A House of Praise, Part 2

Educated at Cambridge University, Timothy Dudley-Smith was ordained in 1950 as assistant curate of St Paul's Church, Northumberland Heath. From 1953 he was head of the Cambridge University Mission in Bermondsey, London, and in the 1960s served as secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society. In 1973 he became Archdeacon of Norwich and in 1981 Bishop of Thetford; he retired in 1991. He is a Fellow of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, and in 2003 was appointed an honorary vice-president of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. In the same year he was awarded an OBE for services to hymnody.

Most eloquent ... These hymns have a remarkable way of pin-pointing exactly what the believer feels ... [they] have memorable words, superb phrases, and a progression through the verse which is entirely satisfying ... They are contemporary because they are timeless.

• FOREWORD; A CITY STRONG WE CLAIM AS OURS; A GLORY FILLS THE MIDNIGHT SKYSSING; A HEART OF LOVE THE LORD DISPLAYS; A MAN TO CHRIST COMMITTED (ST BARNABAS); A NIGHT OF JOY AND WONDERER; A RIGHTEOUS GOD IN HEAVEN REIGNS; A SOUND OF SINGING FILLS THE AIR; ALL SHALL AT LAST APPEAR; ALL THAT SHE COULD, SHE DID FOR LOVE OF CHRIST; ALL THINGS SHALL BE MADE NEW; ALMIGHTY FATHER, GOD OF GRACE; ALMIGHTY GOD, OUR PRAYER IS STILL DIVINE; ANGELIC HOSTS ABOVE, A CHILD IS BORN; AROUND THE TABLE OF THE LORD; AS JESUS TAUGHT US, FIRST WE PRAY; AS ONE IN CHRIST THE LORD; AT THE THRONE OF GRACES; BE SURE THAT GOD WHO CALLS US; BE WITH ME THROUGH THIS DAY THE EARTH; BEHOLD A BROKEN WORLD, WE PRAY (REPEATED FROM A HOUSE OF PRAISE, PART ONE); BEHOLD US HERE, OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD; BEHOLD, THE KINGDOM IS THE LORD'S; BEYOND WHAT MIND CAN MEASURED SINCE TIME BEGAN; BREAK INTO GLAD EXULTANT SONG; CHILD OF MARY, SOFTLY SLEEPING; CHRIST BIDS US BREAK THE BREAD ALL OUR DAYS; CHRIST BY ANGEL HOSTS ATTENDEDHES BARE; CHRIST EVER LIVES! THE TOMB IS BARE; CHRIST IS THE LIGHT UPON OUR WAYATH; CHRIST IS THE SHINING SUN OF ALL OUR DAYS; CHRIST POURS HIS GRACE UPON HIS OWNRE; COME, LEARN OF GOD'S KINGDOM, THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT; COME, LET US TUNE OUR SOULS TO SING; COME, REJOICE WITH ALL THINGS LIVING; CONSIDER HIM, OUR SAVIOUR CHRIST; DOWN FROM THE WINDOWS, THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN; DRAW NEAR TO GOD IN HUMBLE ADORATION; DRAW NEAR TO GOD, HE IS NOT FAR TO SEEK; FATHER OF LIGHTS, THE BLAZE OF NOON; FATHERS AND MOTHERS; FORSAKE THE COURTS OF HEAVEN; FREED IN CHRIST FROM DEATH AND SIN; FROM THE DEEP PLACES, HEAR MY CRY; GIVE THANKS TO GOD ABOVE; GLORIOUS PRAISE TO GOD BE GIVEN; GLORY TO GOD, AND PRAISE; GLORY TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN; GOD OF ALL GRACE, YOUR ONLY SON; GOD OF UNCHANGING GRACE; GOD WHO FORMED THE MIGHTY OCEAN; GRANT, O GOD, YOUR GIFT UNPRICED; HAD I BEEN THERE THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT; HALLOW THE FATHERAS NAME; HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD; HIGH OVER ALL, BEYOND ALL PRAISE; HOW DARK THE NIGHT OF CLOUD AND CARES; HOW HAPPY THOSE INDEED; HOW HAPPY THOSE WHO WALK IN TRUTH; HOW SHALL WE SING SALVATIONAS SONG; HOW VAST IS GODAS UNFAILING LOVE; HYMNS AND PSALMS AND SACRED SONGS; IMMORTAL GOD, CAN MORTAL PRAISE; IN CHRIST IS ALL I NEED; IN CHRIST THERE LIES THE TREASURE; IN GOD MY HEART REJOICES; IN THE STILLNESS, HARK; INCREASE OUR FAITH, LORD, AS WAS ONCE THE PRAYER; JESUS CHRIST IS BORN TODAY; JESUS THE SON; JESUS, THE SAVING NAME; KING JESUS HAD FOR PALACE; LAST OF THE GREAT PROPHETIC LINE (JOHN THE BAPTIST); LET THIS PRAYER, O LORD, BE GRANTED; LIFT HIGH YOUR HEARTS IN BLESSING; LIGHT OF THE WORLD, TRUE LIGHT DIVINE; LIGHT ON THE PATH, A LAMP ABOUT OUR WAY; LIGHT TO THE WORLD, A CHILD IS BORN; LOOK, LORD, AGAIN IN BLESSING ON THIS LAND; LORD CHRIST, THE CRUCIFIED; LORD, WHEN I TURNED TO YOU FOR AID; LOVE IS THE LAW THAT JESUS TAUGHT; MAKE OF OUR LIFE A HOUSE OF PRAISE; MAY THE DAY COME; MERCY AND PEACE TO ALL WHO LOVE THE LORD; NOT OURS TO KNOW THE REASONS; NUMBERED AMONG THE DEAD; O CROSS, BETWEEN WHOSE BRANCHES BARE; O GOD OF HEAVEN, FROM WHOSE HAND; O GOD OF PEACE, WHO GAVE US BREATH AND BIRTH; O GOD OF STRENGTH AND SPLENDOUR; O GOD THE JUST, ENTHRONED ON HIGH; O GOD WHO GAVE THE LIVING WORD; O GOD, FROM AGE TO AGE THE SAME; O GOD, WHOSE ANGELS SEE YOUR FACE (ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS); O GOD, WHOSE THRONE ETERNAL STANDS; O LORD, TO WHOM ALL HEARTS ARE KNOWN; O SPIRIT OF THE SOVEREIGN LORD; OUR FATHER GOD, WHO GAVE US BIRTH; OUR FATHER LENDS A LISTENING EAR; OUR GOD AND FATHER, WHOSE ETERNAL MIND; OUR GOD BE PRAISED, AND ON HIS NAME BE BLESSING; OUR GOD, WHO THROUGH ANOTHER DAY; PEACE BE TO YOU, WAS JESUS' WORD (ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE); PEACE BE WITH YOU: THE WORDS OF CHRIST; PRAISE HIM WHO WITH A MASTERAS HAND; PRINCE OF LIFE AND LORD OF GLORY; REJOICE IN GOD, MY HEART; RING OUT THE BELLS! THE PROMISED ONE; SONGS IN THE NIGHT AT JESUSA BIRTH; TAKE, O CHILD, THE GIFT THAT I BRING; TEACH ME TO TRACE MY MAKERAS HAND; TEACH US TO TURN TO CHRIST; TEACH US YOUR VOICE TO HEAR; THE CHURCH OF GOD SHALL STAND; THE FINAL TRIUMPH WON; THE GOD OF WHOM THE PROPHETS TOLD; THE HOUR HAS COME, FORETOLD SINCE TIME BEGAN; THE HUMBLE HOLD YOUR KINGDOM'S KEY; THE LORD IS KING, ENTHRONED IN MIGHT; THE NAME OF THE LORD; THE PROMISED LIGHT OF ALL THE EARTH; THERE IS A PATH THAT PILGRIMS TAKE; THERE ON THE HILL, BEHOLD BEYOND THE CITY; THIS WORLD MAY WORSHIP WEALTH AND FAME; THOUGH ONE WITH GOD IN FORM DIVINE; THROUGH STORMY CLOUD AND DARKNESS DEEP; TO GOD BE GLORY, LOVE AND PRAISE (MARY MAGDALENE); TO GOD MOST HIGH BE GIVEN; TO GOD, OUR GOD, THE NATIONS' LORD; TO JOSEPH OF NAZARETH GOD GAVE INTEGRITY; TO SEE THE PRINT OF JESUS' FEET; TRUTH OF GOD TO TEACH US; WE HAVE A DREAM, WHO ARE THE HEIRS; WE SING THE SONG OF CHRISTMAS; WHAT ARE THE PRAISES EARTH CAN RENDER HEAVEN?; WHAT GLORIES WAIT ON GOD'S APPOINTED TIME; WHAT LOVE IS THIS THAT GOD BESTOWS; WHAT MORE CAN GOD BESTOW; WHAT SENSE OF NEED LED ANDREW ON; WHEN CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM DEATH; WHEN IN GODAS HOUR THIS WORLD BEGAN TO BE; WHOM GOD HAS JUSTIFIED; WHOM GOD HAS SUMMONED BY HIS WORD; WHOSE IS THE VOICE WHICH MAKES THE WINDS TO BLOW?; WHOSE MIGHTY WORD THE HEAVENS MADE?; WITH PRAISE AND HIGH THANKSGIVING; WITH THANKFULNESS AND PRAISE; WONDER OF ALL WONDERS; WORD OF WISDOM, TRUTH BESTOWING; YOU TOLD US 'ASK'; NOTES ON THE HYMNS; INDEXES; INDEX OF PUBLICATIONS; INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES; INDEX OF TUNES; METRICAL INDEX; COMBINED INDEX OF THEMES AND SUBJECTS; COMBINED INDEX OF FIRST LINES; INDEX OF FIRST LINES; AFTERWORD