Scripture Verse

God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians 6:14

Introduction

Words: This is an ab­bre­vi­ated form of John Bake­well’s Hail, Thou Once Des­pis­èd Je­sus.

Music: Port-au-Prince, by Jud­son, in The Ban­ner of Vic­to­ry, by Alon­zo J. Ab­bey & Mer­ritt J. Mun­ger (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1881), num­ber 1 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Jesus, hail! en­throned in glo­ry,
There for­ev­er to abide;
All the heav’n­ly host adore Thee,
Seated at Thy Fa­ther’s side;
There for sin­ners Thou art plead­ing,
There Thou dost our place pre­pare;
Ever for us in­ter­ced­ing,
Till in glo­ry we ap­pear.

Worship, hon­or, power and bless­ing,
Thou art wor­thy to re­ceive;
Loudest prais­es with­out ceas­ing,
Meet it is for us to give;
Help ye bright an­gel­ic spir­its,
Bring your sweet­est, nob­lest lays;
Help to sing our Sav­ior’s mer­its,
Help to chant Im­ma­nu­el’s praise.

Crown His head with end­less bless­ing,
Who in God the Fa­ther’s name
With com­pas­sion nev­er ceas­ing
Comes sal­va­tion to pro­claim;
Lo! Je­ho­vah, we adore Thee,
Thee our Sav­ior, Thee our God;
From Thy throne the beams of glo­ry
Shine thro’ all the world abroad.