Scripture Verse

They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel. John 12:12–13

Introduction

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Thomas R. Taylor (1807–1835)

Words: Tho­mas R. Tay­lor (1807–1835). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Mem­oirs and Se­lect Re­mains, 1836.

Music: Palm Sun­day Karl P. Har­ring­ton, 1905 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Karl Harrington (1861–1953)

Lyrics

There was a time when child­ren sang
The Sav­ior’s praise with sac­red glee,
And all the hills of Ju­dah rang
With their ex­ult­ing ju­bi­lee.

O to have joined their rap­tur­ous songs,
And swelled their sweet ho­san­nas high,
And blessed Him with our fee­ble tongues
As He, the Man of grief, went by!

But Christ is now a glo­ri­ous king,
And an­gels in His pre­sence bow;
The hum­ble songs that we can sing,
O will He, can He, hear them now?

He can, He will, He loves to hear
The notes which loving children raise;
Jesus, we come with trem­bling fear:
O teach our hearts and tongues to praise!

We join the hosts around Thy throne,
Who once, like us, the de­sert trod;
And thus we make their song our own,
Hosanna to the Son of God!