List of hymnals

Hymnals, also called hymnbooks (or hymn books) and occasionally hymnaries, are books of hymns sung by religious congregations. The following is a list of English-language hymnals by denomination.

Contents 1 Denominational Hymnals 1.1 Anabaptist 1.2 Anglican 1.3 Assemblies of God 1.4 Baptist 1.5 British Pentecostal Fellowship 1.6 Christadelphian 1.7 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1.8 Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. 1.9 Christian Science 1.10 Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) 1.11 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 1.12 Church of God in Christ 1.13 Church of God (Seventh Day) 1.14 Church of the Brethren 1.15 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1.16 Church of the Nazarene 1.17 Churches of Christ 1.18 Churches of Christ in Australia 1.19 Community of Christ 1.20 National Association of Congregational Christian Churches 1.21 Free Pentecostal/Independent Holiness 1.22 Friends (Quakers) 1.23 Gospel Assembly Churches 1.24 Holiness (Wesleyan) 1.25 Jehovah's Witnesses 1.26 Jewish: Reform Judaism (North America) 1.27 Lutheran 1.28 Mennonite 1.29 Methodist 1.30 Moravian Church 1.31 New Apostolic Church 1.32 Pentecostal Church of God 1.33 Pentecostal Holiness Church 1.34 Plymouth Brethren 1.35 Presbyterian 1.36 Quaker 1.37 Reformed 1.38 The Salvation Army 1.39 Seventh-day Adventist Church 1.40 Seventh-Day Baptist Church 1.41 Unification Church 1.42 Unitarian Universalist 1.43 United Church of Canada 1.44 United Church of Christ 1.45 United Pentecostal Church 1.46 Uniting Church in Australia 2 Roman Catholic Hymnals 2.1 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney 2.2 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne 2.3 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa 2.4 Hymnals from third-party publishers in use in the Catholic church 2.4.1 Portland, OR: OCP Publications 2.4.2 Chicago, IL: GIA Publications 2.4.3 Chicago, IL: World Library Publications 2.4.4 Collegeville, MN: Collegeville Press 2.4.5 San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press 2.4.6 Long Prairie, MN: The Neumann Press 2.4.7 Lafayette, IN: St. Boniface Church 2.4.8 Faber Music 2.4.9 Summit, NJ: Dominican Nuns of Summit 3 Major Inter-Denominational Protestant Hymnals 4 Notes and references

Denominational Hymnals

Anabaptist

• The Christian Hymnary (1972)
• Zion's Praises (1987)

Anglican

• Anglican Church of Canada
  • Book of Common Praise (1938)
  • The Hymn Book (1971), produced jointly with United Church of Canada
  • Common Praise (1998)

• Anglican Church of Australia
  • Australian Hymn Book (1977)
  • Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II (1999)

• Episcopal Church in the United States of America
  • The Hymnal 1982
  • The Hymnal 1940
  • The Hymnal (1916)
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing I & II
  • Wonder Love and Praise
  • Voices Found
  • My Heart Sings Out

• Church of England
  The Church of England has no official hymnals. But various hymnals have been produced with C. of E. usage much in mind.
  • Common Praise (2000)
  • The New English Hymnal (1986) Supplemented by New English Praise (2006)
  • Anglican Hymn Book (1965)
  • The English Hymnal (1906, 1933)
  • Hymns Ancient and Modern (numerous editions, 1861–1972)

• The Episcopal Church in the Philippines
  • The EPC Trial Hymnal

• The Church of the Province of South East Asia
  • The Amoy Hymnal

Assemblies of God

• Assembly Songs (1948)
• Redemption Hymnal (1951)
• Melodies of Praise (1957)
• Hymns of Glorious Praise (1969)
• Sing His Praise (1991)

Baptist

• American Baptist Association
  • American Baptist Hymnal
  • In Spirit and In Truth

• American Baptist Churches (formerly American Baptist Convention, previously Northern Baptist Convention)
  • Christian Worship (1941, jointly with Disciples of Christ)
  • Hymnbook for Christian Worship (1970, jointly with Disciples of Christ)

• Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America
  • Trinity Hymnal (Baptist Edition)

• Baptist General Conference
  • Gospel Hymnal (1950)

• Independent Fundamental Baptist
  • All-American Church Hymnal (1957)
  • Soul-Stirring Songs & Hymns (1972)
  • Bible Truth Hymns (2008)

• Mercer University
  • Celebrating Grace (2010)

• National Baptist Convention
  • Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings
  • The New National Baptist Hymnal
  • Gospel Pearls

• North American Baptist Conference
  • North American Hymnal

• Primitive Baptist
  • Harp of Ages
  • Old School Hymnal
  • Primitive Baptist Hymn Book
  • The Good Old Songs
  • Songs of Faith (Double Oak Press) (2000)

• Southern Baptist Convention
  • Baptist Hymnal (1956)
  • Baptist Hymnal (1975)
  • Baptist Hymnal (1991)
  • Songs of Faith (Double Oak Press) (2000)
  • Baptist Hymnal (2008)

British Pentecostal Fellowship

• Redemption Hymnal (1951)

Christadelphian

• Christadelphian Hymn Book Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (2003)
• Praise The Lord (Hymn Book) (Hoddesdon Christadelphian Services, 2000)

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

• Chalice Praise (2002)
• Chalice Hymnal (1995)
• Hymnbook for Christian Worship (1970, jointly with American Baptist Convention)
• Christian Worship (1941, jointly with Northern Baptist Convention)

Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.

• His Fullness Songs (1977)

Christian Science

• The Christian Science Hymnal (1932)
• Christian Science Hymnal Supplement (2008)

Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)

• Select Hymns For Christian Worhip and General Gospel Service (1911)
• (1918)
• (1923)
• (1926)
• (1938)
• * Select Hymns For Christian Worhip and General Gospel Service Number 2 (1950)
• Worship the Lord - Hymnal of the Church of God (1989)

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

• Church Hymnal (1951)
• Songs Of The Spirit (1969)

Church of God in Christ

• Yes, Lord! (1982)

Church of God (Seventh Day)

• Songs of Truth (1916)
• Hymns of Truth (No. 1) (1940)
• Hymns of Truth (No. 2) (1955)
• Worship in Song (1967)

Church of the Brethren

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

For older hymnals, see the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns.

• Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Intellectual Reserve, Inc. (1985)

Church of the Nazarene

Churches of Christ

• Church Gospel Songs and Hymns, V.E. Howard Publishing
• Sacred Selections for the Church, Ellis Crum

Churches of Christ in Australia

• Churches of Christ Hymn Book
• Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II (1999)

Community of Christ

National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

• The Pilgrim Hymnal (1904)
• Hymns for a Pilgrim People, GIA Publications (2007)

Free Pentecostal/Independent Holiness

• Songs We Sing - Complete (1954)
• Holiness Hymns of Praise No. 1 (1981)
• Songs With a Message (1985)
• Holiness Hymns of Praise No. 2 (2004)

Friends (Quakers)

• Worship in Song

Gospel Assembly Churches

• Voices of Praise (1982)
• New Voices of Praise (1988)
• Glorious Praise

Holiness (Wesleyan)

• Songs of Amazing Grace

Jehovah's Witnesses

For older hymnals, see Kingdom songs.

• Sing Praises to Jehovah, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (1984)
• Sing to Jehovah, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (2009)

Jewish: Reform Judaism (North America)

• "Union Hymnal" (ed. Cantor Alois Kaiser), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1897)
• "Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship" (ed. Rabbi Harry H. Mayer), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1914)
• "Union Hymnal: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship," Third Edition Revised and Enlarged (ed. Abraham Wolf Binder), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1932)
• "Union Hymnal: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship," Part II—Musical Services, Third Edition Revised and Enlarged (ed. Abraham Wolf Binder), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1932)
• "Union Songster: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Youth" (ed. Eric Werner), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1960)
• "Shirim u-Zemirot" (ed. Jack Gottlieb), Central Conference of American Rabbis and American Conference of Cantors (1977)
• "Gates of Song: Music for Shabbat" (ed. Charles Davidson), Transcontinental Music Publications (1987)

Lutheran

Note: Not all congregations use a hymnal from their own denomination. For example there are churches in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod that use the two oldest LCMS hymnals as well as the current WELS hymnal.

Mennonite

• Hymns and tunes for public and private worship, and Sunday schools compiled by a committee (1890)
• Church and Sunday school hymnal, a collection of hymns and sacred songs, appropriate for church services, Sunday schools, and general devotional exercises. Compiled and published under the direction of a committee appointed by Mennonite conferences (1902)
• Life Songs (1916)
• Children's hymns and songs (1924)
• Church hymnal, Mennonite, a collection of hymns and sacred songs, suitable for use in public worship, worship in the home, and all general occasions (1927)
• Select hymns and gospel songs taken from the Church hymnal for use in conferences and special meetings (1929)
• Songs of cheer for children, a collection of hymns and songs suitable for use in the primary and junior departments of our Sunday schools, authorized by Mennonite General Conference, compiled by Music Committee (1929)
• Life Songs No. 2 (1938)
• Selections from Life songs No. 2 (1942)
• Junior hymns for juniors in church, Sunday school, and Summer Bible school (1947)
• Songs of the Church (1953)
• Selections from Church hymnal for use in conference, special meetings (1953)
• The Mennonite Hymnal (1969)
• Christian Hymnal (1959)
• Hymnal: A Worship Book (1992)
• Sing the Story (2007)
• Sing the Journey (2008)

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Methodist

• Methodist Church of Great Britain
  • Hymns and Psalms (1983)
  • Singing the Faith (2011) ^[3]
• United Methodist Church
  • The Faith We Sing (supplement to The United Methodist Hymnal, 2000)
  • Worship & Song (2011)
  • The United Methodist Hymnal (1989)
  • The Book of Hymns (1966)
  • The Methodist Hymnal (1935)
  • The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal (unofficial)
• United Methodist Church in the Philippines
  • Ilocano Hymns United (published by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, 2002)

Moravian Church

• First Hymn Book of the Unitas Fratrum (1501). In "the Bohemian tongue", compiled by Bishop Luke of Prague, printed in Prague.^[4] Other editions: 1505 and 1519.^[5]
• First Hymn Book of the Renewed Church (1735)^[4]
• First English Moravian Hymn Book (1741).^[4] Other editions: 1746, 1754, eleven others, 1849 edited by James Montgomery and 1912 (with a supplement in 1940).^[4][5]
• The Moravian Hymn Book authorized for use in the British Province of the Moravian Church (1969). Contains: Acknowledgments, Contents, Preface, 710 numbered hymns including 140 of Moravian Church origin, the rest being from "...the whole Christian tradition of hymnody...", Index to first lines, Index of authors and translators.^[4] This Hymn Book is also used in the English speaking Caribbean.^[5] It includes a collection of Liturgies (revised 1960). A music edition was published in 1975.^[5] A version without the liturgy is also available^[6]
• Sing Out Today (1994) a collection of hymns by contemporary writers - words only. The music edition includes writers from the British Province only.^[6]
• Moravian Book of Worship (1995) the service book of the Moravian Church in North America.^[6]

New Apostolic Church

• New Apostolic Hymnal

Pentecostal Church of God

• Favorite Hymns (1966)
• Messenger Melodies (1987)

Pentecostal Holiness Church

• The Gospel Hymnal (1973)

Plymouth Brethren

• Exclusive Brethren
  • Little Flock hymnbook

Presbyterian

Quaker

See Friends

Reformed

The Salvation Army

• The Song Book of The Salvation Army - Contains the words only.
• The Tune Book of The Salvation Army - Two Editions for accompaniment either by means of Piano or Brass Band : Piano Version, and Brass Band (varying parts: Solo Cornet, Euphonium, etc.)

Seventh-day Adventist Church

• Hymns and Tunes for Those Who Keep the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus (1869)
• The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Hymns and Tunes) (1886)
• Christ in Song (1908)
• The Church Hymnal (1941)
• Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985)

Seventh-Day Baptist Church

• 'Hymns in Commemoration of the Sufferings of Our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, compos'd for the celebration of his Holy Supper' (1697; 3rd ed., 1713)
• 'Hymns Compos'd for the Celebration of the Holy Ordinance of Baptism' (1712)

Unification Church

• Holy Songbook, The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (2000)

Unitarian Universalist

United Church of Canada

• The Hymnary (1925)
• The Hymn Book (1971), produced jointly with Anglican Church of Canada
• Songs for a Gospel People (Supplement to THB, 1987)
• Voices United (1996)
• More Voices (Supplement to VU, 2007)

United Church of Christ

• Sing! Prayer and Praise, The Pilgrim Press (2009)
• The New Century Hymnal, The Pilgrim Press (1995)
• United Church of Christ Hymnal (1974)
• Pilgrim Hymnal (1958)
• Evangelical and Reformed Hymnal(1941)
• The Hymnal of the Reformed Church (1920)
• The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States (1890)

United Pentecostal Church

• Pentecostal Praises (1947)
• Pentecostal Hymnal (1948)
• Sing Unto the LORD (1978)

Uniting Church in Australia

• Australian Hymn Book (1977)
• Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II (1999)

Roman Catholic Hymnals

The official sacred music of the Roman Catholic Church is in the form of Gregorian chant, and appears in the Roman Missal and the Roman Gradual. The Missal contains all that is to be sung during Mass by the priest at the altar, while the Gradual contains all the music sung by the choir. The standard Roman Gradual contains complex Gregorian Chant while the Graduale Simplex substitutes easier Gregorian chants. All of these are in Latin, and are published for the universal Church.

It has been the practice to publish hymnals of songs in the vernacular language for more than 400 years, and many of these now contain some Latin Gregorian chants. They include the following:

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

• Australian Hymn Book (1977)
• Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II (1999)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne

• Catholic Worship Book (1985)

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa

• Catholic Book of Worship (three editions) (1972,1980,1994)

Hymnals from third-party publishers in use in the Catholic church

Portland, OR: OCP Publications

Chicago, IL: GIA Publications

Chicago, IL: World Library Publications

• We Celebrate
• Seasonal Missalette (In either standard or revised text editions)
• People's Mass Book (2003 & 1984 Editions)
• Word & Song (published annually)
• Voices as One, Vol. 1 (1998)
• Voices as One, Vol. 2 (2005)

Major Inter-Denominational Protestant Hymnals

• African American Heritage Hymnal, GIA Publications (2001)
• Celebration Hymnal, Word Music (1997)
• Christian Life Hymnal, Hendrickson Publishers (2006)
• Great Hymns of the Faith, Brentwood Music (1968)
• Heavenly Highway Hymns, Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company
• The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration, Word Music (1986)
• Hymns for the Family of God, Brentwood Music (1976)
• Hymns for Today's Church, Jubilate Hymns (1982)
• Mission Praise HarperCollins (several editions 1980s onwards)
• A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, Yale University Press (1992)
• The Psalms of David Imitated, by Isaac Watts, (1719)
• Redemption Hymnal (1951)
• Sing the Faith, Geneva Press (1993)
• Worship & Rejoice, Hope Publishing
• The Worshiping Church, Hope Publishing (1990)
• Majesty Hymns, Majesty Music (1996)
• Rejoice Hymns, Majesty Music (2011)
• Christian Hymns (hymnbook), Evangelical Movement of Wales (1977; 2d edn. 2004)

Notes and references