Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: O for a shout of sacred joy
Topic: Ascension of Christ
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 46
Page Number: 075, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO FOR a shout of sacred joy
To Christ the sov'reign King!
Let ev'ry land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.
Jesus, our Lord, ascends on high;
His heav'nly guards around
Attend him rising through the sky,
With trumpet's joyful sound.
While angels shout and praise their King,
Let mortals learn their strains;
Let all the earth his honors sing;
O'er all the earth he reigns.
Speak forth his praise with awe profound;
Let knowledge guide the song;
Nor mock him with a solemn sound
Upon a thoughtless tongue.