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Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; (Ephesians 5:19-20 KJV)

Song Sparrow

We have many Christian Hymn Writers who have written fantastic songs. The hymns below are the ones that I have found that mentions birds or fowles in some way or another. The links will become active as I finish the hymn’s page. As far as I know these are all in the Public Domain. If not, let me know and I will drop it. If you know of any that I have missed, let me know. The search is still on-going.

Today’s Hymn History

All That’s Good, and Great, and True
All Things Bright And Beautiful – Alexander
As Birds Their Infant Brood Protect - Cowper
As the Bird Flies Home – Fanny Crosby
Awake, Glad Soul
Awake, Thou Careless World, Awake
Beautiful Waters of Eden
Being His
Blessed Are They That Believe – Fanny Crosby
Children of the Heavenly Father
Chosen Seed and Zion’s Children
Christmas Brings Joy To Every Heart

Robin Eating by Jim Fenton

Flee As A Bird
Go Out, My Heart, and Seek Delight
God is Goodness, God is Love
God Speaks to us in Bird and Song
God Will Take Care Of You – Civilla D. Martin
Great Giver of All Good
Great God, the World is Full of Thee
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
Hark, My Soul, How Everything
He Abides - Herbert Buffum
He The Pearly Gates Will Open
Hear Us, O Lord
His Eye Is On The Sparrow – Civilla D. Martin
His Words Are True
Honor and Glory, Thanksgiving and Praise
How Great Thou Art – Boberg
How Many Are Your Works, Lord - Susan H Peterson
I Am His, and He Is Mine – Robinson
If Birds That Neither Sow Nor Reap
In God Will I Trust
In The Garden – C. Austin Miles
Jesus, Holy, Undefiled - Shapcole
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) by Ian

Leave It There
Like A Bird To Thee
Lord, What Was Man? – Isaac Watts
Memories of Galilee
Morning Has Broken – Eleanor Farjeon
My Refuge Is A God Of Love – Isaac Watts
My Trust is in the Lord
Not What My Hands
Now Israel May Say
O Bless the Lord, My Soul
O Give Thanks To Him Who Made
O God, Whose Love Is Over All
O Maker of the Sea and Sky
O Sing Ye Hallelujah
O Voice of the Beloved
Oh How Fair That Morning Broke
Oh To Be Over Yonder
Oh, Why Should The Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?
Our Festive Song – Fanny Crosby
Praise the Giver of All – Fanny Crosby
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Praise Ye The Lord! Immortal Choir
Praise Ye, Praise Ye the Lord
Prayer For Creation
See The Shining Dewdrops

Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) by Nikhil

Speed Away – Fanny Crosby
Speed for Thy Life – Fanny Crosby
Still, Still With Thee
Sweet And Clear The Birds Are Singing
Sweet Will of God
The Bird With The Broken Wing
The Fish in Wave, The Bird on Wing
The Friendly Beasts
The Might God, Jehovah, Speaks
The New Song
The Seasons Are Fixed By Wisdom Divine
The Worcester Christmas Carol
There Seems A Voice In Every Gale
They That Wait Upon the Lord
This Endris Night
This Is My Father’s World – Maltbie D. Babcock
Thou Art, O God, The Life And Light
Thou Sweet, Beloved Will Of God – Tersteegen
Tried and True
We Are Going
Welcome For Me
When The Lord Of Love Was Here
Yes, God is Good

An interesting note from The Cyber Hymnal:
DENOMINATIONS WITH FORMAL HYMN PROCEDURES
John Wesley’s singing rules for Methodists (he had a Method for everything!):
1. Learn the tune.
2. Sing them as they are printed.
3. Sing all. “If it is a cross to you, take it up and you will find a bless­ing.”
4. Sing lustily and with a good cour­age.
5. Sing mo­dest­ly. Do not bawl.
6. Sing in time. Do not run be­fore or stay be­hind.
7. Above all, sing spir­it­u­al­ly. Have an eye to God in ev­ery word you sing. Aim at pleas­ing Him more than your­self, or any other crea­ture. In order to do this, at­tend strict­ly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not car­ried away with the sound, but of­fered to God con­tin­u­al­ly.