Text: | Hail To The Lord's Anointed |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | WESTWOOD |
Composer: | Robert H. McCartney, 1844-1895 |
1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
Great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun;
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression
And rule in equity.
2 He comes with succor speedy
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in His sight.
3 He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And love and joy, like flowers,
Spring in His path to birth:
Before Him on the mountains
Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness in fountains
From hill to valley flow.
4 To Him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;
His name shall stand forever;
That name to us is Love.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hail to the Lord's Anointed |
Title: | Hail To The Lord's Anointed |
Author: | James Montgomery (1821) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Advent; Processionals and Recessionals: Advent |
Notes: | Or Webb |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WESTWOOD |
Composer: | Robert H. McCartney, 1844-1895 |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D. |
Key: | G Major |