The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13759

13759. To Jesus, Our Exalted Lord

1 To Jesus, our exalted Lord,
(Dear name, by Heav’n and earth adored!)
Fain would our hearts and voices raise
A cheerful song of sacred praise.

2 But all the notes which mortals know
Are weak and languishing and low;
Far, far above our humble songs,
The theme demands immortal tongues.

3 Yet while around His board we meet,
And worship at His glorious feet;
O let our warm affections move
In glad returns of grateful love.

4 Yes, Lord, we love, and we adore,
But long to know and love Thee more;
And while we taste the bread and wine,
Desire to feed on joys divine.

5 Let faith our feeble senses aid,
To see Thy wondrous love displayed,
Thy broken flesh, Thy bleeding veins,
Thy dreadful agonizing pains.

6 Let humble, penitential woe
With painful, pleasing anguish flow,
And Thy forgiving smiles impart
Life, hope, and joy to every heart.

Text Information

• First Line: To Jesus, our exalted Lord
• Title: To Jesus, Our Exalted Lord
• Author: Anne Steele
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: COMMUNION
• Composer: D. G. White
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Song-Land Messenger No. 2 by Anthony J. Showalter (Dallas: Showalter-Lincoln Company, 1898)
• Copyright: Public Domain