Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #159 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Now let us raise our cheerful strains,
And join the blissful choir above;
There our exalted Saviour reigns,
And there they sing his wondrous love:
2 Jesus, who once upon the tree
In agonizing pains expir'd,
To save us rebvels,--yes, 'tis he!
How bright, howlovely, how admir'd!
3 Jesus, who died that we might live,
Died in the wretched traitor's place,
O what returns can mortals give
For such immeasurable grace!
4 Were universal nature ours,
And art with all her boasted store;
Nature and art, with all their pow'rs,
Would still confess the off'rer poor.
5 Yet tho' for bounty so divine
We ne'er can equal honours raise:
Jesus! may all our hearts be thine,
And all our tongues proclaim thy praise. Topics: Christ Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession and Glory; Christ exalted
Now let us raise our cheerful strains