The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4194

4194. Meet and Right It Is to Sing

1. Meet and right it is to sing
In every time and place,
Glory to our heavenly King,
The God of truth and grace:
Join we then with sweet accord,
All in one thanksgiving join,
Holy, holy, holy Lord
Eternal praise be Thine!

2. Thee, the first-born sons of light,
In choral symphonies,
Praise by day, day without night,
And never, never cease:
Angels and archangels all
Praise the mystic Three in One;
Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall
O’erwhelmed before Thy throne.

3. Vying with that happy choir,
Who chant Thy praise above,
We on eagles’ wings aspire,
The wings of faith and love;
Thee they sing with glory crowned,
We extol the slaughtered Lamb;
Lower if our voices sound,
Our subject is the same.

4. Father God, Thy love we praise,
Which gave Thy Son to die;
Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Alike we glorify;
Spirit, Comforter divine,
Praise by all to Thee be given;
Till we in full chorus join,
And earth is turned to Heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: Meet and right it is to sing
• Title: Meet and Right It Is to Sing
• Author: Charles Wesley (1749)
• Meter: 76.76.77.76
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, volume II, number 97
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WELD
• Composer: Anonymous
• Meter: 76.76.77.76
• Incipit: 12354 32231 21711
• Key: G Major
• Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book (Toronto, Canada: Methodist Book and Publishing House, 1894), number 57
• Copyright: Public Domain