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Hail! Jesus, Hail!

Representative Text

1 Hail! Jesus, hail! who for my sake,
Sweat blood from Mary's veins didst take,
And shed it all for me,
And shed it all for me.
Oh, blessed be my Saviour's blood,
My life, my light, my only good,
My life, my light, my only good,
To all eternity.

2 To endless ages let us praise Thee
Precious Blood whose price could raise
The world from wrath and sin,
The world from wrath and sin.
Whose streams our inward thirst appease,
And heal the sinner's worst disease,
And heal the sinner's worst disease,
If he but bathe therein.

3 O, sweetest Blood that can implore
Pardon of God, and heaven restore,--
The heaven which sin had lost,
The heaven which sin had lost:
While Abel's blood for vengeance pleads,
What Jesus shed still intercedes,
What Jesus shed still intercedes,
For those who wrong Him most.

4 Ah! there is joy amid the Saints,
And hell's despairing courage faints,
When this sweet song we raise,
When this sweet song we raise:
Oh, louder, then, and louder still,
Earth with one mighty chorus fill,
Earth with one mighty chorus fill,
The Precious Blood to praise!

Source: Laudis Corona: the new Sunday school hymn book, containing a collection of Catholic hymns, arranged for the principal seasons and festivals of the year #170

Author: Frederick W. Faber

Raised in the Church of England, Frederick W. Faber (b. Calverly, Yorkshire, England, 1814; d. Kensington, London, England, 1863) came from a Huguenot and strict Calvinistic family background. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and ordained in the Church of England in 1839. Influenced by the teaching of John Henry Newman, Faber followed Newman into the Roman Catholic Church in 1845 and served under Newman's supervision in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Because he believed that Roman Catholics should sing hymns like those written by John Newton, Charles Wesley, and William Cowpe, Faber wrote 150 hymns himself. One of his best known, "Faith of Our Fathers," originally had these words in its third stanza: "Faith of Our Fathers! Mary'… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Hail, Jesus, hail, who for my sake
Title: Hail! Jesus, Hail!
Author: Frederick W. Faber
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

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American Catholic Hymnal #214

Cantica Sacra #d20

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #87a

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #87b

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English and Latin Hymns, or Harmonies to Part I of the Roman Hymnal #134

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Laudis Corona #170

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Lyra Catholica #347

Popular Hymns for Youth #d51

Roman Hymnal, Complete edition #d48

St. Basil 's Hymn Book. 31st ed. #d42

St. Basil's Hymn Book #d49

St. Basil's Hymnal ... 10th ed. #d60

St. Basil's Hymnal. 3rd ed. #d47

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The Catholic Hymn Book #53

The Little Catholic Hymn Book #d25

The New Saint Basil Hymnal #d49

The St. Cecilia Hymnal. 4th ed. #d42

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The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book. Singers' ed., Melody ed. #71

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