Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Great was the day the joy great
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 24
Page Number: 049, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGREAT was the day, the joy great,
When the divine disciples met;
Whilst on their head 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 wond'rous words,
Instead of shields, and spears, and swords.
Thus arm'd he sent the champions forth.
From east to west, from south to north;
"Go, and assort 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.