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Text:"Hosanna!"
Tune:EXCELSIS

459. "Hosanna!"

1 Hosanna to the living Lord!
Hosanna to the incarnate Word!
To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King,
Let earth, let heaven, Hosanna sing.

2 Hosanna, Lord! thine angels cry;
Hosanna, Lord!" thy saints reply;
Above, beneath us, and around,
The dead and living swell the sound.

3 O Saviour, with protecting care,
Return to this thy house of prayer:
Assembled in thy sacred name,
Where we thy parting promise claim.

4 But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast,
Eternal! bid thy Spirit rest;
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure, and worthy thee.

5 So in the last and dreadful day,
When earth and heaven shall melt away,
Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain,
Shall swell the sound of praise again.

Text Information
First Line: Hosanna to the living Lord!
Title: "Hosanna!"
Language: English
Publication Date: 1884
Topic: Christ: Resurrection of; Christ: Word; Praise: To Christ
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: EXCELSIS
Meter: L. M.
Key: C Major



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