Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Now for a song of lofty praise
Topic: Christ/Saviour
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Leyden
Hymn Number: 19
Page Number: 008, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNOW for a song of lofty praise
To great Jehovah's only Son;
Awake, my voice, in heavenly lays,
And tell the wonders he hath done.
Sing how he left the worlds of light,
And those bright robes he wore above;
How swift and joyful was his flight,
On wings of everlasting love!
Deep in the shades of gloomy death
Th' almighty Captive prisoner lay;
Th' almighty Captive left the earth,
And rose to everlasting day.
Among a thousand harps and songs,
Jesus, the Lord, exalted reigns;
His sacred name fills all their tongues,
And echoes through the heavenly plains.