The Cyber Hymnal™

Suggestions for Using This Site

• Need a hymn to go with a ser­mon? Check our To­pics and Scrip­ture Al­lu­sions in­dexes!
• Choosing hymns for a wor­ship ser­vice, but don’t know what they sound like? Now you can find out!
• Want to in­clude hymn lyr­ics in your Sun­day bul­le­tin? No need to re­type them—just copy & paste them from here!
• Have you been asked to be a song lead­er, but you can’t read mu­sic? Learn the tune here!
• Are you em­bar­rassed when the church ser­vice in­cludes a hymn you don’t know? You came to the right place!
• Unsure if your con­gre­ga­tion is fa­mil­iar with hymns you want to use? Af­ter you choose hymns for a ser­vice, put links to them on your church Web site. This lets church mem­bers learn the hymns ahead of time.
• Does your church have a hard time sing­ing cer­tain hymns? Put links to them on your Web site so church mem­bers can learn them bet­ter.
• Know some­one who’s house­bound & can’t get to church? The Cyber Hym­nal™ can sup­ple­ment home wor­ship.
• Are you a song writ­er look­ing for in­spi­ra­tion? Check out the to­pic and scrip­ture ind­ex­es. The words to ma­ny old hymns oft­en have time­less truths wait­ing to be adapt­ed to mo­dern music. For ex­am­ple, the Jars of Clay song Jesus, I Lift My Eyes is based on Anne Steele’s 1760 hymn When Sins and Fears Pre­vail­ing Rise. If you’re not a song writer, but you know some­one who is, let him know about this site!
• Teach your kids the clas­sic hymns that some mo­dern hym­nals no long­er car­ry.
• Conducting a Bi­ble stu­dy? Use the scrip­ture in­dex to find a hymn for the verse(s) you’re work­ing on.
• Know som­eone who’s hard of hear­ing and has dif­fi­cul­ty pick­ing up tunes in church? Have him sit down with the Cyber Hym­nal™ & turn up the speak­er vol­ume!
• Need back­ground mu­sic for a church Web site? Down­load some of the pub­lic do­main MI­DI files!
• Want some­thing dif­fer­ent for your church ser­vice? Check out the non-Eng­lish lyr­ics.
• Know mis­sion­ar­ies who need hym­nals? If they have an In­ter­net con­nec­tion, tell them about this site.
• Know mi­li­ta­ry per­son­nel or chap­lains with­out a chapel? If they have an In­ter­net con­nec­tion, tell them about this site!
• Know some­one who home schools their child­ren? The Cyber Hym­nal™ can help kids learn mu­sic along with their ABC’s!
• Tired of watch­ing TV at night? Here’s a chance to learn some new mu­sic, en­joy old, fa­mil­iar tunes, and com­mune with your Mak­er.
• Do you teach mu­sic? Get free sheet mu­sic for your stu­dents to practice with.
• Looking for some­thing dif­fer­ent for kids to play at re­ci­tals? We have thou­sands of free scores & sheet mu­sic, at varying le­vels of dif­fi­cul­ty. You can ev­en edit or rear­range them for cus­tom needs!
• Going Christ­mas car­ol­ing? Come here to print your song sheets. If you’re car­ol­ing at night, you can have Note­Wor­thy Com­po­ser in­crease the font size to make the mu­sic ea­si­er to read in the dark.
• Having an East­er sun­rise ser­vice? Print the sheet music for the con­gre­ga­tion instead of risk­ing dam­age to the hym­nals out­side!
• Are your Christ­mas Eve ser­vic­es play­ing the same old car­ols year af­ter year? Check out our Christ­mas sec­tion to add va­ri­ety!