Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: I sing my Saviour's wondrous death
Topic: Christ's Sufferings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 194
Page Number: 172, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI sing my Saviour's wondrous death,
He conquered when he fell;
"'Tis finished," said his dying breath,
And shook the gates of hell.
"'Tis finished," our Immanuel cries,
The dreaful work is done;
Hence shall his sovereign throne arise,
His kingdom is begun.
His cross a sure foundation laid,
For glory and renown,
When thro the regions of the dead
He passed, to reach the crown.
Exalted, at his Father's side,
Sits our victorious Lord;
To heaven or hell his hand divide
The vengeance or reward.
The saints, from his propitious eye,
Await their several crown;
And all the sons of darkness fly
The terror of his frowns.