Scripture Verse

God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9–11

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Good as Gold (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1880), num­ber 28.

Music: Den­mark Ches­ter G. All­en (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Loud swell in cho­ral num­bers,
The praise of Je­sus’ name;
His good­ness, truth and mer­cy
Let young and old pro­claim;
Exalt Him, O ye peo­ple,
And crown Him, while ye sing,
The Lord of life eter­nal,
Creator, Sav­ior, King.

Refrain

How bless­èd are the peo­ple
That know the joy­ful sound,

Whose strains shall yet be waft­ed
To earth’s re­mot­est bound.

We blend our hap­py voic­es,
We lift our hearts above;
We thank our kind pro­tect­or
For all His ten­der love;
How bright the year de­part­ed,
With bless­ings passed away;
Loud swell our cho­ral num­bers
On this glad, fest­ive day.

Refrain

Hosanna in the high­est,
Our grate­ful song shall be;
Hosanna in the high­est,
Our Sav­ior God, to Thee;
And when, with all the ran­somed,
Around Thy throne we meet,
We’ll cast our crowns be­fore Thee,
And wor­ship at Thy feet.

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