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Hymn Song Sheets
Hymnscript’s free song sheets are a wonderful way to learn a new hymn or memorize another verse of a familiar one.
Each song sheet showcases several verses of a hymn using elegant, easy-to-read typography and a bold clip of the Hymnscript artwork that was inspired by that hymn. They look great printed in color or in basic laserprint black.
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Hymnscript’s free song sheets contain two copies per page, so it’s easy to keep one and share one with a friend. Print a bunch for your Sunday School class or small group. Or print enough to insert into the Sunday morning bulletin!
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God | Martin Luther, 1529; Translated by Frederick H. Hedge, 1853)
Alas, And Did My Savior Bleed* | Isaac Watts, 1707
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name | Edward Perronet, 1779
Amazing Grace | John Newton, 1779, Stanzas 1–5
And Can It Be That I Should Gain | Charles Wesley, 1738
Be Still, My Soul | Katharina von Schlegel, 1752; Translated by Jane Borthwick, 1855
Blessed Assurance | Fanny Crosby, 1873
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing | Robert Robinson, 1758
Crown Him with Many Crowns | Matthew Bridges, 1851
Fairest Lord Jesus | Münster Gesangbuch, 1677; Translated by Joseph A. Seiss, 1873
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah | William Williams, 1745; Translated by Peter Williams, 1771, and William Williams, 1772
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds | John Newton, 1779
I Need Thee Every Hour* | Annie S. Hawks, 1872; Refrain by Robert Lowry, 1872
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise | Walter Chalmers Smith, 1867
Jesus, Lover of My Soul* | Charles Wesley, 1740
Just As I Am, without One Plea | Charlotte Elliott, 1836
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming | German carol Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, circa 1500; Translated by Theodore Baker, 1894
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling | Charles Wesley, 1747
Nothing but the Blood | Robert Lowry, 1876
Now Thank We All Our God | Martin Rinkart, 1636; Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing* | Charles Wesley, 1739
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go | George Matheson, 1882
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091–1153; Translated by by Paul Gerhardt, 1656, and James W. Alexander, 1830
Onward, Christian Soldiers* | Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865
Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty | Based on Psalm 103; Joachim Neander, 1680; Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1863
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven | From Psalm 103; Henry F. Lyte, 1834
Rejoice, the Lord Is King* | Charles Wesley, 1746
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us | Hymns for the Young, 1836, attributed to Dorothy A. Thrupp
We Gather Together | Netherlands folk hymn; Translated by Theodore Baker, 1917
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross | Isaac Watts, 1707, 1709
When Morning Gilds the Skies* | German, circa. 1800; Translated by Edward Caswall, 1853, 1858
More about Song Sheets
Dating to the sixteenth century in the British Isles, song sheets first became popular in the United States in the early 1800s. Their rich American history is chronicled by The Library of Congress’ American Memory collection in an article entitled “America Singing.”
Today, as in the past, song sheets are like little seeds with which to plant a song. We hope Hymnscript’s song sheets will encourage you to dig into the classic hymns of the Christian faith and discover the truths they so eloquently and passionately tell.
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