Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#425

425. Hosanna to the living Lord!

1 Hosanna to the living Lord!
Hosanna to the th’Incarnate Word!
To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King,
Let earth, let heaven, Hosanna sing!
Hosanna! Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!

2 Hosanna, Lord! Thine angels cry;
Hosanna, Lord! Thy saints reply;
Above, beneath us, and around,
The dead and living swell the sound:
Hosanna! Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!

3 O Saviour, with protecting care,
Return to this Thy house of prayer,
Where we Thy parting promise claim,
Assembled in Thy sacred Name,
Hosanna! Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!

4 But, chiefest, in our cleansèd breast,
Eternal! bid Thy Spirit rest,
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure, and worthy Thee!
Hosanna! Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!

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:
Hosanna! Lord!
Hosanna in the highest.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hosanna to the living Lord!
• Author: Reginald Heber (1811)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: At the Opening of Service

Tune Information

• Name: HOSANNA
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1875)
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 4 7
• Key: A Major