Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#159

159. Now let us raise our cheerful strains

1 Now let us raise our cheerful strains,
And join the blissful choir above;
There our exalted Saviour reigns,
And there they sing his wondrous love:

2 Jesus, who once upon the tree
In agonizing pains expir'd,
To save us rebvels,--yes, 'tis he!
How bright, howlovely, how admir'd!

3 Jesus, who died that we might live,
Died in the wretched traitor's place,
O what returns can mortals give
For such immeasurable grace!

4 Were universal nature ours,
And art with all her boasted store;
Nature and art, with all their pow'rs,
Would still confess the off'rer poor.

5 Yet tho' for bounty so divine
We ne'er can equal honours raise:
Jesus! may all our hearts be thine,
And all our tongues proclaim thy praise.

Text Information

• First Line: Now let us raise our cheerful strains
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Christ: Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession and Glory; Christ exalted

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