Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Now for a song of lofty praise
Topic: Christ/His Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 181
Page Number: 113, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow for a song of lofty praise
To great Jehovah's only Son;
Awake, my voice, in heavenly 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 harp and songs,
Jesus, the Lord, exalted reigns:
His sacred name fills all their tongues,
And echoes through the heav'nly plains.