Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Come every pious heart
Topic: Christ/Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: HM
Tune: Zebulon
Hymn Number: 133
Page Number: 054, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome, every pious heart
That loves the Savior's name,
Your noblest powers 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 endured, oh 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 Conqueror rode
And reigns on high, the Son of God.
From thence he'll quickly come--
His chariot will not stay--
And bear our spirits home
To realms of endless day:
There shall we see his lovely face,
And ever be in his embrace.