Hosanna to the King

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Love's redeeming work is done: Christ, the well-beloved Son

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Love's redeeming work is done] (Morris)
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Love's redeeming work is done;
Christ, the well-beloved Son,
Hath a full atonement made;
He the price of sin hath paid;
Hosanna! hosanna!
Hosanna to the King!

Refrain:
Hosanna to the risen King!
Lo, he triumphs gloriously;
Where, monster death, is now thy sting?
Where, grave, thy victory, thy victory?
With loftiest songs of endless praise
Let heaven's arches ring,
While we on earth the chorus raise,
Hosanna to the King!

2 Saints and angels join to tell
How he conquered death and hell;
Empty is the rocky pris'n,
Jesus from the dead hath ris'n;
Hosanna! hosanna!
Hosanna to the King! [Refrain]

3 Spread the glorious news abroad,
Tidings of our risen Lord;
To a dying world proclaim
Full salvation in his name;
Hosanna! hosanna!
Hosanna to the King! [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Century #156

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	Love's redeeming work is done: Christ, the well-beloved Son
Title:	Hosanna to the King
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Hosanna to the risen King
Publication Date:	1906
Copyright:	Public Domain