The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2108

2108. Hail the Sign, the Sign of Jesus

1. Hail the Sign, the Sign of Jesus,
Bright and royal Tree!
Standard of the Monarch, planted
First on Calvary!

Refrain
Hail the Sign all signs excelling,
Hail the Sign all ills dispelling,
Hail the Sign hell’s power quelling,
Cross of Christ, all hail!

2. Sign the martyrs’ strength and refuge,
Sign to saints so dear!
Sign of evil men abhorrèd,
Sign which devils fear: [Refrain]

3. Sign which, when the Lord returneth,
In the heavens shall be;
Sinners quail, while saints with rapture
Shall the vision see: [Refrain]

4. Lo, I sign the Cross of Jesus
Meekly on my breast;
May it guard my heart when living,
Dying be its rest: [Refrain]

5. In the name of God the Father,
Name of God the Son,
Name of God the blessèd Spirit,
Ever Three in One: [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Hail the Sign, the Sign of Jesus
• Title: Hail the Sign, the Sign of Jesus
• Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1866)
• Refrain First Line: Hail the Sign all signs excelling
• Meter: 85.85.88.85
• Language: English
• Source: Church Times, 1866
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GROOMBRIDGE
• Composer: W. J. Whitwell (before 1907)
• Meter: 85.85.88.85
• Incipit: 13543 43214 32155
• Key: e minor
• Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 592
• Copyright: Public Domain