A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, informally known as the Manchester Hymnal, was first published in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England

England

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, in 1840. Like the first Latter Day Saint hymnal

Collection of Sacred Hymns (Kirtland, Ohio)

A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints. was the first hymnal of the Latter Day Saint movement. It was published in 1835 by the Church of the Latter Day Saints.Emma Smith selected 90 hymn texts for the hymnal...

, this hymnal is text-only; it went through many editions, lasting until 1912 (not all publications were in Manchester, England, though they were published in England until 1890)—future editions supposedly had extra hymns added, but the first few had 271 (though there were some errors in the numbering).

Public Worship

• 1. The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee
• 2. Let Every Mortal Ear Attend
• 3. Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
• 4. The Time Is Nigh, That Happy Time
• 5. Great Is the Lord! 'Tis Good to Praise
• 6. Let All Creation Join
• 7. O Happy Souls Who Pray
• 8. Praise to God, Immortal Praise
• 9. We're Not Ashamed to Own Our Lord
• 10. Joy to the World! the Lord Will Come!
  Joy to the World
  "Joy to the World" is a Christian Christmas carol.The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and...
  
  
• 11. To Him That Made the World
• 12. Ere Long the Veil Will Rend in Twain
• 13. Jesus the Name That Charms Our Fears
• 14. Come All Ye Saints Who Dwell on Earth
• 15. God Spake the Word, and Time Began
• 16. Mortals Awake! With Angels Join
• 17. O Jesus! the Giver
• 18. Ho! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh
• 19. And Can I Yet Delay
• 20. Come, Lord, from above, the Mountains Remove
• 21. God Moves in a Mysterious Way
• 22. Shepherd, of Souls, with Pitying Eye
• 23. Away, My Unbelieving Fear!
• 24. Peace Troubled Soul, Thou Need'st Not Fear
• 25. Come Sinners to the Gospel Feast
• 26. Thou Shepherd of Israel, and Mine
• 27. Be It My Only Wisdom Here
• 28. Come, Ye That Love the Lord
• 29. Happy Soul, That, Free from Harms
• 30. Happy the Man That Finds the Grace
• 31. Happy the Souls That First Believed
• 32. Jesus from Whom All Blessings Flow
• 33. Weary Souls, That Wander Wide
• 34. Ye Simple Souls, That Stray
• 35. Sinners, Believe the Gospel Word
• 36. Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die?
• 37. Let Earth and Heaven Agree
• 38. Jesus, Thou All-Redeeming Lord
• 39. Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue
• 40. What Are These Arrayed in White
• 41. Spirit of Faith, Come Down
• 42. Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
• 43. Inspirer of the Ancient Seers
• 44. Author of Faith, Eternal Word
• 45. O Disclose Thy Lovely Face
• 46. And Can It Be That I Should Gain
• 47. My God, I Am Thine, What a Comfort Divine
• 48. Let All Men Rejoice, By Jesus Restored
• 49. My God, the Spring of All My Joys
• 50. Talk with Us, Lord, Thyself Reveal
• 51. How Happy, Gracious Lord, Are We
• 52. When Israel out of Egypt Came
• 53. I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath
• 54. Praise Ye the Lord! 'Tis Good to Raise
• 55. Away with Our Fears! The Glad Morning Appears
• 56. Blest Be Our Everlasting Lord
• 57. Jehovah, God the Father, Bless
• 58. Father, How Wide Thy Glory Shines!
• 59. Soldiers of Christ, Arise
  Soldiers of Christ, Arise
  Soldiers of Christ, Arise is an 18th century English hymn. The words were written by Charles Wesley , and the first line refers to the armour of God in Ephesians 6:10–18....
  
  
• 60. Peace! Doubting Heart; My God's I Am
• 61. Shall I, for Fear of Feeble Man
• 62. Come, Saviour Jesus, from Above
• 63. Shepherd Divine, Our Wants Relieve
• 64. Jesus, My Strength, My Hope
• 65. Saviour, on Me the Want Bestow
• 66. Hark, How the Watchmen Cry
• 67. Ye, Who in His Courts Are Found
• 68. Captain of Israel's Host, and Guide
• 69. When Quiet in My House I Sit
• 70. O Thou, to Whose All-Searching Sight
• 71. From All That Dwell below the Skies
• 72. Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs
• 73. Praise the Lord, Who Reigns Above
• 74. Awake, and Sing the Song
• 75. Begin, My Tongue, the Heavenly Theme
• 76. Let Heathens to Their Idols Haste
• 77. This God Is the God We Adore
• 78. With Israel's God Who Can Compare?
• 79. O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness
• 80. Come Hither, All Ye Weary Souls
• 81. Ye Dying Sons of Men
• 82. Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
• 83. Come, Sound His Praise Abroad
• 84. My Soul, How Lovely Is the Place
• 85. Lord, We Come before Thee Now
• 86. Come, Dearest Lord, Descend and Dwell
• 87. Come, Thou Desire of All Thy Saints
• 88. God of My Life, to Thee I Call
• 89. As the Dew, from Heaven Distilling
• 90. O Thou, at Whose Almighty Word
• 91. Once More We Come before Our God
• 92. Come, Guilty Souls, and Flee Away
• 93. How Precious Is Thy Word, O Lord!
• 94. Arise, O King of Kings, Arise
• 95. Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
• 96. May We, Who Know the Joyful Sound
• 97. O Jesus, Our Lord, Thy Name Be Adored
• 98. The Rising Sun Has Chased the Night
• 99. Ye Ransomed Sinners Hear
• 100. Lord, I Believe Thy Every Word
• 101. Let Not the Wise His Wisdom Boast
• 102. Father, to Thee My Soul I Lift
• 103. Messiah, Full of Grace
• 104. And Are We Yet Alive
• 105. All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord
• 106. Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee
• 107. Praise Ye the Lord, My Heart Shall Join
• 108. Kingdoms and Thrones to God Belong
• 109. O Lord, Our Heavenly King
• 110. Lord, Thou Hast Searched and Seen Me Through
• 111. The Veil of Night Is No Disguise
• 112. Sweet Is the Memory of Thy Grace
• 113. With All My Powers of Heart and Tongue
• 114. O God, on Thee We All Depend
• 115. Ye Sons of Men, a Feeble Race
• 116. Dismiss Your Anxious Care
• 117. When God's Own People Stand in Need
• 118. When All Thy Mercies, O My God
• 119. How Pleasant, How Divinely Fair
• 120. Sweet Is the Work, My God, My King
• 121. Not to the Terrors of the Lord
• 122. Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
• 123. How Happy Every Child of Grace
• 124. When I Can Read My Title Clear
• 125. Except the Lord Conduct the Plan
• 126. And Let Our Bodies Part
• 127. God of All Consolation, Take
• 128. Sing to the Great Jehovah's Praise
• 129. I Long to Behold Him Arrayed
• 130. On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
• 131. Soon as I heard My Father Say
• 132. Great God, Attend, While Zion Sings
• 133. O God, Our Help in Ages Past
  O God, Our Help in Ages Past
  O God, Our Help in Ages Past is a hymn by Isaac Watts and paraphrases Psalm 90. It originally consisted of nine stanzas. In present usage, however, the hymn is usually limited to stanzas one, two, three, five and nine...
  
  

Dismission - Doxologies

• 134. May the Grace of Christ our Saviour
• 135. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
• 136. Glory to God on High
• 137. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Sacramental Hymns

• 138. Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed!
• 139. Twas on That Dark, That Solemn Night
• 140. Arise, My Soul, Arise
• 141. Behold the Saviour of Mankind
• 142. He Died; the Great Redeemer Died
• 143. O God, the Eternal Father
• 144. I Know That My Redeemer Lives
• 145. Gently Raise the Sacred Strain
• 146. Ye Children of Our God
• 147. Behold Thy Sons and Daughters, Lord

Baptismal Hymns

• 148. Jesus, Mighty King in Zion
• 149. In Jordan's Tide the Prophet Stands
• 150. Salem's Bright King, Jesus by Name
• 151. Come Ye Children of the Kingdom
• 152. Do We Not Know That Solemn Word
• 153. In Pleasure Sweet Here We Do Meet
• 154. Thus Was the Great Redeemer Plunged
• 155. Never Does Truth More Shine
• 156. Come, All Ye Sons of Grace, and View
• 157. All You That Love Immanuel's Name
• 158. Dear Lord, and Will Thy Pardoning Love
• 159. Behold the Lamb of God!
• 160. 'Twas the Commission of Our Lord
• 161. In Ancient Times a Man of God
• 162. Father in Heaven, We Do Believe
• 163. How Foolish to the Carnal Mind
• 164. Lo! on the Water's Brink We Stand
• 165. Come, Humble Sinner, in Whose Breast
• 166. Repent Ye Gentiles All

Funeral Hymns

• 167. Hark! from the Tombs a Doleful Sound
• 168. Why Do We Mourn for Dying Friends
• 169. Why Should We Start and Fear to Die!
• 170. Creation Speaks with Awful Voice
• 171. The Morning Flowers Display Their Sweets

Second Coming of Christ

• 174. Awake, O Ye People! The Saviour Is Coming
• 175. From the Regions of Glory an Angel Descended
• 176. Let All the Saints Their Hearts Prepare
• 177. Let Us Pray, Gladly Pray
• 178. Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise
• 179. My Soul Is Full of Peace and Love
• 180. Now Let Us Rejoice in the Day of Salvation
• 181. The Glorious Day Is Rolling On
• 182. Behold the Great Redeemer Comes
• 183. Behold the Saviour Comes
• 184. Earth Is the Place Where Christ Will Reign
• 185. Behold the Mount of Olives Rend!
• 186. Hosanna to the Great Messiah
• 187. Jesus Once of Humble Birth
• 188. This Earth Shall Be a Blessed Place
• 189. At First, the Babe of Bethlehem
• 190. Come, O! Thou King of Kings!
• 191. Let All the Saints Their Hearts Prepare

Gathering of Israel

• 192. Redeemer of Israel
• 193. What Wondrous Things We Now Behold
• 194. Ye Ransomed of the Lord
• 195. An Holy Angel from on High
• 196. What Wondrous Scenes Mine Eyes Behold
• 197. An Angel from on High
• 198. On Mountain Tops the Mount of God

Morning Hymns

• 199. Awake! for the Morning Is Come
• 200. Awake My Soul, and with the Sun
• 201. Lord, in the Morning Thou Shalt Hear
• 202. Once More, My Soul, the Rising Day
• 203. See How the Morning Sun
• 204. Waked from My Bed of Slumber Sweet

Evening Hymns

• 205. Come, Let Us Sing an Evening Hymn
• 206. Glory to Thee, My God, This Night
• 207. Great God! to Thee My Evening Song
• 208. Lord, Thou Wilt Hear Me When I Pray
• 209. The Day Is Past and Gone

Farewell Hymns

• 210. Adieu My Dear Brethren Adieu
• 211. Farewell, Our Friends and Brethren!
• 212. From Greenland's Icy Mountains
• 213. How Often in Sweet Meditation, My Mind
• 214. The Gallant Ship Is under Way
• 215. Yes, My Native Land, I Love Thee
• 216. Farewell, My Kind and Faithful Friend
• 217. Adieu to the City, Where Long I Have Wandered
• 218. Keep These Few Lines Till Time Shall End
• 219. Farewell, Ye Servants of the Lord
• 220. When Shall We All Meet Again?
• 221. To Leave My Dear Friends, and from Neighbors to Part
• 222. When Time Shall Be No More

Miscellaneous

• 223. An Angel Came down from the Mansions of Glory
• 224. Before this Earth from Chaos Sprung
• 225. A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
  A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
  "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" is a seven-stanza poem written in 1826 by James Montgomery. The words of the poem have since been adopted as a Christian hymn.-Origin and authorship:...
  
  
• 226. Come, All Ye Sons of Zion
• 227. Earth, with Her Ten Thousand Flowers
• 228. Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah
• 229. How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord
• 230. How Pleasant 'Tis to See
• 231. How Pleased and Blessed Was I
• 232. Know Then That Every Soul Is Free
• 233. The Great and Glorious Gospel Light
• 234. The Happy Day Has Rolled On
• 235. The Lord into His Garden Comes
• 236. The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning
  The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning
  "The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning" is a hymn of the Latter Day Saint movement. It was written by W. W. Phelps, one of the most prolific hymnwriters of early Mormonism....
  
  
• 237. The Sun That Declines in the Far Western Sky
• 238. The Cities of Zion Soon Shall Rise
• 239. There's a Feast of Fat Things for the Righteous Preparing
• 240. This Land Was Once a Glorious Place
• 241. Though, in the Outward Church Below
• 242. What Fair One Is This, from the Wilderness Traveling
• 243. When Joseph His Brethren Beheld
• 244. When Restless on My Bed I Lie
• 245. Hark! Listen to the Trumpeters
• 246. The Pure Testimony Poured Forth in the Spirit
• 247. Afflicted Saint, to Christ Draw Near
• 248. Daniel's Wisdom May I Know
• 249. When Joseph Saw His Brethren Moved
• 250. Ye Wondering Nations, Now Give Ear
• 251. I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly
• 252. Go, Ye Messengers of Glory
• 253. All Hail the Glorious Day
• 254. The Glorious Plan, Which God Has Given
• 255. Truth Reflects upon Our Senses
• 256. Stars of Morning, Shout for Joy
• 257. Let Judah Rejoice in This Glorious News
• 258. When Earth in Bondage Long Had Lain
• 259. The Solid Rocks Were Rent in Twain
• 260. O Who That Has Searched in the Records of Old
• 261. Hark! Listen to the Gentle Breeze
• 262. Another Day Has Fled and Gone
• 263. How Fleet the Precious Moments Roll!
• 264. Lift up Your Heads, Ye Scattered Saints
• 265. Torn from Our Friends and Captive Led
• 266. This Morning in Silence I Ponder and Mourn
• 267. 'Mid Scenes of Confusion and Creature Complaints
• 268. By the River's Verdant Side
• 269. O Zion, When I Think on Thee
• 270. Children of Zion, Awake from Your Sadness
• 271. I Have No Home, Where Shall I Go?

External links

• View this hymnal from Online Collections at BYU (scanned images) (to get the entire hymnal, download the version for printing, and change the extension to pdf)
• the Fourth Edition (1844), from Online Collections at BYU
  • Mislocated link to download the printing version of it. (Click on Printing Version - when they fix this, it'll be for another hymnal, as the rest of the page is for another hymnal.)
• Text of every hymn found in this hymnal, at hymnwiki.org