| Rachel | | WHEN MOTHER LOVE MAKES ALL THINGS BRIGHT |
| Rachie | The composer’s niece Rachel. | HARK! THE SOUNDS OF SINGING |
| Racine | | O THOU, IN ALL THY MIGHT SO FAR |
| Rakem | | WHEN TIME SEEMS SHORT AND DEATH IS NEAR |
| Ramoth | | LITTLE THAT THE RIGHTEOUS HOLD, A |
| Ramoth (Calkin) | The town in Gilead (1 Chronicles 6:73). | LORD, TO THEE ALONE WE TURN |
| Rangoon | | TRUMPET OF GOD, SOUND HIGH |
| Randolph | Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ cousin Ralph Wedgwood. | GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN |
| Raphael (Hopkins) [St. Raphael] | |
- HOLY SAVIOR, WE ADORE THEE
- IN THY NAME, O LORD, ASSEMBLING
- JESU, LORD OF LIFE AND GLORY
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| Raphael (Oratory) | | THOUGH LOWLY HERE OUR LOT |
| Rapture (Scholefield) | | SAVED, SAVED |
| Rapture (Humphreys) | | O HOW HAPPY ARE THEY |
| Rathbun | Beriah Rathbun, one of composer Ithamar Conkey’s faithful choir members at the Central Baptist Church, Norwich, Connecticut. |
- HARK! TEN THOUSAND VOICES CRYING
- HARK! THE NOTES OF ANGELS SINGING
- HARK! WHAT MEAN THOSE HOLY VOICES?
- IN THE HEAVENS THE LORD ALMIGHTY
- IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST I GLORY
- VALLEY LILIES
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| Ratisbon | Former name of Regensburg, Germany. |
- CHRIST WHOSE GLORY FILLS THE SKIES
- GOD OF MERCY, GOD OF GRACE
- WE BELIEVE IN ONE TRUE GOD
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| Ravendale | | FEAR NOT, O LITTLE FLOCK |
| Ravenshaw | | LORD, THY WORD ABIDETH |
| Raynolds | | See Consolation (Mendelssohn) |
| Rebecca | The daughter of composer John M. Shenk. | COME, HEAVEN-BOUND PILGRIMS |
| Rector Potens | |
- HARK, ’TIS THE HOLY TEMPLE’S BELL
- SHINE FORTH, O SUN OF BOUNDLESS LOVE
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| Red Wing Seminary | | SAFELY THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK |
| Redcliff | | MORN'S ROSEATE HUES HAVE DECKED THE SKY |
| Redcliffe | | BE THOU SUPREME |
| Redemptor Mundi | | O COME, REDEEMER OF MANKIND |
| Redeemer (Emerson) | | BLEST IS HE WHO LOVES GOD’S PRECEPTS |
| Redeemer (Loes) | | BLESSED REDEEMER (Christiansen) |
| Redemption Ground | | REDEMPTION GROUND |
| Redhead [Ajalon, Petra] | |
- BY THY BIRTH AND BY THY TEARS
- GO TO DARK GETHSEMANE
- GOD, BE MERCIFUL TO ME
- GRACIOUS SPIRIT, DWELL WITH ME
- MISTFUL ARE OUR WAITING EYES
- SAVIOR, PRINCE OF ISRAEL’S RACE
- RESTING FROM HIS WORK TODAY
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| Redhead No. 4 | | See Paddington |
| Redhead No. 46 | | BRIGHT THE VISION THAT DELIGHTED |
| Reed | | WELCOME, DELIGHTFUL MORN |
| Reeves | | JESUS, PRECIOUS SAVIOR |
| Refuge | | JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL |
| Regent Square | Regent Square Presbyterian Church, London, where composer Henry Smart was organist. |
- ALL THE SACRIFICE IS ENDED
- ANGELS FROM THE REALM OF GLORY
- CHRIST IS MADE THE SURE FOUNDATION
- GOD, THE LORD, A KING REMAINETH
- GLORY BE TO GOD THE FATHER
- HE WHO SUNS AND WORLDS UPHOLDETH
- HOLY FATHER, GREAT CREATOR
- LIGHT’S ABODE, CELESTIAL SALEM
- SAINTS OF GOD! THE DAWN IS BRIGHTENING
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| Regnator Orbis | | See O Quanta Qualia |
| Release | |
- HOW BLESSED, FROM THE BONDS OF SIN
- THY WORD, O LORD, LIKE GENTLE DEWS
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| Reliance (Gower) | | WHEN THY SOLDIERS TAKE THEIR SWORDS |
| Reliance (Wesley) | | AWAKE, O LORD, AS IN THE TIME OF OLD! |
| Remember Me | | See Gethsemane (Hull) |
| Remember the Poor | | THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND |
| Remember Your Mother’s Prayer | | REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER’S PRAYER |
| Remsberg | Composer W. L. Remsberg | SAVIOR, I HAVE NEED OF THEE |
| Remsen | | SIN HAS A THOUSAND TREACHEROUS ARTS |
| Rendez à Dieu [Navarre] | French for “return to God.” |
- GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, JEHOVAH
- WHEN JOHN BAPTIZED BY JORDAN’S RIVER
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| Repentance | |
- ABSENT FROM FLESH! O BLISSFUL THOUGHT!
- LORD, THOU HAST GREATLY BLESSED OUR LAND
- THY WORD SHEDS LIGHT UPON MY PATH
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| Repose | | THOU ONLY SOVEREIGN OF MY HEART Also see Lyndhurst |
| Repton | | DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND |
| Republic | | O LORD, OUR GOD, THY MIGHTY HAND |
| Requiem | |
- ALL IS O’ER, THE PAIN, THE SORROW
- THOU TO WHOM THE SICK AND DYING
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| Requies | | FATHER OF MERCIES! GOD OF LOVE! |
| Requiescat | | NOW THE LABORER’S TASK IS O’ER |
| Rescue | | RESCUE THE PERISHING |
| Resignation | | O GOD, WE HAVE HEARD |
| Resonet in Laudibus | Latin for “let our praises resound.” | JOSEPH DEAREST |
| Rest (Beecher) | | WHEN WINDS ARE RAGING |
| Rest (Bradbury) | |
- ASLEEP IN JESUS
- LORD HAS HEARD AND ANSWERED PRAYER, THE
- MY RIGHTEOUS GOD, WHO OFT OF OLD
- TO THEE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF DAY
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| Rest (Maker) | |
- BLOOD OF CHRIST, THY SPOTLESS LAMB, THE
- DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND
- O THOU WHOSE GRACIOUS PRESENCE BLEST
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| Rest (Stainer) [Magdalen] | |
- NONE ELSE BUT THEE, FOREVERMORE
- WE SING HIS LOVE, WHO ONCE WAS SLAIN
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| Rest in Jesus | | REST IN JESUS |
| Resting Place | | I BOW MY FOREHEAD TO THE DUST |
| Restoration (with refrain) | |
- COME, YE SINNERS, POOR AND NEEDY
- WHAT THIS HOST?
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| Restoration (no refrain) | | GOD, RENEW US BY YOUR SPIRIT! |
| Resurgenti Nazareno | | IN ONE TRUE GOD WE ALL BELIEVE |
| Resurrection | | THE LORD OF LIFE IS RISEN |
| Resurrection Morn | | ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING |
| Resurrexit | | CHRIST IS RISEN! CHRIST IS RISEN! |
| Retirement | | See Harington |
| Retreat | The last word of the third line in From Every Stormy Wind. |
- ANOTHER SIX DAYS’ WORK IS DONE
- FROM EVERY STORMY WIND
- WE BLESS THE NAME OF CHRIST, THE LORD
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| Return (Monk) | | RETURN, O WANDERER, TO THY HOME |
| Return (Squires) | |
- RETURN, O WANDERER, RETURN
- RETURN TO BLESS MY WAITING EYES
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| Reuben | The tribe of Israel. |
HE LIVES AGAIN (Smith) |
| Reuter | |
- GOD’S WORD IS OUR GREAT HERITAGE
- OUR LORD AND GOD, OH, BLESS THIS DAY
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| Revive Us Again | | REVIVE US AGAIN |
| Rex Gloriae | | LIFT THE STRAIN OF HIGH THANKSGIVING |
| Rex Gloriose | |
- LAMB’S HIGH BANQUET WE AWAIT, THE
- O GLORIOUS KING OF MARTYR HOSTS
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| Rex Gloriose Martyrum | | LET ALL ON EARTH THEIR VOICES RAISE |
| Rex Maximus | | HELP US, O JESUS, THOU MIGHTY DEFENDER |
| Rex Regum | |
- AND LET THIS FEEBLE BODY FAIL
- O KING OF KINGS, O LORD OF HOSTS
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| Reynoldstone | | DAY OF WRATH, O DREADFUL DAY! |
| Rhine | | See Emmons |
| Rhiw | | STILL WITH THEE, O MY GOD |
| Rhodes | |
- ANOTHER DAY BEGUN
- DID CHRIST O’ER SINNERS WEEP
- WHY DOST THOU STAND AFAR
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| Rhosymedre [Lovely] | Composer John Edwards’ vicarage in Ruabon, North Wales. | ARISE O GOD, AND SHINE |
| Rhuddlan | | JUDGE ETERNAL, THRONED IN SPLENDOR |
| Rhyddid | | SOMETIMES A LIGHT SURPRISES |
| Rialto | | JEHOVAH SITS ENTHRONED |
| Richmond (Everett) | | JESUS, MY STRENGTH, MY HOPE |
| Richmond (Haweis) [Chesterfield, Spa Fields Chapel] | Anglican cleric Leigh Richmond. |
- BLEST DAY OF GOD, MOST CALM, MOST BRIGHT
- CITY OF GOD, HOW BROAD AND FAR
- HOW FEW RECEIVE WITH CORDIAL FAITH
- MY GOD, THE SPRING OF ALL MY JOYS
- O FOR A HEART TO PRAISE MY GOD
- O FOR A SHOUT OF SACRED JOY
- O LORD, I WILL DELIGHT IN THEE
- WALK IN THE LIGHT
- WHAT SHALL I DO, MY GOD TO LOVE
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| Righini | Composer Vincenzo Righini | RISE, GLORIOUS CONQUEROR |
| Riley | | SONGS OF PRAISE THE ANGELS SANG |
| Rimington | The birthplace of composer Francis Duckworth in Yorkshire, England. | TEACH ME, O LORD, THY HOLY WAY |
| Riney | Choral director Cecil J. Riney, Professor Emeritus (Retitred) at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. | O BLESSÈD JESUS! THIS |
| Ring the Bells | | RING THE BELLS OF HEAVEN |
| Ringe Recht | |
- LAMB OF GOD, WE FALL BEFORE THEE
- LORD, THY MERCY NOW ENTREATING
- STRIVE ARIGHT WHEN GOD DOTH CALL
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| Ringland | | AWAY WITH OUR FEARS! |
| Ripley | | HALLELUJAH, PRAISE JEHOVAH |
| Riseholme | | FATHER OF ALL, FROM LAND AND SEA |
| Ristad | Hymn translator Ditlef Ristad | I WALK IN DANGER ALL THE WAY |
| Rivaulx | |
- FATHER OF HEAVEN
- O HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD
- WHEREWITH, O LORD, SHALL I DRAW NEAR?
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| River City | Nickname for Omaha, Nebraska | COME TO THE MASTER |
| Robin Adair | | JESUS, MY ALL |
| Robinson | | I HAVE FOLLOWED TRUTH AND JUSTICE |
| Rochester | | THE THOUGHT OF GOD |
| Rochester (Holdroyd) | |
- COME, CHILDREN, LEARN TO FEAR THE LORD
- NOT TO THE TERRORS OF THE LORD
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| Rock of Ages [Illuminatio] | | FROM THE CROSS |
| Rock of Refuge, The | | O SOMETIMES THE SHADOWS ARE DEEP |
| Rockbridge | | SWEET IS THE WORK, MY GOD, MY KING |
| Rockingham (Mason) [Gravity, Rockingham New] | |
- MY OPENING EYES WITH RAPTURE SEE
- NOW I RESOLVE WITH ALL MY HEART
- OF HIM WHO DID SALVATION BRING
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| Rockingham (Miller) | |
- ALMIGHTY FATHER, HEAR OUR CRY
- AND WILL THE GREAT ETERNAL GOD
- ETERNAL POWER, WHOSE HIGH ABODE
- MY GOD, MY KING, THY VARIOUS PRAISE
- MY GOD, THY TABLE NOW IS SPREAD
- NOT HERE, AS TO THE PROPHET’S EYE
- O LORD MOST HIGH
- SINCE WITH MY GOD WITH PERFECT HEART
- THY PRESENCE, GRACIOUS GOD, AFFORD
- TO GOD MY EARNEST VOICE I RAISE
- ’TWAS ON THAT NIGHT WHEN DOOMED TO KNOW
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| Rodman | | HEIR OF THE KINGDOM |
| Rodmell | | WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM |
| Rogers | Composer
William Rogers | CALM ON THE LISTENING EAR OF NIGHT |
| Roland | | LET THE WHOLE CREATION CRY |
| Rolland | | THE LAW COMMANDS AND MAKES US KNOW |
| Romberg | | ENTHRONED ON HIGH, ALMIGHTY LORD! |
| Rose Hill | | YE NATIONS ROUND THE EARTH, REJOICE |
| Rosebank | | GOD ETERNAL, LORD OF ALL |
| Rosedale | | SHALL MAN, O GOD OF LIGHT AND LIFE |
| Roseate Hues | | O JESUS, CROWNED WITH ALL RENOWN |
| Rosefield | |
- BLESSED ARE THE SONS OF GOD
- HEARTS OF STONE, RELENT, RELENT
- THEY THAT TRAFFIC ON THE SEA
- WEARY SOULS, THAT WANDER WIDE
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| Rosepine | The town in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. | LIFT UP THINE EYES, O WATCHMAN |
| Rosmore | | FROM THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS |
| Rossetti | | NONE OTHER LAMB |
| Rosslyn | | IN OUR WORK AND IN OUR PLAY |
| Rothley | | GIVE LIGHT, O LORD |
| Rothwell (Shaw) | | NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE |
| Rothwell (Tans’ur) | | HE LIVES! THE GREAT REDEEMER LIVES! |
| Rotterdam | | O DAY OF REST AND GLADNESS |
| Rouen | The city in France. | WHEN ON MY DAY OF LIFE |
| Rouen (Gounod) | The city in France. | LO, HE COMES WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING |
| Royal Oak | The tree in Boscobel, Shropshire, England, where Charles I reportedly hid in 1651, while escaping the Battle of Worcester. |
- ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
- JESUS, FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD
- SING THE JOY OF EASTER DAY
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| Ruebush | Composer James Ruebush | HE SET THE TASK FOR ME |
| Ruggles | The Ruggles Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. | O SHORT WAS HIS SLUMBER |
| Ruhetag | | THIS DAY IN JESUS’ NAME WE MEET |
| Runyan | | BEHOLD, THE DAWN! |
| Ruskin | | I SING THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD |
| Rusper | | COME UNTO ME, YE WEARY (Dix) |
| Russia | | COME, LET US SING THE SONG OF SONGS |
| Russian Hymn | |
- GLORIOUS YULETIDE
- GOD, THE OMNIPOTENT!
- GOD SAVE AMERICA
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| Rustington | | SEE, THE CONQUEROR MOUNTS IN TRIUMPH |
| Ruth (Hartshorn) | | THY TENDER MERCIES, O MY LORD |
| Ruth (Smith) | |
- GOD’S FREE MERCY STREAMETH
- SUMMER SUNS ARE GLOWING
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| Ruth (Webster) | | O FOR A CLOSER WALK WITH GOD |
| Rutherford | Scotch martyr Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661). |
- HOW BLEST IS HE WHOSE TRESPASS
- O LAMB OF GOD, STILL KEEP ME
- SANDS OF TIME ARE SINKING, THE
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