Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Hosanna to the Prince of light
Topic: Christ/His Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 185
Page Number: 115, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHosanna to the Prince of light,
That clothed himself in clay,
Entered the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.
Death is no more the king of dread,
Since our Immanuel rose;
He took the tyrant's sting away,
And spoiled our hellish foes.
Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,
To reach his blest abode;
Sweet be the accents of your songs
To our incarnate God.
Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,
Your sweetest voices raise;
Let heaven and all created things
Sound our Immanuel's praise.