Ecclesiastes

Reference	First Line	Writer(s)	Date	Meter	Verses
1	This world had great rewards to give	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	None
1:1-20	Who can measure heaven and earth	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	7 7 7 7 7 7	None
1:7	Sunset and evening star And one clear	Alfred Lord Tennyson	1889	.	2
2	This world had great rewards to give	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	None
2	The evils that beset our path Who can	John Newton	1779	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
2:11	Unfruitful are my schemes And my enjoy	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	3
2:12-23	What riches on this earth can buy one	Paul Wigmore	© Jubilate Hymns	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	None
2:17-26	Unless the Lord constructs the house	Mollie Knight	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
3	A time to eat a time to drink	David Alton	1970,1987	.	None
3:1	There is a time for waking and for sleep	Jessie Hunter Brown Pounds	1890	11 10 11 10 r 11 10 11 10	3
3:1-3	Come hear the Gospel word the truth of	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	None
3:9-12	Creator God and Father of those who	David Mowbray	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
3:9-15	What benefits You do impart To those Your love	Raymond J. Tolley	2012	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
3:11	In all His Glory Oh what a wondrous story	Raymond J. Tolley	2013 Oct	.	4
3:20	Eternal Father God of grace as	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
3:20-21	Remember your Creator now while days	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	None
4:8	Let busy mortals here below Forbear to	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
4:9-12	Two are better far than one	Charles Wesley		7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6	4
5:12	Sweet is the bread the Lord bestows			8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
5:12	Sweet is the work O God my King To praise Thy	Isaac Watts Unknown	1719	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	14
5:12	Work is sweet for God has blest	Godfrey Thring	1863,1866	7 7 7 7 7 7	4

5:15	Let the sinner prize his treasure I	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 3 3 6	8
5:15-17	Unless the Lord has built the house	David Mowbray	© Jubilate Hymns	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	None
5:17	While the miser boasts his store He but	Benjamin Beddome	1818	7 7 7 7	4
6:12	Thick clouds surround the throne but	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4	2
7:1	By cool Siloam's shady rill How fair the lily grow	Reginald Heber	1812	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	8
7:1	Children you have seen baptized Some as			7 7 7 7	8
7:2	Let us not seek the house of mirth Or			8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
7:2-6	While others crowd the house of mirth	Scottish Psalter and Paraphras		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
7:5	Learn O my soul what ‘tis to die The eve	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
7:14	When the dreadful tempest rises Waves of	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 7 8 7 D	2
7:24-25	When mines are dug for silver And hills	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
8:8	In vain the wealthy mortals toil	Isaac Watts		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
9:4-6	Life is the time to serve the Lord The time to	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
9:4-6	As long as life its term extends Hope's	Scottish Psalter and Paraphras		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
9:5	Where are the dead In heaven or hell The	James Montgomery		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
9:8	Saints abstain from every sin Never with	Benjamin Beddome	1818	7 7 7 7	4
9:8	How greatly blessed are they Whose	Benjamin Beddome	1818	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	3
9:10	There are lonely hearts to cherish While	George Cooper		.	3
9:10	Life is the time to serve the Lord The time to	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
9:10	As long as life its term extends Hope's	Scottish Psalter and Paraphras		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6

9:10	The present time and that alone Is all			8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	3
9:10	Let us employ our active powers Ere	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
9:10	Life is the only time for man To seek	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
9:10	Rise from the dust my drowsy soul Awake	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
9:10-11	Whatever your hand finds to do do it	Ross Jutsum		8 6 8 6 8 8 7 7	2
11:1	Blessed are the saints who render Faith	Old School Hymnal R. H. Pittman		8 7 8 7	6
11:1	Cast thy bread upon the waters Thinking	Phebe (Phoebe) Ann Coffin Hanaford	1852	8 7 8 7	4
11:1	Cast thy bread upon the waters Ye who	Anonymous	1852	.	3
11:6	Sow in the morn thy seed At eve hold not thy hand	James Montgomery	1819	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	15
11:7	Summer suns are glowing Over land and	William Walsham How	1871	6 5 6 5 D	4
11:7	God's free mercy streameth over all the	Martin How	1871	11 11 11 11	4
11:7	Sweet is the sunlight after rain	William Morley Punshon	1867	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
11:8	Thou sovereign Ruler of the world To the	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
11:9	Ye sons of Adam vain and young	Isaac Watts	1707	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
11:9	Lo the young tribes of Adam rise	Isaac Watts		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
11:9	Whatever your hand finds to do do it	Ross Jutsum		8 6 8 6 8 8 7 7	2
12	When the sun or the light Or the moon			.	1
12:1	O in the morn of life when youth With	Thomas Blacklock	1781	8 6 8 6 extended	5
12:1	Now in the days of youth When life flows	Walter John Mathams	1913	6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)	4
12:1	Religion is the chief concern Of mortals	John Fawcett	1782	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	11

12:1	We want the young for Jesus	R. Tutin Thomas		7 6 7 6 and refrain	5
12:1	Now in the heat of youthful blood	Isaac Watts	1709	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
12:1	O youth with life before you and with	Nellie Place Chandler	1907	.	3
12:1	In life's gay morn when sprightly youth	Scottish Psalter and Paraphras		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
12:1	Remember in youth thy Creator Give heed	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby	1884	9 8 9 8 r 9 8 9 8	3
12:1	We are but young yet we may sing The			8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
12:1	From thee my God all good proceeds On	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 8 8	3
12:1	This world's an inn where all we do Is	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
12:1	When youth devote their early days To	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
12:1	We praise our Creator for moments so	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby	1833	11 11 11 11 r 10 11 11 11	4
12:1-2	Happy the child whose youngest years	Isaac Watts		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
12:1-7	God everlasting at your word the hills	David Mowbray	© Jubilate Hymns	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	None
12:2	Old age with all its sickly train Soon	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	8
12:2	Nor dark nor clear nor night nor day The	Benjamin Beddome	1818	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	4
12:5	Christ is surely coming bringing His	Christopher Martin Idle	© Jubilate Hymns	.	None
12:6-7	Some day the silver cord will break	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby	1891	8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain	4
12:7	From his low bed of mortal dust Escaped	William Bengo Collyer		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
12:7	Now in the heat of youthful blood	Isaac Watts	1709	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
12:7	Now let the soul on wings sublime Rise from the	Thomas Gibbons		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
12:13	O God beyond all praising We worship	Michael A. Perry	© Jubilate Hymns	7 6 7 6 7 6 D	None

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