Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Great was the day the joy was great
Topic: Church/Beginning
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Migdol
Hymn Number: 196
Page Number: 078, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGREAT was the day, the joy was great,
When the belov'd disciples met;
And on their heads the Spirit came,
And sat like tongues of cloven flame.
What gifts, what miracles He gave--
The pow'r to kill, the pow'r to save!
Furnish'd their tongues with wondrous words
Instead of shields, and spears, and swords.
Thus arm'd, He sent the champions forth,
From east to west, from south to north;
Go, and assert your Saviour's cause--
Go, spread the myst'ry of the cross!
These weapons of the holy war,
Of what almighty force they are,
To make our stubborn passions bow,
And lay the proudest rebel low!