Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Hosanna to the Prince of light
Topic: Rejoicing in God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 98
Page Number: 083, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHosanna to the Prince of light,
That cloth'd himself in clay,
Enter'd the iron gate of death,
And tore the bars away.
Death is no more the king of dread,
Since our Immanuel rose,
He took the iron sting away,
And spoil'd our hellish foes.
See how the conqueror mounts aloft,
And to his Father flies,
With scars of honor in his flesh,
And triumph in his eyes.
There our exalted Saviour reigns,
And scatters blessings down;
Our Jesus with his Father sits
On the celestial throne.
Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,
To reach his blest abode;
Sweet be the accents of your songs,
To our incarnate God.
Bright angels strike your loudest strings,
Your sweetest voices raise;
Let heav'n and all created things,
Sound our Immanuel's praise.