Text: | We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died |
Adapter: | Thomas Kelly |
Author: | Samuel Medley |
Tune: | BRESLAU |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |
1 We sing the praise of him who died,
of him who died upon the cross;
the sinner's hope though all deride;
for this we count the world but loss
2 Inscribed upon the cross we see,
in shining letters, "God is love";
he bears our sins upon the tree;
he brings us mercy from above.
3 The cross! it takes our guilt away;
it holds the fainting spirit up;
it cheers with hope the gloomy day,
and sweetens ev'ry bitter cup;
4 it makes the coward spirit brave,
and nerves the feeble arm for right;
it takes its terror from the grave,
and gilds the bed of death with light;
5 the balm of life, the cure of woe,
the measure and the pledge of love,
the sinner's refuge here below,
the angels' theme in heav'n above.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We sing the praise of him who died |
Title: | We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died |
Author: | Samuel Medley (alt.) |
Adapter: | Thomas Kelly (1815) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BRESLAU |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1836) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Source: | As Hymnodus Sacer (Leipzig, 1625) (based on a melody in) |