1 Sweet melody rises o’er hillside and plain,
Triumphant, in unison rings out the strain;
In rapt adoration all true hearts unite,
Sing praise to Jehovah, the Giver of Light.
Chorus:
Ruler of earth and sky,
Lord of all nations,
E’er to Thy throne ascend
Glad acclamation;
Singing anthems supernal,
Angels thy glories tell thro’ all eternity.
2 A pean whose melody never is still’d;
The air with the music of heaven is fill’d;
From far distant shores comes the swelling refrain;
The world-wide rejoicing reechoes again. [Chorus]
3 Once more to His temple the glad children throng;
“Hosanna to Jesus,” their jubilant song;
Their garlands of victory proudly they bring
And hail Him Almighty Deliv’rer and King. [Chorus]
Annie L. Pinfold was born in Windsor, England in 1870. She later lived in a small town near the border of Maine and New Hampshire.She started writing short stories for Sunday school publications but then started writing hymns.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >