1938–

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 11, 1938, Brom­ley, Kent, Eng­land.

Biography

Idle was edu­cat­ed at El­tham Col­lege; St. Pe­ter’s Col­lege, Ox­ford (BA 1962); and Clif­ton Theo­lo­gic­al Col­lege, Bris­tol.

An Ang­li­can cler­ic, he was a cur­ate in Lan­ca­shire and Lon­don, and in 1971 became priest-in-charge at St. Mat­thi­as’ Church, Pop­lar, London.

He con­trib­ut­ed nu­mer­ous ar­ticles to ma­ga­zines and news­pa­pers.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Au­tho­ri­ty and Pow­er
  2. All Glo­ry Be to God on High
  3. All the Law Your God Has Giv­en
  4. All Your Com­mand­ments
  5. Almighty Lord, the Ho­ly One
  6. And Did You Risk Your­self, O Christ?
  7. Arise and Shine! Your Light Has Come
  8. As Ja­cob Tra­veled Far
  9. As Sons of the Day and Daugh­ters of Light
  10. Ascended Christ
  11. Attend, All Hea­ven and Earth
  12. Baptized in­to Christ Je­sus
  13. Blessed Are Those Who Fear the Lord
  14. Christ Is Sure­ly Com­ing
  15. Christ Once Was Sac­ri­ficed
  16. Christ the Lord, Who Calls Us
  17. City of God, Je­ru­sa­lem
  18. Come and See the Shin­ing Hope
  19. Come, Praise the Lord, All You His Ser­vants
  20. Come, Praise the Name of Je­sus
  21. Come, See the Win­ter Is Past
  22. Come with All Joy to Sing to God
  23. Contend, O Lord with Those
  24. Countless Stars of Hea­ven, The
  25. Eternal Fa­ther, God of Grace
  26. Eternal Light, Shine in My Heart
  27. Eternity Once En­tered Time
  28. Exult, Cre­ation Round God’s Throne
  29. Far Great­er Than Great
  30. Father and God from Whom Our World De­rives
  31. Father of Our Lord Je­sus Christ
  32. First and Best Be­loved
  33. For Ev­er, Lord, I’ll Sing Your Love
  34. Freedom and Life Are Ours
  35. Friends of God Whose Faith Abound­ed
  36. Give Praise for Fa­mous Men
  37. Give Thanks for the Gifts
  38. Give Thanks to God
  39. Glorious God of Hea­ven, The
  40. Glory and Praise to God
  41. Glory in the High­est to the God of Hea­ven
  42. Glory to God, the Source of All Our Mis­sion
  43. God, I Cry Aloud for Help
  44. God of All Hu­man His­to­ry
  45. God of Ev­ery Tribe and Na­tion
  46. God of Hope and Lord of Heal­ing
  47. God of My Life, to You I Pray
  48. God the Lord, the King Al­migh­ty
  49. God, We Praise You!
  50. Grace and Peace Be Ours for Ev­er
  51. Great and Won­der­ful Your Deeds
  52. Great Is the Lord; His Praise Is Great
  53. Great the Won­der, Great the Mys­te­ry
  54. Hallelujah, Praise the Lord
  55. Happy Are Those Whose Of­fense Is For­giv­en
  56. Here from All Na­tions, All Tongues, and All Peo­ples
  57. Holy Lord and Fa­ther
  58. How Can Scho­lars Boast of Wis­dom
  59. How Clear and True the Skies Sing Out God’s Praise
  60. How Good Is Life, and Length of Days
  61. How Long Will You For­get Me, Lord?
  62. How Ma­ny Are Against Me, Lord
  63. How Shall the Wise Be Proud of Their Wis­dom?
  64. How Sure the Scrip­tures Are!
  65. I Am the Bread, the Bread of Life
  66. I Lift Up My Eyes to You
  67. I Love My Great Lord
  68. I Love You, O Lord, You Alone
  69. I Nev­er Looked for Je­sus
  70. I to the Hills Lift Up My Eyes
  71. I Trust the Lord for Safe­ty
  72. I Will Ex­alt You, God, My King
  73. If Christ Had Not Been Raised from Death
  74. If God Does Not Build Up Our House
  75. If God Has Chos­en a Na­tion
  76. If We Are Raised to Life in Christ
  77. I’ll Sing a New Hymn to My God
  78. In God the Fa­ther’s Plan
  79. In Life or Death, Lord Je­sus Christ
  80. In Silent Pain the Eter­nal Son
  81. In the Day of Need
  82. In the Lord My Heart Is Strong
  83. In You, O Lord, I Find My Re­fuge
  84. Israel’s Shep­herd, Hear Our Pray­er
  85. It Was No Emp­ty Dream­er
  86. It Was on Sun­day Morn­ing
  87. Jerusalem! How Glad I Was
  88. Jesus, Come! For We In­vite You
  89. Jesus, Most Gen­er­ous Lord
  90. Jesus Whose Glo­ry, Name and Praise
  91. Jordan’s Wa­ters Part in Two
  92. King Da­vid Was a Man of War
  93. Land Is Dry, The
  94. Let God Arise! His Ene­mies Be Gone
  95. Light and Sal­va­tion Is the Lord for Me
  96. Light of Glad­ness, Lord of Glo­ry
  97. Listen, My Friends, to Each Word
  98. Listen! Wis­dom Cries Aloud
  99. Long Be­fore the Reign of Kings
  100. Lord All-Know­ing, You Have Found Me
  101. Lord Has Said That He Will Be Our God, The
  102. Lord, Hear My Pray­er!
  103. Lord Is Here, the Dark­ness Gone, The
  104. Lord Is King! Let Earth Be Glad, The
  105. Lord Most High
  106. Lord My Shep­herd Rules My Life, The
  107. Lord of Our Time
  108. Lord, Show Us How to Live
  109. Lord, Teach Us to Re­joice in You
  110. Lord, to You We Lift Our Voices
  111. Lord, You Have Seen Your Church’s Needs
  112. Lord, You Have Weaned My Heart from Pride
  113. Lord, You Need No House
  114. Lord, You Some­times Speak in Won­ders
  115. Make Mu­sic to the Lord Most High
  116. Make Us, O God, Ashamed of Sin
  117. Moon and Bright Sun
  118. Must the Sword De­vour For­ev­er
  119. My Heart Is Rea­dy, O My God
  120. My Heart Re­joic­es
  121. My Lord of Light Who Made the Worlds
  122. My Lord, You Wore No Roy­al Crown
  123. No Fear of God Be­fore the Eyes
  124. Now in View of All God’s Mer­cies
  125. Now Is the Time, the Time of God’s Fa­vor
  126. Now Let Us Learn of Christ
  127. O God, De­fend­er of the Poor
  128. O God, Do Not Keep Si­lent
  129. O God Eter­nal, You Are My God
  130. O God of Jus­tice, An­swer Me
  131. O God, the Hea­then Have At­tacked
  132. O Lord, My Rock, to You I Cry Aloud
  133. One Be­yond All
  134. Our God Has Made His Co­ve­nant New
  135. Out of the Depths I Cry to You
  136. Partners in the Gos­pel
  137. Powerful in Mak­ing Us Wise to Sal­va­tion
  138. Praise Our God with Shouts of Joy
  139. Praise the Lord, All Na­tions, Praise
  140. Praise the Lord, Hal­le­lu­jah
  141. Praise to God the Fa­ther
  142. Preachers of the God of Grace
  143. Rain on the Earth
  144. Remember Your Cre­at­or Now
  145. Return to Face Your God
  146. Saints in Christ Are One in Every Place, The
  147. Saul of Tar­sus Planned It
  148. See Christ, Who on the Ri­ver’s Shore
  149. See the Feast Our God Pre­pares
  150. Serve the Lord God On­ly
  151. Shout for Joy to the Lord, All the Earth
  152. Since Our Great High Priest, Christ Je­sus
  153. Sing Glo­ry, Glo­ry, Hal­le­lu­jah!
  154. Sing, Sing, Sing to the Lord
  155. Sing When the Rain Is Com­ing
  156. Spirit Led by Day, The
  157. Strong in Christ, Our Great Sal­va­tion
  158. Sun Went Down on Ja­cob’s Grief, The
  159. Then I Saw a New Hea­ven and Earth
  160. This Earth Be­longs to God
  161. This World Has Great Re­wards to Give
  162. Those Who Re­ly on the Lord Are Un­shak­able
  163. Through All the World Let Christ Be Known
  164. To Christ Who Once This Sup­per Made
  165. To Ev­ery­one Whom God Has Made
  166. To God Our Strength Come, Sing Aloud
  167. To Know God’s Mind and Do His Will
  168. To Set Their Hearts on God
  169. To This We Have Been Called
  170. To Walk the Way of Ab­ra­ham
  171. True Light Blaz­ing in the Dark­est Place
  172. Up from the Depths I Cry to God
  173. Victory of Our God Is Won, The
  174. Vision of the Liv­ing God
  175. Wake, O Wake, and Sleep No Long­er
  176. We Meet To­ge­ther in the Name
  177. What Does the Lord Our God Re­quire?
  178. Whatever Things Are Love­ly
  179. When at First the Word Was Spok­en
  180. When Da­vid Found His Rest
  181. When Ho­ly Men of Old
  182. When Is­ra­el Fled from Egypt
  183. When Is­ra­el Was Young, You Loved Him
  184. When Je­sus Led His Chos­en Three
  185. When Law­less Peo­ple Thrive
  186. When Mines Are Dug for Sil­ver
  187. When Pri­son Walls Ex­tend Their Reach
  188. When Rul­ers Judge in Right­eous­ness
  189. When the King Shall Come Again
  190. When This Land Knew God’s Gra­cious Love Out­poured
  191. When We Are Down You Raise Us Up
  192. When We Are in Want
  193. Where Is the Glo­ry of Our God?
  194. Where Is the One Our God Will Choose?
  195. Who Be­lieves What We Have Heard?
  196. Wild Crea­tures Long to Cool Their Tongues
  197. Wise Men, They Came to Look for Wis­dom
  198. With One Voice They Joined Their Praise
  199. Wonder of Sal­va­tion, The
  200. Works of the Lord Are Cre­at­ed in Wis­dom, The
  201. World in Pain, a Ba­by’s Cry, A
  202. You Come to In­ter­pret and Teach Us Ef­fect­iv­ely

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Idle (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),