Author: Charles W. EverestAppears in 298 hymnalsFirst Line: "Take up your cross," the Savior saidUsed With Tune: KEDRONText Sources: Visions of Death and Other Poems, 1833, alt.
Author: Marty HaugenAppears in 13 hymnalsFirst Line: We give thanks unto you, O God of mightScripture: Psalm 136Used With Tune: [We give thanks unto you, O God of might]Text Sources: Shepherd Me, O God, 1986
Author: Martin Luther; William M. Reynolds; Martin L. SeltzAppears in 44 hymnalsUsed With Tune: NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILANDText Sources: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, 1523, Ein Enchiridia, 1524
Author: George LockwoodAppears in 4 hymnalsFirst Line: Esa tu hermosura (You have heaven's beauty)Refrain First Line: Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo (Child so lovely, here I kneel before you)Used With Tune: CARACASText Sources: Venezuelan hymn; The United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
Author: Charles Coffin; John ChandlerAppears in 230 hymnalsUsed With Tune: WINCHESTER NEWText Sources: Jordanis oras praevia, Hymni Sacri and Paris Breviary, 1736; Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837, alt.; (St. 4) Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
Author: Synesius of Cyrene; Allen W. ChatfieldAppears in 130 hymnalsUsed With Tune: SOUTHWELLText Sources: Tenth Ode by Synesius, ca. 375-414; Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets, 1876