Scripture Verse

Blessed be His glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Psalm 72:19

Introduction

Words: Anne Steele, 1760.

Music: St. Ste­phen Will­iam Jones, 1789 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

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William Jones (1726–1800)
National Portrait Gallery

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Lyrics

To our Re­deem­er’s glo­ri­ous name
Awake the sacred song!
O may His love (im­mor­tal flame!)
Tune ev­ery heart and tongue.

His love, what mor­tal thought can reach?
What mor­tal tongue dis­play?
Imagination’s ut­most stretch
In won­der dies away.

Let won­der still with love unite,
And gra­ti­tude and joy;
Be Je­sus our su­preme de­light,
His praise, our best em­ploy.

Jesus, who left His throne on high,
Left the bright realms of bliss,
And came on earth to bleed and die—
Was ev­er love like this?

Dear Lord, while we ad­or­ing pay
Our hum­ble thanks to Thee,
May ev­ery heart with rap­ture say,
The Sav­ior died for me.

O may the sweet, the bliss­ful theme
Fill ev­ery heart and tongue,
Till stran­gers love Thy charm­ing name,
And join the sac­red song.