Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Lord when thou didst ascend on high
Topic: Ascension of Christ
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 48
Page Number: 077, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLORD, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky;
Those heav'nly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots, that attend thy state.
Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious, when the Lord was there;
While he pronounc'd his holy law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.
How bright the triumph none can tell,
When all the rebel pow'rs of hell,
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains, like captives, led.
Rais'd by his Father to the throne,
He sent his promis'd Spirit down,
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again.