Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Angels ministered to Jesus
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 15
Page Number: 298, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsANGELS ministered to Jesus,
When the subtle tempter fled
From the mountain of temptation,
When his dart had vainly sped:
Down to earth they fly from heaven,
See, what crowds are gathered round,
And the scene of his fierce trial
Now becometh hallowed ground.
Angels ministered to Jesus,
In the garden, when he lay
Praying unto God his Father,
That the cup might pass away;
He was strengthened there to drink it.
For our fallen guilty race,
And his follower's purest feelings
Linger round that sacred place.
Angels ministered to Jesus
On the morn he left the tomb,
When the dawn of day eternal
Burst upon it cheerless gloom;
Down they struck the fearful soldiers,
Rolled the massive stone away,
And behold in death's dominions
Life now holds it sovereign sway.
Angels ministered to Jesus
When he took his upward flight
From the world he came to ransom,
To the glorious realms of light;
See, they form his willing escort
As his chariot mounts the sky,
And the golden gates of glory
At their challenge open fly.
They will minister to Jesus
When the skies are backward rolled,
And revealed high in heaven
All the world their Judge behold
They will gather all his children
To their dear Redeemer's side,
Free from earth and all its sorrows,
With him ever to abide.