2 Ere He raised the lofty mountains,
Formed the sea, or built the sky,
Love eternal, free, and boundless,
Forced the Lord of Life to die;
Lifted up the Prince of princes
On the throne of Calvary.
3 Now on those eternal mountains
Stands the sapphire throne, all bright,
Where unceasing hallelujahs
They upraise, the sons of light:
Zion's people tell His praises,
Victor after hard-won fight.
4 Bring your harps and bring your incense,
Sweep the string and pour the lay;
Let the earth proclaim His wonders,
King of that celestial day :
He, the Lamb once slain, is worthy,
Who was dead and lives for aye.
Rev. Job Hupton (1762-1849), 1808. Ab.
Alt. by Rev. John Mason Neale (1818-1866), 1851.
NEANDER. 8.7.61.
I JESUS, Lord of Life eternal,
Taking those He loved the best,
Stood upon the Mount of Olives,
And His own the last time blest:
Then, though He had never left it,
Sought again His Father's breast.
2 Knit is now our flesh to Godhead,
Knit in everlasting bands:
Call the world to highest festal:
Floods and oceans, clap your hands:
Angels, raise the song of triumph:
Make response, ye distant lands.
3 Loosing death with all its terrors
Thou ascendedst up on high;
And to mortals, now immortal,
Gavest immortality,
As Thine own disciples saw Thee
Mounting Victor to the sky.
Joseph of the Studium (
Tr. by Rev. John Mason Neale, 1862.
German. JOACHIM NEANDER (1610-1680), 1679.
The hom age which to Christ belongs: "Wor- thy the Lamb, for He was slain!"
who would the Father seek, Must seek Him, Lord, by
Jesus, Thou art all compassion, Pure un - bound - ed
2 Great Comforter, to Thee we cry;
O highest gift of God most high,
O Fount of life, O Fire of love,
And sweet anointing from above!
3 Kindle our senses from above,
And make our hearts o'erflow with love;
With patience firm, and virtue high,
The weakness of our flesh supply.
4 Far from us drive the foe we dread,
And grant us Thy true peace instead ;
So shall we not, with Thee for Guide,
Turn from the path of life aside.
Rabanus Maurus (776—856),
Lead me to God, my final Rest,
In His enjoyment to be blest.
4 Lead me to holiness, the road
That I must take to dwell with God;
Lead me to Christ, the living Way,
Nor let me from His pastures stray.
Rev. Simon Browne (1680-1732), 1720. Ab. and alt
The Operations of the Spirit.
I ETERNAL Spirit, we confess
And sing the wonders of Thy grace;
Thy power conveys our blessings down
From God the Father and the Son.
Tr. by Rev. Edward Caswal (1814-1878), 1849. Ab and alt. 2 Enlightened by Thy heavenly ray,
Our shades and darkness turn to day;
Thine inward teachings make us know
Our danger and our refuge, too.
3 Thy power and glory work within,
And break the chains of reigning sin;
Do our imperious lusts subdue,
And form our wretched hearts anew.
4 The troubled conscience knows Thy voice;
Thy cheering words awake our joys;
Thy words allay the stormy wind,
And calm the surges of the mind.
Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1709.
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