Moravian Book of Worship Hymns (by number)

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To make searching for hymns and songs from the 1995 Moravian Book of Worship easier, here is a list in numerical order.

For hymns specifically for Lent and Easter, visit this page

For hymns specifically for Advent and Christmas, visit this site.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom for copyright guidelines and some new Moravian music.

Hymn # Hymn Title MP3 PDF DOC
pg 90 The Day of Resurrection MP3
pg 91 Christians, Dismiss Your Fears MP3
pg 93 Alleluia! Alleluia MP3
pg 94 Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord! MP3
pg 119 Praise to God, immortal praise MP3
pg 121 Who trusts in God MP3
pg 122 Lord of all Being (choral) MP3
pg 122 Lord of all Being (organ) MP3
pg 124 Breath, O breath (choral) MP3
pg 124 Breathe, O breathe (organ) MP3
pg 126 Join we all (choral) MP3
pg 126 Join we all (organ) MP3
239 Hosanna (Gregor) MP3 PDF 
257 The King Shall Come MP3 DOC
258 Wake, Awake for Night is Flying MP3 DOC
260 Kingdom Comes MP3 DOC
261 Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord MP3 DOC
262 Come, O Long Expected Jesus MP3 DOC
263 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed MP3 PDF DOC
264 Comfort, Comfort Now My People MP3 DOC
269 How Shall I Meet My Savior MP3 PDF DOC
270 Once He Came in Blessing MP3 DOC
271 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent MP3 DOC
273 Once He Came in Blessing MP3 PDF DOC
274 O Come, O Come Immanuel MP3 DOC
278 How Bright Appears the Morning Star MP3 DOC
279 Eternal Source, Whence All Did Spring MP3 DOC
280 Immanuel, to You We Sing MP3 DOC
281 Morning Star, O Cheering Sight MP3 DOC
282 O Little Town of Bethlehem MP3 DOC
283 O Come, All Ye Faithful MP3 DOC
284 Softly the Night Is Sleeping MP3 DOC
285 Jesus, Call Thou Me MP3 DOC
286 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear MP3 DOC
287 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav’nly Light MP3 DOC
288 Angels We Have Heard on High MP3 DOC
289 All My Heart Again Rejoices MP3 DOC
291 Good Christian Friends, Rejoice MP3 DOC
292 Once in Royal David’s City MP3 DOC
293 Angels from the Realms of Glory MP3 DOC
294 Joy to the World, the Lord Is Come MP3 DOC
295 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing MP3 DOC
296 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks MP3 DOC
297 Silent Night, Holy Night MP3 DOC
298 Christ the Lord, the Lord Most Glorious MP3 DOC
299 The Word of God a Promise Told MP3 DOC
303 Christ the Lord to Us Is Born MP3 DOC
305 What Child Is This MP3 DOC
326 How Good Lord to be Here MP3 DOC
328 What Wondrous Love Is This MP3 DOC
329 Beneath the Cross of Jesus DOC
330 Hail, O Once Despised Jesus DOC
331 Jesus, Refuge of the Weary DOC
334 Christ, the Life of All the Living MP3 DOC
335 When Jesus Wept MP3 DOC
340 For Our Transgressions You Were Wounded MP3 DOC
341 Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days MP3 DOC
342 All Glory Laud and Honor MP3 PDF DOC
343 Ride On! Ride On in Majesty
(v. 1, 3, 4, 5)
MP3 PDF DOC
345 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded MP3 DOC
346 My Redeemer, Overwhelmed DOC
348 O Lord, Who Through This Holy Week MP3 DOC
349 Go to Dark Gethsemane DOC
350 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross MP3 DOC
351 O Dearest Jesus, What Law MP3 DOC
352 Jesus, in Your Dying Woes DOC
353 There Is a Green Hill Far Away DOC
354 Were You There
(arrangement © Brian Henkelmann; permission granted)
MP3 DOC
356 Christians Dismiss Your Fear MP3 PDF DOC
358 Jesus Christ is Ris’n Today MP3 PDF DOC
359 Christ the Lord is Ris’n Today MP3 PDF DOC
360 Christ the Lord is Ris’n Again MP3
(Organ only)
PDF DOC
361 The Strife is O’er MP3 PDF DOC
364 Sing Alleluia, Christ Does Live MP3 (Brass) PDF DOC
366 We Know that Christ is Raised MP3 PDF
367 Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands PDF DOC
371 Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (four verses) MP3 PDF DOC
372 Rejoice the Lord is King (four verses) MP3 PDF DOC
373 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (three verses) MP3 PDF DOC
374 O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire MP3 PDF DOC
376 O Spirit, Our Lord God (five verses) MP3 PDF DOC
377 Spirit of God, On This Great Day Inspire (three verses) MP3 PDF DOC
380 God, Whose Almighty Word (four verses) MP3 PDF DOC
381 Holy, Holy, Holy MP3 PDF DOC
383 Praise to the Father (three verses) MP3 PDF DOC
386 Holy God, We Praise Your Name MP3 PDF DOC
394 Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand MP3 PDF DOC
402 All Hail the Pow’r of Jesus’ Name DOC
404 Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun PDF DOC
405 Crown Him with Many Crowns PDF DOC
423 Come Let Us Eat DOC
450 Come you thankful people come PDF DOC
452 The God of Harvest Praise PDF DOC
469 Come, Let Us Sing the Song of Songs DOC
484 O Jesus, Highest Treasure PDF DOC
490 Spirit of God, Who Dwells MP3
494 Breathe on Me, Breath of God
(v. 1, 2, 4)
MP3 DOC
505 O Word of God Incarnate PDF DOC
511 The Church’s One Foundation PDF DOC
519 Come Let Us All with Gladness Raise DOC
529 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven DOC
531 Stand Up, and Bless the Lord DOC
533 Now Thank We All Our God MP3 PDF DOC
539 All People That on Earth Do Dwell PDF DOC
541 To God Whose Mercy Knows No Bounds DOC
543 Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord MP3 PDF DOC
550 To God Be the Glory PDF DOC
565 Ye Servants of God PDF DOC
573 In the Morning when I Rise PDF DOC
587 Our Lamb has Conquered PDF DOC
640 Christ for the World We Sing! DOC
657 We Give You But Your Own PDF DOC
662 Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice MP3 PDF DOC
673 Christian Hearts in Love United MP3 PDF DOC
703 Hail, Alpha and Omega, Hail DOC
709 How Firm a Foundation DOC
712 If You But Trust in God to Guide You PDF DOC
714 Blessed Assurance DOC
732 In Heav’nly Love Abiding DOC
751 God of Grace and God of Glory DOC
757 Be Still My Soul DOC
769 God is My Strong Salvation MP3 PDF DOC
779 Father Now Your Sinful Child DOC
783 Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound DOC
785 Where Charity and Love Prevail DOC
799 Jesus, Still Lead On DOC
824 God Be with You Till We Meet Again DOC

Note: Not for direct distribution. The hymns contained within may contain copyrighted material that must be cleared with the original author or contained within your CCLI license.  See printed 1995 Moravian Book of Worship for details.

Moravian congregations may reproduce these materials for worship or educational purposes, including in-church projection, online streaming, and printed worship, devotional and educational materials with the following attribution:

Reprinted or adapted from the 1995 Moravian Book of Worship with the permission of the Interprovincial Board of Communication, Moravian Church in America. © 1995 IBOC. www.moravian.org; e-mail: [email protected]. All rights reserved.

New Moravian Music

These hymns were written in March 2020. Thanks to June Edwards, Jill Bruckart, the Rev. Andy Meckstroth and the Rev. Greg Behrend for permission to share these new songs.

  • We Long for Comfort (Text by the Rev. Andy Meckstroth, Tune by Jill Bruckart) (MP3) (PDF) Recorded at College Hill Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • God So Loved the World (Text and Tune by Jill Bruckart) (MP3) (PDF) Recorded at College Hill Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • There’s A Light (Text and Tune by June Edwards, arr. by Nola Knouse) (MP3) (PDF)  Recorded at Trinity Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • The Path We Take (Text by the Rev. Andy Meckstroth, Tune by Jill Bruckart) (MP3) (PDF)
  • Beyond the Walls (Words & Music by the Rev. Greg Behrend) (MP3) (PDF) (Video)

 

Easter Dawn Brass

These selections are from Moravian Music Foundation recordings, “Mit Freuden zart,” “Harmonious to Dwell” and “What Heights, What Depths,” and “Church Rejoice” For more on these recordings, click here.

  • “Hail all hail” (185 A) (MP3)
  • “The Spirit and the church” (146 A) (MP3)
  • “Lord, Your Body Ne’er Forsake” (205 A) (MP3)
  • “The graves of all his saints” (14 C) (MP3)
  • “Who Are These…” (205 A) (MP3)
  • “I Give You Thanks Unfeigned” (151 G) (MP3)
  • “Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord” (MP3)
  • Postlude, Tune 159D (MP3)

 

For more on Moravian Church copyright guidelines, click here.

For additional info on copyright considerations when streaming services, click here.

The IBOC has collected the CCLI and OneLicense numbers for many of the copyrighted hymns in the Moravian Book of Worship. Use this chart as a reference determine if hymns are public domain, copyrighted and whether or not they are covered under one of the licenses. As always, be sure to double check the copyright information at the bottom of each Book of Worship hymn you wish to use.

A complete list of public domain hymns found in the Moravian Book of Worship is available here.