Living Hymns ‎#32

32. The Wonderful Name

1 What did the angels say?
hymning their joyous lay,
While the dark midnight grew
brighter than morn;
Glory came blazing through,
gilding the stars anew,
List the glad tidings,
a Saviour is born.
What shall we call his name,
whom angel hosts proclaim?
How shall earth's children
his praises begin?
Wondrous and Mighty One,
God's own Eternal Son,
Call his name Jesus,
the Saviour from sin.

Chorus:
Call his name Jesus,
call his name Jesus,
Call his name Jesus,
the Saviour from sin.

2 Earth heard the welcome sound;
long had the nations round
Waited in darkness,
this light drawing near,
Waited beside the tomb,
weeping in deepest gloom,
Life rose in sorrow
and ended in fear.
But over vale and height,
joy, like a beacon light,
Rose upward, fanned by that
heaven-drawn breath:
"Lo, we have found our Lord,
this is the promised Word,"
Call his name Jesus,
the Saviour from death. [Chorus]

3 Vanish, ye funeral train,--
shadows of grief and pain,--
This is Death's victor,
as sin was Death's sting;
Mourner, put by thy tears,
trembler, dismiss thy fears;
Come home, ye banished,
and welcome your King.
Sin, death, and hell o'erthrown,
glory is all his own,
Into his mansions bright,
leading us in:
Over the plains above
echoes his name of Love,
Jesus, our Saviour
from death and from sin. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: What did the angels say?
• Title: The Wonderful Name
• Author: Priscilla J. Owens
• Refrain First Line: Call his name Jesus
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Notes: From "The Wells of Salvation," by per.

Tune Information

• Name: [What did the angels say?]
• Composer: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick
• Key: D Major