Author: Richard Meux Benson, 1824-1915 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Saints' and Other Holy Days St. Michael and All Angels Lyrics: 1 Praise to God who reigns above
binding earth and heaven in love;
all the armies of the sky
worship his dread sovereignty.
2 Seraphim his praises sing,
cherubim on fourfold wing,
thrones, dominions, princes, powers,
marshalled might that never cowers.
3 Speeds the archangel from his face,
bearing messages of grace;
angel hosts his words fulfil,
ruling nature by his will.
4 Yet on man thy joy to wait,
all that bright celestial state,
for in Man their Lord they see,
Christ, the incarnate deity.
5 On the throne their Lord who died
sits in Manhood glorified;
where his people faint below
angels count it joy to go.
6 O the depths of joy divine,
thrilling through those orders nine,
when the lost are found again,
when the banished come to reign!
7 Now in faith, in hope, in love,
we will join the choirs above,
praising, with the heavenly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Used With Tune: XAVIER
Praise to God who reigns above
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