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Text: | Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1707-1788) |
Author: | Thomas Cotterill (1779--1823) |
Tune: | LLANFAIR |
Composer (melody, probably): | ROBERT WILLIAMS (1782-1818) |
1 Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia,
to his throne above the skies; Alleluia,
Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia,
enters now the highest heaven. Alleluia!
2 There for him high triumph waits;
lift your heads, eternal gates.
He hath conquered death and sin;
take the King of Glory in.
3 Lo, the heaven its Lord receives,
yet he loves the earth he leaves;
though returning to his throne,
still he calls mankind his own.
4 See, he lifts his hands above;
see, he shews the prints of love;
hark, his gracious lips bestow
blessings on his church below.
5 Still for us he intercedes,
his prevailing death he pleads;
near himself prepares our place,
he the first-fruits of our race.
6 Lord, though parted from our sight,
far above the starry height,
grant our hearts may thither rise,
seeking thee above the skies.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1707-1788) |
Author: | Thomas Cotterill (1779--1823) |
Meter: | 77 77 and Alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Ascension Day; Blessing; Church Year: Ascension(4 more...) |
Notes: | and others |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LLANFAIR |
Composer (melody, probably): | ROBERT WILLIAMS (1782-1818) |
Meter: | 77 77 and Alleluias |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Harmonised probably by Compilers of English Hymnal, 1906 |