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Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada

Committee Chair:	Leonard Lythgoe, Nancy E. Hardy
Hymnary.org Indexer:	Stephen Benner
Publisher:	The United Church Publishing House, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, 1996
Denomination:	The United Church of Canada
Language:	English; French

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#	Text	Tune
1	O come, O come, Emmanuel (Oh! viens Jésus, oh! viens Emmauel)	VENI EMMANUEL
2	Come, thou long-expected Jesus	STUTTGART
3	Plus de nuit, le jour va naître	STUTTGART
4	God of all places; present, unseen	WHITTLESEY
5	All earth is waiting to see the Promised One	TAULÉ
6	A candle is burning	AWAY IN A MANGER
7	Hope is a star that shines in the night	MOON BEAMS
8	Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (D'un arbre séculaire)	ES IST EIN' ROS
9	People, look east. The time is near	BESANÇON
10	Prepare the way of the Lord	[Prepare the way of the Lord]
11	God of all wisdom, our hearts yearn for the warmth of your love
12	She walked in the summer through the heat on the hill	THE VISIT
13	O God, our deliverer, you cast down the mighty
14	To a maid whose name was Mary	ANNUNCIATION
15	Came he not in fire, onward came the Lord	CAME HE NOT
16	Mary, woman of the promise	GRATIA PLENA
17	O ancient love, processing through the ages	BEDFORD ABBEY
18	There's a voice in the wilderness crying	ASCENSION (BANCROFT)
19	Kindle a flame to lighten the dark	[Kindle a flame to lighten the dark]
20	On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry	WINCHESTER NEW
21	Oh viens, Seigneur, ne tarde pas	WINCHESTER NEW
22	Wait for the Lord, God's day is near	WAIT FOR THE LORD
23	Joy shall come even to the wilderness	JOY SHALL COME
24	Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice	[Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice]
25	Lo, he comes with clouds descending	HELMSLEY
26	Who are we, O God, that you should come to us?
27	Tomorrow Christ is coming	LITTLE BADDOW
28	Herald! Sound the note of gladness!	NEANDER (UNSER HERRSCHER)
29	Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes	RICHMOND
30	Hail to God's own anointed	CRÜGER
31	O Lord, how shall I meet you	ST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN)
32	Seigneur, que tous s'unissent	ST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN)
33	Watch, watch and pray	[Watch, watch and pray]
34	Come now, O God of Peace (O-so-so o-so-so)	O-SO-SO
35	Good Christian friends, rejoice	IN DULCI JUBILO
36	Angels, from the realms of glory	REGENT SQUARE
37	Gloria, gloria (Glory to God, glory to God)	GLORIA
38	Les anges dans nos campagnes (Angels we have heard on high)	GLORIA
39	Generous God, you gave your only-begotten Son
40	Before the marvel of this night	MARVEL
41	Christ is born; give him glory!	[Christ is born; give him glory]
42	Down to earth, as a dove	THEODORIC (PERSONENT HODIE)
43	While shepherds kept their watching	GO, TELL IT
44	It came upon the midnight clear	CAROL
45	Joy is now in every place	RESONET IN LAUDIBUS
46	Gentle Mary laid her child	GENTLE MARY
47	Still, still, still	STILL, STILL, STILL
48	Hark! the herald angels sing	MENDELSSOHN
49	No crowded eastern street	HERITAGE
50	Depuis plus de quatre mille ans (Through long ages of the past)	IL EST NÉ
51	Aujourd'hui les anges chantent dans le ciel
52	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	KORIN
53	Eternal God, in Jesus Christ your light shines in our darkness
54	Unto us a boy is born!	PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
55	In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan	CRANHAM
56	Jesus, our brother, kind and good	ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
57	Oh, how joyfully	SICILIAN MARINERS
58	Infant holy, infant lowly	W ŻŁOBIE LEŻY
59	Joy to the world! the Lord is come	ANTIOCH
60	O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) (Peuple fidèle)	ADESTE FIDELES
61	Of the Father's love begotten	DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
62	Once in royal David's city	IRBY
63	God of stable, stars, and surprises
64	O little town of Bethlehem	ST LOUIS
65	Ring a bell for peace	CHESHUNT
66	As once you came in the hush of darkness, O God
67	Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! (Silent night, Holy night) (Ô nuit de foi! Sainte nuit!)	STILLE NACHT
68	All poor ones and humble	OLWEN
69	Away in a manger, no crib for a bed	CRADLE SONG
70	There's a star in the East on Christmas morn	RISE UP, SHEPHERD
71	'Twas in the moon of wintertime	JESOUS AHATONHIA
72	From heaven above to earth I come	VOM HIMMEL HOCH
73	The virgin Mary had a baby boy	THE VIRGIN MARY
74	What child is this, who, laid to rest	GREENSLEEVES
75	While shepherds watched their flocks by night	WINCHESTER OLD
76	See amid the winter's snow	SEE AMID THE WINTER'S SNOW
77	In Bethlehem a newborn boy	IN BETHLEHEM
78	Sing till sundown, hum your joy	SPRINGBROOK
79	Arise, your light is come!	FESTAL SONG
80	O God, our light, our beauty, our rest
81	As with gladness men of old	DIX
82	When light comes pouring into the darkest space	LIVING IN THE LIGHT
83	Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light	ERMUNTRE DICH
84	O radiant Christ, incarnate Word	CANONBURY
85	Midnight stars make bright the skies (ming xing can lan ye wei yang)	HUAN-SHA-CH'I
86	Radiant God, light for all people and all places
87	When the song of the angels is stilled	LIGHT OF THE WORLD
88	God of gold, we seek your glory
89	From a distant home the Saviour we come seeking (De tierra lejana venimos a verte)	ISLA DEL ENCANTO
90	Aujourd'hui, le Roi des cieux, au milieu de la nuit	THE FIRST NOWELL
91	The first Nowell the angel did say	THE FIRST NOWELL
92	In the darkness shines the splendour	IRBY
93	When heaven's bright with mystery	SUSSEX CAROL
94	Hanure pinnanun challanhan byora (Lovely star in the sky)	TONG BANG UI BYOL
95	Born in the night, Mary's Child	MARY'S CHILD
96	Will you come and see the light from the stable door?	KELVINGROVE
97	When a star is shining over eastern hills	KING'S WESTON
98	How brightly beams the Morning Star!	WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET
99	Christ, when for us you were baptized	ST. BERNARD
100	When Jesus comes to be baptized	WINCHESTER NEW

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