Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Hail to the Lord's anointed
Topic: Christ/Kingdom and Reign
Writer: J Montgomery
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 7s and 6s double
Tune: Mendebras
Hymn Number: 480
Page Number: 161, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHAIL to the Lord's anointed,
Great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.
He comes, with succor speedy,
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in his sight.
He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth,
And love, and joy, like flowers,
Spring in his path to birth.
Before him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go,
And righteousness in fountains
From hill to valley flow.