Scripture Verse

Young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord. Psalm 148:12–13

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns for Child­ren 1763.

Music: Queen Street James B. Bax­ter, in the Me­tho­dist Hymn and Tune Book (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Me­tho­dist Book & Pub­lish­ing House, 1894) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Young men and maid­ens, raise
Your tune­ful voic­es high;
Old men and child­ren, praise
The Lord of earth and sky;
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eter­ni­ty.

The uni­ver­sal King
Let all the world pro­claim;
Let ev­ery crea­ture sing
His at­tri­butes and name!
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eter­ni­ty.

In His great name alone
All ex­cel­len­cies meet,
Who sits up­on the throne,
And shall for­ev­er sit;
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eter­ni­ty.

Glory to God be­longs;
Glory to God be giv­en,
Above the nob­lest songs
Of all in earth or Hea­ven!
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eter­ni­ty.