Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Oh sweetly breathe the lyres above
Topic: The Gospel/Remission of Sins
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Vail
Meter: LM
Tune: Dickinson
Hymn Number: 299
Page Number: 111, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh, sweet-ly breathe the lyres a-bove,
When an-gels touch the quiver-ing string,
And wake to chant Im-man-uel's love,
Such strains as an-gel-lips can sing!
Such strains as an-gel-lips can sing!
And sweet, on earth, the choral swell,
From mortal tongues, of gladsome lays;
When pardoned souls their raptures tell,
And, grateful, hymn Immanuel's praise.
Jesus, thy name our souls adore;
We own the bond that makes us thine;
And carnal joys, that charmed before,
For thy dear sake we now resign.
Our hearts, by dying love subdued,
Accept thine offered grace to-day;
Beneath the cross, with blood bedewed,
We bow, and give ourselves away.