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The Book of Common Praise: being the hymn book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938)

#	Text	Tune
1	Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!	NICAEA
2a	Awake, my soul, and with the sun	MORNING HYMN
2b	Glory to thee who safe hast kept	TALLIS'S CANON
3	New every morning is the love	MELCOMBE
4	Now that the daylight fills the sky	MELCOMBE
5a	Christ, whose glory fills the skies	MINISTRES DE L'ÉTERNEL (PSALM 135)
5b	Christ, whose glory fills the skies	RATISBON
6	At thy feet, O Christ, we lay	HEATHLANDS
7a	Forth in thy Name, O Lord, I go	ANGEL'S SONG (SONG 34).
7b	Forth in thy Name, O Lord, I go	WARRINGTON
8a	Come to me, Lord, when first I wake	OXFORD
8b	Come to me, Lord, when first I wake	MOZART
9a	Jesus, Sun of righteousness	MORGENGLANZ DER EWIGKEIT
9b	Jesus, Sun of righteousness	LUX PRIMA
10a	My Father, for another night	STRACATHRO
10b	My Father, for another night	ST. TIMOTHY
11a	O Splendour of God's glory bright	BEATA NOBIS GAUDIA
11b	O Splendour of God's glory bright	SPLENDOR PATERNAE GLORIAE
12	Father, we praise thee, now the night is over	CHRISTE SANCTORUM
13	The star of morn has risen	TEMPLE
14a	O Father, hear my morning prayer	BISHOPTHORPE (ST. PAUL'S)
14b	O Father, hear my morning prayer	BALLERMA
15	Behold us, Lord, a little space	ST. DAVID
16	Abide with me; fast falls the eventide	EVENTIDE
17a	Softly now the light of day	POSEN
17b	Softly now the light of day	TUNBRIDGE
18a	Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear	BIRLING
18b	Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear	ABENDS
19a	At even, when the sun was set	HURSLEY
19b	At even, when the sun was set	ANGELUS
20	Glory to thee, my God, this night	TALLIS'S CANON
21	The sun is sinking fast	ST. COLUMBA
22a	Holy Father, cheer our way	VESPER
22b	Holy Father, cheer our way	HUDDERSFIELD
23a	God, that madest earth and heaven	NUTFIELD
23b	God, that madest earth and heaven	AR HYD Y NOS
24a	Saviour, breathe an evening blessing	ST. MABYN
24b	Saviour, breathe an evening blessing	EVENING PRAYER
25	Lord Jesus, in the days of old	ST. PETERSBURG
26	Before the day draws near its ending	LES COMMANDEMENS DE DIEU
27	The day thou gavest, Lord is ended	ST. CLEMENT
28a	O Strength and Stay upholding all creation	CHARTERHOUSE
28b	O Strength and Stay upholding all creation	STRENGTH AND STAY
29	How sweet the hour of closing day!	HOLLY
30a	Hear our prayer, O heavenly Father	OMNI DIE
30b	Hear our prayer, O heavenly Father	AGAPÉ
31	The radiant morn hath passed away	ST. GABRIEL
32	Night has drawn its curtains	NIGHT
33	Hail, gladdening Light, of his pure glory poured	SEBASTE
34	O Gladsome Light, O Grace	NUNC DIMITTIS
35a	Through the day thy love has spared us	ST. LEONARD
35b	Through the day thy love has spared us	DRETZEL
35c	Through the day thy love has spared us	GOUNOD
36a	The day is past and over	ST. ANATOLIUS
36b	The day is past and over	DU FRIEDENSFÜRST
37	As now the sun's declining rays	ST. PETER
38a	The Lord be with us as we bend	PRAETORIUS (FÜR DEIN EMPFANGEN)
38b	The Lord be with us as we bend	HOLY TRINITY
39a	Sweet Saviour, bless us ere we go	ST. MATTHIAS
39b	Sweet Saviour, bless us ere we go	STELLA
40	Round me falls the night	ARNSTADT (SEELENBRÄUTIGAM)
41a	Saviour, again to thy dear Name we raise	ELLERS
41b	Saviour, again to thy dear Name we raise	PAX DEI
42a	Now the day is over	EUDOXIA
42b	Now the day is over	EVENING
42c	Now the day is over	LYNDHURST
43	Lord, keep us safe this night	VESPERS
44	The day hath now an ending	INNSBRÜCK
45	Now God be with us, for the night is closing	CHRISTE FONS JUGIS
46a	Evensong is hushed in silence	EVENING HYMN
46b	Evensong is hushed in silence	ST. JAMES'S EVENING HYMN
47a	O day of rest and gladness	KOMM, SEELE
47b	O day of rest and gladness	DAY OF REST
48	Sweet is the work, my God, my King	TRURO
49	Again, O loving Saviour	MORN OF GLADNESS
50	Servants of God, awake	CROFT'S 136TH
51a	This is the day the Lord hath made	IRISH
51b	This is the day the Lord hath made	NATIVITY
52a	And now this holy day	HEART'S DESIRE (MARIA JUNG UND ZART)
52b	And now this holy day	LISBON
53a	This is the day of light	CARLISLE
53b	This is the day of light	DOMINICA
54a	Our day of praise is done	PETERBOROUGH
54b	Our day of praise is done	DAY OF PRAISE
55a	On this day, the first of days	LÜBECK
56b	Blest Creator of the light	VIENNA
57	Thou, in whose Name the two or three	HESPERUS
58	O Jesu, crucified for man	ROCKINGHAM
59a	The Advent of our King	FRANCONIA
59b	The Advent of our King	ST. THOMAS
60a	Lo! he comes with clouds descending	HELMSLEY
61b	Jesus came - the heavens adoring	ST. THOMAS (TANTUM ERGO)
62	O come, O come, Emmanuel	VENI EMMANUEL
63a	Hark! A herald voice is sounding	MERTON
63b	Hark! A herald voice is sounding	STUTTGART
64	The Lord will come and not be slow	OLD 107TH
65a	Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes	BRISTOL
65b	Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes	ST. STEPHEN
66a	Creator of the starry height	CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
66b	Creator of the starry height	EISENACH (LEIPSIC)

[This hymnal has not been proofed - data may be incomplete or incorrect]

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