Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Great was the day the joy was great
Topic: Excellency of the Scriptures
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 212
Page Number: 236, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGreat was the day, the joy was great,
When the divine disciples met;
While on their heads the Spirit came,
And sat like tongues of cloven flame.
What gifts, what miracles he gave!
And power to kill, and power to save!
Furnish'd their tongues with wondrous words,
Instead of shields, and spears and swords.
Thus armed, he sent the champions forth,
From east to west, from south to north:
Go, and assert your Saviour's cause,
Go, spread the myst'ry of his cross.
These weapons of the holy war,
Of what Almighty force they are,
To make our stubborn passions bow,
And lay the proudest rebel low!
The Greeks and Jews, the learn'd and rude,
Are by these heav'nly arms subdu'd,
While Satan rages at his loss,
And hates the doctrine of the cross.