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Lamb slain before the Foundation of the World

Author: Peacock Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: How shall our feeble lips proclaim Lyrics: 1 How shall our feeble lips proclaim The honours of the Saviour's name? Or how the gratitude declare, Our hearts inflam'd to Jesus bear? 2 To manifest his wond'rous love, Behold he leaves the worlds above; From climes of bliss beyond the sky, Swift he descends, to bleed and die. 3 Lo, he again from death revives, Jesus the great Redeemer lives; High, seated on his Father's throne, He sheds his choicest blessings down. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament Scripture: Revelation 5:6
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How shall our feeble lips proclaim

Hymnal: Christian Hymns #159 (1823) Languages: English
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How shall our feeble lips proclaim

Author: John Peacock Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #159 (1808)
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Lamb slain before the Foundation of the World

Author: Peacock Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CCXXIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: How shall our feeble lips proclaim Lyrics: 1 How shall our feeble lips proclaim The honours of the Saviour's name? Or how the gratitude declare, Our hearts inflam'd to Jesus bear? 2 To manifest his wond'rous love, Behold he leaves the worlds above; From climes of bliss beyond the sky, Swift he descends, to bleed and die. 3 Lo, he again from death revives, Jesus the great Redeemer lives; High, seated on his Father's throne, He sheds his choicest blessings down. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament Scripture: Revelation 5:6 Languages: English
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John Peacock

1731 - 1803 Author of "Lamb Slain Before the Foundations of the World" Peacock, John, was born in 1731; became a Wesleyan Minister in 1767, retired therefrom through ill health in 1796, and died in 1803. In 1776 he published Songs of Praise compiled from the Holy Scriptures. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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