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Set him above all principalities and powers—Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive glory, and blessing

Author: D. Turner Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: Now far above these starry skies Lyrics: 1 Now far above these starry skies, Our Jesus fills his brighter throne, Invisible to mortal eyes, But not to humble faith unknown. 2 [The countless host that round him stand, The subjects of his sovereign power; Fly thro' the world at his command, Of prostrate at his feet adore. 3 Satan and all his rebel crew That rag'd to pull his kingdom down; Crush'd by his hand, In ruin now Lie trembling at his awful frown. 4 His name above all creatures great, He all sustains all controls; Yet from his high exalted state, Looks kindly down on humble souls.] 5 Tho' in the glories he possess'd Long e're the world, or time began, He shines the Son of God confess'd, Yet owns himself the Son of Man. 6 Here once in agonies he dy'd, Now in the heavens he ever lives; Of joy there pours th' eternal tide, Here saves the sinner who believes. 7 All hail; thou great Immanuel, hail! Ten thousand blessings on thy name! While thus thy wondrous love we tell, Our bosoms feel the sacred flame. 8 Come, quickly come, immortal king! On earth thy regal honors raise, The full salvation promis'd, bring, Then every tongue shall sing thy praise! Topics: The Lord's Supper; Worthy is the Lamb

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Now far above these [the] starry skies

Author: Daniel Turner Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms & Hymns. 2nd Baltimore ed. #aCCCCLXXIX (1804)

Now far above these starry skies

Hymnal: The Christian Harmonist #22 (1804)

Now far above these [the] starry skies

Author: Daniel Turner Hymnal: Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d150 (1803) Languages: English

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Daniel Turner

1710 - 1798 Author of "Now far above these starry skies" Turner, Daniel, M.A., was born at Blackwater Park, near St. Albans, March 1, 1710. Having received a good classical education, he for some years kept a boarding-school at Hemel Hempstead, but in 1741 he became pastor of the Baptist church, Reading. Thence he removed, in 1748, to Abingdon, and continued pastor of the Baptist church there until his death on Sept. 5, 1798. He was much respected throughout his denomination, and was the friend and correspondent of Robert Robinson, Dr. Rippon, and other eminent men of that day. He probably received the honorary degree of M.A. from the Baptist College, Providence, Rhode Island. Turner was the author of works on Open Communion and Social Religion; also of Short Meditations on Select Portions of Scripture. His Divine Songs, Hymns and other Poems were published in 1747, and his work, Poems Devotional and Moral, was printed for private circulation in 1794. Four of his hymns are in the Bristol Baptist Collection of Ash & Evans (1769), and eight (including the four already named) in Rippon's Baptist Selection 1787). Only the following are now in common use:— 1. Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss (1769). Excellence of Faith. 2. Jesus, full of all compassion (1769). Sinner's appeal to Christ. 3. Lord of hosts, how lovely fair (1787). Divine Worship. Altered in Baptist Psalms and Hymns, 1858, to “Lord of hosts, how bright, how fair!" The well-known hymn "Beyond the glittering starry skies," in its enlarged form of 28 stanzas, was the joint production of Turner and his brother-in-law, the Rev. J. Fanch. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)