we praise thee, O Lord
287 Glory, love, and praise, and honour
288 God everlasting, wonderful and holy
Saturday 4am to 5am
289 Hail, true Body, born of Mary
290 Holy Ghost, we offer here
291 Jesus, the very thought is sweet
292 Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
293 Jesus, our Master, on the night they came
294 Just as I am, without one plea
295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
296 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
297 Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
298 May the grace of Christ our Saviour
299 My spirit longs for thee
300 O food of men wayfaring
301 O most merciful
302 O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
303 O Word immortal of eternal God
304 Once, only once, and once for all
305 Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
306 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Saturday 5am to 6am
307 Sweet sacrament divine
308 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
309 Victim divine, thy grace we claim
310 We hail thy Presence glorious
311 We pray thee, heavenly Father
312 Where the appointed sacrifice
313 Wherefore, O Father, we thy humble servants
314 With solemn faith we offer up
315 Word of the Father, source of all things living
Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage
316 Sing to the Lord glad hymns of praise
317 With Christ we share a mystic grave
318 My God, accept my heart this day
319 O God, whose loving hand has led
320 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Ordination
321 Go forth for God: go forth to the world in peace
322 Pour out thy Spirit from on high
Sickness and Healing
323 Father of mercy, God of consolation
324 Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
Saturday 6am to 7am
325 Thou to whom the sick and dying
Funerals and the Departed
326 Brief life is here our portion
327 Christ, enthroned in highest heaven
328 God be in my head
329 Jesus, Son of Mary
330 What sweet of life endureth
- General Hymns
331 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
332 All hail the power of Jesus’ name
333 All my hope on God is founded
334 All people that on earth do dwell
335 All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine
336 Angel voices ever singing
337 As pants the hart for cooling streams
338 At the Name of Jesus
339 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
340 Beyond all mortal praise
341 Blest are the pure in heart
342 Breathe on me, Breath of God
Saturday 7am to 8am
(With Breakfast from 7.30 to 8.30, served in St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall, in aid of the Organ Appeal and charities)
343 Bright the vision that delighted
344 Children of the heavenly King
345 Christ is the King, O friends rejoice
346 City of God, how broad and far
347 Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove
348 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire
349 Come, let us join our cheerful songs
350 Come, O thou Traveler unknown
351 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem
352 Crown him with many crowns
353 Dear Lord and Father of mankind
354 Eternal Father, strong to save
355 Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round
356 Father eternal, Lord of the ages
357 Father, hear the prayer we offer
358 Father of heaven, whose love profound
359 Fight the good fight with all thy might
360 Firmly I believe and truly
Saturday 8am to 9am
361 Forth in the peace of Christ we go
362 Glorious things of thee are spoken
363 Glory in the highest to the God of heaven
364 God is Love: let heaven adore him
365 God moves in a mysterious way
366 God of mercy, God of grace
367 Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
368 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
369 Happy are they, they that love God
370 Help us, O Lord, to learn
371 He wants not friends that hath thy love
372 He who would valiant be
373 How shall I sing that majesty
374 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
375 I danced in the morning
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
377 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
378 Immortal love for ever full
Saturday 9am to 10am
379 In the Cross of Christ I glory
380 It is finished! Christ hath known
381 Jerusalem the golden
382 Jesus, grant me this, I pray
383 Jesus, lover of my soul
384 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all
385 Jesus, the very thought of thee
386 O Jesus, King most wonderful
387 Jesus, good above all other
388 Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
389 Jesus, these eyes have never seen
390 Jesus, where’er thy people meet
391 King of glory, King of peace
392 Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom
393 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
394 Let all the world in every corner sing
395 Let bells peal forth the universal fame
396 Let saints on earth in concert sing
Saturday 10am to 11am
397 Let us with a gladsome mind
398 Lift up your hearts! We lift them, Lord, to thee
399 Light of the lonely pilgrim’s heart
400 Light of the minds that know him
401 Light’s abode, celestial Salem
402 Lord, it belongs not to my care
403 Lord of all being, throned afar
404 Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
405 Lord of the boundless curves of space
406 Lord, teach us how to pray aright
407 Lord, thy word abideth
408 Love divine, all loves excelling
409 Love of the Father, Love of God the Son
410 My God, how wonderful thou art
411 My Lord, my Life, my Love
412 My soul, there is a country
413 Now thank we all our God
414 O for a closer walk with God
Saturday 11am to 12 Noon
415 O for a thousand tongues to sing
416 O God of Bethel, by whose hand
417 O God, our help in ages past
418 O happy band of pilgrims
419 O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace
420 O Jesus, I have promised
421 O King enthroned on high
422 O Lord of heaven and earth and sea
423 O Lord of hosts, all heaven possessing
424 O love divine, how sweet thou art
425 O love, how deep, how broad, how high
426 O praise the Lord, ye servants of the Lord
427 O praise ye the Lord! praise him in the height
428 O Son of God, eternal Love
429 O thou in all thy might so far
430 O thou not made with hands
431 O thou who camest from above
432 O what their joy and their glory must be
Saturday 12 Noon to 1pm
433 O worship the King all glorious above
434 Oft in danger, oft in woe
435 Onward, Christian soldiers
436 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
437 Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore him
438 Praise to God, whose word was spoken
439 Praise to the Holiest in the height
440 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation
441 Pray that Jerusalem may have
442 Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire
443 Rejoice, the Lord is King
444 Rejoice today with one accord
445 Rock of ages, cleft for me
446 Sing alleluia forth ye saints on high
447 Sing praise to God who reigns above
448 Sing ye faithful, sing with gladness
449 Soldiers of Christ, arise
450 Soldiers, who are Christ’s below
Saturday 1pm to 2pm
451 Songs of praise the angels sang
452 Stand up, and bless the Lord
453 Stand up, stand up for Jesus
454 Still throned in heaven, to men in unbelief
455 Strong Son of God, immortal Love
456 Teach me, my God and King
457 The King of love my Shepherd is
458 The Lord my pasture shall prepare
459 The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want
460 There is a land of pure delight
461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
462 They whose course on earth is o’er
463 Thine for ever! God of love
464 Thou art the way: by thee alone
465 Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown
466 Thou, whose almighty word
467 Through all the changing scenes of life
468 Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Saturday 2pm to 3pm
469 To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
470 To the Name of our salvation
471 We love the place, O God
472 When all thy mercies, O my God
473 When morning gilds the skies
474 Who is this, so weak and helpless
475 Ye holy angels bright
476 Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim
477 Ye that know the Lord is gracious
478 Ye watchers and ye holy ones
- Church and People
The Church: its Unity and Mission
479 Faith of our fathers, taught of old
480 In Christ there is no East or West
481 Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
482 Spread, O spread, thou mighty word
483 The Church of God a kingdom is
484 The Church’s one foundation
485 Thy hand, O God, has guided
486 We have a gospel to proclaim
Saturday 3pm to 4pm
(followed by Afternoon Tea, served in
St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall,
in aid of the Organ & Parish Rooms Appeal)
487 You, living Christ, our eyes behold
National
488 And did those feet in ancient time
489 God save our gracious Queen
490 Judge eternal, throned in splendour
491 Lord, while for all mankind we pray
492 O God of earth and altar
493 Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
The Kingdom of God
494 Christ is the world’s true Light
495 God is working his purpose out
496 O Christ the Lord, O Christ the King
497 O Lord our God, arise
498 Son of God, eternal Saviour
499 Thy Kingdom come, O God
500 Thy Kingdom come! on bended knee
Saturday 4pm to 5pm
Liturgical Section
501 Drop down, ye heavens, from above
502 Saviour eternal! Health and life of the world
503 O Wisdom, which camest
504 Magnificat
505 Come rejoicing, Faithful men
506 The Candlemas Ceremony (Nunc dimittis)
507 Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us
508 The Palm Procession
509 All glory, laud, and honour
510 O Jerusalem, look toward the East
511 Ride on, ride on in majesty
512 Blest by the sun, the olive tree
513 God is love, and where true love is
514 Come, Christ’s beloved
515 Maundy Thursday: Stripping of the Altar (Psalm 22)
516 Good Friday: Veneration of the Cross
517 Good Friday: Crux fidelis
518 Easter Vigil: Psalms after the Lessons
519 Christians to the Paschal Victim
Saturday 5pm to 6pm
520 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come
521 Laud, O Zion, thy salvation
522 Zion’s daughters, Sons of Jerusalem
523 Spouse of Christ, whose earthly conflict
524 Day of wrath! O day of mourning!
525 Rest eternal, grant unto them, O Lord
526 Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant
527 Antiphons and Collects for Processions
Saturday 6pm to 7pm
528-540 Responsorial Psalms
541 A New English Folk Mass
542 Holy Communion (Merbecke)
Grand Finale:
Hymn that receives the most backing – this will be announced within the final hour.