| Tune Name | Named After | Used By |
|---|---|---|
| På Dig Jag Hoppas, Herre Kär | Thine Agony, O Lord, Is O’er | |
| Pacific Palisades | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. | God’s Praise Book |
| Pacifica | Pacifica, California. | Ever Near |
| Packington | Jesus, We Look to Thee | |
| Padang | The Indonesian city. | Praise the King of Heaven |
| Paddock | Word Made Flesh, The | |
| Paddock Wood | The town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. | Worker for Jesus, A |
| Paderborn | Paderborn, Germany, where arranger Sidney Nicholson heard it sung in the cathedral. | Because Thou Hast Said |
| Paddington (Plymouth) | Behold, the Day Is Come | |
| Paddington (Redhead) | Paddington, London, where composer Richard Redhead played the organ at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene for 30 years. | |
| Padua | Padua, Italy. | Shepherds Watching o’er the Plain |
| Pæan [Paradise] | Lord of the Living Harvest | |
| Paedeia | Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We | |
| Paisley | Paisley, Scotland. | Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By |
| Palawan | Palawan, Philippines. | He Is Coming By and By |
| Palembang | Palembang, Indonesia. | Hail, Easter Bright |
| Palencia | Palencia, Spain. | Angels’ Song (Jameson), The |
| Palestine (Funk) | ||
| Palestine (Mazzinghi) | Sweet as the Shepherd’s Tuneful Reed | |
| Palestine (Modern Harp) | Jesus, My Sorrow Lies Too Deep | |
| Palgrave | Son of Man, to Thee I Cry | |
| Palm Beach | Palm Beach, Florida. | Labor While We May |
| Palm Springs | Palm Springs, California. | Fill Me Now |
| Palm Sunday | There Was a Time When Children Sang | |
| Palms of Glory | Palms of Glory | |
| Palmer (Click) | Dear Lord, How Wondrous Is Thy Love | |
| Palmer (Pattison) | I Have a Home Above | |
| Palmer (Sweezy) | Composer Horatio Palmer. | My Griefs of Heart Abound |
| Palmyra [Smiley] | ||
| Palo Alto | Palo Alto, California. | Drifting Away from the Savior |
| Palos Verdes | Palos Verdes, California. | Shine Through My Life |
| Panama City | Panama City, Florida. | I Worship Thee, Sweet Will of God |
| Pamplona | Pamplona, Spain. | |
| Pange Lingua | Latin for (loosely translated) sing, my tongue. | Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling |
| Pantanal | The wetland region in South America. | ’Tis Beautiful |
| Papillon | French for butterfly. | Awake! Awake! Glad Voices Make |
| Papillion | Papillion, Nebraska. | Happy Are They |
| Pappus | Johann Pappus. | My Cause Is God’s |
| Papworth | The village in Cambridgeshire, England. | Savior, Blessèd Savior (Thring) |
| Pará | The Brazilian state. | Merrily the Easter Bells |
| Paraclete | God the Father’s Only Son | |
| Paraclete (Russell) | To Thee, O Comforter Divine | |
| Paradise (Dykes) | O Paradise! | |
| Paradise (Leavitt) | My God, the Spring of All My Joys | |
| Paran | The location where the Israelites stayed while going to Canaan (Numbers 12:16). | See Unser Herrscher |
| Paraná | The Brazilian state. | I Dreamed That the Great Judgment Morning |
| Parbar | A structure or building on the west side of Solomon’s temple (1 Chronicles 26:18). | Far from My Thoughts |
| Paris | Paris, Virginia, where composer Michael Lonneke was organist at the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd. | |
| Park Place | Beyond the River | |
| Park Street | The street in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Parker | ||
| Pärlan | Swedish for pearl. | O That Pearl of Great Price! |
| Pärnu | The Estonian city. | Our Hope |
| Parousia | See Wildersmouth | |
| Parramatta | Parramatta, Australia. | At Home Beyond the Sea |
| Pasadena | The California city. | Who Is My Neighbor? |
| Pascal | See Te Deum | |
| Pascal’s Wager | The famous argument by French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). | Fear Not, O Zion’s Daughter |
| Pasco | The city in Washington state. | This Is Not My Place of Resting |
| Påskemorgen | Norwegian for Easter morning. | Quiet, Lord My Froward Heart |
| Passion Chorale | ||
| Pastor Bonus | Latin for good shepherd. |
Also see St. Hill |
| Pastor Pastorum | Latin for shepherd of the shepherds. | Faithful Shepherd, Feed Me |
| Pater Omnium | Latin for Father of all. | |
| Patiala | The Indian city and administrative district. | Morn of Life |
| Patience | O God, Thy Patience Moves My Soul | |
| Patmos (Havergal) | The Greek island where the Apostle John wrote the book of Revelation. | Take My Life and Let It Be |
| Patmos (Storer) | The Greek island where the Apostle John wrote the book of Revelation. | |
| Pattaya | Pattaya, Thailand (เมืองพัทยา). | When Jesus Was Slain |
| Patten | Amos W. Patten, chaplain of Northwestern University. | Almighty Lord, with One Accord |
| Paulina | ||
| Pavlovic | When Christ Was Born in Bethlehem (Davis) | |
| Pax | Thou from the Cradle to the Grave | |
| Pax Dei (Dykes) | Latin for peace of God. | |
| Pax Dei (Holmes) | Latin for peace of God. | |
| Pax Tecum | Latin for peace be with thee. | Peace, Perfect Peace |
| Pax Veritatis | God of the Nations, Who Hast Led | |
| Paxtang | Paxtang, Pennsylvania. | |
| Peace (Chadwick) | ||
| Peace (Narrative) [Crowell, Tender Shepherd] | Bless Me, O My Savior, Bless Me | |
| Peace of God | Peace to Soothe Our Bitter Woes | |
| Peaceful Be | Peaceful Be | |
| Peaceful Night | Peaceful the Wondrous Night | |
| Peacemakers | He’s the Prince of Peacemakers | |
| Peakhurst | The locale near Sydney, Australia. | O Earth, Thou Shalt Not Languish |
| Peal | Lord, Thou Hast Searched and Seen Me Through | |
| Pearly Gate | Pearly Gate, The | |
| Pearsall | World Is Very Evil, The | |
| Pearsfield | Vers Jésus Élevons les Yeux | |
| Peel Castle | Hear Us, O Lord | |
| Pekanbaru | The Indonesian city. | Pearl of Great Price, The |
| Pekin | ||
| Pelham Manor | Pelham Manor, New York. | Ring Merrily! |
| Pembroke | Be It My Only Wisdom Here | |
| Pen yr Yrfa | O Lamb of God, Still Keep Me | |
| Penang | The Malaysian state. | Praise to God |
| Pendleton | The Oregon city. | |
| Penfield (Mason) | Who, from the Gloomy Shades of Night | |
| Penfield (Pierce) | Hymnist Thornton B. Penfield. | In Loving Adoration |
| Peniel | The location where Jacob wrestled an angel (Genesis 32:30). | There Burns a Star o’er Bethlehem Town |
| Penitence | On the Good and Faithful | |
| Penitentia | ||
| Penlan | Bardic name of composer David Jenkins. | In Heavenly Love Abiding |
| Penmaenmawr | The Welsh town where composer Sarah Stock died. | |
| Penpark | Jesus, I Live to Thee | |
| Pensacola | The Florida city. | Jesus Leads |
| Penshurst | Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne | |
| Pentatone | ||
| Pentecost (Boyd) |
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| Pentecost (Selby) | To Thee, O Comforter Divine | |
| Pentonville | Like Sheep We Went Astray | |
| Penzance | Dread Jehovah, God of Nations | |
| Peralta | The Spanish town. | I’m Holding On |
| Perfect Love [Sandringham] | ||
| Percivals | Savior, Teach Me Day by Day | |
| Perez | Jesus’ ancestor (Matthew 1:3). | Jesus Is Our Shepherd |
| Perfectness | Bond of Perfectness, The | |
| Perkins | Composer Edward Perkins. | God of Harvest Praise, The |
| Perpignan | The French city near the Mediterranean coast and the Spanish border. | Angel’s Message (Earle), The |
| Perranporth | The Cornish town. | Father, Let Me Dedicate |
| Perry Street | All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord | |
| Personent Hodie | Long Ago, Prophets Knew | |
| Perth | And Art Thou, Gracious Master, Gone? | |
| Perugia | The Italian city. | I Will Make the Darkness Light |
| Pescadores | Spanish for fishermen. | Our Children |
| Peshawar | The city in Pakistan. | Our Lord Is Coming |
| Petah Tikva | The Israeli city. | Heavenly Echoes |
| Peterborough (Goss) | Arm These Thy Soldiers, Mighty Lord | |
| Peterborough (Harrison) | ||
| Peterborough (Monk) | Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart | |
| Petersburg | The Virginia city. | Look Up! Behold, the Fields Are White |
| Petersen | May the Grace of Christ Our Savior | |
| Petersham | Thy Word Is Like a Garden, Lord | |
| Peterson | For the Bread, Which Thou Hast Broken | |
| Petitio | O Blessèd Spirit from on High | |
| Petition (Adams) | O Thou Almighty God | |
| Petition (Haydn) | Sometimes a Light Surprises | |
| Petra | See Redhead | |
| Pettman | Composer Edgar Pettman. | Who Is This Babe So Lowly? |
| Phares | Jesus’ ancestor (Matthew 1:3). | Go to Thy Savior |
| Phetchaburi | The Thai province and town. | No Tears in Heaven (Cummings) |
| Philadelphia | The Pennsylvania city. | Father, to Thee |
| Phillips (Main) | Philip Phillips. | Jesus, Savior, Hear My Call |
| Phinehas | The priest in Numbers 25:7–8. | Jesus Is Living |
| Phoenix | The Arizona city. | Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old |
| Phrae | The Thai province and town. | We Shall Meet Our Friends Departed |
| Piacenza | The Italian city. | Amidst the Cheerful Bloom of Youth |
| Phuket | The island off the coast of Thailand. | His Praises I Will Sing |
| Picardy | The French region. | |
| Piccadilly | The road in the City of Westminster, London. | Thanksgiving Day |
| Pico Rivera | The California city. | Heavenly Bread |
| Piemonte | The Italian region. | Heaven Is Not Far Away |
| Pierson | Hymnist Arthur Pierson. | Oh, I Am So Happy in Jesus |
| Pietà | The statue by Michelangelo Buonarroti. | How Sweetly the Morn of the Sabbath Arose |
| Pietas | To Thee, O Comforter Divine | |
| Piety | ||
| Pilesgrove | Another Six Days’ Work Is Done | |
| Pilgrim | Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah | |
| Pilgrim Brothers | Hail the Glorious Golden City | |
| Pilgrim Host, The | Now Rest, Ye Pilgrim Host | |
| Pilgrimage (Elvey) | Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah | |
| Pilgrimage (Herrnhut) | What Offering Shall I Bring to Thee? | |
| Pilgrimage (Wesley) | I Lay My Sins on Jesus | |
| Pilgrims | ||
| Pilot | ||
| Pinatubo | The Philippine volcano. | My Trust |
| Pinellas | The Florida county. | Trusting Jesus (Stites) |
| Pisgah | A mountain ridge in Moab, from whose summit (Mount Nebo) Moses viewed the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 34:1). | |
| Pitcairn (Cairns) | The south Pacific Ocean islands. | Seek Ye First (Taylor) |
| Pitcairn (Kinsey) | Sing, O Children | |
| Pittsburgh | See Gott sei Dank | |
| Pixham | Be True and List | |
| Placerita | The California town. | Some Happy Day |
| Plainfield | Plainfield, New Jersey, where composer Robert Lowry was pastor at the Park Avenue Baptist Church. | Nothing but the Blood |
| Plaintive Martyrs [Martyrs] | Oh Thou Whose Tender Mercy Hears | |
| Plaistow | O Jesu Christ, from Thee Began | |
| Plano | The Texas city. | Through Midnight Ages Dark and Lone |
| Platte | The Nebraska river. | O Child, Look Up Again |
| Playa del Carmen | The city on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. | O Holy Calm! |
| Pleading Savior | Hail, Thou Once Despisèd Jesus | |
| Pleading | O Lord, to Thee I Cry | |
| Pleasant Pastures | Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us | |
| Pleyel’s Hymn | Composer Ignaz Pleyel. |
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| Plitviče | The area in central Croatia. | Elijah’s Interview with God |
| Ploče | Ploče, Croatia. | Precious Sacrifice, The |
| Plumas | Plumas County, California county. | Holy Spirit, Come In |
| Plumer | To Us a Child of Hope Is Born | |
| Plymouth | Our Highest Joys Succeed Our Griefs | |
| Podbrdo | The Slovenian city. | Glory in the Highest (Ford) |
| Podgorica | The city in Montenegro. | Jesus, I’ll Go Through with Thee |
| Podlaskie | The Polish province. | Our Offering |
| Point Vicente | The location in Los Angeles, California. | We Will Work While It Is Day |
| Poitiers | Poitiers, France. | Let Us Haste to Bethlehem |
| Polaris | The pole star. | No Other One but Jesus |
| Poltava | Poltava, Ukraine (Полтава). | He Did It All for Me |
| Polycarp | See Grace Church | |
| Pomona | The California city. | Wonderful Jesus |
| Pompeii | The Italian city. | When Children Give Their Hearts to God |
| Pontmain | My Faith Looks Up to Thee | |
| Pontevedra | The Spanish province and city. | Dare to Show Your Colors |
| Popocatépetl | The Mexican volcano. | I Promised to Be True |
| Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | Immanuel’s Praise |
| Port Angeles | Port Angeles, Washington. | Crown Him (Latimer) |
| Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt, Nigeria. | Arise, Young Men, Arise |
| Port Lavaca | Port Lavaca, Texas. | Welcome the Quiet Sabbath Dawn |
| Port Louis | Port Louis, Mauritius. | They Leave the Land of Gems and Gold Also see Marcho di Rèi |
| Port of Spain | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. | Indwelling |
| Port Orchard | Port Orchard, Washington. | O God of Love, O King of Peace |
| Portal | Behold Me Standing at the Door | |
| Portland | Portland, Oregon. | Little Bells of Easter |
| Porto Feliz | Porto Feliz, Brazil. | Christ Is Risen! Lift the Song |
| Portofino | Portofino, Italy. | Let Us Walk in the Light |
| Portrush | Portrush, Northern Ireland. | Little Friends of Jesus |
| Portsea | Righteous Father, We Have Wronged Thee | |
| Portsmouth | See Darwall’s 148th | |
| Portugal | How Lovely, How Divinely Sweet | |
| Portuguese Hymn | We Thank Thee, Our Father (Crosby) Also see Adeste Fideles | |
| Posadas | Posadas, Argentina. | Lord Forever Shall Endure, The |
| Posen | The former German name for Poznań, Poland. | |
| Potenza | Potenza, Italy. | There Is Joy in My Soul |
| Potomac | The river that runs by Washington, DC, birthplace of composer Robert Staples. | Beyond the Hills (Bonar) |
| Potosí | Potosí, Bolivia. | Brighter Land, The |
| Potsdam | Potsdam, Germany. | |
| Pottsville | Pottsville, Pennsylvania. | Soon and Forever |
| Poughkeepsie | Poughkeepsie, New York. | We Are but Young |
| Powderhorn | Powderhorn, Colorado. | Ever Onward |
| Power | ||
| Poznań | Poznań, Poland. | Light That Once in Judah Shone, The |
| Pozzuoli | Pozzuoli Italy. | God’s Great Refrain |
| Praetorius | ||
| Praetorius 7 | Come Sing, Ye Choirs Exultant | |
| Praha | Praha, Slovakia. | Eternity! Tremendous Word |
| Praia | Praia, Cape Verde. | Christ Is Risen (Lane) |
| Praise | Praise Ye Jehovah! | |
| Praise Song | I Bless the Christ of God | |
| Praise the Lord | Christ the Lord, the Lord Most Glorious | |
| Praises | Hosanna to the Living Lord | |
| Prayer (Abbot) | Praise to God, Immortal Praise | |
| Prayer (Babcock) | Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire | |
| Prayer (Butcher) | ||
| Prayer (Marshall) | Tomorrow, Lord, Is Thine | |
| Precious Moments | Precious Moments | |
| Precious Peace | Be Still, My Soul | |
| Precious Words | Precious Words | |
| Presbyter | ||
| Prescott (Lutkin) | Jesus, Thou All Redeeming Lord | |
| Prescott (Stewart) | Precious Child, so Sweetly Sleeping | |
| Preserve Us, Lord | Lo! Now Is Our Accepted Day | |
| Pressly | ||
| Preston (Doane) | The Connecticut birthplace of composer Howard Doane. | Regard My Grief and Rescue Me |
| Preston (Jenner) | Lord of the Harvest, Once Again | |
| Preston (Maclean) | And Is It So? A Little While | |
| Pretoria | Pretoria, South Africa. | |
| Prière d’Esprit | Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayer | |
| Prijedor | Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | O Day of Resurrection |
| Primavera | Thee We Worship | |
| Primrose | See Twenty-Fourth | |
| Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward Island, Canada. | Looking This Way |
| Prince of Peace | Morning Purples All the Sky, The | |
| Prince of Peace, The | Hush, All Ye Sounds of War | |
| Princess Eugenie | Princess Eugénie Augusta Amalia Albertina of Sweden (1830–1899). | Currently unused (score) |
| Princethorpe | Princethorpe, Warwickshire, England. | Lead Us, Heavenly Father |
| Priodas | Welsh for wedding. | We Join to Pray, with Wishes Kind |
| Priory | My Shepherd Is the Lamb | |
| Prisoner’s Song | At Midnight’s Holy Hour | |
| Pristina | Pristina, Kosovo. | Work for the Home on High |
| Pro Patria | Latin for one’s country. | To Thee Our God We Fly Also see Omaha |
| Processional | To Thy Temple Holy | |
| Proch | Currently unused (score) | |
| Progress (Melodist) | How Sweetly the Morn of the Sabbath Arose | |
| Progress (Sanders) | Old and New | |
| Progresso | Progresso, Belize. | Jesus, How I Love Him! |
| Promise | God’s Promise | |
| Promised Land | Holy Father! Thou Hast Taught Us | |
| Prompto Gentes Animo | Latin for the Gentiles are ready to take heart. | God the Father, God the Word |
| Propior Deo | Latin for nearer to God. | Nearer, My God, to Thee |
| Protection [Foundation] | Also see Rippon | |
| Providence (Leach) | Escape for Thy Life | |
| Providence (Straub) |
Also see Mendon | |
| Provo | Provo, Utah. | Our Lord’s Resurrection |
| Pruen | Pain and Toil Are Over Now | |
| Prussia | The former German state. | Hear Thy Children, Gentle Jesus |
| Prysgol | The bardic name of composer William Owen. | How Blest Is He Whose Trespass |
| Przewodów | Przewodów, Poland. | Sing, O Sing the Love of Jesus |
| Pueblo | Pueblo, Colorado | Why Do Bells at Christmas Ring? |
| Puer Natus | Latin for a child is born. | Babe Is Born in Bethlehem, A |
| Puer Nobis Nascitur | Latin for a child is born to us. |
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| Puerto Rico | Resurrection and the Life, The | |
| Puerto Vallarta | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. | Blessèd Bible! How I Love It |
| Puglia | Puglia, Italy. | When the Earth Is Bright with Dew |
| Puigcerdà | Puigcerdà, Spain | Tell It to Jesus (Booth) |
| Pune | Pune, India ( पुणे ). | Come in and Dwell with Me |
| Punjab | Punjab, India (ਪੰਜਾਬ) | City of Salvation |
| Punon | The location in Numbers 33:42. | O Turn, Great Ruler of the Skies |
| Punta Cana | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. | There Is a Land of Pure Delight |
| Punta Gorda | Punta Gorda, Florida. | I Could Not Do Without Thee |
| Purdue | Purdue University, Indiana. | Jesus Was a Child Like Me (Cook) |
| Pure Zeal | Zeal Is That Pure and Heav’nly Flame | |
| Puritan | Our Fathers’ God, to Thee We Raise | |
| Purleigh [Exmouth] | ||
| Putney | O’er the Realms of Pagan Darkness | |
| Putney Hill | O Thou from Whom All Goodness Flows | |
| Pyongyang | Pyongyang, North Korea (평양시). | Welcome! |
| Pforzheim | Pforzheim, Germany. | Prince of Peace (Long), The |