Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Now for a song of lofty praise
Topic: Resurrection of Christ
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 44
Page Number: 074, 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 pris'ner 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 heav'nly plains.