Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Come every pious heart
Topic: Christ/Condescension
Writer: Samuel Stennett
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: HM
Tune: Zebulon
Hymn Number: 159
Page Number: 065, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCOME, every pious heart
That loves the Saviour's name,
Your noblest pow'rs exert
To celebrate His fame;
Tell all above and all below
The debt of love to Him you owe.
Such was His zeal for God,
And such His love for you,
He nobly undertook
What angels could not do;
His every deed of love and grace
All words exceed, all thoughts surpass.
He left His starry crown,
And laid His robes aside;
On wings of love came down,
And wept, and bled, and died;
What He endur'd, O who can tell,
To save our souls from death and hell?
From the dark grave He rose,
The mansion of the dead;
And thence His mighty foes
In glorious triumph led;
Up through the sky the Conqu'ror rode,
And reigns on high, the Son of God.