Fifty well-loved hymns in alphabetical order, with a Scripture for each and a PowerPoint made on demand.
These fifty hymns are widely sung in congregations of many kinds, including those that sing without instruments. This list is not an official ranking or a poll; it is a starting point, kept in alphabetical order. Each song shows who wrote it, when, the music, and a verse of Scripture that echoes it. Every hymn here is in the public domain in the United States (published in 1930 or earlier), so you may print the words and show them.
PowerPoint, on demand: press PowerPoint beside a song. Paste the words (use Find the words to copy them from a hymn library, or from your own hymnal) and you get one slide per verse, with the title, the writer and a Scripture slide. Nothing is saved on our server.
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Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1847 · Music: Eventide, W. H. Monk (1861)
A verse that echoes it: Luke 24:29
Words: Edward Perronet, 1779 · Music: Coronation, Oliver Holden (1793)
A verse that echoes it: Philippians 2:9-11
Words: Philip P. Bliss, 1871 · Music: Almost Persuaded, Philip P. Bliss
A verse that echoes it: Acts 26:28
Words: John Newton, 1779 · Music: New Britain (early American tune)
A verse that echoes it: Ephesians 2:8-9
Words: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1878 · Music: Hoffman, Elisha A. Hoffman
A verse that echoes it: Revelation 7:14
Words: Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1868 · Music: St. Christopher, Frederick C. Maker (1881)
A verse that echoes it: Isaiah 32:2
Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1873 · Music: Assurance, Phoebe P. Knapp
A verse that echoes it: Hebrews 10:22
Words: John Fawcett, 1782 · Music: Dennis, Hans G. Nägeli / Lowell Mason
A verse that echoes it: Ephesians 4:3
Words: Robert Robinson, 1758 · Music: Nettleton, American folk tune
A verse that echoes it: 1 Samuel 7:12
Words: Johnson Oatman Jr., 1897 · Music: Count Your Blessings, Edwin O. Excell
A verse that echoes it: Psalm 103:2
Words: Matthew Bridges, 1851 · Music: Diademata, George J. Elvey (1868)
A verse that echoes it: Revelation 19:12
Words: Anonymous German hymn (Münster, 1677), 1677 · Music: Crusaders' Hymn (Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842)
A verse that echoes it: Colossians 1:15-18
Words: Frederick W. Faber, 1849 · Music: St. Catherine, Henri F. Hemy
A verse that echoes it: Jude 3
Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923 · Music: Faithfulness, William M. Runyan
A verse that echoes it: Lamentations 3:22-23
Words: Johnson Oatman Jr., 1898 · Music: Higher Ground, Charles H. Gabriel
A verse that echoes it: Philippians 3:14
Words: Reginald Heber, 1826 · Music: Nicaea, John B. Dykes (1861)
A verse that echoes it: Revelation 4:8
Words: Rippon's Selection (1787), 1787 · Music: Foundation, early American tune
A verse that echoes it: Isaiah 41:10
Words: Katherine Hankey, 1866 · Music: Hankey, William G. Fischer
A verse that echoes it: Romans 1:16
Words: Annie S. Hawks, 1872 · Music: Need, Robert Lowry
A verse that echoes it: John 15:5
Words: C. Austin Miles, 1912 · Music: Garden, C. Austin Miles
A verse that echoes it: John 20:15-16
Words: Horatio G. Spafford, 1873 · Music: Ville du Havre, Philip P. Bliss (1876)
A verse that echoes it: 2 Kings 4:26
Words: Anna B. Warner, 1860 · Music: Jesus Loves Me, William B. Bradbury (1862)
A verse that echoes it: Mark 10:14
Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1869 · Music: Near the Cross, William H. Doane
A verse that echoes it: John 19:25
Words: Isaac Watts, 1719 · Music: Antioch, arr. Lowell Mason (1836)
A verse that echoes it: Psalm 98:4-9
Words: Charlotte Elliott, 1835 · Music: Woodworth, William B. Bradbury
A verse that echoes it: John 6:37
Words: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1887 · Music: Showalter, Anthony J. Showalter
A verse that echoes it: Deuteronomy 33:27
Words: William J. Kirkpatrick, 1892 · Music: Coming Home, William J. Kirkpatrick
A verse that echoes it: Luke 15:20
Words: Sarah F. Adams, 1841 · Music: Bethany, Lowell Mason (1856)
A verse that echoes it: Genesis 28:10-22
Words: Attributed to John F. Wade; trans. Frederick Oakeley (1841), 1743 · Music: Adeste Fideles
A verse that echoes it: Luke 2:15
Words: Charles Wesley, 1739 · Music: Azmon, Carl G. Gläser (1828)
A verse that echoes it: Psalm 34:1-3
Words: Robert Grant, 1833 · Music: Hanover, attributed to William Croft
A verse that echoes it: Psalm 104:1
Words: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865 · Music: St. Gertrude, Arthur S. Sullivan (1871)
A verse that echoes it: 2 Timothy 2:3
Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1868 · Music: Pass Me Not, William H. Doane
A verse that echoes it: Mark 10:46-52
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 · Music: Old Hundredth, attributed to Louis Bourgeois
A verse that echoes it: Psalm 150:6
Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1869 · Music: Rescue, William H. Doane
A verse that echoes it: Proverbs 24:11
Words: William P. Mackay, 1863 · Music: Hallelujah, Thine the Glory, John J. Husband
A verse that echoes it: Psalm 85:6
Words: Augustus M. Toplady, 1763 · Music: Toplady, Thomas Hastings (1830)
A verse that echoes it: Isaiah 26:4
Words: Robert Lowry, 1864 · Music: Hanson Place, Robert Lowry
A verse that echoes it: Revelation 22:1
Words: Joseph Mohr; Eng. John F. Young (1859), 1818 · Music: Stille Nacht, Franz X. Gruber
A verse that echoes it: Luke 2:8-14
Words: Will L. Thompson, 1880 · Music: Thompson, Will L. Thompson
A verse that echoes it: Matthew 11:28
Words: R. Kelso Carter, 1886 · Music: Promises, R. Kelso Carter
A verse that echoes it: 2 Peter 1:4
Words: William W. Walford, 1845 · Music: Sweet Hour, William B. Bradbury (1861)
A verse that echoes it: Philippians 4:6
Words: Frances R. Havergal, 1874 · Music: Hendon, H. A. César Malan
A verse that echoes it: Romans 12:1
Words: Katherine Hankey, 1866 · Music: Evangel, William H. Doane
A verse that echoes it: 1 Timothy 1:15
Words: George Bennard, 1913 · Music: Old Rugged Cross, George Bennard
A verse that echoes it: 1 Corinthians 1:18
Words: John H. Sammis, 1887 · Music: Trust and Obey, Daniel B. Towner
A verse that echoes it: 1 Samuel 15:22
Words: Joseph M. Scriven, 1855 · Music: Converse, Charles C. Converse (1868)
A verse that echoes it: John 15:15
Words: Isaac Watts, 1707 · Music: Hamburg, Lowell Mason (1824)
A verse that echoes it: Galatians 6:14
Words: James M. Black, 1893 · Music: Roll Call, James M. Black
A verse that echoes it: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Words: Philip P. Bliss, 1874 · Music: Wonderful Words, Philip P. Bliss
A verse that echoes it: John 6:68
Put a blank line between verses. A line that begins with “Chorus” or “Refrain” is kept with its words on its own slide. Use only words you may use: all fifty hymns here are public domain.
Dates are the year of first publication or writing as commonly given by hymnals. Where a hymn has several translations, the English wording used in the United States may differ from the one you sing. If a date matters, check it in your own hymnal.