Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Now for a song of lofty praise
Topic: Christ/Ascension
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: C Mehul
Meter: LM
Tune: Gilead
Hymn Number: 171
Page Number: 071, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow for a song of lofty praise
To great Jehovah's only Son;
Awake, my voice, in heav'nly lays,
And tell the wonders He hath done.
Sing how He left the worlds of light,
And those bright robes He wore above;
How swift and joyful was His flight,
On wings of everlasting love!
Deep in the shades of gloomy death
Th' almighty Captive pris'ner lay;
Th' almighty Captive left the earth,
And rose to everlasting day.
Among a thousand harps and songs,
Jesus, the Lord, exalted reigns;
His sacred name fills all their tongues,
And echoes through the heav'nly plains.