Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#424

424. Hosanna to the living Lord!

1 Hosanna to the living Lord!
Hosanna to the 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! A-men.

3 O Saviour, with protecting care
Abide in 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!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hosanna to the living Lord!
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783 - 1826
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Advent; The Church Year: Christmas; The Church Year: Palm Sunday; The Church: Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church: Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church: Worship - The Close of Service; The Church: Worship - Morning; The Life In Christ: Adoration and Praise

Tune Information

• Name: HOSANNA
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823 - 76
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 4 7.
• Key: G Major