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Hymn: Hosanna to the Prince of Light (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Hosanna to the Prince of Light

Topic: Christ/Burial and Resurrection

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: Arne

Meter: CM

Tune: Arlington

Hymn Number: 129

Page Number: 053, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Hosanna to the Prince of light,

That clothed himself in clay,

Entered the iron gates of death,

And tore the bars away!



Death is no more the king of dread,

Since our Immanuel rose;

He took the tyrant's sting away,

And spoiled our hellish foes.



Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,

To reach his blest abode;

Sweet be the accents of your songs

To our incarnate God.



Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,

Your sweetest voices raise;

Let heaven, and all created things,

Sound our Immanuel's praise.