Scripture Verse

At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth. Philippians 2:10

Introduction

Words: Ben­ja­min Wall­in, Ev­an­ge­li­cal Hymns and Songs 1750. The words al­so ap­peared, con­sid­er­ably mo­di­fied, in the Gos­pel Ma­ga­zine, June 1776, and sub­se­quent­ly passed in­to oth­er col­lect­ions.

Music: Con­way Eng­lish tune (🔊 pdf nwc) (re­peats last line of each verse).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Wall­in (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Hail, migh­ty Je­sus! how di­vine
Is Thy vic­to­ri­ous sword!
The stout­est re­bel must re­sign
At Thy com­mand­ing word.

How deep the wounds these ar­rows give!
They pierce the hard­est heart.
The smiles of grace the slain re­vive,
And joy suc­ceeds the smart.

Still gird Thy sword up­on Thy thigh;
Ride with ma­jes­tic sway;
Go forth, great Prince, tri­um­phant­ly,
And make Thy foes ob­ey.

And when Thy vic­to­ries are com­plete—
When all the chos­en race
Shall round the throne of glo­ry meet
To sing Thy con­quer­ing grace—

O may my hum­ble soul be found
Among that glo­ri­ous throng;
And I with them Thy praise will sound
In Hea­ven’s im­mor­tal song.