Text:Come, ye faithful, raise an anthem
Author:Rev. Job Hupton, 1762-1849
Translator:Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
Tune:NEANDER
Composer:Rev. Joachim Neander, (1640-1680)

243. Come, ye faithful, raise an anthem

1 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem;
Cleave the skies with shouts of praise;
Sing to Him who brought salvation,
Wondrous in His works and ways;
God eternal! Word incarnate,
Whom the heaven of heaven obeys.

2 Ere He raised the lofty mountains,
Formed the seas, or built the sky,
Love eternal, free, and boundless,
Moved the Lord of Life to die;
Foreordained the Prince of Princes
For the throne of Calvary.

3 Now above the sapphire pavement,
High in unapporachéd light,
Lo! He lives and reigns for ever,
Victor after hard-won fight,
Where the song of the redeeméd
Rings unceasing day and night.

4 Trust Him then, ye fainting pilgrims;
Who shall pluck you from His hand?
Pledged He stands for your salvation,
Pledged to give the promised land,
Where among the ransomed nations
Ye too round His throne shall stand.

Text Information
First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise an anthem
Author: Rev. Job Hupton, 1762-1849 (1806)
Translator: Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 (1851)
Publication Date: 1900
Topic: Christ: Exemplar; Christ: Word of God; Foreordination (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: NEANDER
Composer: Rev. Joachim Neander, (1640-1680)
Meter: 8s. & 7s. 6 lines



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